Lion and Tiger

Chapter 8: Protecting Alyssa

Three months later, Cole and Alyssa's relationship has gone stronger each time they saw each other. Alex would tease her about wedding bells. Alyssa would laugh and would ignore her. However, the thought of marrying Cole made her heart thump again her chest. She wanted to marry Cole and spend the rest of her life with him.

One day, Alyssa was sitting with her class when there was a knock on her door. She looked up and saw Roger standing there. "Miss Enrile, may I speak with you?" He asked. Alyssa looked at the children before standing up to see what Roger needed.

She stood out in the hall and Roger looked at her. "How have you been?" He asked. Alyssa looked at him confused.

"I've been fine," she replied.

"How about your relationship with Cole, how's that going?"

"It's been fine," she replied.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Where are you getting at, Roger?"

"Nothing."

She sighed and was about to walk away when he grabbed her arm. She spun around and looked at him. "Let me go," she insisted.

"Alyssa, let me explain," he answered.

"Roger, you've been acting very weird lately."

She yanked his arm away and went back to her class. Roger watched her with a sneer. "I will have you, Alyssa. Not even your precious Cole can help you when I do get you," he mumbled. Then he went back to his class.

That afternoon, Alyssa was meeting Cole later that evening, so she was going to relax in the park. She was riding her bike trying to get her mind off of things. She finally stopped and sat on the grass. She was lying down on her back with her eyes closed when a shadow cast down on her. She opened her eyes and gasped. "Roger! What are you doing here?" She demanded. Alyssa jumped up from the ground and looked at him.

"Sorry, Alyssa. I didn't mean to scare you," he apologized.

"You're going to have to go. Cole's going to meet me here in a little while."

"Cole's working at the humane society."

She glared at him when he touched her shoulder. "Alyssa, do you really have feelings for this man?" He asked. She jerked her arm away from him.

"Why does my relationship have to with you?" She demanded.

Before she could react, he had pinned her up against a tree. Unfortunately, no one could see them. "Let me explain, Alyssa, please," he insisted.

"What is there to explain?" She asked.

"I love you."

Her eyes widened in disbelief. "What?" She asked. His grip on her softened and she looked at him in disbelief.

"I love you. I have loved you ever since I met you. You're the woman of my dreams, the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with," he explained.

He then pressed his lips against hers. She gasped and then she tried to fight him off. He pulled back and looked at her. "You know that this is right. Your path doesn't lie with Cole. It lies with me. You love me and you know it," he insisted. She tried to pull back but he was too strong. She couldn't even kick him because he had her pinned.

"I don't love you, Roger," she told him.
"Stop saying that. You do love me. I know you do."

"Please let me go, Roger. Stop trying to make up a future that's never going to happen. I'm never going to love you back. I'm deeply in love with Cole. I always have been in love with him."

"I'll make sure I can change your mind."

He pulled her into another kiss and she tried her best to fight him off, but the same problem came up. He was too strong for her.

Cole was walking around the park when he saw Alyssa's bike, but no Alyssa. He then heard struggling from behind the trees. He got up and dropped the helmet. He hurried over and saw Roger on top of his girlfriend. "HEY!" He shouted. He yanked Roger off of Alyssa and he watched him roll down the hill. Alyssa hurried over and embraced him. Cole hugged her back and looked at Roger. "I never want to catch you near Alyssa again. If you lay another hand on her, I'll kill you with my bare hands," he threatened. Roger stood up with a glare.

"You can't fight destiny. I'll be back for you, Alyssa," he told her.

Alyssa watched him go and that was when she finally broke down. Cole hugged her tight and stroked her hair. "It's okay, he's never going to hurt you again," he assured her.

When they got back to the apartment, Cole was sitting across from her with ice on her arms from the bruising Roger put on her arms. "This is pathetic, Cole. I've been trained by my own father to be a great martial artist and yet I can't fight off a man," she told him.

"Hey, don't put yourself down. Not everyone is perfect. You were scared, everyone gets scared," he assured her.

"But I don't understand. Dad trained me to protect myself from times like these."

"Roger had you pinned to a tree with all his weight on you. Your frame is too small."

"I was able to beat Max and Danny. Why couldn't I fight Roger?"

"I already told you, you were scared. Everybody gets scared."

Alyssa sighed and looked at her bruised arms. "I guess I won't be wearing short sleeves for awhile," she commented. Cole then removed the ice from her arm. He placed gentle kisses on each bruise before going up to her shoulder.

The spy sat outside the window with an irritable look on his face. He wasn't happy with this job anymore, but it paid for his bills and the debts he was in. He took pictures of the intimate scene playing out in front of him.

Cole placed a kiss on her lips and pulled her in his arms. Alyssa sighed as she placed her head on his shoulder. "I love you, so much," she whispered. He held her tight and took a deep breath.

"I love you too," he answered.

Alyssa stood up and went to take a shower while he was waiting for their dinner to come. Once Alyssa was in the bathroom, Cole pulled a box from his pocket. It was a red velvet box with white lining. He opened it and sighed. Inside was a beautiful diamond ring.

The ring was a thick gold band, a medium sized diamond sat in the middle, two rows of three diamonds sat on one side, and the same was on the other side.

This was the ring he wanted to put on Alyssa's finger one day. He sighed as he snapped the box shut and put the ring back in his pocket. When Alyssa was attacked, he was going to propose. However, now he believed that it wasn't the right time. He was going to wait for the perfect time to actually propose to Alyssa. One day, that was going to happen.

Roger stormed into his office and threw open a cupboard. He pulled out a bottle of vodka and a shot glass. "Might as well get drunk," he mumbled. He drank the shot and then when he thought about Cole throwing him off Alyssa made him throw the glass up against the wall. "Curse that man. Everything was going so perfect," he mumbled. He picked a picture of Alyssa up and traced her face with his finger. "You will be mine, Alyssa, and your precious Cole won't be able to stop me," he growled.

(There is no video where Cole is saving Alyssa, so I put a video where Zen aku saves her instead)