The Case (BWWM)

24.

Carter ~

'I'm not doing Issabella's case' I simply said

'You need to solve that case Alexeev!' James fisted his hand on his desk

'I will but we are not getting any new information at the moment, I might as well come back to Chloe's case and get that solved right away' I suggested rubbing my finger against my chin

'Have you tried contacting her foster parents?' He asked

'No!' I raised my voice 'every time Kylie calls them, they never pick up- they are never available I might as well leave it until it's time to go in for court'

'I don't know why you listened to Kylie- I would've went over to their house and interrogated them right on the spot- they are hiding something!'

'Issabella already told me about her foster parents and said she didn't like the environment she was living in, reasons why she ran away in the first place' I told him

'What environment did she tell you it was like?' James asked leaving forward

'She couldn't tell me, so I moved on to the next question'

'Why the hell would you do that!' He slammed his fisted hand on the desk

'The girl was chocked up while trying to explain the situation- I couldn't pressure her into something she didn't want to answer' I tried to reason with him

'No that's not your job, the questions you come equipped with- your client must answer the questions so we can provide enough evidence. You just lost a lot of evidence on why she didn't like the environment!' He yelled

'When she testifies in court, she'll tell us then' I tried to stay as calm as possible

'No-'

'Well what the fuck am I supposed to do then? That girl has been raped for seven years straight, so you think she's fucking ready to expose her life like that. She's not going to be able to tell me everything as yet. We need to be more concerned if her health is good first. Can we take a break from all this evidence shit and see if she's okay!'

'I've been on this case for three months straight and nothing new has come to us since we found another suspect. We need one more and we don't know how long this would take to capture the last suspect. I might as well re open Chloe's case or what the fuck am I still here for then?'

It was silent for a brief minute as I sat there waiting for a response from him. I haven't got the time to be wasting mine or Kylie's time when she could be doing something else better then being my bloody assistant- hell i'm trying to get her out of the position and become a lawyer just like me.

'Do whatever you need to do Carter' he finally spoke

'So I can look into Chloe's case?' I asked

'I'll fix a date for court but we need to get this solved quickly before new information comes in for Issabella's case' he said as a boyish grin came upon my face

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Kylie ~

'So what did he say?' I asked as I watched him open the car door, getting in

'I'm re-opening the case but I want you to do it with me' he said putting his seatbelt on 'you want to become a lawyer right?' He looked at me

'I've always wanted to' I stated

'Having you work beside me- I want you to build up your confidence so in the future, no one has to prompt to tell you that you can solve a case- I know you can' he let out a smile

'You really do care' I said realising

All my life no man has ever cared for me like that- this was so refreshing.

'Of course I do' he said smiling at me

It seemed like forever as we both mirrored the facial expressions we were giving each other. His blue eyes started to get lighter- almost like the blue sea, having a small sparkle in them.

I shifted myself as I fixed myself, sitting properly in the car as I bit my lip from showing any more emotions.

'I can still feel your eyes on me' I became shy, still biting on my lip

'Do you want me to stop?' He asked, seeming amused by my reaction

I turned my body again, facing him as I responded by bringing my hand to his face. I moved my head forward as his eyes watched mine. Finally closing them, I leaned into the kiss, feeling confident to kiss him first. Carter kissed me back, feeling a different type of butterflies in my stomach.

I've kissed him before, but this was more of a sensual and meaningful kiss. I felt every bit of emotion he had within his lips and they meant well. It was the kind of kiss that made me never want to let go of him, which is quite bizarre because I've never had that type of feeling from any man- it was very special to me.

I just wanna say for everyone reading, commenting and voting, thank you for getting me to 1K reads. It's nice for me to see that people are really enjoying my book and it's very refreshing as well. I didn't think I would even get 1k since it was my first BWWM book and it was something different for a start as well.
Thank you again and I hope you enjoy😊