Way Back into Love ↪ Owen Grady

twenty-three ↪ dazed

    "Owen?" I quietly called out. After our eggs' talk, everyone left the bungalow and went in different directions so they could investigate the facts more. Two hours. The slowest two hours of my life. Honestly speaking, I kinda missed Owen. And I really hoped it was him the one who had just unlocked the front door.

    Fortunately, it was. He looked super tired, a frown on his pretty lips. "Hey you, feeling any better?"

    I faintly nodded as I studied his facial expressions closely. "You okay? What happened?"

    "Yeah" Owen sighed and climbed on his bed beside me. "I kinda punched your ex"

    I widened my eyes. "You what?? Why?"

    "It's not important" he smiled it away and nonchalantly looked around.

    "Owen" I bit my bottom lip nervously.

    The raptor trainer sighed again. "It's nothing, sweetheart. He said mean stuff and things got crazy"

    I felt my skin tingle at the exact moment my heart faintly collapsed. Sweetheart. Everything he said after that one simple nickname sounded muffled and almost unnoticeable. I felt completely dazed.

    "What" Owen let out a throaty laugh.

    My cheeks flushed red. "Nothing, sorry, you were saying?"

    In return, a smug smirk appeared on his gorgeous face. He slowly leaned in and drastically lowered his voice. "You liked the sweetheart?"

    I gulped at how close he was eventually getting. "Maybe"

    "Mh, good" he hummed seductively. "What about you kiss me now?"

    My breaths got heavier at his words. Say something, say something, say something. — "What about you kiss me now?" I awkwardly blurted out. Wow, really?!

    Owen snorted and firmly pulled me closer in one quick movement, causing me to bump against his chest. I sniffed him up a little and fixed my gaze upon him. The softness in that pair of green eyes made me weak. His soft lips crashed on mine in a way that made me slightly dizzy. I gave in right away, my grip tight on his collar as I pulled him impossibly closer. My lips naturally and involuntarily gaped open. Owen slightly laughed against my touch at first, then hurriedly parted his own and deepened the kiss.

    "Owen" I faintly called as I pulled back a little very slowly. I shyly smiled with my eyes still closed.

    "It's okay, sweetheart" Owen whispered against my lips, his voice deep.

    The front door of the bungalow abruptly burst opened, I jumped a little and so did Owen. Lowery hurried into the room. "Guys! There's a- Oh, shit, sorry"

    When I involuntarily let out a sigh, Owen eyed me with a smug look. "There's a what?" he then asked annoyed, his arms folded over his chest.

    "There's a squad of military forces, they want to lock down the whole park and Mikey is letting them!" Lowery frantically said.

    "That son of a bitch really wants to be beaten up, huh?"

    I sat upright and rolled off the bed. "Enough with the crap"

    "Lie back down" Owen rolled his eyes dramatically. "We got this"

    "Yeah, we do"

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    The loudest crowd filled up the entire park, the line for the monorail train was the longest it's ever been. It took me a few minutes to spot Nick, Claire, and my dad, so I sprang towards them.

    "Ellie! What happened to you??" my dad widened his eyes at how clumsily I had to walk.

    "It's nothing, dad" I reassured him.

    He instantly pulled me into a crushing hug, so did Nick. After Claire explained the severity of the situation, I had to convince my family to evacuate the island. After all, it was their last two days left in the park anyway.

    "Don't worry, Mr Jonas. Owen is taking good care of your daughter" Claire clumsily winked. I widened my eyes. Really?!

    "Oh, I don't doubt it" my dad tried to smile.

    "Bunch of hugs and all" Claire unnecessary added and I had to stand by her side and slightly hit her.

    "Excuse us" I faked a smile and pulled the redhead by her arm. "Stop whatever you're doing!"

    "Ha, c'mon. It was just two kisses" she slightly laughed and shrugged.

    "It was actually more but that's not the point!"

    Claire dramatically gasped, causing me to softly hit her again. "You guys slept together?!"

    "What? No. Ohmygod, stop that!" my cheeks flustered red at the only thought of that ever happening.

    "You and Grady slept together?!" another voice jumped in the conversation. "And he had the audacity to throw a fuss at me?!"

    I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to answer the damn question again. I tried to speak calmly, my nervousness bursting out anyway. "No, we didn't"

    "Yet" Claire mischievously winked.

    "Ah, I thought you were better than that" Dyson angrily huffed.

    "I don't see the problem" Claire frowned. I knew she was about to get defensive and probably yell at the poor guy. "She likes the guy, she can do whatever she wants"

    "And you think he likes her?" he humorlessly laughed.

    I frowned and involuntarily took a small step back, bumping into a hard chest. The familiar scent surrounded me, wrapping my body up into a shield of warmth and comfort.

    "You've got a problem with my girl, Asher?" Owen defensively spoke up for me. I helplessly smiled like an idiot at his words.

    A piercing sound suddenly echoed in the park's speakers. "Asher and Grady, security facility, now"

    My dad and Nick stepped closer and looked at us as for studying us. I didn't manage to quite convince them to evacuate the island yet. InGen wanted to close and put on lockdown the entire park, had a secret breeding container for secret eggs, and, most importantly, was working with Michael. CEO of marketing, it should've been a kind of help to us, which he really wasn't. On the contrary, he was putting all of us in danger just because he had the power to do so.

    "Get somewhere safe until we're done" Owen instructed, back to serious protective mode.

    I eyed my dad and Nick. "You two should seriously get going"

    "I'm not going anywhere without you two" Nick flickered his eyes from me to Claire. Huh, cute.

    "The last monotrain leaves in the morning" my dad informed. "We still have today"

    Before Owen and Dyson could walk away, I sprang in their direction and grabbed my crush's arm. The raptor trainer quirked an eyebrow before realizing it was me, then his eyes softened. I had a very bad feeling for some reason. I knew Michael wanted volunteers in carnivores exhibits, and I knew he hated both of them. A very bad feeling.

    "Please come back to me" I shyly blurted out as I bored my eyes into his.

    Owen softly smiled and gently caressed my cheek. "Of course, sweetheart"

    Without any notice, he crashed his lips on mine and went for a small deep kiss right away. I was left dazed when he pulled back with a stifled laugh and eventually walked away.

    "Excuse me, what did I miss?!" Nick dramatically asked.