Chapter 31 - Mira (Trigger Warning In Place)

I don’t know what to make of what Nikolaos has just said; all I know is that my heart clenched so tightly that I nearly burst into tears.

“Let’s get you back into this dress so we can talk; your body is distracting,” he says as he picks up my discarded dress.

“Nikolaos-”

“When you’re dressed,” he urges and slips the dress over my head.

Another protest is about to slip past my lips when I see how tightly he has his jaw clenched… So I allow him to help me into the stupid garment before he takes my hand and leads me back into the bedroom.

He sits down on the bed and I go to sit next to him, but he pulls me onto his lap and kisses the side of my head. “I need you close to me while I tell you this; hopefully you won’t be disgusted with me afterward,” he says with a crack to his voice, and my heart breaks along with him.

I take his hand in mine and draw it to my lips to place a kiss, just like he’s done to me so many times before. “I’m not going anywhere,” I assure him without any fancy w