Nicole’s POV

“What happened to you, Nicolas?” I whispered as I quickly clutched his cold hands in mine because I just knew he was about to turn around and walk away from being questioned. I watched as he swallowed a little before shaking his head and forcing a smile on his face- a smile which looked too forced and strained to be true.

“Nothing happened to me, everything’s fine.” He replied after some time. He knew I didn’t believe him with the way he kept looking at our joined hands.

I leaned my forehead against his left breast and felt his heart beating fast against my forehead, that was enough...