Trigger warning - This chapter may contain themes that might upset some readers. Use of violence against women and rape.
Elliot POV
I stretch my legs, and my feet feel cold. I open my eyes, one at a time trying to figure out where the fuck I am, and I feel something heavy on my chest. I look around, and I can see Hazel. Her eyes were still shut, her hair spread between my chest and the bed. I smile, looking down at her and slowly rub my fingers on her back, her body tenses up, and she opens her eyes.
She smiles, looking at me, and I can’t help myself but pull her closer to me. She nests her nose against my neck, and I take a deep breath before pulling away from her and start gathering the clothes that are spread on the floor. I put my jeans on, and she sits up on the bed, hugging the sheets against her chest as she looks at me.
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Hazel POVIt’s been three days since I last saw Elliot. He hasn’t been around and he hasn’t even called since that day. I guess he got what he wanted and he just disappeared. Pavlov has been popping around my work unannounced, and he is making me feel uneasy. I am scared he might end my life because I don’t have more information for him.I walk out of the kitchen with a fresh pot of coffee, and I drop it on the floor as soon as I walk out, and I see the guns pointed at me. I raise my hands over my head and my entire body starts shaking.“The money”, the guy in the sky mask shouts. I watch as Caroline moves slowly to the register and with shaky hands, she starts pressing buttons. I can tell she called the police with the code she put on but they can’t.“Hurry up”, the guy shouts. Caroline with shaky hands starts to grab the money from the register, and I
Elliot POVDriving to the decoy house is making me anxious. The only thing that house has in common with mine is that you can actually see central park from there. This is a test, Killian proposed to do this a while ago and I agreed, and today seems like a good day to do it. I am taking Hazel to that house pretending to be mine. As I drive into the garage to the spot I was given by the landlord I stop the car and open the door for Hazel. I offer her my hand and she takes it while I guide her to the lift. I press the button for the penthouse and tap my watch.When the doors open I look at Hazel and her eyes go wide. She takes her shoes off and slowly walks into the house and into the front room where I already have some Christmas decorations on. We got the house with all the furniture it came with.“Siri, turn the lights down, and put the heating on twenty two
Hazel POV“I will get into a lot of trouble by telling you this, but I think you might me able to help me, or so I hope, I don’t know, maybe help me hide somewhere and protect my mom, God, I think I am delusional. I just don’t want to do this anymore, I like you, I really like you”, I say without even breathing because I am that nervous. Elliot keeps his eyes on me and I feel like he is reading my soul. He stands up and starts walking around the room, I get on my knees resting my stomach against the back of the couch watching him move, his body is tense and I can see the muscles of his back moving against the soft fabric of his t-shirt.“What did they ask you to do?”, He asks me, I guess he is trying to figure out if I am telling the truth. He crosses his arms in front of his chest as I take a deep breath, I lick my lips and regain the courage to speak. I know I will really get into tr
Elliot POV“I have nothing to wear”, Hazel says as she watches me get up, I put my feet on the floor before stretching. I look back and I can see her eyes scanning my body. I look back at her and smile as I open the door of the closet. I step inside and she grabs the sheet from the bed and follows me. She looks like a greek goddess, wrapped in a white sheet around her body. She looks sexy and beautiful. Her hair messy in a bun makes it even sexier.“What is all of this?”, she asks as she steps inside and sees all the clothes hanging. Oh wow, Everly did a fucking great job with this place.“It’s yours”, I tell her as I wrap my arms around her waist from behind kissing the top of her head. She moves her hands slowly through the hanging fabric and then looks at me shaking her head.“I can’t accept this, it&rs
Hazel POV “What did he ask you to do that concerns us?”, Killian asks, and I’m not going to lie, his blue eyes are cold as ice, and he is terrifying me. I look at Elliot and then back at Killian before I regain the courage to speak. “He asked me to spy on Elliot, to make him fall for me, to get as much information as I can, and I swear I only told him about the house”, I say, and he shakes his head. He looks at me with so much attention that I think I might be having a nightmare at the intensity of his eyes. “I have a deal for you”, Killian says, his eyes moving between Elliot and me. Elliot looks at Killian frowning and then looks back at me, squeezing my hand. “Okay?”, I say, and Killian stands up and walks towards us. He spins my chair around and rests his hands on the armrests, leaning closer to my face. Elliot stands up abruptly, making his chair fall back, and Theo follows through. I look into Kil
