𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞 | 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫

Chapter Twenty-Three.

Lucifer sat in Chloe's small apartment, they'd been flicking through files and evidence for hours, the Detective insisted they double checked and went through everything. Now Lucifer, being an classy, fidgety man this wasn't his sort of way to spend a thursday night. Besides, so far they weren't having any luck finding the two girls, in Lucifer's opinion he would've given up and tossed the case to Dan to handle, but Chloe was determined to do this case. He studied her as she sat hunched over her work, scanning every piece as a detective would, trying her best to link something together so that had something to run on.
He curled his arm around he shoulders, pulling her into his side. He could sense she'd rolled her eyes but she didn't pull away, she rested a hand on Lucifer's chest, resting her head by it letting out an exhausted sigh. She'd been working all day and she found nothing, for a detective that felt like someone had just laughed in her face. Lucifer had that famous smirk plastered on his face as he watched her settle into him, not pulling away, he liked this. He slid a hand into her free one, his thumb softly brushing the back of her hand.

"Try to get some sleep Chloe, let your mind rest." Lucifer mumbled softly, Chloe smiled at the use of her name, listening as his heart thumped softly in his chest. She arched her neck to look up at him. His eyes already boring into hers, her eyes landed on his lips making him curious but then she turned back to resting her head. Killing his hopes to get another kiss out of her. He tried not to seem too disappointed, this was Chloe after all. She'd kiss him again eventually, and honestly he couldn't wait.

"If I rest then it's wasting time, those little girls are out there Lucifer. I just keep thinking what if was Trixie out there, I'd be just as made as the girls parent, I'd do anything. I can't just sleep because God knows what the kidnapper could be doing with the kids." Chloe expressed, her hand slipping out of Lucifers, making him frown but it changed to concern when she pinched the bridge of her nose, squeezing her eyes shut, her face scrunched up.

"I assure you Detective, if someone took Trixie I'd rise the darkest demons in hell to get her back, but these girls, I don't see why you're so worried, they're simply being used as bait to lure out their serpent mother." Lucifer said with distaste for the woman, he was all for businesswoman but he didn't like this one, something about her was off and it bugged him not knowing. He wondered if that was how Chloe felt when she couldn't figure something out-like this case for example.

"That's sweet of you, but I'd prefer if demons remained away from my daughter," Chloe muttered, but her face seemed to relax. She kept her eyes closed letting Lucifer play with her hair, twirling strands around his fingers, even from time to time braiding small sections then unraveling them. "But what if one of the children said something? Stepped over a line for the kidnapper and he snapped?"

"I highly doubt it, Mrs Hudson would never let whoever it was live if they hurt them, yet without hurting them, they have a slither of hope left thar she won't kills them when she finds them. My bet is they asked her for money in exchange for her daughter. Mrs Hudson being a businesswoman accepted but she seemed to be intelligent, I could sense it when I walked in, meaning she's not going to give them her money she's simply going to bring home her children. Because she has men that are made to protect her, protecting her also comes with protecting her daughters so she'll send them through, let them kill the men and vwala!"

Chloe thought for a moment, her eyes fluttering open giving Lucifer a strange look, one he'd never seen on her face. "How-oh, never mind. You're a genius Lucifer, we don't need to figure out who the kidnapper is, Claire Hudson already knows, we just simply follow her, get to the kidnapper before her men does and boom! Nobody has to die." She bolted upright, wrapping her arms around Lucifer's neck and pressing a delicate but affectionate kiss to his lips. Leaving Lucifer slightly giddy, he was expecting to get a more...passionate, urgent kiss, but he could settle with that. She slid off the sofa, gathering her papers, Lucifer helping her making her eyes twinkle brightly at him a soft smile across her face. "So, we go to the station, inform the others and get them keep a tag on Mrs Hudson, let us tag along once she suddenly goes for a spontaneous drive and there, plan in action."

"I think you should get some rest first," Lucifer advised, giving her a loving yet concerned look. "Those dark circles under your eyes appear to be growing by the minute, sleep then we will go to the precinct tomorrow."

"But tomorrow could be too la-"

"Sleep or I'll take these files to Lux and you won't get them back until the morning." Lucifer warned, Chloe grumbled something under her breath that he couldn't quite here but she walked over, planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Thank you for your help...and for caring even though I know this has no interest to you." Chloe smiled, she thought for a moment she'd seen Lucifer blush which would be for the first ever. But he gave her one of his smiles lolling his head.

"How do you know I don't find this interesting?" Lucifer asked simply.

"Because when you do, your all for searching for the killer all through the night, besides you don't see a thrill in this one so it bores you," Chloe answered, earning a touched look from Lucifer after her next words.
"I know you by now Lucifer Morningstar, maybe not everything but I most certainly know you."

With that she was gone, vanished into her bedroom, leaving Lucifer stood in the living room alone.