Enemies in Love

Chapter 17

"What are you doing here?" Hei asked as he got off of Amber, but his eyes remained on hers. Amber slowly stood up, the smile never leaving her face.

"I wanted to come pay you a visit."

"I don't believe you," Hei said through his teeth. Amber was the last person he wanted to see. There was already too much going on with Misaki being in the hospital, having to track down the imposter BK-201, and getting into a fight with Huang. Amber just stood there, until she finally decided to get closer to Hei.

"You really love her, don't you?" she asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"Misaki Kirihara, the Chief of the Police Security Bureau. You've started to date her."

"I don't see why that should matter to you." Hei was growing impatient. He didn't have time for a meaningless conversation. But Amber thought otherwise as she placed her hand onto his cheek.

"Hei, look at me. I don't want to hurt or fight you. I just came to tell you that you need to stop seeing her."

Hei's eyes grew wide before he backed away from her touch and glared at her. "What does that mean? You're just like Huang."

"I don't want to make you mad Hei but if you continue to be with her then both of you will end up dead. I don't want that."

"I can deal with this on my own. But I won't stop seeing Misaki, no matter what you or anyone else says." Hei was determined to complete his assignments and at the same time live a normal life with Misaki. After so many years of ruthless kill after kill, he had finally found someone who would accept him for who he became and save him from completely losing himself.

Amber looked at him with sadness in her eyes. "If that's how you feel then fine, but I'm going to be staying here for a while. I also want to go after this imposter BK-201 and get that gem, so consider me an ally."

"You're more like my enemy than my ally. Knowing you, you'll take the gem and leave. I can't let that happen."

"Who knows? Anything can happen, right?" Amber said with a cheerful smile. "So will you let me stay with you?"

"No."

"What? But why?"

"You're a traitor. I can't just easily allow you to be near me. Go find somewhere else to stay."

"If you let me stay with you, I may just be able to help you figure out who shot Misaki. I don't care if you don't want to help me, but I'm willing to give you a hand. What do you say?"

Hei stood motionless and silent. What did he have to lose? Yes, he lost all trust in Amber since Bai went missing. But, she used to be someone he was close to. They spent a lot of time together with and without Bai around. Bai even once said she wanted them to get married so they could all be one happy family. Honestly, Hei did consider it in the past. He loved Amber, heart, body and soul.

Still that was the past. In the present time, Hei had only eyes for Misaki and wanted to do anything to be by her side. If he could find the person who pulled the trigger, he'd be able to be more at peace knowing that he brought down the person who put a bullet through the woman he loved.

Looking at Amber, he thought long and hard before he came to a final decision. "I'll allow you to stay here with me. But if I even feel like you're betraying me, I'll kill you."

"Understood," Amber replied with the smile still on her face.

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A week had passed by and Misaki was finally able to go back to work. After being imprisoned in her apartment to rest by her father and Kanami, Misaki was thankful for getting back to her old routine. Although she didn't mind spending all that time with Hei when he would go over and visit her.