It was hard to know how to act toward Niko at the moment. Things were awkward between us, and truthfully, I didn't like it. But, I had bigger things to worry about. Brayden had gone through my father, rather than me, like he usually would, to arrange a 'date'. My Dad, seemingly oblivious to the whole situation, as he should be, assumed I would be more than eager to spend time with my soon-to-be husband, as I had been on the few occasions I had been before, and willingly agreed without so much as a second thought. The thing was, as much as the idea of time alone with Brayden had once appealed to me, the idea now sickened me, but I knew that I could not argue, because it would raise suspicion, and right now I could not afford for that to happen. I needed to make this look like nothing had ch
