His Toxic Addiction-Chapter 375: They Wish.

Nicklaus smiled, "I don’t know why. I just feel like it’s the right gender to refer to the baby as," he explained.

"Hmm," Arissa thinned her lips thoughtfully, "What if it’s otherwise?" she asked, a soft smile at the end of her lips.

Nicklaus shrugged his shoulders, "It doesn’t matter but I know it would be a girl," he sounded so confident and he didn’t know why.

He showered her stomach with more kisses and said, "Princess_"

Arissa laughed and cut him off, "Princess? Isn’t that name mine already?" she questioned, remembering there were times he referred to her with that title.

"It is," Nicklaus chuckled and his brows ceased together, "Why? Jealous already?" he teased her, mentoring her emotions while he continued kissing his precious child

Arissa scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Why should I be? Giving her my name doesn’t change my position in your life. I’ll remain your wife, and your love for me won’t fade because of her presence, or would it?" she asked confidently.

Nicklaus chuckled softly. He loved the confidence that radiated for her as she spoke about her place in his heart. He knew she had always doubted her place before him but now, she sounded entirely sure, even her emotions showed how genuine she was from her heart. He went back to the time when all she thought of herself when it came to him was being a mare-contracted wife.

"It would not," he assured her before pulling himself up to her face level. He planted a kiss on her nose and added, "You are the queen of my heart and she would be the princess in it." he explained.

Arissa loved the sound of those words. A wide smile appeared on her lips, "Thank you for changing your mind,"

Arissa could vividly remember how he once warned her not to be deceived if he says he loves her but now, look at him.

Nicklaus smiled at her. He kissed her briefly on the lips and trailed the kiss up to her head hair down to the sole of her feet. He kissed her softly with careful adoration and Arissa turned red.

Her body tempted him but he pushed that away and worshiped her. He adored her with kisses over and over again until Arissa could only squirm beneath him.

"Nick, that’s enough," she pleaded, combing his hair with her hand, trying to lighten the sexual tension she felt in her.

Nicklaus got a hold of her right leg. He placed his nose on her toenails and sniffed on her with his eyes tightly shut. He had a pleased expression on his face.

Arissa’s toes curled, "Nick," she mumbled and gripped the sheets softly, "I still haven’t forgiven you," she added the last line to distract him.

A deep chuckle escaped Nicklaus’s throat, "So beautiful and cute," he kissed her toenails up to her knee, "Next time, learn better words if you want to keep me distracted,"

Arissa’s heart fluttered, "This won’t work, Nick. I’m still mad at you,"

"I’m not trying to make it work," he countered with an amused voice before pushing himself up to her face level again, "It’s no crime to admire my wife’s body, is it?"

Arissa folded her lips in an attempt to hide her glowing smile, "It isn’t." she rolled her eyes thoughtfully and continued, "But you still have to tell me what bothers you. I want to know about it,"

Nicklaus tried to keep up with the smile on his lips but the smile slowly faded while he still struggled to keep a fraction of it at the corner of his lips. He doesn’t want her to feel the way she shouldn’t.

Nicklaus took in a deep breath and rolled away from her. He let out a low sigh and parted his lips reluctantly. "It’s about the higher-ups,"

Arissa faced him, "What about them?" her voice came out low and concerned.

Nicklaus glued his eyes to the ceiling, "They should not by any means know about the baby," he turned to her, "I do not want to scare you off but they should never know about the baby,"

Arissa turned pale in shock. The words were too much for her to swallow. Her mouth opened and closed without a word leaving her lips.

’Fuck!’ Nicklaus cursed at himself in his mind when he saw that he had ended up scaring her off even if he never wanted to.

"Don’t be afraid, Baby," Nicklaus secured her and wrapped his hands around her waist. He wrapped one hand around her waist and the other around her back to help her feel secure, "You can continue your daily life without a fear of anything. I will always be by your side to protect you," he promised.

Arissa did not react to his words, even her expression did not. Her whole expression became blank and Nicklaus struggled to know what runs through her mind.

"Love," he called when she remained numb a minute after he opened up to her. He hugged her to himself to comfort her and when he did, Arissa finally regained herself and hugged him back.

Tears welled up in her eyes when he did and she hugged him back. Her hands clenched his shirt so tight as the reoccurring nightmare she had about him kept on resurfacing.

"Would.. Might we... Would they ask us to divorce or would they make you not want to risk getting married to me?" she asked solemnly from his chest. She had a hard time building her words up.

A slight frown graced Nicklaus’s expression. The thought of the higher-ups having such power over him disgusted him to his bone marrow.

"They wish," he scoffed, "And even if they do, I won’t give them such right," he said, fear excluded from his voice.

He added almost immediately, "All you have to do is let me know where you are headed before you leave the house,"

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