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Gently, Adira turned to look at him, and their eyes locked for a few seconds.

"Yes?" She raised her brows.

Surprisingly, Nikolai stood up and began walking towards her. This made Adira a little nervous. What was he trying to do?

She doesn't associate so well with Nikolai, so movements like that were bound to get her really nervous.

She stood like a frozen statue until he got to where she was and stood behind her. Then, the next thing Adira felt were his hands on her dress. Huh?

Her palms became sweaty as she felt him work on her zip, pulling it up. It was obvious it wasn't completely zipped up before. She didn't even notice, and neither did Yvonne.

But Nikolai getting it done for her stunned her. She never expected him to show concern, talk more about zipping her dress.

When he was done, she lowered her head as he walked back to his cushion.

"Thank you," she uttered.

Nikolai simply nodded and took up his glass of wine, and at that moment, Adira wondered if she was to say more. Perhaps