THE DAY BEFORE. [BOSTON]
Elijah stares at the man before him, the smirk that's been etched to his face ever since he spilled their plans. Never disappearing.
Shuffling in his seat, he leans forward with his glare hard. "So you mean to tell me that your plan is to track where this man is and carry out your job?" He raises his brows at him and Jagger leans back against his own seat, crossing his arms against his chest with a small grin covering his face. He seems obviously proud of this plan.
"And what you need me to do is to give you Dawn's number because you think somehow she will be with him?"
He continues, and Jagger nods again before moving closer, folding his hands on the table between them. "Either track him using her contact or we hack her phone and get his number off there. "
"And how do you suppose you'll do that? How do you even know about Dawn Meek in the first place? Have you been following her?"
Elijah's jaw tig
Sweethearts! I did a third POV in this and the last episode for a better understanding, I hope it was good enough! Thank you very much for your support and readings! Next episode will be by afternoon, Singapore time.
DAWN. I raise my gaze to the direction of the voice; my body instantly relaxing along with my racing heart at the sight of Ryder. Alive and breathing. However, my heart clenches when I take in his appearance and the state he's in. His face is bruised and his lower lip appears cut, looking fucking bloody. Blood drips from inside the upper arm of the black suit he's putting on and down onto the floor. He looks damn messy. In a way it reminds of me of his bad days and that makes my heart aches. Who the fuck did him this way? Glancing between me and Ryder, the security slowly removes his hand from before and I splint across the room to get to where Ryder is standing; not caring of the many watchful gazes in the room or the fact that he's injured — I jump into his arms, throwing myself into his embrace and burying my face in the crook of his hair to muffle my sobs. "I'm fine, Princess. I promise, I'm fine. " No, you'
EARLIER. [ELIJAH] "What the fuck is wrong with you guys?! One man! One damn motherfucker! You couldn't get hold of one man and do your job fucking properly?!" I cross my arms against my chest, leaning against the door as I watch Jagger yell at the bunch of bruised men with spiked interest. "We tried but it was almost as if he knew we were coming. The suite security was so damn tight and the man wasn't an easy target himself. I expected someone we could take care of easily but it seem like the man's experienced in the field himself. He was able to hold Laser and Theo off before the securities arrived and it was too late when we went in. We barely made it out. " Hunter, next in line to Jagger says and Jagger watch him with a disgusted look; almost like he's ready to kill him with his bare hands. "Can you hear the nonsense you just spurt out? You underestimated the man by sending two men in? And keeping eight out? From the many operations we
DAWN. I let out a yawn, removing my glasses to rub the mist under my eyes before pushing my chair back; eyes trained on the ceiling. My phone vibrates against the desk and I'm quick to grab it, eager eyes running across the screen, and a frown stretches over my lips when I realize it's just a text from Bryan. 'Hey, how's you doing? You think I should come over for lunch?' Not the one I was kind of expecting. Rubbing my eyes, I type back a reply. 'I still got a whole shitload of work to do. Thanks for asking by the way, maybe another time though. ' Once it shows sent and delivered, I move to my message inbox, staring at a certain name I left hundreds of messages for, but not for once did I get replied, and I'm getting both worried and so fucking angry. 'Hey, I just got to work. Sending your support from here, I know you can do this. ' 'Hey, lunch time. Know you're busy but felt like
DAWN. "Ryder, give it back, " I scowl at Ryder, who only watches me with an amused expression, his lips twitching by the sides. "I told you, you won't be needing this anymore. Why would you want me to give it back?" He raises his brows at me and I suddenly feel so small under his intense gaze as the room falls into silence; Ryder waiting for me to answer his question and me simply waiting for him to give me back my fucking pants! Seriously, he can't just do this. "Princess. " He moves with a smirk dancing by the corners of his lips and I glare at him, trying to hide my smile. Ryder chuckles with a shake of his head before pulling me towards him, his left arm around my waist while the right rests on my breasts. "I need to get back to Washington. " He suddenly says, and I stop squirming in his hold, raising my brows at him. He's heading back today? I thought he was gonna to stay at his hotel or something; well,
RYDER. "You can leave. " I tell Mr Rodriguez the man standing before me and he nods, bowing before turning around to exit the office. I let out a tired sigh before swirling in my seat, phone in hand, as my mind gets filled with thoughts of a certain beautiful woman. "Ryder. " Frowning, my brain comprehends the fact that voice sounds very familiar and I turn around to be met with the gaze of the last person I wish to see. Sitting upright and pushing the chair near to my desk, I raise my brows at Sarah, "What do you think you're doing here?" She shakes her head, ignoring my question as she let herself in, shutting the door behind her and striding towards me. Without my consent, she takes a seat across from me and I scowl at her. "Just because you own fifty percent of the company doesn't mean you can come in here, Sarah. You are trespassing. " "I'm just here to talk, Ryder. " "And what could
DAWN. "You seem to smile a lot these days, Dawn. I'm thrilled for that—its nice to see you smile. You have a really beautiful smile. " Joanne tells me over lunch and I chuckle to her words, taking my hand from the chips before us and leaning back against my seat. "Yes, I am. Thank you. " I smile brightly at her, feeling my cheeks glow. And it's all thanks to a certain man with hots tattoos and beautiful brown eyes. One, that's the reason I'm without panties or pants right now. As stupid as it sounds, the man was right when he uttered those words. Every time I think about what went down between us in my office, I feel this raging desire burn inside me and by every time; I mean every single moment my mind goes blank and I suddenly stare at that desk, the image of him taking me on the surface occupying my blank mind almost instantly. And every single time I think about it, I feel the juices leaks between my thighs and I take my
DAWN. "What are you doing?" I raise my brows at Elijah, frowning as I try to push him off him. But the man won't even budge. "What does it look like I'm doing, Dawn?" "Taking away my fucking privacy without my permission!" I scowl at him but he only laughs before moving off me, leaving some space between us and I let out a breath I didn't realise I was holding before grabbing my bag off the floor and raising my gaze to meet Elijah's once again. "What do you think you're doing here, Elijah? What do you want?" I ask but he only tilts his head back as a response, his brows furrowed and his arms crossed against his chest as if I'm some sort of science experiment he's trying to figure out. "You never had a problem with me doing this, before. What changed?" That I finally realized I was being fucking stupid over my confused feelings for you. It wasn't love and it sure as hell wasn't lust either
DAWN. [MONDAY, LAS VEGAS.]"Welcome to Las Vegas!"Joanne cheers beside me, and I let out a chuckle as the fresh air of the city hits me."We are getting a fucking suite! Can you believe that?!"She says with her eyes wide, and I shake my head; rolling my bag along with me."I sort of can believe it. It's the CEO; I wasn't expecting any less. "She nods as we walk behind him while he speaks to the hotel receptionist and after two or more minutes; he signals to us and we all head in the suite's direction.For the thousandth time today; I bring my phone up, a frown stretching over my lips when I see nothing from him—not a message and not even a call.Ever since Friday night, he hasn't been replying to my messages or calls and I'm getting fucking worried. If this is one of the bullshit where he tells me he just wants to get a reaction out of me, then he can go to fucking hell!"Are you okay?"