My Temptation

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M I L E S 

Once Jane and I get home later that day, she goes upstairs and starts running a hot bath for herself. I go into the kitchen and start preparing dinner for the two of us. I take out a package of steaks along with some asparagus. 

As I begin seasoning the steaks, my phone begins ringing and I pull out my phone and answer it. 

"Miles, it's me Jack."  I hear and my heart stops for a split second 

"Jack... hey. What can I do for you?" I ask trying to hide me nervousness 

"Have you made a decision?" He asks and I go silent for a few long seconds. "He's asking for you." Jack says again 

"I'm sorry, what? What do you mean he's asking for me?" I ask 

"I mean exactly what I just said Miles. He was asking for you, he wants to see you. He said how he wants to see the man Jane left him for." He says and I can feel the anger building up inside me. 

Does that fucker really think that seeing me is going to do anything?  He's fucking insane. 

"Did he really say that?" I ask and Jack scoffs 

"Do you think I would make that up just to get you to come here? I'm a grown ass man Miles. If I wanted to, I would've killed him without even calling you. I called you and gave you the chance, the opportunity to come here and do the job because this is personal for you. Yes, Jane is my daughter but you love Jane and she loves you. She broke things off with that asshole because of you so it's personal for you." He says sternly 

"Sir I- I understand but I think it's crazy how you thought that it was completely okay with calling me and asking to to do something like that." I say 

"So you're telling me that you don't want him to suffer for what he did to Jane? " He asks and I sigh deeply

"I do Jack but I don't think I can end someone's life." I say 

"I'm extending your time to think about it. You have another day to think about it Miles. Come down here or don't, it's your decision." He says and hangs up before I could respond. 

I drop my phone on the island angrily and groan out in frustration. 

He's crazy. Jack is absolutely crazy if think that's an easy decision to make. 

I hate this. I wish he never asked me that stupid fucking question. 

•••

I finish cooking dinner for Jane and I by the time she comes downstairs from her bath. She walks into the kitchen with a fuzzy robe wrapped around her and fuzzy slippers, her hair damp and combed back. I look up and down at her and smile, she comes up to me and reaches on her tippy toes pecking my lips softly.

"The food looks fantastic." she says 

"I tried my best." I say chuckling and she laughs softly. "How was your bath?" I ask 

"Really nice and relaxing. You should join me next time." She says winking and I give her a sly smirk 

"I agree with that." I say leaning down and kissing her deeply 

She kisses back and wraps her arms around my neck causing me to wrap my arms around her waist, pulling her closer.

After dinner, we clean up the kitchen and wash the dirty dishes together then sit down on the couch to watch a movie. I scroll through the movies on Netflix and HBO Max, not finding anything good. Jane comes back from the kitchen handing me a bottle Corona and plops down on the couch next to me with a bottle of beer for herself.

"Have you found anything good yet?" She asks and I shake my head, taking a big gulp of my beer

"I always know how to find the good movies. Let me get the remote." She says and I snort out a laugh, handing her the remote.

"You always know everything sweetness." I say and she shrugs her shoulders smiling widely

"I guess I'm just that good." She says laughing 

"You're more than just good. You're amazing, you're practically perfect in every way just like Mary Poppins.  I say and she busts out laughing, her cheeks turning red.

"That was so corny. But I love it." She says and opens up Hulu, scrolling through the movies 

She goes through the horror movie section and stops scrolling when she sees a movie called "Deliver Us From Evil" and my eyes widen. I hate horror movies. I turn to her and she's staring at me with a small smile.

"Absolutely not!" I say shaking my head and she rolls her eyes 

"Come on babe! It's not even that bad. I love this movie!" She says pleading and I sit there in silence for a few seconds before rolling my eyes and nodding my head.

"Alright alright. But if I have nightmares tonight, I'm blaming you." I say and she laughs before putting the movie on, turning the volume up.

2 hours later, the movie is finally finished. I'm sitting there next to Jane trying not to piss myself, she looks over at me and starts laughing hysterically. I let out a deep breath that I didn't even know I was holding in and I can feel my eyes roll to the back of my head. 

"It's not funny." I say with a shaky voice 

She continues laughing as she reaches over and turns on the lamp next to the couch. "I'm sorry babe but it is funny. It wasn't even that bad!" She says wrapping her arms around my neck and throwing her legs on top of mine. 

"That was terrifying Jane! And the fact that his best friend died is very upsetting." I say and she nods

"I do hate that part. His friend never should've died but it wasn't that scary." She says and I roll my eyes again 

"To you it wasn't but I can admit that I really liked the ending. And I like all The Doors songs in there." I say and she smiles 

She looks at me longingly then sits up and straddles my lap, placing her hands on my face and stroking my cheeks. I look into her eyes and I swear I can feel my heart melt. I place my hands on her hips and pull her even closer to me and hold her tightly against me.

