Black Winter[Completed]

Chapter 28

We wake up the next morning and get down to our usual routine. This time though, Damien makes breakfast. He wants me to stay home but I refuse, saying that if someone was watching, we had to keep up appearances sake. I walk down to find a grumpy Damien in my kitchen, placing bacon strips on a plate. I sigh, knowing why he was so moody. I quietly pour coffee for the both of us and we sit down. The scene is pretty similar to yesterday but this time, you can feel the tension in the air. I hate it, I hate knowing that he's all stressed out because of me and I hate whoever this Oliver is for putting us in this situation. He wordlessly gets up, placing our dishes in the dishwasher before putting on his suit jacket. I slip into my heels and turn to find him waiting in front of me, tie hanging loosely around his neck. I stifle a smile and wordlessly do it for him. Once I'm done, he doesn't say anything instead just grabs my bag and his keys before heading to the door. I can't take this anymore so I gently grab his wrist. He turns around confused and I say softly,

"Talk to me Arius."

He shakes his head,"It's nothing. Come on. we're gonna be late." He tries to pull away but I'm determined to talk this out with him.

"No, you are not shutting me out. We're a team, we're partners and partners talk to each other. So what's wrong?"

He stares at me a little surprised at my outburst before saying,

"How are you so calm about this? He vandalised your car and threatened your life and here you are acting as if everything's alright."

I smile sadly at him,"What good is panicking gonna do us? He wants us to freak out, he wants us to lose our composure so that we become sloppy and our defenses become weak. But, we can't let that happen, Arius. Yes, he's coming but we're gonna be ready for him. As for me, don't worry. I can take care of myself."

He stares at the wall behind me for a few long seconds, mind whirling about what I said. He sighs, looking at me and pulling me into a hug. Burying his nose in my hair, he says

"You're right but I can't stop worrying about you. I'm sorry I shut you out."

I hug him back, my head at his neck because of my heels.

"Don't apologise. I know how you feel but we're gonna get through this okay?"

"Because we're a team." he says with a small smile.

"Because we're a team." I echo back, placing a kiss on his cheek before grabbing his keys.

"Let's go. I'm driving."

Damien grumbles about how embarrassing it is for him to show up at work with me driving but I ignore him, telling him to man up and suck it up which he responded with a 'That's what she said.' causing me to blush and whack his arm. As usual, all eyes were on us in shock when Damien opened the door for me and this time, everyone was questioning how he allowed me to drive his car. We ignore them, heading up to our offices to start a new day. 

Damien's being extra possessive now. He decided that he was gonna move into my office temporarily till I was safe. Yeah, because someone's gonna try and kill me with you just down the hall.Oh, let's not forget the tons of security we have.

"Have you gone bonkers?" I stare at him in bewilderment and he smirks at my slight British accent.

"Don't start. But seriously Arius, you're bloody nuts!"

He can't hold in his laugh and I whack his arm rather hard.

"Ouch, woman!"

I glare at him, pointing to my office door.