Nicky was you’re ex. You broke up because he cheated, and to be honest, for such an untrustworthy and sleezy guy, it broke him. I mean, he might’ve actually wanted a future with you despite being an art smuggler.

And seeing you move on hurt him even more. I mean, he tried to keep bouncing around girl to girl, but it didn’t feel the same. And he didn’t want to learn another scent, and he really didn’t want the children of another man to have the eyes of the girl he won’t forget; it’d haunt him for days.

so the next time he saw you, he was quick to strike up another conversation despite your disdain for the subject of conversation; he was asking about your new boyfriend. And it was annoying you, mainly because you knew he just wanted to know who his competition was.

“So, he treat you well?” Nicky asked out of the blue, looking at you quietly.