Chapter 42. Planned

Zara's POV

"Cover your eyes," Nic said, handing me a black blindfold.

He had been acting a little strangely for the last twenty minutes, and I could not figure out what was bothering him.

I looked down at the blindfold he was holding, then looked up to meet his eyes.

I was uneasy about his request.

Ronan suddenly slowed the car, adding more tension to the request.

I kept staring at Nicolas and twitching my eyebrows while he laughed, clearly amused by my reply.

As he shifted in his seat to face me, his expression went back to being serious. "What is the issue?"

"I am not a big fan," I said, pointing to the blindfold.

"Zara, I promise not to do anything to hurt you," he said, taking my hand and dropping the blindfold inside. "I swear to you. It is just to amp up the excitement surrounding... uhm... the meeting."

Kaya cocked her head to the side and looked at Nic. "He is trying very hard to make his surprise a