"Haha"
Surprisingly, after the dark laugh, James stood up and slowly walked towards Nikki.
Nikki could hear his footsteps draw closer. As they drew closer, her heart thumped louder and faster but she still put on a strong front and refused to run. She continued washing like nothing was happening. She could have passed on as strong if not for her slightly shaking hands and the tiny droplets of water on her forehead.
James slowly approached her, grabbed her arm and turned her around.
Nikki's heart froze and her body turned cold as she stared at those devilish smile on his face. The droplets of water on her head were starting to flow down.
"I will punish you according to the contract" James continued smiling as he saw her frightened expression. "One kiss for every time you misbehave" He brought his face closer to hers and planted his lips on hers.
Nikki's mind went blank. She couldn't understand what was going on. She stared at the face of the man that was nibbling happily on her lips, he didn't look that cold anymore.
"That's your punishment" James happily licked his lips after separating from her and left.
"..." Nikki was still stunned after he left. Her blank mind slowly started working as she tried to process what just happened.
...
Nikki walked like a body who has lost her soul, she planted her butt on her soft bed as she felt her body sink in.
She remembered the terms of the contract but she had thought it was a joke.
"A kiss for light provocations" Nikki said lightly as she sighed. That was one of them. When she read that term, she thought he was joking but still signed it anyway.
She stood up and walked to the window, she looked down at the father and son playing heartily in the garden.
Jimmy was on James shoulder as James ran around the garden. The young boy's giggles filled everywhere.
Nikki felt complicated in her heart. In the past James will always push Jimmy away anytime he sees him and he looks at him with hatred. He was so heartless to the child that the child already learnt to be quiet whenever he sees his father.
There was a time Jimmy had called James "dad", James had broken a bottle by his side to spook the child. Whenever the child cried, he hits the mother.
Now, this same James was acting like a caring father to his child.
Yes! That's it! He's acting, he probably wants something. Now the question was what did James want, she'll make sure he never gets it. Nikki's hand clenched with determination as her jaw tightened, the look in her eyes turned cold as she stared at the playing duo.
...
James was happily playing with Jimmy in the garden. He was starting to love the sound of this child's giggles.
"Daddy, why are those sunflowers facing each other?" Jimmy's childish voice rang out as he pointed at some flowers from atop James' head.
"The flowers face each other when they can't find the sun" Looking up James saw the gray clouds and pointed to them. "It's about to rain, let's go in to our sun"
"Who's our sun?" Jimmy looked completely lost.
"Your mum, my wife" James lips almost touched his ears as he grinned like an idiot.
...
It did rain that night, it was a very heavy rain.
In the dark room, a lady could be seen on the bed, her breathing was quick and on her foreheads were heavy beads of sweat.
"No" Light, slurred words escaped her her mouth as her eyes which were shut tight twitched heavily.
"My baby" Her hands moved to her stomach and clutched them tightly. She was obviously having a nightmare.
The doors of the room opened as a tall figure walked in. He looked at the figure on the bed and smiled sinisterly as he clutched the knife in his hands. He moved closer to the figure on the bed and raised his hands with the sharp knife.