Dark and Dangerous

Chapter 34

"I know she's in there." Austin's voice came through the speakers. He continued to stare at his reflection.

"Talk, Austin. Why'd you do it?" A man I'd never seen before spoke as he took a seat in front of him. Austin's eyes finally moved to him.

"I love her. I wanted them to break up. I figured I could scare her into it if I caught enough picutres of that asshole with the redheaded bitch." He replied. Niall's arms tightened around me. Austin loved me? We'd barely talked in the last few months. 

"According to this," he motioned to the file on the table between them, "you and Ms. Williams haven't talked in over a month." 

"Yeah, so?" He sneered.

"Why now?" The man asked.

"She was getting too attached. I couldn't allow that. First I sent Jason after her. When her dick of a boyfriend beat him up enough that he didn't want the job anymore, I had to think of something else."

So he sent Jason after me? Niall said it was because of the X-Factor. I could tell from the tension in Niall's body that he didn't know that piece of information either.

"I can't take this..." I whispered. Swiftly, he picked me up and carried me out of the room. We were safely in the hall before I broke down crying in his arms.

"Shh, baby, I'm sorry. I can't believe it was him."

"I trusted him!" I yelled. "I thought he was such a good guy. W-Why would he do this? He do-doesn't even know me!" I sobbed.

"Apparently he's been watching you for years. Even before I was in the picture. Now he just had incentive. He said he could see you falling in love with me." He whispered. I squeezed my arms around his torso and cried into his shirt. Years. He's been stalking me for YEARS and I'm just now figuring it out?

"Is that true, Jess?" 

"What?" I looked up at him. Had he said something?

"Are you-- Are you falling in love with me?" He whispered. His deep blue eyes questioned me, and I could see hope in them. I looked down and played with my ring.

"Yes." I whispered. Niall let out a large breath. He pulled me closer and I cried until my tears were gone.

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I arrived home around ten. Niall stayed downstairs, and I made my way to my room. Cass was awake but texting away on her phone, and Ana was barely opening her eyes. 

"You're back!" Cass cried, hugging me hard until her phone buzzed again. She was probably texting Harry.

"'Morning, Ana." I said as I changed into sweats. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Where've you been?" I sighed and sat on the bed before I dove into the story. It even caught Cass's attention for a moment.

When I was done, they both stared at me. 

"Woah." was all that came out of Ana's mouth. Cass was speechless.

"I guess it's a good thing I didn't stay with him, huh?" I tried to laugh, but it came out as more of a breath. Ana threw her arms around me.

"It must be hell knowing that. God, he's been stalking you for this long!? That's just not okay!" 

She fake-shivered, causing me to smile.

"It's past and done. No use worrying about it now." I said, mostly trying to persuade myself not to continue thinking about it.

"Oh my god, is that the time!?" She sprinted up and gathered her things. "I gotta go to work!" That broke me. I fell back laughing. Figures the only thing that would be hilarious to me was when someone else was in pain. 

"Shut up! I'll see you later." She yelled as she made her way down the hall. I heard her say a quick bye to Niall before the front door slammed shut. I finally caught my breath and turned to Cass.

"Well, Harry will be here soon to pick me up." She smiled. 

"You two are serious, aren't you?" 

"Very. I really like him. Thank you so much for introducing us." She hugged me.

"Harry's here!" Niall called from downstairs. I motioned her to go before me.

"Hurry. Your white knight awaits." She giggled before heading down the stairs in front of me. She fell into Harry's arms.

"Hi." He murmured into her hair before he kissed her. I pressed a hand over my heart. They were so perfect together!

Niall's arms came around me. 

"You think that's cute, then watch me. I'm adorable." He said before nuzzling his head into the crook of my neck. My hand reached up and played with his hair as he pressed small kisses to my skin.

I giggled slightly when he nipped the sensitive skin. Since when did I giggle? Niall was going to kill me. Death of Niall. Sounds like a perfect cause of death to me. 

"Niall.." I whispered. His head came up and he gave me a wicked smile.

Harry finally let Cass go and took her hand.

"We'll see you guys later, okay?" Harry smiled at me, before nodding at Niall. Cass hugged me again.

"Thank you." She whispered before walking out the door with Harry.

"Well. Looks like it's just you and me." Niall said. His voice was husky. I glanced at him before turning around.

"And what would you like to do, Mr. Horan?" I glanced over my shoulder. I saw his eyes darken before whipping my head back around. Soon enough, I felt his head behind me. His hand smacked my butt and I jumped, but didn't move away. His hands squeezed my bum before moving down in between my thighs. He pushed up against me and I moved away quickly.

"No." I breathed, sending him a provocative smile. I was pulling out the hard to get card again.

"No? Are you-- Are you DENYING me?" He asked, a wicked glimmer in his eyes.

"So what if I am?" I retaliated, moving back from his approaching figure. I backed into a wall, and his arms boxed me in. I was trapped. He hummed.

"You'll have to be punished." He growled. So he was going aggressive on me again. Thank God.

He pushed himself against me, pinning me to the wall with his body. I stared into his gorgeous eyes, which darkened by the minute, as he grinded against me. I could feel his hard length pushing against my stomach.

I gasped before pushing him off. He didn't budge, but he stopped moving.

"Let's go out." He whispered in my ear.

"Where?"

"To a club. I need to show you off." He growled. I smiled.

That was all I needed to hear to know that he wasn't going to let me go anytime soon.