Hazel POV“Where are you taking me?”, I ask as he pulls me towards a dark room and locks the door behind us. He flips the light on, and I realise we are in a bedroom. He pulls his t-shirt off, leaving me speechless and with some drool falling from the side of my mouth. I don’t think I will ever get used to how beautiful this man is. How his body looks like it was made by the angels and designed to make women go crazy.“Welcome home, Bebe”, he says before he spins me around and frames me against the door. His rock-hard chest pressed against mine with heavy breathing as he held my hands up high on top of my head while his lips kissed my neck.I roll my eyes as I feel his tongue softly lick its way down my chin, towards my neck and my collarbone. My entire body shivers as he trails kisses towards my breasts. He lets go of my hands and pulls the t-shirt off of my body, exposing my naked b
Hazel POVMy phone starts buzzing. I keep my eyes closed as I search for it, trying to find it without opening my eyes has become harder than I thought. “Answer that fucking thing”, I hear Elliot’s voice next to me, and I open my eyes to find the phone right next to my hand. I grab it and answer without looking at the caller.“Hello”, I say with a giggle as Elliot straddles me and takes one nipple into his mouth.“Finally, where the fuck are you?”, I hear Pavlov’s voice. I place a hand on Elliot’s shoulder and push him away from me, he falls on his back on the bed and looks at me in shock, ready to protest while I place a finger in front of my lips, telling him to stay quiet. He frowns. I sit up straight and pull the sheets to my chest, covering it.“I’m home”, I reply, and Elliot sits up on the bed before he grabs my phone and touches
Elliot POV “Good, I want to see you tonight. I have a little job for you”, Pavlov says, and I can see Hazel shaking her head. I am about to kill that fucking bastard. He is not going to see her. I close my eyes momentarily. “I thought this was my job. I thought I wouldn’t have to do anything else?”, I can hear the fucker laughing on the other side. I start looking for my boxer shorts, and I shove them on as I am about to lose my shit. I can’t hear much more, or I am going to do something that will ruin everything. I find my white t-shirt, and I put it on before grabbing my grey shorts and putting them on. “You fucking do as you’re told, or your mother is going to play for it”, Pavlov says, and I feel the need to break something, preferably a nose, someone’s nose, the noise of the bone breaking and the blood spilling down their face. I nod my head as I watch Hazel
Elliot POV“Thank you, dad”, Jasper says, shaking my head. I nod as I watch him walk over to the girl's wife. I can’t believe my oldest son is married. He’s only nineteen, and he is already married. I tried to keep him out of trouble, but trouble found him. His high school sweetheart. He is a man, and he is extremely responsible; it’s not like he is an inconsequent teenager. I don’t even think he was ever a teenager. He was always serious and very responsible towards his siblings and us.“You’re welcome, son. Have you said goodbye to your mother?”, I ask, and he shakes his head. I know that this will be the hardest thing Hazel has ever gone through, watching her firstborn son leave the country to follow his wife’s dream.“Not yet. Eliana is talking to mom”, he says, and I nod. She is not a bad girl. She was always trouble, though, she was a re
Elliot POV “Where are you?” I ask as soon as Hazel answers the phone. “We’re home; why?” she says, and I can tell she is chewing on something, and I take a deep breath. I am so grateful that none of my kids is involved in this life. They all just want to study and have nothing to do with it, and I am here for it. “I need you all to stay inside, and please, please don’t fight me on this one”, I say, and I can hear Hazel taking a deep breath on the other side. “I have another call”, she says before she puts me on hold and answers the other call. I swear to god, if it's Killian asking for her to go there, I am going to fucking lose it. “Babe, I got to go, Killian called. They were attacked”, she says, and I take a deep breath. “I asked you to sta
Theo POV“I guess that is it”, Killian says, and I nod as I stand up, ready to leave his office. “Theo”, he says, and I look back, and he stands up.“This is going to be dangerous, and it is going to take a long time; take Elliot and Joseph with you”, he says, and I nod. There’s another war brewing, and I don’t like this at all. We had peace for so long that now we are all on high alert.We’re going to a mafia meeting. Killian can’t attend as he has had a target on his back lately. Joseph is growing up to be a great man, he is in training, and Killian is giving him his everything. I walk straight to Elliot’s office, and when I open the door, I can see him teaching Gabriel how to hack into the national bank. Great.Gabriel, my son, hates everything that has to do with physical activity, he hates
