Luke's POVShe removed her lips slowly from mine after we kissed for a minute, her eyes were wide in shock and I couldn't decipher what she was thinking now. "Why did you kiss me?" She asked slowly and I ran my fingers through my hair."I couldn't get a hold of myself," I lowered my head, I was wrong for kissing her unaware. "I'm sorry." I heard her gasp after I apologised and I slowly raised my head, my eyes met with her hazel eyes. There was silence, a very awkward one and I was clueless on what to tell her."I don't get it, Luke," she let out breaking the silence. "Why are you acting this nice to me all of a sudden?"My eyes widened and I raked my hair for the umpteenth time with my fingers. "I don't know," I replied to her, honestly and she frowned a little. "I just want to protect you." I tried coming closer to her but she stepped backwards. "I don't need you to protect me, I'm twenty, I can protect myself." She told me with a little nervousness in her voice. "When I needed
LUKE'S POVI stayed in Dakota's room and we talked for over an hour. We planned on how we were going to remove the bounty and how we were going to make sure that she and her family would stay safe till we did that."If we don't know who placed the bounty how are we going to remove it?" She asked with her hazel eyes peering at me. "Protecting the client's identity is one the foremost things the market does, so it will pose a challenge for us to get the identity of who is behind this," I told her and she lowered her head. I knew that she wanted to end this as fast as she could, she wanted to protect the lives of her loved ones."But why would someone do this type of thing to us?" She shut her eyes and then squeezed her hands. "Don't worry Dakota everything will be fine. The police will give you and your family a level of security," I reassured her and her eyes widened when she heard me mention the police. I nodded at her to assure her that meant what I said.No matter how much I disli
DAKOTA'S POVIt has been a week since I last talked to Luke and I became worried that he had left me like he did earlier and he didn't want to talk to me again. I couldn't stop thinking of him, how his lips tasted when he kissed me was still vivid in my memory, and no matter how I tried not to think about it, it was to no avail, it had already been registered in my memory.Emily was visiting me today and I know that she would keep on asking me about why I was kidnapped, she knew that there was something was going wrong somewhere, but I was instructed by both Luke and Justin not to let anyone know the reason why I was kidnapped and about the bounty, I shouldn't tell anyone not even my best friend Emily.Justin had been coming here once in a while to check on us, and he had assigned secret police agents to watch over us and our house. Justin told my parents about him being an undercover cop in my school, the reason why he did this was so that they could trust him more. Justin was still l
Dakota's POV.As soon as my mother entered my room both Luke and I froze. "What's happening? I heard you talking with someone..." Her gaze shifted from me to Luke who was standing a few meters away from me. She stopped talking as her eyes scanned Luke and I began to think of the lie to tell her. I played with my fingers and the air in the room became tense."He's one of the undercover cops watching me and the house," I let out with my eyes shut and I hoped that she would believe me. "He's working under Justin's team, and Justin assigned him here. He is here because he noticed something unusual in my room so he came to check it out but found out that it was nothing that big, right Luke?" I turned around and winked at Luke."Yes, ma'am, I am Luke and I am one of the detectives working on your family's case," he said smoothly and then paused. His eyebrows furrowed a little and his lips pursed into a thin line. "And yes I am part of Justin's team." He added. I nearly burst out in laug
DAKOTA'S POVLuke took me to a coffee shop that was a thirty minutes drive from my house and I was so excited about it. I have been at home for weeks now without coming out because of the bounty. My mother was not worried because she thought that Luke was a cop so he was going to keep me safe and I wasn't worried about my safety because Luke was strong. "I so love coffee," Luke muttered as the blonde waitress with a pretty smile dropped two mugs of hot coffee on our table. I frowned when Luke stared at the waitress for quite a long time but then I brushed it off almost immediately.I ordered my coffee with sugar and a lot of milk, I couldn't drink coffee plain without sugar or milk. I stared at Luke while I was putting the cubes of sugar and pouring the milk into my mug, his eyes were narrowed and his lips were pursed into a thin line, I sensed that he didn't like what I was doing."Plain coffee is too bitter for my liking I prefer it sweeter," I explained to him before he killed me
Dakota's POVMy face became comical and time paused for a moment, Luke and Justin glared at each other with hateful eyes, ready to strike each other at any moment from now.The air became tense and I began hyperventilating. They kept staring at each other dangerously, they were like cats and dogs, never happy whenever they met, always fighting."What are you doing here, Luke?" Justin seethed and I gulped. "I should be the one asking that," Luke retorted with his voice as cold as the North Pole."I can explain Justin," I stuttered and came in between them so that they wouldn't think of attacking each other. But would I be able to stop them? I was weaker than both of them, and if they were to fight each other while I was in between them they would crush me like a plastic cup."He's dangerous Dakota, get behind me," Justin came in front of me and he reached for the pistol in his gun pocket. I held his arm, stopping him, "Justin, please," I begged and he turned to me. His features soften
Luke's POVI arrived at the secret lair and it was unusually quiet, Dr H was planning something big and everyone was busy helping him accomplish his plans. My mission to Russia was two weeks from now, it would be hard for me to go on a mission like that cause I would be gone for a long time and Dakota would notice my absence. Justin was a problem too, since our encounter in Dakota's house he had been keeping a very close eye on me, and it was very annoying. I walked into the conference room and it was empty too, it seemed like the nine generals were not around or they went on missions. I guess the reason why no one has figured out about me and Dakota was because they were busy with so many things. As a member of the 9ine, your every step was monitored, if you betray, you die. If you try to compromise, you die. If you try leaving, you die. If you were not careful, you die So I was taking a very big risk helping Dakota...I facepalmed myself and then muttered, "Why was I even helpi
DAKOTA'S POVAfter Justin found out that Luke was coming here from time to time he assigned an undercover agent to watch over me, I tried to convince him that there was no need for that but he didn't want to hear me out, he deemed Luke too dangerous for him to come around me with me so vulnerable. He even told me that he should have been the one watching over me but he had to keep an eye on Luke always and he was also busy finding who placed the bounty.They could never get along because of their personalities and jobs. I sighed and then turned to the man wearing a black suit and dark shades standing by my room door. He had been standing there for more than an hour without uttering a word and he followed me everywhere I went to, even to my room! If not for the words decency and privacy he should have been following me into the bathroom and the changing room. He was now living with us, it was Justin's orders, he wanted him to watch over me all the time till all the problems were solve