❝You lose your way, just take my hand
You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again
Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am.❞

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C H A P T E R
X X I V

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THE RELUCTANT glance, the quiet words as we drove through the city, the night came; so did the rain. I closed my eyes sliding the window down just so I could feel the fresh breeze with drops of rain water fall against my skin. My actions made Jeon lushly chuckle as I smiled unknowingly.

"You know I should have reached home by now," I spoke, with my eyes still closed smiling faintly as I spread my palm outside the window to play with the rain.

Jeon sighed,"May be I don't want you to go home," upon hearing his words my eyes flickered open and I turned to look at him.

"I am not joking I really want to spend time with you," he continued further, his voice hoarse soothing my nerves as I sighed pressing my lips thinly, thinking hard.

"Then you should've brought your bike with you and it would have been so fun," I spoke, playing with his hand as he turned to look at me then slowly, he laughed as I locked our hands for a minute before pulling away, and just tracing my hand with my thumb just to subside the yearning to hold his hand again.

No, no every time something like this happens I have to remind myself this was just us together how we were before with no labels, we weren't in relationship nor we'll ever will be were just to people together who find peace in each others company. Peace that's what I've always found, might be same for him, but him and I we both know we needed each other and there's no denying in that.

He asked to be back in my life and I was giving him that, he would be there anyway if I refused. I can't just stop feeling the way I feel about him but I know I have to move forward, find someone new even though he would never be him but I need to because I can't spend the rest of my life alone, that's why there was Daniel and Taehyung I didn't just catch feelings for them I wanted to feel something for them.

But with Jungkook I didn't have to find them, they were already there just locked up in the corner of my heart hidden from the world to see.

"uh-So," I trailed off running my tongue along my lips, as I straighten up,"What's your plan are we just driving through the city?" I asked arching my brows.

"I have something in mind-remember when we were young we would leave town Alex, me and you without informing anyone drive through the highway spend the night at a motel."

Jeon explained, with a few gesture of his hand and a dire look of desperation smiling, I watch him fail miserably when he was done, I shrugged my shoulders and stared at him sympathetically.

"But that was when Alex was
with us-"

The car came to a halt in front of a dinner as he turned just in time to press his finger against my lips to shush me, as I swallowed hardly staring up at him through the moonlight tracing his soft manly features. Beautiful.

"Adventure is what I'm offering you, would you be denying that?"

He half whispered against my skin, as I shivered through his touch when he cradled my face. I shook my head as his smile deepened leaning closer, he placed his lips against my forehead and ever so lightly gave it a peck, my lids closed I felt butterflies running around my stomach. I stayed still while he got out of the car, leaving me in a pool of mess.

Taking a deep breath, I tried to telex myself a bit, but it's wasn't easy to do, because like I've said this man was beautiful and under normal circumstances I would be all over him.

I followed close to him, making sure to lock the car; we entered the tidy looking dinner. There were people around the corner so we chose to sit by the window, a young waiter with dark brown hair and sharp dark eyes came up to us to write our orders down, I shrugged my shoulders letting Jeon to decide for me as I turned wandering my eyes around, with my hand placed over my lap under the table.

There wasn't much noise just the sound of indie music playing in the background with just a few people, a couple with their small baby sitting right across of us and an elderly man smoking with a bottle of vodka in front of him, his head dropped down he seemed to be lost somewhere, my eyes focused on him until the bell over the entrance door chimed and my gaze follows upwards in haze.

One mere glance was all it took, the man who entered just now, with his few other man, he was wearing police uniform, and somehow everyone seemed alert as he took his seat. He had a nice cut beard, and a soldier cut in his hand was a empty bottle of whiskey as he sternly turned his head around just in time to catch me staring at him.

My muscles stiffened as he stared at me for a bit longer before I looked away, his grin obvious and I felt totally embarrassed to be caught red handed.

"Do you come here often?"

I asked Jungkook as our waiter brought us our food placing the burgers and the cokes on the table the waiter bowed to us before turning around to leave.

"No just once, " taking a sip from his coke he shrugged as I took a small bite of my burger very nervously still feeling the police officer's gaze upon me, I don't know what was his deal.

"Nothing, just asking."

Taking a big bite out of his burger Jungkook smiled at me as I forward my hand to pass him the napkin when little bit of the ketchup fell over his shirt.