"Are you still scared?" She asks and I scoff slightly, shaking my head. 

"No. You make everything better Jane." I say and she smiles 

"We make everything better for each other Miles." She says and I nod in agreement 

"I love you so much." I say 

"You should take me upstairs to show me how much you love me then." She says and I suck in a breath, raising my eyebrows and looking at her. I wrap my arms around her securely and stand up quickly, rushing upstairs.

"I've never seen you move so quickly." She says laughing as I get to her room and let go of her so she can stand

"Well you asked me to show you how much I love you and that's what I'm going to do." I say grabbing her face and kissing her deeply.

•••

I've been tossing and turning for the past 3 hours, not being able to sleep. Jane and I had another amazing and blissful night together and now she's in a deep sleep next to me but I haven't been so lucky to be able to sleep tonight. 

I sit up in bed, grabbing my phone and yanking it off the charger. My phone lighting up, showing me the time.

2:00 am

I let out a deep frustrated sigh, running my hands through my hair then get up off the bed quietly and go downstairs.

I pace around the house over and over again with all these thoughts running through my head, making me feel fucking insane. I grab a glass and a bottle of Whisky before sitting down at the island and pouring myself a glass, chugging down the whole thing before pouring myself another one. 

I go through it over and over again in my head, his question, the thought of going through with it. The thought of Mason's blood on my hands, the thought of me taking his life. I'm a bodyguard but I have never once taken a life.

I sit there, sipping my Whisky and I start remembering what happened in Zara with Jane's panic attack. I feel the anger growing inside me, the more I remember seeing how scared she was, the more angry I get. 

"Fuck this." I say and get up quickly, I rush to the front door grabbing my keys and putting my jacket on. I throw open the front door and walk out, the cold air hitting me hard. I shiver instantly and lock the door quickly before running to the car and getting in. 

"I'm just going to go down there and talk to him. That's it. I just want to talk to him." I say to myself as I turn on the car, letting it heat up before driving off. 

I just want to talk to that piece of shit Mason and give him a piece of my mind. I'll go and be back before Jane wakes up in the morning and everything will be good after that. 

•••

The drive back to Chicago has been quiet, no music, no radio... just the sound of the other cars passing by and my thoughts racing through my mind. I've been so deep in my thoughts that I've felt myself forget to breathe a few times. Part of me regrets even getting in the car but part of me doesn't, and now there's no going back. I've already texted Jack and told him I'm coming to see Mason.

I just need to go there and see him face to face, maybe scare him a little bit and show him that he fucked with the wrong people even though I'm sure Jack has already done enough of that. It'll be different with me.

I got back in Chicago almost an hour ago and I'm still driving down to this place. Jack really knows how to keep shit safe and hidden because I'm literally in the middle of nowhere. When I finally get to the location they've had Mason locked up in, I park my car far from the back entrance that Jack wants me to be at then sit there in complete silence, staring at the building.  

After a few moments, I see him walk out of a hidden door and he just stands there staring at me sitting in my car like a pussy. I let out a shaky breath and get out of my car, shoving my hands in my pockets and walking to him slowly. 

"You've finally made up your mind I see." Jack says once I get closer to him

"I'm just here to talk to him." I say and he just gives me a look before leading me inside. 

This place is dark, it's old and it's freezing inside, looks like it's been abandoned for years... well except for the people that Jack brings here to torture and kill. As we continue walking through the dark hallways, the several doors and empty rooms, I see a small light turned on in the corner of the building with the door creaked open.

Before we go inside, Jack stops and looks at me before speaking, "You know you didn't come here to just talk." He says and swings the door open before I could say something back.

The sight makes my blood run cold and I can feel my heartbeat slow, my breath gets caught in my throat as I stare at a tied up bloody and weak Mason. His hands are tied behind his back and I can tell from afar how badly his face his bruised and beaten. His white t-shirt, now dirty, ripped and stained with blood. His head is drooped to the side. His arms are covered in cuts and bruises. It looks like he's barley breathing.

"Come on Miles." Jack says as he walks in and I follow behind him quietly 

"Wake the fuck up!" Jack screams picking up a cup of dirty water on the table next to Mason and throwing it in his face causing him to jolt up in the chair. My eyes land on a gun on the table.

Jack throws the empty cup at his face and he hisses in pain, jerking his face away. It was a red plastic solo cup but from the state of his face, it looks like a feather could cause him pain. 

