“Kathryn!” He yelled as he rushed to her, seeing her that way made him feel so scared. Ironic wasn’t it? He was the same man that had planned to attack her to get the truth out of her wasn’t he?
He managed to pick her up as he kept on calling her name while he carried her upstairs, wondering how she could have fallen down the stairs. He knew she wasn’t that careless of a person.
Opening the door, he gently laid her on the bed as he went from cupboard to cupboard, looking for a first aid kit. After some time, he found one in the bathroom and quickly took it out.
After he was done cleaning her up, he placed a little kiss on her forehead before leaving.
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“Are you alright now?” He asked her as he placed his palm on her face, gently caressing it.
She nodded her head as she looked away, apparently, she’d not been able to get it out of her head how badly he’d treated her. She couldn’t bring herself to forget how what she’d heard, how he’d planned to get her attacked so he could get the truth out of her.
He inhaled deeply, he knew she was upset with him and it made him sad, it broke his heart to a thousand lives. “I’m so sorry” he apologized to her as he stared at her, making sure he connected deep into her soul.
She’d wanted to ignore him but then something in her just had to force her to reply him. “Sorry for? Not trusting me, questioning my intentions or planning to get me attacked? Which are you sorry for?” She asked, still avoiding eye contact as she was afraid that if she looked into his eyes, those charming eyes, she would lose control.
“Everything ” he told her as he took in a big sigh, he couldn’t believe he was apologizing to her. As a mafia don with such a reputation as his, he wasn’t meant to be apologizing but with her, he just felt he wasn’t himself.
She couldn’t restrain herself any longer, she was dying to see those eyes, she wanted to admire them and those lips when they parted, she was dying to see all of this.
“Do you promise it’ll never happen again” she asked as she continued to stare at him.
He inhaled deeply, “I promise ” he told her.
She held on to her head as she sat upright before taking his hands in hers. She looked at him and then sighed. “You know, you were right. I have no right to keep you here any longer. I’m only but your bodyguard, I have no say in your doings” she said and he really wanted to put an index finger to her lips and tell her how he thought she was more than what she thought she was but then he had to control himself, he couldn’t start doing that now.
“Why are you saying all of this now?” He asked her as he continued to stare at her.
“Let’s go back to the city, I’m also done staying here. We’re not gaining anything after all. You’re losing your business, reputation and everything. We can’t continue to risk that now can we? I agree to what you said, we have to leave” she told him with a smile on her face.
“Are you sure about this?” He asked her, not breaking eye contact.
“Yes, I am ” she told him with a smile on her face, that same smile that made him think things he was not supposed to.
“Alright then, I’m going to get packing ” he told her and she burst into laughter.
He smiled on seeing her laugh but without knowing the reason for her laughter, he couldn’t just join in, he had to ask. “What is it?” He asked her
“Get packing? What do you want to pack?” She asked him.
“My clothes, what else? Am I supposed to pack something else ?” He asked. He was lost as he couldn’t make out the point of her laughter.
She rolled her eyes, she had to spell it out to him. “You didn’t come here with clothes, you didn’t even know you were coming here so what do you want to pack?” She asked him.
“Shoot! I completely forgot about that, I guess I’ll just go rest then” he told her and made to leave when she immediately spoke.
“Dum dum!” He heard her say and then turned to face her.
“What did you just call me?” He asked her as he folded his hands against his chest, while walking towards her like he was some superhero in an action movie.
“Didn’t you hear me? I said dum dum” she said as she gave a slight chuckle.
“Me? Dum dum? I’m going show you what it feels like to be a dum dum” he told her and just as he jumped on the bed, she got off.
“Hey, come catch me!” She turned him as she stuck her tongue out of her mouth like a child who was mocking an adult.
He went round the room, trying to catch her and they were all smiles as they chased each other around. Kathryn eventually became bored of running around the room so she took to the door, opened it and rushed out of the room and that was it, they started running around the house.
He would run fast but then when he heard her chuckle like a child, it would weaken him and he would be trapped for a few seconds before continuing to go after her. While he stopped, he’d wonder, what was she doing to him? How did she have this much of an effect on him? Was he now in love with her? Like completely?
He couldn’t make this out and it confused him.
While they ran, he accidentally knocked a glass and it shattered to the floor and when Kathryn started running towards it, he was quick to notice it.
“Kathryn!” He called “please stop!” He told her but then she just turned to him.
“Nope. If you want to win, catch me, giving up is not allowed” she told him and continued to run to the pieces of shattered glass without realizing it.
Before she could step on the pieces, he managed to drag her out of there and they both fell to the floor, Kathryn on top of him.