Chapter 246 - Two Hundred And Forty-six: Im Not Maya (1/2)
Reina's point of view
Even if Niklaus lied about the others, there was no doubt that he was telling the truth this time.
Everything was covered with white sheets from the living room to the bedroom. If this was really where I lived, I must have been really poor. My current room back home was bigger than this apartment altogether.
I pulled off the sheet covering one of the sofas in the room, tracing it as my fingers collected dust and received flashbacks; I did live here.
However, my face was blank of emotion as I pulled off the other sheets, repeating the same gestures. I knew Niklaus was watching, regarding me and just a single emotion might betray my claim of not being Maya.
”So why am I here? To show me that your late ex-girlfriend was poor, is that it?” I asked with a hint of mockery.
I saw an odd emotion flash in his eyes but he covered it up, saying instead,
”Take a good look around the house, Maya,”
I didn't protest nor argue with him, the player was adamant on his claim, so it was a waste of saliva contradicting that.
This time I went into the bedroom, my sight settling on the bed that had one of its legs broken.
”What happened?” I gestured to the bed with my head.
He walked over to me, a faint smile wrinkling his face, ”We broke it,”
”We?” My brow rose, interestedly.
” While having sex,”
At the mention of that, a tremor went through my body and my toes curled when I saw myself being pinned by Niklaus on that bed.
There was no telling if that was a memory or me conjuring an image of that scene. Either way, I didn't like what it was doing to me.
Father was right, he's a master of seduction.
”Mr. Niklaus”
”It's Niklaus,”
He corrected briskly, not that I listened anyway.
”Mr. Niklaus-”
”Add the mister once again and I'll kiss you senselessly till you forget why you're pretending to be Reina in the first place,” Was his threat.
My mouth hung open.
Truth be told, I wanted to challenge him- there was this urge to push his button- but the voice of reasoning told me that I was dealing with fire hence, respected myself. This mission was too important to be forsaken for pleasure's sake.
”Niklaus, I don't know why you're doing this or what you intend from doing this, but it's not funny anymore. Release me so I can go, my people should be searching for me already,” I said, showing him my cuffed wrist.
Niklaus gave me a long stare that made me uncomfortable, why was he staring at me like that. To my surprise, instead of him towering over me in the guise of intimidating me, he chose to sit on that bed he claimed we made… whatever.
”What's your problem, Maya?” he asked.
”I should be the one asking why you keep insisting I'm your late girlfriend?” I threw the question back at him.
”I love you,” He confessed without warning, I went rigid.
Liar.
If you had loved Maya, you wouldn't have let everybody step over her like that.
”The past seven years were hell. It was so tormenting that I was greatly tempted to go back to my old lifestyle- it was easier to forget my sorrows with pleasure. But I couldn't betray what we had together and now here you are alive - against human comprehension - yet you still torment me” He was emotional but I steeled my heart, refusing to fall for that act.
”Fine, I'll tell you the truth,” I decided to come clean.
Niklaus readjusted on the bed, surprise flashing across his face because he never saw that one coming.
”I purposely targeted your company because I wanted your ass back in this city,”
He scratched the side of his forehead yet he still waited expectantly for that particular exposé.
”When Maya Octavia fell off that bridge, the news spread abroad and that was when I got to see her, my late real-life doppelganger” I fed him the information I had plotted in case of a scene like this.
”Of course, I was obsessively curious about….”