The Girl With a Broken Heart💔

Moment of Truth

Jake's POV continued...

I took a deep breath and sat right next to her, calling all the courage I had, silently wishing this doesn't end badly.

"Brett is one of my security personnel. He works as my bodyguard".

"And how did he find me? What was he doing here? How does he know me?" She asked, confused.

"Yes, he knows about you. He was here ensuring your safety and was keeping an eye on you from a distance."

"Why will he do that? I don't even know who he is! Did you? Oh my god! You asked him to, didn't you?" It took only seconds for her to figure it out. I was speechless, as here came the hard part. This was the moment—the one where I accept the truth.

After a bit of reluctance, I replied, "Yes, I asked him to follow you since you were acting all brave and decided to come to this isolated island all by yourself."

"Wow! I just cannot believe you. Jake? Do you think I am a baby who could not do without a babysitter? And you have been keeping an eye on me? Who gave you that right in the first place? This is crazy." She was shocked, as I expected.

Her eyes were moving frantically as if all this information was too overwhelming for her to process. After a moment, she calmed herself a bit.

"So you knew all along about my plans to visit Lofoten? Why did you do that, Jake? I just cannot wrap my head around it."

"Ok calm down. Let me explain myself, please. I have been keeping an eye on your whereabouts almost immediately after we came to Norway. I had no bad intentions, just to make sure that you are safe." She was shooting daggers at me, but still didn't object, and allowed me to continue, "when I got to know about your weekend plans, Brett was instructed to follow you but also to stay clear from you; he was just ensuring your safety from a distance. It wouldn't have been trouble at all if you hadn't decided to go on a trek out of nowhere. See, it did help at the end. He saved you. You could have died Emma!" I tried to maintain my cool, and made a meek attempt to sound reasonable.

She listened to every word carefully, and replied after a pause, "I am thankful to Brett and you for saving my life. I am so glad I did not die up that mountain, and I got back safe. I will be forever grateful for that." She sighed, "but that still doesn't give you the right to have me followed or invade my privacy, Jake. This is so wrong."

"I agree. I shouldn't have. But I ended up helping you, Emma. I think you should just focus on the good side of it. I missed my flight back to NYC, I was supposed to head back today morning, but the weather is not favourable for air travel until the storm calms. You will most likely be missing your flight too. I know you were heading back tonight." I said in one breathe, I wanted to dodge the apparent insinuation, and I knew I was failing at it, miserably.

Man, could I be any more of a stalker? Just hear yourself, Jacob. You sound ridiculous.

If someone told me a year ago that I would be going to such lengths for a girl, I would have laughed at the offensive joke. But here I was, and well here she was. Emma. She was truly special.

"Woah! Good job, Sherlock. So you did stalk me after all? And not only did you stalk, but you have been keeping tabs on me? What right did you have? And what about your girlfriend? I am sure she won't be pleased to know that her boyfriend had other interests too. Does she know you are here with me?" Her nostrils were flaring in anger as she was closing in on me with her sharp words and sharper eyes.

"Girlfriend?"

"Yes, Erica! Does she know that you are a stalker? That you had me followed? And also that you kissed me, without my permission?" She hissed in a jealous tone.