merder mafia leader in love

chapter 59

I rest my head on the counter as I wait for the coffee to be ready. "Hi?" Someone says. "What do you want?" I ask. "Is this how you talk to customers because-" Derek says.

My head whips up. "Der" I sigh, putting my hands on his cheeks. He smiles as I kiss him.

"Are you okay? You've not texted me all day so I came to check on you" he says. "I'm okay" I smile.

"You need any help?" He asks. I smile, nodding. He walks behind the counter. I grab an apron, tying it around his waist.

"You seem stressed baby.. what's up?" He puts his hands on my waist. "Just a long day" I sigh. He strokes my hips with his thumbs. I smile. He kisses me softly.

He takes the coffee and gives people their refills. He walks back over. he looks at me. "Okay honey, tell me what's wrong?" He picks me up, sitting me on the counter infront of him.

He steps between my legs, stroking my cheeks with his thumbs. "This got sent to the cafe" I pass him a letter.

Meredith,
If you don't break up with derek by 10pm today, I will kill him.
And before you go running to your little boyfriend, if you show him this letter, the same applies, he will die. 10pm meredith...
Anonymous

"What the hell" he says as he reads it. "I didn't know whether to show you or not" I twiddle my thumbs. "No.. you should've" he says.

"I'm sorry.. I just didn't want you to get hurt.. I wasn't gonna break up with you, though.. you know" I say. "Its okay baby" he kisses me softly.

"Are you not worried?" I ask. "Nope" he says. I look at him. "Theres nothing to be worried about" he says. "I'm worried.. I dont want you to get hurt" I say. "Its fine honey" he says.

"Please do something.. find out who sent it" I say. He sighs. "I'll ask Mark to take a look to see if he can find anything out but there's really no need" he says. "Thankyou" I say.

I look into his eyes. "I'll be fine darling" he says. I wrap my arms around his neck. He wraps his arms around my waist, snuggling his face into my neck.

I pull away slowly after a few minutes. "Why does no one want us together?" I look down sadly. "Hey.." he strokes my hair our of my face. I look at him.

"Who cares what anybody thinks? We are together and whoever sent that note will just have to deal with it" he says. I smile small.

"You wanna go on a date tonight?" He asks. "But what if they-" I say. "You wanna go on a date with me or not?" He grins, putting his hands on my cheeks. He gives me loads of kisses. I put my hands on his neck, deepening the kiss.

I pull away slowly. "I'll go out with you" I grin. "Always making me beg.. everytime I ask you out in this cafe" he grins. I giggle. "Well maybe you should stop" I tease.

"You want me to stop?" He grins. "No.. I find the begging hot" I smirk. He chuckles, kissing me softly. His phone rings. He pulls away, looking at it.

"Sorry baby, I gotta go.. I'll be back later to pick you up" he says. "Okay" I smile. He kisses me softly before walking away.

"Derek" I say. He turns around. "Ask mark" I hand him the letter. He takes it. He smiles at me before walking out. I get back to work.

I go back into the kitchen area to get some more muffins to put on display. "I want everything in the cash register.. now" A guy stands behind me. I gasp as I feel something on my back. I look back. It's a gun.

My heart starts pounding in my chest. I scan the room. I look infront of me. I grab the knife quickly and before he can even react I reach my hand back, stabbing him in the stomach.

He stumbles back. I gasp. I turn around. I grab the gun, kicking him in the stomach. He falls to the floor. I reach into my pocket.

"Mer?" Derek says. "I need you here now" I say, my voice shaky. "What happened?" He asks. I bite my lip, trying to hold back my sobs. "Baby?" He says. "Just come here please" I cry.

He shows up 10 minutes later. "Meredith" he says. I walk our to the counter. He sees the blood on me. He leads me back into the kitchen. He sees the guy. I'm crying a lot.

I hand him the gun. He puts it down. "What happened baby?" He pulls me into his arms. "He tried to rob the place.. he held a gun to my back so I grabbed the knife and I- I stabbed him" I say.

"Shh.. its okay.. you're okay" he whispers, trying to calm me down. He strokes my hair gently.

"Do- do you think that's the guy who sent the note?" I ask. "No.. Mark tracked that guy.. it was someone who worked for me.. he's been taken care of" he says.

"Is he gonna die?" I move into his arms, looking at the guy. "Yep" he says. I look at him, my lip trembling. "My guys are gonna take care of him.. you haven't killed him, baby" he says. I let out a small breath.

"Why don't you clear everyone out of the cafe? I'll take you home" he says. "...No" I say. "No?" He asks. "I wanna go on our date" I say. "Are you sure?" He asks. I nod.

"Okay.. go shower and get changed.. I'll get my guys to come get him and I'll clear everyone out" he says. I smile, nodding. He kisses me softly and I walk upstairs to get ready for our date.