Jim Moriarty x Reader

Chapter 39

You opened your mouth to say something, but just as you did there was a knock on the door. Jim, looking pissed that someone had interrupted such an important conversation, calmly smiled at William as he came in.

"Jim— sir. Ah— sorry for interrupting. ... just wanted to alert you that it seems like this morning, the systems were briefly hacked by someone—" William states, seeming a bit nervous...if jim looked at the server history, he'd see something went wrong yesterday as well, exactly at the time you had 'left'. ..... and William had NO idea how jim would react to that, or what he would conclude to...... but if they were hacked again, then... the guy who took you was still out there, and god knows what he wanted...

Jim stared at William for a moment, his expression blank.

".... alright. Thanks for telling me. I'll take care of it." He stated, before going back to his desk, pushing the conversation with you until later to deal with the more important situation.

"Sorry my dear, but I think I'll have to cut our chat short~ feel free to stay here, or go back to your room if you like. I have to take care of something~." Jim stated, pulling out his phone, scrolling through a few things. You couldn't help but wonder how much jim really did with that brilliant mind of his...you knew not to underestimate him already, but it was hard not to. It was impossible to even begin to comprehend the things jim was capable of..

"Jim, just—- one question—- yesterday um—- the- the kiss—- why.... did you do that-?" You ask, just. Wanting further clarification that it actually happened, you didn't just. Make it up.

".... you're still here." Jim states.

"No, I know, sorry, I just— I just wanted to know why—"

"I know. But you're still here. That's why I did it. To keep it that way." Jim stated calmly, looking up at you with eyebrow raised. You felt your face begin to slowly turn red, so you looked down. It wasn't exactly a love proclamation, but you figured that's just about as close as one would get from Jim. You smiled to yourself, slowly nodding.

"I— um.... alright. .... jim, I don't... want to leave anymore. ... just... just so you know." You stumbled, your face turning even more red. Jim stared at you, one eyebrow still raised with a 'well that was rather the point' expression.

"... I know." He replies, before just getting back to work. You nod again, before quietly excusing yourself out of the room, your face burning red. You still wanted to trust jim... but people like jim can be hard to trust at times. Being manipulative is a huge habit for him. Likely to the point that he doesn't even realize when he's manipulating someone anymore. He just. Does it. ... so you needed to be extra careful. Not too quick to assume anything. .....,, although by Jim's words last night, you were pretty sure he really did like you, even if he was manipulating you a tiny bit too, eheheheeeehhh.....