His Beautiful Addiction

''You're crazy; '' Richard joked and Diana laughed;

''Really, everything would be boring if everyone becomes good, so what are you suggesting? ''

Richard leaned back on the chair;

''The thing is, they are hurting themselves because of us, we need to tell them that we don't mind them being together. ''

Diana creased her brows; ''but I mind? ''

Richard glared at her; ''so you want your father to stay sad all his life because of one mistake he made?''

Diana shook her head with a small chuckle;

''I don't care. If he wants to kill himself, I don't bloody care. My mom didn't want to tell anyone but she actually knew he was cheating on her. She had known for a while, that was why she found solace with another man. He could have ended things amicably without cheating, but he hurt my mom, lied to her, and pretended to be the perfect father for years, so yes, I don't care if he stays sad and single and die a miserable single life. '' she completed in one breath making Richard stare at her bewildered.

''But your mom said she supports them being together… ''

''She forgiving him and moving on does not mean I have too; I don't care if she's happy, he hurt her so he must get a dose of his own pain, I'm not going to forgive him, not now, and I don't think it will ever happen in the near future, wait, is that why you came to see me? ''

''Ah… no, ha ha, ''

''Tsh, and I was here thinking you were paying me a visit.'' She rolled her eyes.

''I really came to see you, but I won't deny I had that in mind, so what do you have video games? Chess?''

Richard took off his watch and dropped it on the stool, stretching his limbs.

''I don't play video games; we'll have to play chess. ''

She stood up going to get the chess board; ''yeah, that reminds me, how did you even think of going after Tiana? '' When he mentioned video games, it made her remember that night he was having a game naming battle with Tiana.

''Well; '' Richard laughed; ''she's cute and has a sweet voice, what is there not to like about her? And besides, I wanted to annoy Nicklaus, he behaves like he's a perfect god, I just wanted to make him mad a little and it worked perfectly. ''

''yeah, and you ended up with a broken arm, ''

Richard glared at Diana who was now laughing;

''I haven't forgotten that you abruptly sided with him that day, but don't worry, I've forgiven you, I don't have much strength to keep enemies now; ''

''Haha, I can't even be your enemy; '' she laughed as she placed the chess board in front of them. They played for a while and ate, watched Netflix before Richard got up to go. Diana saw him off but as he drove out, another car drove right in and she recognized it immediately;

With a sweet smile she ran to him as he stepped out of the car;

''you didn't tell me you were coming? '' she smiled as she gave him a quick hug;

''I wanted to surprise you; ''

''it is so cute; come in; ''

Diana held his hand as she led him into the house, Michael looked back to the car he just saw drive out but it was no longer in sight. When they got in, a different scent breezed into his nostrils. Michael had spent time with Diana and so he knew what she smelt like, so when he perceived that, he knew that someone was here and it was probably a man because the cologne was masculine. 

He didn't know why, but he felt a wave of jealousy course through him; she didn't have any sibling, so the person who had stopped by was definitely not related to her.

Knowing that another man spent some time with her alone, made him a little annoyed; his eyes fell on the chess board on the table and he sulked; they even played chess!

''Sit, sit, make yourself comfortable, let me get you something to drink;'' Diana said and left the parlor.

Michael contemplated whether to ask her about it or not, the question was at the tip of his tongue, but he held himself back from saying it. What if she didn't want to tell him? She must have known that he saw the car drive out, if she wanted to tell him, she should have done it by now. 

Michael sulked.

''Alright, here you go. '' Diana smiled and placed the tray of juice and cake in front of him.

''Was someone here? '' Michael asked before he could stop himself, and only when the words left his lips did he realize what he just did.

Diana paused and peeked at him; ''Oh, yeah, why do you ask? ''

He cursed internally; he should have just let it go;

 ''I saw a car drive out when I was coming, so I thought someone came by, and besides, there is another scent in this room, so… ''

''Wait, you know what my house smells like? '' Diana was excited as she asked, her interest piqued. Only when she asked that, did Michael realize he indirectly just told her he was paying attention to every little detail about her.

''Well, '' he cleared his throat; ''I know what you smell like, and I just knew someone was here cause I know the cologne, a friend of mine wears it. '' he lied; no-one he knew wore that cologne!

Michael could see his mind-self laughing at him;

''Ow, is that it, okay. '' Diana smiled and sat down; Michael watched her in surprise, he was expecting that she would tell him who stopped by but she wasn't even saying anything.

''I have an upcoming movie and I'm the producer, do you want to star in it?''

And now she was trying to change the topic! 

Michael swallowed the piece of cake in his mouth dryly. All her actions were making him sulk the more.

''Who was it? ''

Diana creased her brows; ''uh? ''

Michael swallowed; damn, this woman!

''I mean, who was the person that came to see you? ''