What's going on?" I ask panically, but no one can answer me. Two black SUV's stop in front of us and six men emerge with guns. "Holy shit," three of them come up to us and pull us into the scales.

Panicking, I look to Emma who is also about to have a panic attack while Ilayda pulls a gun out of her pocket. "Why the hell do you have a gun?!", I yell at her, but she signals to the driver. She lowers the window and the driver pulls you to the right while she shoots at the cars behind. When she gets back inside, she reloads her gun and looks at Emma. "You need to calm down now, nothing can happen to you," after which she hangs back out the window and shoots."Estos bastardos tienen ventanas a prueba de balas"(These bastards have bullet proof windows), confused I look at her and look back. I took her gun and push it aside. "What are you doing? Give me back my gun! THIS IS WAY TOO DANGEROUS!" but listening to her I hang out the window and shoot the tires and the car swings to the side and slams into a wall. It starts to burn, did I just kill people? "Oh shit," I climb back into the car and hand Ilayda her gun again. Everyone looks at me in shock. "How do you know how to handle a gun?", Emma yells at me. She still looks totally pale, when I look to Ilayda, I see how she got grazed. "So before we yell at anyone here, I want to know who just did that and why they shot at us," the men ignore and drive us to Tom who is already waiting for us.

When I get out, I run to him and hug him tightly. Still in complete shock, I don't realize I've started crying. "Sh, Sh. It's all right. You're safe nothing's going to happen to you. Bring her friend inside and Ilayda needs to be patched up. Now!", Tom brings me in and the shocked Emma, bring her to the living room where she is immediately given a water. I sit down next to her and hug her. "What happened?", Tom asked us. "When we came out of a store and were about to go back, all of a sudden there was shooting. Everyone was running around screaming," I explained to him while Tom eyed me closely. "We were pulled into the car by, I guess your men and we drove off, when we couldn't shake them off Ilayda pulled out a gun and shot at them," Emma continued. I hug her and try to calm her down some more.

"So Ilayda took them out then?" asked Tom. Before Emma could say anything I nod and hold her hand tightly. Since I can guess how he's going to react. If he already freaked out when I just left for work, I don't want to know how he'll take it out when he knows I shot a gun. "My men are going to take you home now, if there's anything you're suspicious of, let y/n know and we'll check in on you," caring I look at Emma and she nodded. I walk her outside with me, still waiting for the car to leave. The door closed, I took another deep breath and had to think about everything. When I opened my eyes again Tom was standing in front of me, which startled me. He puts his lips on mine and this kiss is not like any other. There is love, worry and also fear in this kiss. A tear runs down my cheek, which Tom immediately wipes away.

"Nothing will happen to you, I will always take care of you," I nestle against his chest and breathe in his scent deeply. I notice how Tom lifts me up and puts me in bed. At the last moment I notice that he gives me a kiss on the forehead, after that I fell asleep.

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I wake up with a knock on my door and look around. It is already dark. I open the door and in front of me is a man who is exactly my age. "Hey sweetie, I see you just got up, but we can handle that. One shower with shave please and then come see me. We'll make you extra pretty today," confused I look at him as I have no idea who is actually standing in front of me. "Oh sorry, I didn't introduce myself at all. I'm Noel," he shakes my hand. "Nice to meet you," I said and then go to take a shower and shave.

After I'm all done, I'm sitting in front of him in a really elegant bathrobe, while he does my makeup, I'm thinking about today. What did these people want from us? Do they want something from me, when the thought comes that they might also attack my family, I suddenly panic. "Is everything okay?", Noel asked me. I just stare at him not knowing what to say. "I think I know what you're afraid of. But believe me Tom will never let anything happen to someone he loves again." He immediately puts his hand over his mouth and continues with my makeup. "Please don't tell him I told you that," he pleads with me. "Of course."

After two hours I'm done with hair and makeup and look at myself in the mirror. "Wow, I've never done makeup like this in my entire life" I turn to him and hug him. As I hug him, I see Tom standing behind us. "What's going on here?" he asked angrily. Oh no, he is jealous. "Nothing all good!", I quickly look at Noel who immediately packs up his stuff and wants to go out. "You have your fingers on her again, you won't have any fingers!", threateningly he looks at him, him hoping I don't hear. Noel quickly walks out and Tom just grins at me as I look at him with my amens crossed.

