Here the next chapter! Sorry it was so late, but I hope you enjoy it! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I know we all hate Cassandra, but I need someone for everyone to hate so who else but Cassandra, right? I'm adding Alex to the story, so I hope you like it! :-) Please read and review!
Michael and Nikita had to be in the office soon, but they decided to grab coffee before they go. Michael had a bad feeling about Cassandra, but he pushed it to the back of his head and enjoyed his time with Nikita. They walked side by side to the coffee shop because Michael parked a little bit farther away since Nikita wanted to walk instead. Michael slipped his hand into Nikita's and intertwined their fingers. Nikita let out a little giggle feeling his hand.
Could she get any cuter? He thought.
They swung their hands, like little kids, as they walked. As soon as they got to Starbucks, Nikita immediately dropped Michael's hand when she saw Owen at the counter. Michael glanced at her with an eyebrow raised, but she avoided his gaze.
Nikita cleared her throat, "Two black coffees please."
Owen gritted his teeth. "Sure."
Michael looked at Nikita. "Nikita, why don't you go grab us some seats? I'll wait for our coffee."
"No, it's okay. I can wait for it," Nikita's voice sounded scared. Michael put his hand on her shoulder and kissed her forehead to reassure her. She bit her lip and nodded her head. She turned around to look for their seat.
Owen was glancing back and forth at the coffee and them. He saw him kissing her head. She lied! He's not only her manager! He thought. His anger was flaming inside of his chest.
He walked over to the counter to Michael and gave him the two cups. Michael was just about to turn around until Owen said, "Her manager, huh?"
"Excuse me?"
"You're not only her manager, are you?" Owen said irritated.
Michael smirked. This guy was in love with Nikita. "It isn't any of your business, is it?" With that, Michael turned and walked over to Nikita.
As soon as he saw Nikita, he relaxed. "Hey," Michael said with a warm smile.
"Hey," Nikita smiled back. Michael placed her coffee in front of her. Michael tried to hold Nikita's hand on the table, but she kept pushing him away. "We shouldn't…" Nikita swallowed hard.
Michael felt his heart drop. "What?" He looked down at his coffee. "Is it because of Owen?"
"Michael," Nikita said. "He's just the guy who makes my coffee. He's been trying to ask me on a date for a long time. And I've said no everytime… It's probably really hard on him to see me with you after I rejected him." Nikita watched as Michael's face turned sad as he looked down and stared at his cup of coffee.
Did Nikita have feelings for Owen? The thought broke Michael's heart.
Nikita could read Michael's facial expression. She gently put her hand on his cheek and whispered, "I don't have feelings for him. I have feelings for you."
Michael told Nikita that Birkhoff had to speak to him so when they arrived at the office, so Nikita went to the lounge. Michael saw Birkhoff waiting outside his office.
"Michael!" Birkhoff said. "Let me explain the situation." Birkhoff cleared his throat. "Cassandra. She needs a manager. I was going to put her with Ryan, but then she said no, she wanted you. And now she won't give it up! I have no idea what to do, you gotta help me man."
Michael sighed. "I am content with Nikita."
"But she won't budge!"
"Fine, look. I'll take her and introduce her for only a week and then I'm handing her over to Ryan. That's it. Make sure you state that clearly to her."
God. How am I going to tell Nikita?
Nikita was sitting on the couch in the lounge room when someone came in. As soon as she saw Nikita she immediately came over to meet her.
"Hi, I'm Alex," she said as she extending out a hand to Nikita.
"Nikita," Nikita replied as she shook her hand.
Then on the lounge room tv, Nikita's ad came on. Nikita felt her face turn red.
"I've heard a lot about you," Alex laughed. "I'm a model here too, but my manager is Ryan."
"My manager is Michael."
"What do you think of all this so far?"
Nikita stopped to think. "I think it's nice. Better than my last job… People care and it's nice to finally feel that."
"Did you see that new girl?" Alex groaned. "She was so snobby…"
"Who?" Nikita said with a raised eyebrow.
"Cassandra. I saw her talking to Michael."
"I have to go," Nikita immediately said. "It was great meeting you." She ran out of the room and straight to Michael's office. She saw someone sitting across from him.
Someone that wasn't her.
She stopped in front of his office and stared at him through the glass wall. His body was facing her and she just looked at him. Her heart was at the pit of her stomach and tears were building up in her eyes.
Michael saw her. Michael saw Nikita standing outside his office. He could see her facial expression. It seemed like she was about to burst into tears. All Michael wanted to do what run out of the room and hold her. His face stared at her apologetically. I'm sorry, he mouthed.
Nikita just shook her head at him. Her tears were threatening to fall.
