Chapter Four

I stretched out my palms to pull his face closer and talk in a quiet voice.”You...don’t blame yourself… you didn’t kill her” I said in a low, comforting voice.

He then gently holds my hand in his as he slowly puts his head up. I soon realized… WE ARE TOO DAMN CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

As alarms started to go off in my head. I have never been this close to anyone like this before.

Well damn, I’ll admit it-he is fricking hot and he smells amazing!!!

Wait-why am I thinking that?!

I pushed him away gently-luckily he didn’t notice“Ahem, so back to the topic-”

I stopped in words when I felt two huge arms gently holding me by my waist as his head was buried in my neck.

“Please,can we stay like this for a little while detective?”

I stopped trying to fight him,as I did this,he made his grip tighter but he was still gentle.We had stayed in this same position for almost an hour or so.My chest started to cramp as my mind wondered-”was she that special to you?”

My eyes focused on something that tried to be hidden in the room,I fell into a trance-like state.I picked up a picture that was of me when I was small-I don’t remember having any friends though…

I turned around to ask him,”Where did you get -”

I was shocked to see him right behind - normally I could easily sense if anyone was around me-But how did I not see him?

He just grabbed the photo out of my hand and he looked at me as if I was mistaken.His whole entire expression just changed so quickly.

“As I was saying,there was a lady who I hired to work for me-I know who your suspect is...”

“Then why don’t you come clean?!This could help us big time.”I said as I started to chase after him.

“You still don’t get it -do you?  NOT. EVERYONE. IS. LIKE. YOU.”

“Who is the serial killer?”

“He’s my stepbrother.I am not the real heir of the company...he is.As long as everyone knows,he’s dead.”

“Why,what happened before?” I started to question.

“He has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, his parents got me to keep him company...my parents-they died in a car accident caused by a drunken driver who was a woman, I could find but we found out she left her family and ODed”

“I… I am so sorry to hear that.”I muttered under my breath, I knew exactly how it felt but I could never talk to anyone about it, not even my exes. I couldn’t even tell...Michael…. god-Michael.

I could soon feel the pain, Michael wasn’t just an ordinary detective-to me, he was my greatest hero. After I killed my dad after he attempted to rape me - he tried his best and fought for my case, after he saw how attached I was to him-He took me in. We had the best of times, when he died of a heart attack-everything just broke in me. That is when I decided to live up to his name. He was a real father to me.

I snapped myself out of my thoughts back onto Marcus.

“It’s not like you were the cause of everything!”He said as he tried to fake a smile.

“Did you see her get killed by him?”

“Yes, but there’s no proof. And this is where you come in.”He said seductively as he played with my hair.

Dammit, I should’ve known he would have a comeback.

I smiled gently as I slapped his hand away.”I’m not planning to work with you by stealing information from the station.”I then reached out for his shoulder and whispered in his ear,” By the way, don’t waste your charms on me, you might need it for someone else.”

“Ouch, but I don’t use it so sparingly-you are an exception for my charms.”He winked.

“I’m going to take my leave-it’s getting too late, someone might mistake us for something else, for a businessman like you and a detective like me.”, I said as I grabbed my felt-frock coat.

“My brother will most probably know that I am involved, it’s a big mistake but you’re the only person I could trust, he’ll kill you if we’re separated.”

“I’ll take my chances.”

A FEW MOMENTS LATER“WHAT!!! No -just take the bed, I’ll take the couch!!!”I shouted at Marcus.

Great! Now he’s staying with me since I didn’t want to stay with him!

“Just sleep on the floor then -since I got an airbed...you can sleep in the room since it’s warmer here at night”, I started to feel flushed after I said this.

The night went well, it was easier to fall asleep since there was a company around. I have always kept myself reserved for as long as I can remember, this is the first time I have ever let someone get this close to me. I just hope he is just all talk on the outside.

I woke up to feel something hard and moving underneath me, to only see that I am sleeping on Marcus’s chest. I can’t even wake up because he has a grip on me!!! I am going to get late for work and Moriarty is going to get suspicious!!! Here I am-stuck crying under his arms because of my foolish habit of sleeping like a starfish!!!!

I decided to lie down on him for a little while until I gathered up all my strength and used my palms to push against his hard body which had made me flush. I had never touched a man’s chest, even with my exes. He unconsciously pulled me back, making me lose my grip and falling on him hard.

Moriarty is going to find out and there’s nothing I can do about it. I tried to wake him up one last time before I gave one last push-wait, that sounds kind of wrong.

Anyways, I did one last push up against his hard chest until my hand slipped causing my great fall, which caused me to punch my mouth to his. I was so damn embarrassed, what made it worse, that he woke up by this action.

I’m pretty sure his lips were hurting because I felt it so bad-the pain was excruciating!!!

He sat up straight while I was still on top of him, we were just both holding our lips to see it was a bust.

I then realized that I was still on top of him, I lost balance due to my legs being numb. He caught me as I fell on top of him, but this time-it felt in a more demanding way as my hand was placed on the side of him and the other on his chest. Even he looked shocked enough to just die right there and then. I feel his heart racing as his chest continues to move up and down in a fast rhythmic paste.

“I - I … I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THAT!!! I NEED TO GET GOING FOR WORK” I said as I started to panic.

All of a sudden, I could feel his warm hands cupping my face, his hands are so fricking hot like him and so big!!!

“It’s okay, don’t worry,” he says as he turns his flushed face away from me with his hands still cupping my face.

THIS IS SO DAMN EMBARRASSING!!!!!!!!!

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