"What?" he walks up to me and puts his hands around me, pulling me closer to him. "You shouldn't have threatened him. I was just thanking him," he takes a step back and looks at me. "Now it's a hug next time you lie in bed with him!"

I lunge and give him a slap. "You talk to me like that again, you'll never see me again! And now get out I'm not even done yet," mad I look at him just as he looks at me. Growling, he walks out and slams the door behind him. I walk to the balcony and look outside when I see Tom talking to Ilayda. Even though I don't want to, I get jealous. She is pretty and not afraid of anything, as I have seen. When I look at the two of them again, he kisses her on the crown of her head, which makes the water overflow. I quickly get dressed and take my shoes downstairs and quickly walk over to the two hugging each other. I clear my throat loudly. They move away, while Ilayda looks at me with wide eyes, Tom looks me up and down. "I didn't want to disturb your romantic moment, but if we don't want to be late we have to leave now," pissed off I walk towards the door and put on my shoes. A hand at my back makes me come up. Of course, it's Tom his hand I swat away, which he doesn't like. "What's your problem?" he sneers at me and pulls me close to him. Angry, I put his hands away from me and grab my coat because it's cold outside.

"Y/N!" he yells at me, but I ignore him. Arriving at the car, I am turned around and pushed against the car. "What's your fucking problem?" he yells at me again, waiting for an answer. "My fucking problem is that you can do whatever you want and I'm excluded from everything. I'm not allowed to go to work or just go out, you have to know everything. I'm not even allowed to hug anyone, but you're allowed to give her kisses on the head or hug her tight!" I tear myself out of his arms and get into the car, he doesn't need to know that I was watching Tom when he got in and that I also found it incredibly hot. The whole ride is silent, but still I noticed that he was watching me, which made me really nervous. Nevertheless, I do not want to show any weakness. The car stopped and I see a red carpet with paparazzis. Confused, I look at Tom who just shrugs his shoulders. Asshole. The chauffeur opens the door for me, while Tom holds out his hand. Hesitantly I took it, which he saw of course and he tightens his jaw. I straighten my dress, Tom also looks again that everything fits well and then puts his arm around me and pushes me easily to the red carpet.

The lightning storm starts. Everything new, everything unfamiliar. Even if I don't want it right now, I cuddle up more to Tom, who couldn't avoid a slight smile. He should not imagine there now. After half an hour of just smiling, the corner of my mouth hurts. Finally we are out of there and we go into a beautiful Christmas decorated hall. Immediately I feel a bit more comfortable and the Christmas mood dough now a bit more. With Tom I have it by the incident of this morning, not managed to decorate. Tom and I sat down on our place, but it is style between us both. Just like him, I am too stubborn to say a word. Let him ignore me, so he shows me that he is no different than the other men. If this continues I will soon be gone.
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We've been here for an hour now and everyone wants to talk to Tom, while I just sit there quietly or briefly introduce myself. Since I get hungry, I go to the buffet, because it is incredibly huge. I'm just about to help myself to a small cake when someone comes to stand next to me. "You look beautiful," I turn around and see a slightly older woman next to me. "Oh. Thank you very much, but you look beautiful too," she smiles at me gratefully. "You're Tom's date, right?", nervously I put a strand of hair behind my ear and nod. "I'm Y/N, nice to meet you-" "Nikki, call me Nikki," she pulls me into a hug that surprises me at first, but I accept it anyway. As I disengage, a man stands next to us. "I see you've already met Tom's date," he says to Nikki, looking at her very much in love. As I thought it was her husband, because he introduced himself directly and we started talking. We laughed a lot and besides her husband Dominik, she has four children, but three of them unfortunately didn't feel like coming here. "I wish they would show more responsibility, like our oldest", smiling slightly, I took her hand and squeezed it. "Boys become men, only when is the question. At the latest, when they meet someone, they grow up." "You're right about that. Tom, that is our oldest, also changed when he met his girlfriend," smiling we both look at each other. "Ah here he comes already. Tom, my beloved son," Dominik said. I turn around and can't believe my eyes.
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