The Fall For Love

Chapter 25: The Embrace

Lucifer stepped into his office, sinking into the nearest chair, he dropped his head into his hands and began to sob.

"Brother?" Came Uriel's concerned voice from the doorway.

"Leave me Uriel." he said, not even lifting his head. He felt Uriel crouch down beside him.

"What happened?" Lucifer took a deep breath and roughly wiped his eyes.

"I've been a fool." He looked to Uriel, expecting a witty remark, but he was silent. "Not once, in all these millennia, have I ever thought about Lilith's feelings. Just my own selfish need for her." Uriel squeezed his hand.

"You love her Luc."

"Yes and if I really loved her, I wouldn't want to damn her to Hell with me would I? What did I think? That she would be happy in that awful place, just because she gets to be with me?" 

Lucifer stood and ran his hands through his hair in frustration whilst Uriel looked at him with what appeared to be respect.

"You have come a long way Luc, I am proud of you."

"The only problem is, I don't know if I can let her go again." The tears fell down his face and Uriel embraced him.

*

 As Lillian walked into Michael's offices, she noticed his own office door was ajar. She pushed the door open and saw Michael embracing his beautiful PA.

"Oh!" Michael turned and his eyes widened.

"Lillian...wh....what are you doing here?" He unravelled himself from the embrace and Lillian held up his phone.

"You forgot this in your rush to leave....so sorry to interrupt." she slammed the phone down on his desk and ran out. Michael caught up to her and grabbed her arm.

"That wasn't what it looked like Lilith, I was upset and she-"

"Of course...did you use that soul mates story on her too?" she tore her arm away from him. "You are a very talented liar, Mr. Law. You even fooled me." She stormed out of the door.

"Lillian" cried Michael as he followed her. She spun around and pinned him with a stare.

"DON'T you follow me."

As soon as she stepped out of the building she hailed the first black cab she saw. After collapsing into the back seat and giving the driver her address, she dissolved into tears. She had been a complete fool. It was the one thing she was most afraid of happening and it had happened with him. She have really believed that Michael had cared for her and she let herself fall for him, just to find he had been manipulating her all along.

*

"I have to go after her!" panicked Lucifer as he went to walk out of his office, but Uriel stopped him.

"You need to give her some space right now, she won't want to see you."

"I can't, she saw me hugging Michael's attractive PA, not my brother! I have to tell her its all a big misunderstanding."

"Why don't I go explain it all to her?"

"What are you going to say, Uriel? That we're actually angel brothers who are possessing these people's bodies.....I'm not sure that she will buy that!"

"Calm down, I will just explain there is nothing going on between us. It will be better coming from Tara, trust me." Uriel looked at Lucifer with concern. "Although we might have a bigger problem."

"I don't think I can deal with anything else right now."

"Michael's unsavoury business contact? I spoke to him about James, but he refused to do anything about him." Lucifer sighed.