The Unexpected Happens

[Nikita] 

"You were saying?" Qiao said to Drew, his laughter roaring through the room and reverberating across the mansion, an assurance to their friends, that they were okay. Of course, they had been expected to be fine after a while, but this soon was quite okay.

No one had wanted them to be at odds with each other, especially with their commitments growing. They had to make sure nothing was a stray and the only way to do that was to try and fix whatever issues they had.

If they went to war while they were still at odds, then there was a higher chance of them being being distracted, and distractions always had the bad habit of affecting more lives than had been bargained for.

"Stay away from me— Don't take a step closer. Stay away. What the hell have I done and why did you—" Drew asked and Qiao raised an eyebrow at Drew's questioning.