His Weapon

XII

It's been a week since that night Nicholas left to see Zayn. Since then I haven't heard a word from him and he's been avoiding me. People were only allowed into his office if they were called and he never called to see me.

I tried sneaking up on him several times but Kristen always got in the way of my perfectly planned but poorly executed missions.

The stupid b***h.

I finally told Cheryl everything that had happened that night. She couldn't shut up about Zayn wanting me back because of his undying love for me and how my life was finally getting interesting again. She can be very annoying at times.

Blah blah blah

However it all didn't really matter, I was worried about Nicholas not wanting to see me. He's the only one that has ever made me feel special, not even as a partner but just a friend and I missed having that. I missed him.

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked, eyeing me with concern. I nodded weakly, returning to what I was doing.

"Do you know if Mr Thompson is okay?" I asked, wanting to know because he had been in his office not long ago.

"Is someone developing a crush on her boss?" He joked as usual but I wasn't in the mood.

"It's just a simple question Lucas, answer it simply as well" I pressed which caused him to chuckle.

Lucas and Cheryl are the most annoying people I've ever met. They know how to really get on my nerves especially when I'm grumpy. It seems like that's when they try to push my buttons more.

"You know what? It's fine" I said angrily and turned away which caused him to frown.

"Hey are you sure you're okay? You're never this grumpy" He stated, turning me around to face him with his hands resting on my shoulders. I sighed, looking away from him which caused him to reach for my chin, bringing my head up so I'd look at him.

"Hey.. He's fine, a little moody but fine" He told me what I wanted to know but that didn't make me feel any better.

His hand caressed my cheek, staring down at me. There was this look in his eyes that was different from anything I've ever detected from his end. All form of the playful Lucas I knew was gone, he became serious and our closeness enabled me to see a few freckles around his nose and also notice that his nose was a little bit crooked.

"You're soo beautiful" He whispered, stepping closer to me.

The atmosphere had shifted. He went from telling me about Nicholas to evading my personal space before I could even process everything.

I chuckled trying to lighten the mood but he didn't laugh. He took his bottom lip into his mouth, leaning forward when someone cleared their throat.

I cringed at the thought of a customer being there long enough to witness what had happened.

I took a step back and turned around only to have my eyes widen in shock.

Nicholas and Zayn.

They were both glaring at Lucas with murderous eyes. Their jaws clenched and fists balled. I gulped hard turning around to see Lucas not looking the least bit worried whiles I was shaking in my boots for him.

"My office now!" Nicholas growled, stomping away for Lucas to follow, not once looking my way. I begun to panic because I remembered the conversation we had in his office about Lucas and how he said he would fire him in an instant if anything was going on between us and our previous position wasn't going to help.

Lucas sighed frustratedly and I wish I could tell him to tone down the attitude but he had already begun to walk after Nicholas.

Zayn remained rooted and my eyes landed on his. I could tell he was enraged.

However I couldn't sit back and let Nicholas fire Lucas because of me so I decided to intervene.

I walked from behind the counter, attempting to walk pass Zayn but he grabbed my arm yanking me so my chest was pressed against his side.

"What the f**k was that?" He gritted his teeth.

I was desperate to get to Nicholas so I yanked my arm from his grip. "Don't f*****g touch me" I snapped and without waiting I begun to walk faster to Nicholas' office.

I knew Zayn was following me and I could only imagine how angry he was but I didn't care neither did I dare to look back. As I got closer to Nicholas' office I heard him and Lucas having an argument. My hope of helping Lucas was being squashed by the second because he just wouldn't shut the f**k up.

"Don't f*****g talk back at me!" Nicholas shouted which caused me to slow down.

"You're not my dad, I can talk to you however the f**k I want" Lucas dared to say.

"I told you to stay away from her. Why the hell don't you ever listen?" I could tell Nicholas was getting more and more angry by the growing second.

"And I told you I wasn't going to" Lucas yelled back and that's when I burst in on them. My presence wasn't even acknowledged as both men stood inches away from each other, sending sharp daggers at each other.

"Look Nicho-" I was cut off before I could even form what I wanted to say in my mind.

"Stay out of this Muna!" He snapped in my direction but I wasn't going to back down.

