Assassin In Love | Ethan Dolan

t w e n t y - n i n e

Rose's POV
~still nine days before~

I decided that I had to get to Sullivan really soon since I'm running out of time. Ethan is another possible suspect and as horrible this sounds, I'm just trying to get to know him and see if he really did all of those killings.

Who am I kidding, I kill people too. And he's a mafia heir so obviously he's killed people as part of the job.

I roll my eyes at myself for talking to ... myself. I sat up in my chair and pushed myself closer to my desk that has my paperwork and laptop. I grip my hair and close my eyes to think for a second.

It was already nighttime and I decided to quickly try and get a solution to my complicated puzzle. Something felt odd. Ethan seemed so sure that Sullivan was incapable to lead this organisation.

There was also something about Sullivan that made me think that he couldn't have started a child organ trafficking site. He has kids for fu*k's sake.

I stormed to my closet to get my black outfit. A simple black tank top, black jeans and black combat boots. I grab onto my leather jacket as well since I would need a vehicle to travel all the way to Sullivan's house.

Mr Dolan told me that there was a house where the Dolans would use to torture; he sent me the address of that house so that I could use it. I tip-toed into Ethan's room to steal his motorcycle keys.

I wasn't comfortable driving with his car so his bike would suffice. To my surprise, he didn't move an inch so I heaved a sigh of relief as I locked the door on my way out of his room.

I brisk-walked to the penthouse exit and took the private elevator down since I couldn't be bothered to get out of the house. I had grabbed my cup of coffee that was sitting on my desk table that was cleared just in case Ethan wakes up and finds me gone.

That's another thing I have to cover up. I groaned at the thought and jogged all the way to his motorcycle that was parked nicely in the parking space. I swung my leg over the seat and revved the engine before going off to Sullivam's estate.

It was 11.47pm at night and in a matter of minutes, I'll be left with eight days to track this monster. I was determined to the find out the truth out of Sullivan.

I pulled over a couple streets ahead of his property. It wasn't as big as Ethan's mansion. I was tipped that he was currently eating in the kitchen. His girl and children are sleeping so I grabbed the drug and a piece of cloth to, hopefully, drag him all the way to--

Oh shit.

I came in a f*cking motorcycle. I didn't have any vehicles with me. I rolled my eyes at my stupidity and hesitantly pulled out my phone to call Ethan.

"Hello?" Ethan greeted groggily.

"Uhm, so okay. Don't get mad-"

"What happened? Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"No Ethan, I'm fine. I'm just in a ... situation?"

"What did you do?"

I sighed and told Ethan that I was in Sullivan's property, ready to drug him to interrogate him. I could hear Ethan huffing and puffing as I finished my sentence.

"Are you crazy? You could've gotten hurt. Maurice gets crazy if anyone threatens his children and wife."

"I'm an assassin, Ethan! I can handle myself in these situations. I could've just driven back and get the van instead but no, I've decided to call you because I thought that you could help me out. I really want this job, if you can't seem to fathom the reason why then, I don't want to talk you!"

"Nell-" I hung up.

I stormed my way to the motorcycle and drove to where ever the bike took me. At this rate, there was no way that I could get the job done and write the follow up report. It all seemed hopeless so I unconsciously drive to the cliff where Ethan and I watched the waves crash onto the rocks.

I got off the bike and laid on the grass to gaze at the stars. Since young, I've always loved to lay on the grass with my father by my side and count the stars until I felt sleepy.

Eventually, I'll fall asleep and my father would need to carry me all the way to my room. As I grew older, I would make an effort to tell him that I was sleepy so that we could go in our house and sleep in our respective beds. A lone tear rolled down my cheek as I thought of the memories I shared with my father.

My pity memory party was abruptly interrupted when I heard the sound of van pulling up a couple feet behind me where I parked my bike. I heard soft footsteps and they grew louder as they neared me. I sucked my breath in as I silently hoped that I'll camouflage into the dark grass. Alas, it didn't work as he speaks, clearly knowing that I was present and attempting to blend into the grass.

"Baby, I'm sorry."

I ignored him, hoping that he'll go away whilst I fight the butterflies in my tummy when he called me 'baby'.

"I shouldn't have been overprotective. I know that you're a strong woman and I admire you for that but I get carried away sometimes. It was sort of a primal instinct."

The atmosphere shifts as he sat down next to me while staring into my eyes.

"Look, I care for you. So much that I can't bear to see you get hurt. It just came out and I'm sorry if it came out to seem that I don't trust you in this field of work."

I nodded as I let these information sink in.

I took a deep breath before responding, "I-I understand. Gosh, look at me. I still stutter when I'm around you," I giggled as I heard his low chuckles beside my face, "Okay look, I'm sorry for overreacting. I guess I just never put your feelings into consideration when I drove there. I just really want this job. It's all I've ever known and I just don't want to let go of this profession."

We stared into each other's eyes and out of the blue he says, "I love you."

I blinked back at his confession.

Did he really say that?

"Yes, I did say that I love you."

Did I say that out loud?

He chuckled, "Yes, you did."

"I love you too," I whispered and this time I didn't stutter.

a/n: hiiiiiiii

i'm so sorry that I haven't been able to update. I was trying my best to write and I hope that this chapter was worth the wait! I don't want to give excuses for my random disappearance but i thought that you'd like a reason for my sudden disappearance for a whole month.

I have these tests at school and they're as equally important as my finals which i am proud to announce that i finally got 6 A's! i usually only get 2 to 3 so this is a huge improvement for me.

im definitely not back for good now since i actually have my finals in about 3 weeks starting now and i need all the time i have to study. i hope that you'll understand my situation here.

thank you for reading and have a great day or night!

unedited

edit: lol okay so i just flipping realise that i have not restored the latest update for this chapter when i published it.

and im sorry if my authors note doesn't make sense. i dont even know what im talking about to be frank

and this is still unedited.

DD/MM/YY=04/09/18