He Was Losing Himself.

Arissa kept on stealing glances at Nicklaus while she arranged her rage and played with her fingers to ease her fury. 

"What are you upset about?" Nicklaus asked when the number of glances became threatening and he felt them graduate to glare.

At first, he was okay with it because he loved her attention on him but with the way she acted, it was as if she can't wait to get back home so she won't have to keep on sharing the same space with him. 

"It's nothing," 

"Arissa..." Nicklaus pressed starting at her upset side profile. 

Arissa gritted her teeth. He was acting all innocent and since he wants to hear it from her, then fine!

"It was despicable of you to lie to Collins," she slammed him. 

She never wanted to talk about it because she don't want to start an argument but now that he asked, she had to open up and let him know how annoying he was back there.