"No.. He did nothing wrong" I tried to make him see reason hopelessly. Lucas relaxed physically, stepped away and smiled at me which caused me to send him a threatening glare.

Nicholas sighed frustratedly.

"You can't work here anymore" Nicholas ignored me and turned back to Lucas who still didn't look that affected.

"What?? No" I walked around him so I could be face to face with him.

"He hasn't done anything"

"Its okay Muna" Lucas pulled me back by my waist.

"Don't f*****g lay your hands on her!" Zayn finally spoke, stomping towards us and yanking my body towards his which angered me. I yanked my hand away from his.

"Shut up you don't own me" I snapped, my last button of self control falling.

He glared at me murderously, his fist balled and I feared for his knuckles that turned white instantly. It felt like an eternity of him just standing there and killing me with his eyes.

"You think?" He answered angrily.

I sighed, shaking my head and diverting my attention back to Nicholas because I couldn't come up with any hurtful response to stab his ego at that moment.

"You're such a hypocrite Nicholas" I couldn't control my rage.

"Just like that.. you didn't want to talk to me but suddenly you feel like can have a say in who I decide to see if I wanted to?" For the first time I saw Nicholas beyond angry, matching the man I've been told about and had gotten a glimpse of; because of Lexi, a waitress.

"You kno-" He attempted to defend himself but I wasn't going to let him.

"I know nothing. I was that forgettable Nicholas." I was soo angry that my voice begun to crack.

His eyes softened. "Don't say that"

I chuckled bitterly, shaking my head.

"I guess this is it, I f*****g quit"

"What? No" Lucas turned me around swiftly, holding my shoulders.

"I'm sorry I caused you to lose your job, I keep messing everything up" I begun to tense up, feeling bad that he was being fired because of me. I knew it was a well paying job and it'd be hard to get something like it anytime soon but one of us had to go.

"No don't cry sweetheart" He wiped my cheeks and for a second I feared he'd get punched by Zayn but thankfully that didn't happen.

"It is not your fault that my brother is an asshole" He added which caused me to furrow my brows in confusion.

Did he just refer to Nicholas as his brother?

"Brother?" I asked, my curiosity getting the best of me. Lucas nodded his head, staring down at me.

I chuckled bitterly, shaking my head. "This is a game to all of you, isn't it?"

They all remained silent. It didn't make sense that he kept such an information from me, it wasn't that big of a deal. I mean he could tell me about his dog trying to f**k his cat and how he had s*x once and his d**k stunk but couldn't tell me Nicholas was his brother? That simple piece of f*****g information?

I have way too much things going on in my life that I didn't need the complications that came with their presence. I frowned.

"Look I know I didn't tel-" Lucas tried to explain but honestly his explanation wasn't necessary.

"You don't have to explain anything. I really don't care" I replied curtly which caused him to frown.

All three pairs of eyes were on me, eyeing my every move and the only thing I wanted was to get out of there. I didn't care if Nicholas decided to fire his brother, after all Lucas was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

"I'd email you my resignation letter" I informed Nicholas. There wasn't any specific reason beside the fact that I wanted to live a life that was drama free. I needed to focus on the wellbeing of my mother and these three were going to get in the way of that.

I knew of restaurants around that were in search of waitresses that I could apply for than have a heavy headache all in the name of loads of money.

Zayn remained silent like he wasn't even in the room.

"You don't have to and you know that" Nicholas stopped me as I tried to walk away.

"No it's fine darling, I want to" I sassed and begun my journey for the door. Lucas rushed to stop me but I shut him up with my palm in his face, blocking out every word he had intended on saying to me. With that, I walked out of the office leaving them to dwell on whatever they have going on with each other.

As long as they don't get me involved.

Kristen glared at me and I rolled my eyes, not being able to care about her bullshit. I walked the fastest I could for the bar. My belongings were stacked underneath the cabinet so I reached for it and flung it over my shoulder.

I hate being made a fool of, I hate feeling stupid and that was exactly how I was feeling.

It sucked.

I stomped out of the bar ignoring a customer that was waiting to be served. She eyed me angrily, her mouth open in shock at my blatant disregard for her.

"Sorry lovely lady, bad timing. I'm really not this rude."