"Excuse me for a second," Michael urgently said before running out of the room. He was in front of Nikita within seconds.
"Nikita let me explain," Michael pleaded. "She's new and Birkhoff said she needed a manager, so he gave her to me. But I'm only going to introduce her for a week and then she'll be with Ryan. That's it." He looked into her eyes and it didn't seem like his explanation got to her. Michael had his arms wrapped around her, but he didn't feel her arms wrapping back.
She swallowed hard and gritted her teeth to hold back her breaking voice. "I was just another one for you to play with." Her voice was emotionless.
No care, no love.
She roughly pushed him away. "I knew you were too good to be true!" Before Michael could say anything in return, Nikita ran out of the building.
Michael was just about to chase after her until Cassandra stood at the doorframe and said, "Michael, I think we still have unfinished business."
Michael sighed and covered his face with his hands.
Nikita ran out of the building. Her tears streaming down her cheeks. She stood outside, not knowing where to go. She hailed a cab and she went to the bar to drink away her sorrows.
Because she needed to numb the pain.
Nikita's vision was blurry and her words slurred. She wasn't keeping track of how many she'd already drank, but it was a lot. And she was still going because her heart was still aching.
Aching for Michael.
The pain needed to go. It needed to stop, her heart cried out.
Owen came into the bar hoping to drink away the image of Nikita and Michael, until he saw her. He saw Nikita at the bar with dozens of empty glasses in front of her. He rushed over to her.
"Nikita?"
"Owen?" She was completely drunk and she squinted her eyes to make her vision better. "What are you doing here?" She was laughing for some reason.
"I think you should go home."
"No, no, no," she said shaking her finger at him. "I'm not done drinking."
"That's it," Owen said. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Hey!" Nikita yelled as she weakly hit his back. "Put me down!"
He took a cab that stopped right outside her apartment. By the time they arrived, she was already beyond tired. It was already night. Owen carried her inside her apartment and laid her down on the couch as she fluttered her eyes. She was tired and her heart still ached.
Everyone has hurt her in her life. The broken promises and the lies. She thought Michael was different, that he cared. But it turned out he was just like everyone else. Played her just like a game. She was quietly laughing to herself as little droplets of tears fell out of her eyes. Her heart was tired.
"Nikita, are you okay?" Owen asked.
Nikita completely forgot that Owen was still there. She swallowed down the tears clogging up her throat. "Fine."
"It's Michael, isn't it?" He said through gritted teeth. "He hurt you, didn't he?"
Nikita's face formed a sad smile as tears slowly fell from her sad brown eyes. "I really liked him…"
Owen slammed his fist on the table. Why did she like Michael? Why? Why didn't she like him? He slowly grew more infuriated. "Why would you like him? He hurt you. I won't hurt you! Why can't you like me?" He grabbed Nikita's arm. Just like before.
Owen's fist scared her. He was starting to scare her again. She didn't like this side of him. Owen seemed so possessive over her when he didn't have the right to be. "You've hurt me before."
"That was because you lied to me!" He was yelling now and his eyes starred at her like he has completely gone mad. He grabbed her other arm and pushed her against the wall behind her as his grip got tighter.
"You're hurting me!" She said as she tried to push him off of her. "Get off of me!"
He leaned in and pushed his body against her's to restrict her from moving. He hovered his mouth over her ear and whispered. "I will make you love me."
Nikita was getting scared. Her heart was pounding and she couldn't budge. His body was pushing so hard on hers. She kept trying to wiggle out of his grip, but it was no use.
Owen let out a laugh. "You're not going anywhere." He slammed his lips onto hers forcefully.
Nikita tightly pushed her lips together and tried to stop him from kissing her. She swung her face from side to side to get him off of her lips. "Stop!" She cried.
Michael finished his work as fast as he could and dismissed Cassandra. He needed to see her. His heart was heartbroken without her and he was worried sick about her. Everything that came out of Cassandra's mouth was completely ignored when all he could think about was Nikita.
Where was she? Is she okay? And how much he hurt her when he promised her that he wouldn't.
"Alright. We're done here," Michael said packing up his things.
"See you tomorrow?" Cassandra smiled slyly.
"Maybe, maybe not." Michael rushed out of his office before Cassandra could say another word. He immediately went to Nikita's apartment. He needed to check if she was okay. He needed to tell her how he felt. When he was outside her door, he heard her crying voice yell, Stop! His heart started racing and rage infuriated.
He kicked opened her door.
Well that's it! I hope you enjoyed it! Tell me what you thought because I'd love to know! There is a lot of drama coming along and I'd like to update the stories sooner for you guys! Please read and review, it would be much appreciated! Xx
