“What two options? Please don’t say it is either apologising to grandpa and getting married according to the elder’s will or leaving the Evans family forever!! I can not choose any. If needed I will stop my teaching profession and join business to help dad, but please don’t make me choose between these.” Nicole said, on the verge of crying.

‘Worst possible situation. Grandpa must have thought about this. This girl seriously knows how to imagine the worst situations for herself.’ Victor thought while a slight smile appeared on his face.

“What are you smiling about? I guessed it right? It is these two options, right?” Nicole said, frustrated but sad at the same time.

“No.” Victor said before taking a step ahead, closing in the distance.

But Nicole instead moved back, intimidated by Victor’s presence. Thus she kept on moving backward while Victor continued to take slow steps towards her.

Ultimately Nicole’s back hit the wall. She looked back in shock to realise that Victor had cornered her already.

“What… what are you.. doing?” Nicole said, finding it hard to difficult to even utter words properly.

Victor’s proximity was so confusing to her that she couldn’t think straight. Even now, she was unable to understand what he was doing to her.

His face so close, those piercing eyes looking straight into her soul, sharp nose breathing warm air that was fanning her face and perfect lips that were created to do unimaginable things, how else was Nicole supposed to think properly!

“What am I doing?” Victor asked back, totally liking Nicole’s reaction to his presence.

“Huhh?” Nicole said before shaking her head, as if trying to clear her thoughts.

“Options. Two options.” She reminded Victor while trying to keep herself sane.

Victor closed in the gap between them, both of his hands placed on the wall to trap her in between while Nicole could smell his cologne mixed bodily scent, another wrong factor to make her lose her senses.

“Two options are – either you find yourself a man in three months and tell grandpa that you broke up with me. Or…” Victor paused, bending forward so that his mouth was directly over her ear.

Their bodies were nearly hugging each other, making Nicole feel butterflies in her stomach. She reflexively closed her eyes, not knowing what she was anticipating.

“Or spend the rest of your life turning your lie into reality.” Victor said and paused, taking a deep breath and exhaling, his hot breath sending shivers all over her body while sending her in total confusion.

“Make sure you start falling for me. Real soon.” Victor said in a husky voice, his magnetic voice doing things to her body that she never imagined could happen.

And Victor was content with the effect he had on Nicole before taking a step back as if nothing had happened.

Meanwhile Nicole instantly opened her eyes after losing the warmth of Victor, only to witness him looking amusedly at her.

“Choose wisely.” Victor said in a calm voice as if the person moments before was definitely not him.

He looked at her face, especially her flushed reddened cheeks one last time before turning and going away, leaving a confused Nicole behind.

‘What the hell just happened? What was Victor trying to do? Spend the rest of your life turning your lie into reality? What did he mean? Wait wait wait. Did he just say – start falling for me? No no. This can definitely not be true. God I am having hallucinations right now!! He is making me insane!! Nicole tale a deep breath, breath out. Breath in. Breath out.’ Nicole said to herself, the breathing thing helping her to calm down.

But Victor’s magnetic voice was still ringing in her head.

‘Make sure you start falling for me. Real soon.’ She heard that voice, once, twice and on loop until she was sure she hadn’t misheard it.

“God are playing some prank on me?” Nicole asked in a frustrated voice, not believing what was happening with her.

Finally she decided to go back and ask Victor directly instead of overthinking everything.

With that she ran back towards Victor’s room, timely reaching it before he could close the door.

“Wait!” She exclaimed and barged inside, colliding into his firm chest head on.

Victor looked wide eyed at her, not expecting such a turn of events while Nicole turned her face upwards, looking at Victor’s sharp jawline, his lips, nose before finally looking into his eyes, her blush returning back to her face.

She instantly pushed him back out of embarrassment, but used more than necessary power, ultimately ending with Victor hitting his head on the wall beside him.

“Sorry!! Sorry! I didn’t mean to hit you.. sorry.. uhh… are you hurt?” Nicole said, her embarrassment increasing ten folds.

‘Shit Nicole! What are you doing? How can you push him that strongly?? Stupid girl!! Are you trying to kill him!?’ Nicole cursed herself internally for being so rough.

“No.” Victor replied, trying to keep a poker face.

Maybe if he wasn’t shocked by Nicole’s sudden action, it would have been impossible to push him back.

But after getting hit by the wall, Victor couldn’t help but feel mortified because of getting pushed this easily by Nicole. If only Nicole could hear his thoughts, she would have been all smug and laughed at him, instead of feeling embarrassed.

“Why are you here?” Victor asked after composing himself.

“Me? I was here.. because.. yeah because I didn’t understand the two options you gave. Can you repeat them again? I thought I misheard.” Nicole said, awkwardly scratching her head.

“And what did you misheard?” Victor asked purposefully.

“I.. that.. No, I didn’t hear anything. I was zoned out.” Nicole said, feeling shy thinking how she was supposed to repeat his words.

“And why were you zoned out then?” Victor asked, feeling immense pleasure from Nicole’s cute illogical replies.

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Today’s chapter number two. Don’t forget to comment and vote with powerstones and golden tickets. Stay healthy everyone!

– Kizy