The fresh air of new York hit me hard and I braced myself to begin my walk. Still very furious from the turn of events. I wanted so badly to see Nicholas that when I finally did I just wanted to snap his head.

It wasn't the fact that Lucas had kept that piece of information from me, it was Zayn and Nicholas.

The fact that I was getting mixed up in this triangle that I didn't want to be associated with in the first place.

"Muna!" Zayn's voice rung in my ears and I stopped in my tracks.

I sighed heavily and turned around.

I quirked my brows questionably, wanting to know why he saw it fit to waste his time to follow me. He straightened his coat, falling back into his classic and elegant posture.

"I came to see you you know?" He smiled softly. I had to blink subtly so I could distract myself from how beautiful he looked.

"That's nice of you but you shouldn't have bothered" this caused him to frown. He still had the tendencies of wanting to be respected as he was used to but I couldn't find it within me to comply.

He paused for a bit, trying to hide his irritation but he wasn't fooling me, I could see right through him.

"Let me take you home" He randomly offered. It was a first. He never took me home, not even when we were bounded by his contract, he'd always get his chauffeur to do it.

This caught me off guard for a second but I recovered quickly. A warm sensation begun to dance within me as I stared back at him in hesitation.

"Thank you but i-" He cut me off.

"I insist" He pushed which cause me to squint at him. He smiled for a second but I wasn't so sure because it was gone instantly like it didn't happen so I could've been seeing things.

'No' - "okay" my mind was screaming words at me that never made it out of my mouth. Just like that, all it took was a f*****g 'I insist' for me to give in. A clear warning that I needed to get away from him whiles I could.

He stared at me questionably for a second before his eyes widened, catching on to the fact that I agreed.

Quickly, a smirk made its way unto his lips and heck was I right when I concluded that no smirk could be sexier than Zayn's.

It felt like an eternity as I watched him. As much as I always asked myself what I saw in him, a part of me knew what it was.

"Shall we?" He asked which snapped me back to reality. I blinked a couple of times and nodded due to my lack of capability to speak.

I mentally began to cuss myself, angry because I had agreed to his courtesy. This was the last thing I was supposed to be doing, being close to him. Zayn was a chapter that I had closed over a month ago when I walked out of his life and this shouldn't be happening. I couldn't understand why I wasn't pushing him away, this isn't me.

He reached over and snaked his arm around my waist, instantly radiating heat throughout my body. If this is what love feels like then I hate it, I hate the fact that with every touch of his I feel complete. I shouldn't be feeling this way, I can't , not when I'm truly not.

I can never be

He leads me to his car and opened the door, as I was about to get in, he softly smacked my arse which caused me to gasp, not expecting him to do such a thing. He had never done anything to me in public, always only in his playroom and nowhere else so his action brought some form of satisfaction to me instead of anger.

I needed to get away from him, he's already f*****g with my brain.

He shut the door and took long strides towards the driver's side, sliding in. I bit my bottom lip nervously as I turned my entire body so I was facing the window.

He didn't bother me the whole ride and I was pleased because I didn't want to talk. I always wanted us to have more conversations other than the dom and sub conversations but it never happened and now that he had begun to speak to me more, there was always tension in the air because we aren't on the same foot. The last thing I wanted was for us to exchange words and have him strangle me to death due to his hot temper.

In reality, it wasn't a long ride but the awkward silence made me want to bury myself.

As we got closer to my apartment my phone began to ring. I pulled it out of my jeans and it was none other than Lucas.

I rolled my eyes exhaustedly, declining and putting my phone back into my pocket.

"Who was that?" Zayn asked, shifting his gaze to me for a second before diverting it quickly to focus on the road.

I sighed, totally not in the mood for his newly found protective nature. In our agreement, I agreed to tell him everything and I guess it was still part of him, forgetting that that contract doesn't exist anymore.

Honestly, I was already shocked that he hadn't interrogated and warned me about Lucas and Nicholas already but I was glad he hadn't because I wasn't in the mood either.

"Answer me!" He growled when seconds went by without a reply from me. I stole a glance at him only to find his jaw had tightened and his grip on the steering wheel, hard.

"Lucas" in my mind, I was readying myself to come up with some cheeky reply along the lines of telling him to mind his own f*****g business but my lips said something completely different, giving in to him.

"I don't want you talking to him, stay away from him!"