What is Love?

Chapter 10

"How dare you push my daughter-in-law?" Casey screamed. "Oh come on, are we going to do this every time? Jessica is doing it to herself, trying to blame me!" I yelled back. "You! She wouldn't do this to herself, but yet you have all the reason in the world to be spiteful to her. She took Ethan back, and now you want to bully her, how dare you!" Casey exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes and turned to walk away before Casey grabbed my shoulder, spun me around, and landed a hard slap across my cheek. I grabbed my cheek, raised my hand to slap her back before Ethan caught my wrist. "Lydia, you can't hit my mother. You've done enough by pushing Jess. You owe them an apology."

"I'm not apologizing for sh*t! She pushed herself, and your dear old mother slapped me. Why should I have to apologize?" I responded harshly while still holding my cheek. "You know better than to mess with the Montgomery family, Lydia! You'll regret this!" Casey stammered.

"Ethan, help. My ankle is hurting again," Jessica cried. Ethan picked her up and looked at me coldly before saying, "You should be ashamed of yourself, Lydia. She could get sick, it's cold and dark out here. What would you have done if she got sick?"

They all three took off to head to the hospital. Jessica looked back at me with a smirk.

Shaking my head, I went back inside to join Nik who was talking with Grandpa Richard. "Lydia, what happened to you?" Richard asked. "Nothing, it's probably wind burn from being out in the cold. I'll be okay," I responded. Nik took his suit jacket off, and draped it around me. "You shouldn't be in the cold darling, I don't want you sick again. You just got better," Nik said. "Take my jacket, warm up a bit, yeah?"

I smiled feeling grateful to have someone like Nik. Ethan would never. "Excuse me, I have to take this call. It's your father, Nik." Richard stated and stepped to the side. I could hear him talking.

"I don't know, I don't think Lydia would do such a thing, she's not an evil person. Perhaps the person you should be looking into is Jessica and her wicked ways!" he yelled. Nik looked at me confused, and I confessed the whole story.

"Why didn't you call me?"

I bit my lip, "I didn't want to worry you, I can handle things on my own," I said.

"With me, you will never be alone. I promised to protect you from these things," he said with concern all over his face. I nodded, "I'll make sure I call you for now on."

"Let's get you home," Nik said. "Actually, Nik, I'd like to stay with you tonight. Can we grab a hotel room here?" I asked.

Nik had a huge smile on his face, and responded with, "Yes." We then checked into a hotel room.

We settled into the hotel room, and I lay on the bed feeling completely exhausted. Nik stepped into the bathroom to take a shower as I drowned in my thoughts. I don't know why they can't just leave me alone. Jessica has Ethan now, why bother me?

As my head swirled, I was interrupted by Nik walking out of the bathroom door. He was shirtless, abs glistening from the shower, hair wet and sticking to his skin. He was truly a Greek god. He had one towel wrapped around his waist, and another one drying his hair.

"I can feel you staring, like what you see?" Nik asked. "I uh, uh," I stammered.

He laughed and went towards the bed, putting both arms on either side of me, bending down to meet my burning hot face.

"It's okay if you do," he stated. He then crushed his lips against mine, wet, hungry, and burning with passion. I hungrily kissed him back, moaning under his lips.

We both stripped down, and had the most passionate night.

THE NEXT MORNING-

I woke up lying naked under the sheets, and went to feel for Nik, only to find him gone. I looked around the room and saw my clothes scattered everywhere. I wrapped the sheet around my body, and gathered my clothes.

I headed for the bathroom only to catch Nik walking out. "Afraid I left?" He smiled. "Not afraid, just.. Curious," I said while gripping the sheets closer to my body. He squinted at me, "It's not like I didn't see it all last night."

My eyes went wide, "I'm just going to use the bathroom and get dressed now," I scurried behind him and shut the bathroom door. I took my time getting ready when my phone rang.

'Hello?'

'Where have you been? You've been MIA!' Katie yelled into the phone.

'I'm sorry, I've just been busy lately.'

'Oh, lying up under Nik Montgomery?'

'KATIE!'

'Spare me, it's all over the news. The people at the gala last night leaked it to the media. Mr. Playboy is settling down with smoking

hot Crawford!' Katie said.

'I don't even know what to say.'

'Save it and meet me for coffee at Bears Den today at 11? We can have brunch and chat about it then!'

Sighing, I replied, 'sure, see you then.'

I hung up the phone and walked out of the bathroom. "Got a date?" Nik asked.

"Yes, my friend Katie wants to meet up at Bears Den for brunch," I said with a smile while looking up at him. "Well, you look beautiful, and I hope you have a great time," he kissed my forehead. "I have business at the office. If you need me, call me. I'll come running when it comes to you," he winked and left.

I walked outside and hailed a taxi to Bears Den, hopefully bulls*it won't find me here today. I need a break from it all.