"I feel so out of place wearing this summer dress," I murmured, softly taking a spoonful of my salad as Jungkook rolled his eyes and laughed at the same time agreeing with me.

"I don't know why you girls care so much about your appera-" his speech was cut mid off when the same waiter came to us interrupting.

"I am sorry ma'am this was asked to be given to you," the waiter placed the napkin on the table as both mine and Jungkook gaze fell at the napkin.

Straightening up, I infolded the napkin to find a key and a hotel address written on it, my eyes widened as without any thinking I turned to find the same police officer smirking up at me, with a gesture of his hand he asked me to come over as without wasting a second I stood up holding Jeon's hand.

"We are leaving-"I exclaimed as Jeon's eyes widened and pulled me back.

"I mean yes-we can but what's wrong?"

His voice sounding comforting as he placed his hand over my shoulders.

"She's staying here with me," just when I was about to answer the same man came up from behind, his hand now around my waist as he pulled me towards him very urgently.

My gaze flickered upwards as the man smirked down at me, my heart beat fastened as I stared ahead struggling to get out of his grip, taking a deep breath I turned around pushing him a little.

"I think there's a misunderstanding, I know what happened before but it isn't what you're thinking officer I'm not that type of girl-" I tried explaining to him all the while Jungkook stared at me confusingly.

Forcing me to turn around Jungkook made me look at him,"What happened before, tell me Aria?"

"It isn't...," I struggled to find words feeling breathless and utterly lost I noticed how everyone have gathered around and were giving me dirty glares labeling me as a woman who slept around with men.

"oh, I know women like you honey, I got them all around here. Don't worry I'll pay you more after all you will be doing the same thing, you were going to with him."

A gasps escaped from everyone and I don't know how it happened but it just happened Jungkook raised the chair upwards and smashed it against the man's skull, making him to fall backwards.

"The next time you see me make sure you remember no one talk to her in this way," Jeon yelled as he kicked him in the face, his hand holding mine as the two of the other men came forward with sharp glares aiming daggers at us.

"Leave him we have to go now," I whispered shuddering, when I caught them coming towards us, my voice pulled Jungkook into realisation as without a further thought we both ran towards the door, hand in hand with men chasing after us.

My hair, wandering with the breeze as turning around I found them getting nearer to us with the few people rushing here and there, and that's when I pulled a chair threw it in their way, Jungkook grunted cursing as we finally made it outside, it was still raining heavily and our clothes soaked in water, and sticked to our a body like a second skin as we walked towards our parked car.

Letting go of my hand he pulled out the keys and unlocked the car, that's when we caught one of the man came running towards us, my eyes widened as I stared; Jungkook groaned with frustration and turned in time to look at me.

"Stay in the God damn car, Aria."

He muttered, his voice sounding heavy with the amount of running we have done.

"No, not without you," I protested, my voice sounding shaky.

"Get in the car, Aria," yelling him pulled open the passenger door of the car and pushed me in forcibly.

"You are not getting away from here," the man came forward in his hand was a rod as Jungkook stood tall glaring daggers at him.

"Look sir, I may not know you but you're the police you're supposed to be the good guy," my mouth almost dropped open and I stared at the two of them with shock.

"How about I break open your pretty head then we'll see who's the real thing here," twisting his wrist the man came forward at Jungkook with his rod aiming right at his ribs but Jeon reflexes were fast as he kicked him in the shin, baking at a speed this time he pulled the man with his collar and banged his head against his.

"Really man? I was hoping for more?" kicking him in the face once again, Jeon yelled aggressively.

The man trembled backwards the rod fell from his hand, Jungkook hurriedly jumped over the car's bonnet, towards the driver's seat getting in he locked the door and roared the engine to life before the man could get back to his sense.

When we were driving at full speed I turned to look at him, he was breathing hard and looked amazingly well, smiling with almost tears in my eyes,"How did you?-" I was speechless there weren't any words it was just something I never witnessed before.

"The things I do for you, Aria,"

Jeon shrugged, elegantly as I rolled my eyes leaning forward just to place a kiss right at the corner of his lips taking the man by his own surprise, oh yes he deserved that for all the things he have done for me I would kiss him, I would show him that yes he was the one the I only one.

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's note:

And yes I did update as I promised.
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