"You have a visitor." Jack says gesturing his hand to me and Mason's eyes follow, landing on me and I can see a small smirk form on his lips.

Jack turns to me and walks to me, placing a hand on my shoulder. "If it's not you, it'll be me." He says and walks out, letting the door slam shut behind him.

I pull up a chair and sit directly across from Mason, a small light hanging above us allowing me to see the extent of his injuries. 

"I- i thought I'd never get the pleasure to meet the one and only Miles." Mason says very weakly 

"Well here I am. I was hoping I would never have to see you though Mason." I say and he scoffs slightly 

"Well here you are. If you didn't want to see me then why'd you come here?" He asks and I sit there for a moment quietly. I wish I knew the answer to that.

"I wanted to talk to the weak piece of shit who hurt Jane." I say and he smiles, a chipped tooth and bloody mouth showing. 

"That would be me." He says smugly and I raise an eyebrow, staring at him with disgust.

"You think that makes you some sort of badass? To flaunt on about how you beat women?" I ask 

"Not all women. Just Jane, she was special." He says and I can feel my anger beginning to build

"Special?" I ask and he nods "Jane Adams, only daughter of Jack Adams. And Jack Adams... the big bad wolf, the legend of Chicago, everyone knows who he is." He says and I look at him confused, he rolls his eyes and continues. 

"I knew who Jane was before I even met her. And her father knew who my father was, before he killed him." He says and my eyes widen. 

Oh fuck. 

"Yeah, your face tells me everything. You just recently found out what Jack really does, well I've been knowing what he really does since my father past away four years ago. Or should I say, when my father was murdered four years ago." He says 

"So... what? You planned to meet Jane and what?" I ask pulling my chair closer to him

"Jack murdered my father for no reason! So I planned to meet his beautiful daughter, swoon her, date her, get her to feel something for me and then one day I would just make her... disappear." He says smirking and my face drops, anger races through my body and I push the chair back, standing up and towering over Mason. 

"Excuse the fuck out of me?" I say and he chuckles sarcastically 

"I wanted to get her comfortable enough then I was going to fucking get rid of that bitch and make her father suffer the way my family and I did!" He yells and I grab him by the shirt, yanking him out of the chair. 

"Look motherfucker, I'm sorry about your father but I can guarantee you that Jane had nothing to do with that." I say angrily 

"Oh believe me, I know that. I did my research about Jack, Jane and their whole family before coming into the picture. But I've always heard that one of the worst ways to make a person suffer is by hurting the people they love, and that's what I was going to do." He says 

"But you attacked her when she ended things with you because of me." I say and he shakes his head 

"I actually did not give a damn that she ended things with me. But in that moment, when she ended things with me... I thought to myself, this would be the perfect time to hurt and kill her. I was just using the break up as an excuse as to why I attacked her. Imagine that, I kill his only daughter in their own home and he would have had to come home and see her like that. Lifeless." His says, his eyes lighting up with the thought of that

My body begins to shake from anger and I throw him down to the floor roughly and kick him in the stomach causing him to yell out in pain. He gasps out for air as he tries to sit up but his arms being tied behind him doesn't let him. I kick him again but this time he starts laughing uncontrollably. He catches his breath after a minute and looks up at me with a sly smirk.

"But sadly, and surprisingly I might add, she was strong enough to get me off her for long enough to make a run for it. She was lucky her father showed up when he did because I would have dragged her back inside and fucking killed her." He says and I use all my anger and strength to kick him in the stomach again

I bend down and grab him by his throat, sitting him up and forcing him to look at me. 

"Well guess what motherfucker?" I say angrily but he doesn't respond and instead of saying something else, I use my knee and slam it into his face making him fall back on the floor with a loud and hard thud. 

His nose starts bleeding immediately but he doesn't stop laughing, this maniac type of laugh. 

"Jack doesn't kill someone for nothing so your father must have been one sick bastard. Like father, like son." I say and that shuts him up instantly 

"You fucking asshole! Don't you dare ever talk about my father again! He didn't do shit!" He says trying to kick me but he fails miserably. I start laughing and pointing at him.

"This is probably how your father looked like before Jack ended his pathetic life." I say and his eyes turn into pure rage and anger.

"Oh yeah? Well you should've seen how Jane looked like when I was on top of her, strangling her and sucking the life out of her as she was crying and screaming for me to stop. I hope that bitch fucking dies just like her mother!" He screams. Anger takes ahold of me and I kick him in the face, his head slamming into the floor. I hear a crack.

I turn and grab the gun that's on the table, turn to Mason and point it at him before emptying the clip. 

And then silence.