Chapter 32: ?Back home?
Quinn:
After getting rid of the dead bodies of the gunmen, we took all of our valuables and teleported back to
my home.
We appeared into my room with Rhea holding onto me tightly.
"Where are we?" She asked, ncing around the darkroom nervously.
The windows were locked with curtains down, preventing light from illuminating the room. The little that
filtered in made it dim to human eyes.
"My home"
At my response, her thudding heart calmed and she released a deep breath. Releasing her grip on my
arm, she walked towards the windows to open them and move the curtains aside.
"Don''t" I ordered before she could get to the window.
She turned towards me, raising her brows in question.
"You don''t want to risk getting caught".
Her shoulders slumped in frustration but she stepped away from the windows, her gaze drifting to my
king-sized bed.
"Get some sleep" It was barely dawn. Had it not been for the disturbance of the gunmen, we''d have still
been in bed.
Giving me a nod, she climbed into the bed and pulled the covers over her. As soon as her head hit the
pillow, she was out cold.
I watched her for a while, having the urge to move to her and thug the stray hair covering her face to
her ears.
Exhaling a gush of air, I got to work, returning my suitcase of clothes to the closet. Thereafter, I stripped
off and joined her in bed.
A few hourster, I woke up to see Rhea wrapped around me. She was still dressed in my shirt that
she''d worn to bed the previous night. Her head was on my chest, her blonde hair syed on me.
Reaching out to her face, I moved the hair away to reveal her sleeping face. She looked so peaceful
sleeping, with her lips formed into a natural pout.
I traced her lips with my thumb then I moved it slightly to her face before pulling my hand away. Iid in
bed for a while longer before getting up.
When I climbed out of bed, I walked towards the windows to peek outside. It was midday already. The
sun was high up in the sky with people moving about their daily jobs.
Stepping away from the window, I sat on the bed and got the remote to the TVpartment. I needed
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to check the security cameras to know if I''d had any visitors while I was away. With Rhea still sleeping
and her soft snores filling my ears, I pressed a button on the remote and the wall shifted inside
revealing the tv. I turned it on and began to check the camera footage for anything unusual but I found
nothing. The house was as clean as I''d left it.
Turning off the tv, I closed the part of the wall housing it then moved to the kitchen in search of food.
Luckily for me, there were still a few foodstuffs in the fridge that could be used to make a decent meal. I
prepared a meal for two and was dishing it when she walked into the room.
I felt her gaze on me before turning to see her. My eyesnded on her but her eyes were somewhere
else. I traced them to see they were unashamedly ogling me in just boxers. I had forgotten to pull on
sweatpants.
"Like what you see?" I asked, smirking.
Shaking her head as if to clear the images from her head, she dragged her eyes to mine with much
effort.
"What time is it?" She asked
"Noon"
Her eyes widened.
"I slept for that long?"
In response, I gave her a curt nod. She was about to speak when her stomach rumbled. She wrapped
her arms around her mid-region, her face contorting into a cute frown with her brows drawn together.
Returning my attention to the food, I took a te and handed it to her. She stared at me with grateful
eyes. In response, I smiled.
As soon as she got seated on the kitchen ind, she immediately went to town on the food.
We ate in silence with me mostly watching her devour her food. As soon as she was done, she pushed
the te away and looked up to see my eyes on her. Colour spread through her cheeks to the rest part
of her face when she realized I''d been watching her all along.
Once I was done eating, she did the dishes. While she was washing them, I decided to let her in on the
new changes.
"You can''t stay with me anymore" I started.
As soon as the words left my mouth, she stopped what she''d been doing to give me her full attention.
"The men were sent by Elliott and they''d been searching for you. He knows you''re still alive". Her eyes
widened at the information while his body stilled. "We can''t stay at the cabin anymore because he''d find
us there and you can''t be with me anymore because we''d be endangering our lives. We have to part
ways"
A crestfallen look overtook her features.
"I can''t go back home. Please don''t send me back. I-I promise to be careful". Her lips trembled as she
said the words, eyes filling up with tears.
I walked up to her, pulling her into my arms. She rested her head on my naked chest, wrapping her wet
arms around me tightly.
"shhh…I''m not letting you go home. At least, not yet" I assured her, rubbing her back soothingly to
ease the tension but it wasn''t working. "I''m going to look for a ce for you to stay where you''ll be safe
and I''de to check on you always. That way, they wouldn''t ever found us and we''d be safe to carry
out our mission"
"Do you have a ce in mind?" She asks, raising her head to stare into my eyes with her beautiful
hazel ones.
"Not yet but I''ll figure something out. Trust me"
I stared into her eyes to convey my message and she simply nodded, sniffling back her unshed tears.
We stayed there with arms wrapped around each other.
I needed to find a safe ce for her. The sadness in her eyes when she''d thought I was taking her
home pricked my heart. It made me all the more determined to hunt down our foes and deal with them
mercilessly.