Arissa had that traumatizing gruesome dream again. Hence, you could imagine how blanched her face was when she saw him just seated beside her.
It took every strong cell in her not to yell out from fright. Her breath trembled and for a moment, she forgot how to breathe.
The fuck, why would he be the first thing in her view after that scary too real to be an unreal dream. Passing a hand to her throbbing head, she tried to calm down.
"How long had you been here?" she asked as she focused on organizing her breathing. The dream scared her so much that her strong facade was crumbling but with Nicklaus before her, she would do everything to act normal.
He can't see her at her worst.
Nicklaus calmed down the moment she got her voice back. He was terrified when he saw her gasping for air from her sleep.
