Joke's On You

Chapter 20

Joker's POV

They arrived at the penthouse almost half an hour later and J watched with annoyance how the girl was carried to his personal medical quarters. Several doctors surrounded Klara as Sienna called for them to take care of her. It looked like as if they were preparing the girl for an operation.

"Get out of here, Frost!", said one of the female doctors J had personally employed for the case that Sienna got hurt on one of his missions. He'd never let another man touch her anyway.

"You can't be here!", she said in an urgent tone.

"I'm not leaving her side!", yelled Frost and looked desperately after Klara as she was carried into the room and hidden from his eyes.

Sienna put her hand on his shoulder and dragged him away. "Come one, Frost. Let them do their jobs." But the henchman still didn't move and continued to stare at the now closed door in front of him.

"Do what she says", said J. He wasn't fond of helping this little pain in the ass but he hated seeing his girlfriend sad even more. Her tear strained face didn't go unnoticed and J just wanted her to smile again.

He walked over to her and put his tattooed hand over her mouth. "Smile for me, doll", he said but Sienna just looked back at him. She gently took his hand into hers and shook her head. "Not now", she whispered.

She looked at Frost who sat down on a chair. He buried his face into his hands to avoid looking at anyone. Sienna let out a sigh and took a seat beside him.

J rolled his eyes and also walked over to his right hand. He kneeled in front of his henchman and tapped him on the knee to make Frost look up at him. "Give me the sapphire", he demanded and stood up again.

"J—", began Sienna but Frost cut her off. "It's okay", he said and took the jewel out of his pocket. He handed it over to J who's eyes lit up as the sapphire was placed into his hand. He had longed for this thing so much and now he finally owned what he had wanted for so long. "Aren't you just perfect", purred J and stared at the jewel in awe.

"Thank you, boss", Frost suddenly said and J looked at him. He raised his none existent eyebrows in confusion. "For what?"

"For helping Klara", he said. "I know you didn't want to do. But thanks for doing it anyway."

J just shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't do it for you." He glanced at his girlfriend who looked up at him now. She gave him a small smile. Ohhh, there it was.

~*~

The operation took longer than expected. The sun was already about to rise and J was still sitting on this goddamn chair that was uncomfortable as hell. He would have gone upstairs to his penthouse by now if Sienna hadn't fallen asleep on his shoulder. But he didn't want to wake her up when she was sleeping so peacefully. He also knew that she wouldn't come with him. Sienna would certainly decide to stay and wait for the doctors to inform them about the girl's condition. J really couldn't understand how his girlfriend could become so attached to that little pain in the ass in such a short time.

J played with the sapphire in his hands for a while but put it away when it started to bore him. He took a look at his right hand. Frost was sitting next to him, his eyes glued to the floor. J had never seen him like this.

"I told you that falling in love is a mistake, Frosty", said J.

Silence.

"It's not my fault that you didn't listen."

Silence.

"I mean, what do you even like about her? Her loss wouldn't be very tragic."

Frost finally raised his head. "Boss, she's important to me. Please accept it."