Justin's POVAfter following them for more than an hour they arrived at an abandoned neighbourhood and stopped. I made sure I maintained my distance from them so that they would not figure out that I had been following them all this while. They came down from the car and pushed Kelvin who was now blindfolded into a large dilapidated one-storey building.My phone rang and I checked who was calling, it was Tom. Maybe he had figured out something.I answered the call. "Hello, have you found out anything?" I asked immediately I answered the call with my eyes fixed on my windscreen monitoring the SUV car."Yes, we have," Tom said into the phone."Hit me.""We found out that a bounty has been placed on her and her family members by an unknown person. Jimmy is still trying to unravel who this person is but for now, there is no lead for who placed the expensive offer." Expensive offer? "What is the reward?" I asked Tom. "Fifteen million dollars. While twenty for anyone who can accomplish
Luke's POV"I want you to be successful in this mission, that's why I chose you," Mr H's voice echoed throughout the silent room. "And don't ever think of going against me, I am always watching you." My heart skipped a beat and I tried my best not to look afraid. I hope he hasn't found out about Dakota unless she would be in danger. I could protect her from normal assassins but how the hell will I protect her from Dr H?Tsk.This was one of the reasons why I didn't want to be seen around her, if anyone in the organisation found out that I was helping her, she would be in danger. I have to make sure no one knows that I made a pact with her.Why did I even care that she was in danger? I am going to kill her eventually why am I protecting her? Why was I hesitant to kill her? "Okay, Dr H," I muttered lowering my head to show respect for him. I tried to stop thinking about Dakota but I couldn't, I couldn't get her off my mind...what was happening to me? Why do I feel this weird? I rais
Dakota's Pov.I woke up in a hospital room, my head felt dizzy and there was a machine beeping beside me. I must have passed out in the ambulance vehicle. I saw my parents and my brother with a bandage on his face sitting across the room. When they saw I was awake they rushed to me. "My little pumpkin," my mom let out with her eyes glossy. She cupped my face with her hands, "Are you feeling better?""How are you doing?" My dad asked with a trace of anger and fear in his voice. "Anyone who had a hand in this will pay dearly for doing this to my daughter." "I am glad I beat the heck out of them before they kidnapped me. I should have given them the beaten of their lives if they were not armed," My brother bragged and we all chuckled at his childish behaviour. My brother was seventeen and he was taking karate classes so I knew that it would not be easy for them to capture him."I'm fine," I told them smiling and they seemed relieved by my answer. Justin walked into the hospital with
Dakota's POV"Luke!" I uttered in disbelief and my eyes were as large as wide saucers. What was he doing here?His piercing blue eyes scanned me and then a frown came across his face when he saw the situation I was in. "Who did this to you?" He growled and my eyebrows furrowed. I turned to the other side of the bed, I didn't want to see him. I couldn't believe he was asking me that after he was nowhere to be found when I was in danger."Leave me alone," I muttered, trying to make him go away but deep inside I wanted him to stay. I was so happy to see him and I was clueless why I was.The room became silent and I longed for him to say something. I could still feel him staring at me even though I was facing the other side. I knew that his hair was a mess now because of him running his fingers through it every single minute."Dakota..." He said coolly. This was the first time I had seen him being this gentle and his voice this soft. "I'm sorry for not keeping my promise."My eyes beca
Luke's PovI'll be fine if you leave." Her statement was rephrased in my mind as I sat on my bed with my hands clenching my hair. It's been a week now and I couldn't stop thinking about her, her very words haunted me and a million thoughts ran through my head."Daddy, what's going on?" The little girl's voice rang in my head and I gritted with pain.Why am I feeling this way? I am supposed to be ruthless, I am supposed not to have any emotions, so why was this happening? I noticed that since my last mission, I wasn't the same as I was, I have become softer and nicer. I even have some regrets about burning up that house and killing both the girl and her father.I knew that they didn't deserve to die, they were both the victims of injustice and wickedness of humans.Shit.Dakota hated me because of what I was, I could see it in her eyes. She had always disliked me but now she would resent me more, she now knew what my true plans were, and she now knew that I was planning on assassinati
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