Deny Me
Author: Ashley K.
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own them.
AN: This is the sequel of 'Making An Intention.' The character, Monique, I
first introduced there will be used, a lot, in this fic.
Annette:
Oh my God. Nicholas was the first man I ever loved. I still do have feelings for him.
Why, out of the billions of people on this Earth, did she have to meet him?
Part Four:
Crawling into bed, Kathryn smiled as Nicholas pulled her close to him. She inhaled the scent that was purely Nicholas as she snuggled closer yet. "I love you," he whispered into her ear, barely speaking.
"I know," Kathryn answered, feeling Nicholas's sad smile. She refused to say 'I love you,' back. Nicholas didn't know why, but he didn't pry.
Listening to his fiancée sleep, Nicholas remembered how they met..
~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," Nicholas Giovanni suavely told the French looking girl. He was studying abroad this semester and was very lonely. France was nothing what he expected.
"Bonjour, Mr. All-American," came the slightly mocking reply. Nicholas's jaw dropped on further inspection of the French girl. It couldn't possibly be.could it?
"Kathryn Merteuil?" Nicholas asked, cautiously.
"Who's asking?" Kathryn snapped as she reached into her purse for a cigarette, which he, out of habit grabbed from her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Nicholas Giovanni," he introduced himself. "And I'm saving your life."
"Oh please," Kathryn waved it off. "Like I really need another commercial about the dangers of smoking. How do you know me?"
"I'm being selfish, actually," Nicholas said. "I'm saving my own life. Second-hand smoke is a killer."
"What. Ever," Kathryn annunciated the word. "How do you know me?"
"I'm from New York. Who doesn't know of the infamous Kathryn Merteuil?"
"Infamous?" Kathryn repeated.
"You honestly don't think you can actually get away with sleeping with all those men and them *not* say anything, do you?" Nicholas retorted.
"Fuck you," Kathryn said, getting up to leave. "This is exactly the shit I wanted to leave behind."
Nicholas watched her walk away, his two sides in conflict. One the one hand, Kathryn did attract him. One the other.there was her reputation. He made up his mind. "Wait! Can I walk you back to your place?"
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~
Kissing Kathryn's sleeping brow, Nicholas smiled at the memory. Things had progressed from that walk to Kathryn telling him all about her problems and the two of them working them out. She was no longer addicted to alcohol or cocaine. Their relationship was steady; she had never cheated on him.
He frowned. Kathryn did tell him about Sebastian and her feelings towards him. The love she felt, the resentment she had felt because of his rejection, the promise she made to herself to get her revenge. But seeing the expression on her face when Sebastian was in the room.it scared him.
And seeing Annette again also scared him.
When he left Kansas there were a lot of issues unresolved between them. A lot of feelings that he had thought he put behind him resurfaced when he saw her. Nicholas frowned. Nothing was going to ruin his relationship with Kathryn.
Nothing.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kathryn stirred in her sleep, waking up. She smiled at Nicholas. The man who changed her life. Did she love him? Maybe. Did she trust him with her life? Definitely.
When they met, she figured he would have been another one of her conquests, another man to have on her leash. Kathryn had never been wrong about a man, before Nicholas.
It helped that he and Annette had had a past together.
She told him she was through, getting her revenge on Sebastian. That she was just going to forgive and forget.
Kathryn Merteuil did not forgive and forget.
This would be her last scheme. And then she would happily settle down with the only man on this planet who trusted and loved her.
Annette:
I have to talk to him.
Nicholas, I mean.
He has to know what he's getting himself into. And I'm the perfect person to inform him.afterall.I did get Sebastian, a man who worshipped the ground Kathryn walked on, to see the truth, right?
Annette:
Oh my God. Nicholas was the first man I ever loved. I still do have feelings for him.
Why, out of the billions of people on this Earth, did she have to meet him?
Part Four:
Crawling into bed, Kathryn smiled as Nicholas pulled her close to him. She inhaled the scent that was purely Nicholas as she snuggled closer yet. "I love you," he whispered into her ear, barely speaking.
"I know," Kathryn answered, feeling Nicholas's sad smile. She refused to say 'I love you,' back. Nicholas didn't know why, but he didn't pry.
Listening to his fiancée sleep, Nicholas remembered how they met..
~~~~Flashback~~~~~
"Bonjour, mademoiselle," Nicholas Giovanni suavely told the French looking girl. He was studying abroad this semester and was very lonely. France was nothing what he expected.
"Bonjour, Mr. All-American," came the slightly mocking reply. Nicholas's jaw dropped on further inspection of the French girl. It couldn't possibly be.could it?
"Kathryn Merteuil?" Nicholas asked, cautiously.
"Who's asking?" Kathryn snapped as she reached into her purse for a cigarette, which he, out of habit grabbed from her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Nicholas Giovanni," he introduced himself. "And I'm saving your life."
"Oh please," Kathryn waved it off. "Like I really need another commercial about the dangers of smoking. How do you know me?"
"I'm being selfish, actually," Nicholas said. "I'm saving my own life. Second-hand smoke is a killer."
"What. Ever," Kathryn annunciated the word. "How do you know me?"
"I'm from New York. Who doesn't know of the infamous Kathryn Merteuil?"
"Infamous?" Kathryn repeated.
"You honestly don't think you can actually get away with sleeping with all those men and them *not* say anything, do you?" Nicholas retorted.
"Fuck you," Kathryn said, getting up to leave. "This is exactly the shit I wanted to leave behind."
Nicholas watched her walk away, his two sides in conflict. One the one hand, Kathryn did attract him. One the other.there was her reputation. He made up his mind. "Wait! Can I walk you back to your place?"
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~
Kissing Kathryn's sleeping brow, Nicholas smiled at the memory. Things had progressed from that walk to Kathryn telling him all about her problems and the two of them working them out. She was no longer addicted to alcohol or cocaine. Their relationship was steady; she had never cheated on him.
He frowned. Kathryn did tell him about Sebastian and her feelings towards him. The love she felt, the resentment she had felt because of his rejection, the promise she made to herself to get her revenge. But seeing the expression on her face when Sebastian was in the room.it scared him.
And seeing Annette again also scared him.
When he left Kansas there were a lot of issues unresolved between them. A lot of feelings that he had thought he put behind him resurfaced when he saw her. Nicholas frowned. Nothing was going to ruin his relationship with Kathryn.
Nothing.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kathryn stirred in her sleep, waking up. She smiled at Nicholas. The man who changed her life. Did she love him? Maybe. Did she trust him with her life? Definitely.
When they met, she figured he would have been another one of her conquests, another man to have on her leash. Kathryn had never been wrong about a man, before Nicholas.
It helped that he and Annette had had a past together.
She told him she was through, getting her revenge on Sebastian. That she was just going to forgive and forget.
Kathryn Merteuil did not forgive and forget.
This would be her last scheme. And then she would happily settle down with the only man on this planet who trusted and loved her.
Annette:
I have to talk to him.
Nicholas, I mean.
He has to know what he's getting himself into. And I'm the perfect person to inform him.afterall.I did get Sebastian, a man who worshipped the ground Kathryn walked on, to see the truth, right?