Killian POV“Kids, stop running”, I shout as my three kids with Ashley start running through the corridor towards Ashley’s office. Joseph, the oldest one, is now ten, and he is becoming as bubbly as his mother, and I absolutely love it. He says he wants to be just like her when he grows up, and I swear I am so proud of him.“Kate, slow down”, I say, and she ignores me as she runs after Joseph, that is holding her doll hostage. “Give it back”, she shouts at him, and he laughs and holds it high above her head. Kate is short like Ashley, while Joseph, well, he is tall. He is taller than a normal ten-year-old. He is the tallest in his class.“Daddy”, Kate complains as Jo, my youngest one, watches as her older siblings fight over a doll. Jo is a lot like me, quiet, she pays attention to everything, and her eyes scan e
Hazel POV“Come on, and we have to go”, I shout at Elliot, that is coming out of the kitchen like nothing is going on. He looks at me with an eyebrow raised, and I can’t help but laugh. “Come on”, I say, grabbing his hand and pulling him out of the living room towards the door.“I need my shoes, Hazel”, He says, and I roll my eyes. Men… Why are they never prepared? Killian called me in full-on panic mode. The man kills people for a living, and he deals with criminals and terrorists all the time, but his wife goes into labour, and he becomes a fairy that doesn’t know what to do.“Where is the kid?” he asks, and I roll my eyes. Their older baby Joseph is a sweetheart.“He’s with the nanny. They had her on call”, I reply, and he nods, walking into our bedroom to get his shoes. H
Hazel POV “That’s not possible”, I let out, and Elliot rests one hand on my knee. “My mother told me she had an affair with Elliot’s dad, and then she met my dad, and she went to live with him, got pregnant, and Ell’s dad lost it, he tried to kill her”, I let out and Killian nods. “Yes, that’s the official story, but no one told me. I saw them together. I saw your mother telling my father she was pregnant with his child. Elliot’s dad lost his shit when he found out his best friend slept with the woman he loved, but he couldn’t do anything against his father, but he could against his mother. Your mother was already pregnant when she moved in with your stepfather”, Killian says, and I shake my head. I stand up and start pacing around while Elliot watches me. Killian stands and walks to me. “I was pissed at you, I wanted you gone; you were a constant reminder that my father fucked over my mother”, he says, and I understand that. But… what? “You’re…” I st
Hazel POV“How have you been?” Ashley asks as we sit on the couch. I smile, looking at her, I missed her, and I missed Everly.“I am okay, I think. I was shocked when I saw a woman in the kitchen this morning”, I let out, and Ash frowned, looking at me.“A woman? What woman?” she asks, and I realise I didn’t explain myself properly. “Is he fucking serious?” she says, standing up. I grab her arm, and she sits back down while I try to explain to her.“No, not like that, calm down”, I say, and she looks at me confused and takes a deep breath sitting back on the couch.“It’s the new housemaid”, I say, and she nods. I can see the stress leaving her face, and she smiles.“Oh, Michaela? I forgot that she was working
Elliot POV“I am sorry”, Hazel whispers, and I shake my head. She shouldn’t apologise, ever. She has no reason to. I am the one that fucked up, and I am the one that put her in danger, I am the one to blame. I cradle her face between my hands and look into her eyes. Her hazel eyes are shiny from the tears, and they are puffy and red. I feel regret in the pit of my stomach.“Don’t you ever apologise? It was all me, all my fault. I should’ve kept you by my side like you wanted to. I will be the one apologising to you for the rest of our lives”, I let out. The feelings are eating me alive. I have never felt like this before. This is a new feeling, this is new, and I don’t like it.“How about we both stop apologising?” She asks, and I realise if we want to move on, we need to leave the past in the past and keep loving each other. We need to keep making each other happy and fight for our love, fight for us.
Hazel POVI feel Elliot’s hands moving up and down my bare back. I open my eyes to see him staring at me. I blink a couple of times, trying to adjust my eyes to the light that invades our bedroom from the window. I groan as Elliot pulls away, standing up. I frown, watching him, missing his touch already. I support my body on my elbows and watch him walk past me and into the bathroom. I flop back down, smirking at the image of his bare ass. He has a fantastic ass. I can’t get tired of it, and it's covered in marks from my nails. Scratches. I close my eyes, hugging my pillow.“We need to get up”, Elliot says as he walks back into the room, I can hear the water in the bathroom and I close my eyes shaking my head.“No, I’m tired”, I say, but Elliot straddles me, sitting on my ass and leans down, kissing my neck. I feel a shiver