Nick’s Obsession (The Billionaire’s Obsession 3)

Nick was ordering dinner while I changed into more comfortable clothing. He stayed home with me, working from his laptop in the living room while I caught up on my favorite series. Sometimes interrupting him to talk about it. He always listened even though he had no idea what I was talking about. Nick didn’t like many series, he did like the ones with the superheroes and thankfully those were my favorite too.

Walking back to the living room I took a seat on the couch, unpausing the video so I could go back to watching my superhero series. This one was about a girl being so strong she survived nearly everything. She was awesome, looking great in her jeans and a simple tee. Nick’s eyes traveled to the screen as well when I peeked a glance at him. Yeah, he definitely liked this one as well. Too bad there was only one season so we wouldn’t bond over it for long.

“Okay, thanks.” He ended the call and took a seat next to me, reaching for his laptop which he had abounded on the coffee table, “They’re here in forty.”

“Okay.”

“You want a snack?”

I smiled at him, “No, I’m good.”

We sat there, Nick with his laptop on his lap while he occasionally typed up an email and me with my eyes fixed on the screen. I was so into the episode that I jumped when the doorbell rang. Nick beside me couldn’t hold his laughter in and burst out, laughing at my expression.

“That scared the hell out of me,” I whispered, pressing a hand to my chest as I tried to calm myself down.

Nick put his laptop aside, “I can tell.”

He was still laughing, making me glare at him, “Hey! I could have gone into labor, you wouldn’t think it was funny then.”

“You’re only five months pregnant, Em, I’m pretty sure the chances aren’t that high yet.” He got to his feet and kissed my head, “It’s cute though. You’re cute.”

I let my annoyance go since he was being sweet again. Nick got our food while I tried to see what he was doing on his laptop without touching it. I was being the snoopy girlfriend and I wasn’t good at it because Nick was back in the living room clearing his throat.

“What are you doing?” He asked me, a big paper bag in one hand while the other was on his hp.

I was caught in the act and there wasn’t anything I could say to excuse my behavior. When I noticed how amused Nick looked I knew he wasn’t angry with me. Not really. He placed the bag on the table and walked past me, reaching for his laptop to place it on the table as well.

“Were you spying on me?”

I so was! I wanted to hide in the corner, but I knew Nick wouldn’t let me.

“Yes.” I admitted in a small voice, “I was just curious.”

He folded his arms across his chest, “Is that all?”

My eyes flickered back to his, “Of course it is. What else would it be?”

“I don’t know, maybe you were checking up on me because you’re still not sure about Zoey?”

I could hear by the tone he used that he was joking. Letting go of my embarrassment I leaned back against the couch and flashed him a smile.

“Okay, fine I was stupid jealous but I promise I wasn’t checking up on you. I was just curious what you were doing.”

He settled on the couch next to me again and reached for the paper bag, obviously done with the subject of me snooping on him. He was taking out the food, handing me my egg noodles with chicken, corn, broccoli, bean sprouts and tofu in sweet and sour sauce. I loved it. He had the same only his sauce was spicier. We also ordered soup and bubble tea.

Nick handed me my chopsticks, “I was going through the stats of the club in Tokyo. Reading through the ideas of my marketing team and Chris’ report.”

“Things I wouldn’t be interested in?”

“I don’t think you’d find it all that interesting.”

We were enjoying our food while Nick put his laptop away, giving me his full attention. We were having a great time when the doorbell suddenly rang again. This time I didn’t jump two feet in the air though. Smirking Nick walked past me to get the door. Hearing the rucking in the hallway I couldn’t help but smile when Evan’s voice traveled into the living room.

“Hey, Emily.”

He took a seat next to me and reached for my bubble tea, taking a sip from it, “Hey!”Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“You guys having a night in.” He stated and glanced at the screen, “I love this series.”

“Me too!”

Nick wasn’t so lenient with Evan’s presence though, he gave Evan a stern look as he folded his arms across his chest again. He always did that when he was about to scold someone. He did the same to me but I didn’t get scolded though.

“What are you doing here, Evan?”

“I was bored.”

My heart melted for him. Evan loved going out, he loved the scene and partying like there was no tomorrow. Since Nick and I were together he went out less and less. I think we were changing his ways too, for the better, at least I hoped. When I glanced at Nick I saw that his eyes softened as well. He dropped his arms, rounding the table to take a seat beside his friend.

“Fine, you can stay.”

We finished the episode when I couldn’t keep my words to myself anymore, “I met Zoey today.” I felt Nick’s eyes on me, but I ignored him, “She’s a nice girl.”

“Yeah, she totally is.”

I narrowed my eyes on him, “So why would you fuck it up?”

“Emily!” Nick warned me.

He always called me ‘Emily’ in his stern voice when he wasn’t pleased with me. Right now he was definitely not pleased with me, but I wasn’t going to stop. He knew I always told people what was on my mind. Right now Evan and his threesome in a bathroom stall were on my mind.

“Excuse me?” Evan didn’t seem to understand what I was asking.

“Evan, at the club. You had a bathroom stall threesome, freaking the hell out of Zoey.”

His frown told me he still had no idea what I was talking about. It made me wonder if he had been so drunk he didn’t even realize what he had been doing that night. I needed him to realize what he had done, maybe he could fix things between him and Zoey. I knew there was something between them and I didn’t want them to ignore it. Evan did me that favor now I could return it.

“Zoey isn’t over it. I don’t know what you did or what you said to her but that night is still on her mind. You freaked her out.”

“Evan-” Nick stopped himself when his friend suddenly got to his feet.

“I gotta go, thanks, Em.” He kissed my head and was out the door as quick as he pushed through it.

Nick gave me a look, but I just brushed him off, “They needed a push in the right direction.”

“I hope you’re right about that.”

I hoped that too because if I did push them and it wasn’t going to work out Nick would be pissed. He wouldn’t show it, but I knew he’d blame me for ruining their friendship. He cared about Zoey and he loved Evan, Evan was his Brandon after all. I really hoped Evan and Zoey could work things out, for everyone’s sake.