Damon Mortimer:

I sat in my office, twirling in my chair not knowing what to do with myself. I was waiting for Pablo to bring me back the information that I wanted.

Since I left the hospital, all I could think about was the doctor there, Doctor Belle. And every time I think about that Bozzo that laid his hands on her in a disrespectful manner I want to kill him. I probably should.

Pablo burst into my office being the dramatic idiot he is followed by his girlfriend who just rolled her eyes at his behaviour.

"Do you have what I asked for?" I questioned him standing up and getting the papers out of his hand.

"Yes, I did." He replied cockily wrapping his arm around Leila.

I grabbed my coat and rushed out of my office ignoring both of them and headed straight to my car and drove to my destination.

I was parked near the apartment complex of where Doctor Belle lived. I had discovered quite a few things from the file that Pablo had given me. I knew her full name, Emrys Sarah Belle, twenty-five-year-old single mum, born and raised in New-jersey and is in her last year of medical school in NYU.

I sighed and got my shit together before stepping out of the car and heading for her building. I was going to ask her out on a date and I wanted to make sure she was alright after what happened on Friday. If I learnt that the prick that decided to touch her did it again or something worse I would qualify that as a good enough excuse to send him "missing" as mum would say.

I got let in my a lovely old lady in the building who needed help with her groceries, I happily obliged and got away in asking her where Emrys lived.

"Third floor, apartment 20b." the old lady smiled my way after I thanked her and ran off to Emrys' apartment.

I was now in front of her door, knocking then waiting for her to answer. Once I realised that it was one o'clock in the afternoon did I realise that she was probably still at work. I was about to leave when the door shot open revealing her in tight blue jeans, a hoodie and tank top that let me have a decent view of her rack, not that I was ogling her.

"Mr Mortimer?" she asked confused by my presence.

"Please call me Damon," I smirked and tried to step in but she stopped me.

"What are you doing here?" she asked not amused by my charm.

I took a minute to evaluate her body language and actually take a look at her. She looked tired, upset, stressed and not in the mood to deal with me. My whole demeanour changed.

"Are you alright?" I asked concerned and she seemed taken back by my question.

"What?" her voice became a whisper.

"Are you ok? You don't look fine." I continued.

Her eyes were glossed over and she just stared at me with her blue eyes.

"I got fired today because of you and now you show up out of nowhere and ask if I'm alright? Who the hell do you think you are?" she yelled back.

"You got fired?" I asked to which she just scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yes, I got fired. They fired me because of so-called negligence on my behalf, I was also accused of having a relationship with a patient, i.e you. And now I have no job and a million thing to pay off." She rushed out and ended up in tears covering her face with her hands.

I stepped fully into her apartment and closed the door before engulfing her into my arms in a protective embrace.

"Shhh, Hey I'm here. I'll help out and we'll find a solution." I ranted holding her close to my chest.

She pushed away from me and wiped her tears away from her cheeks.

"We? There is no 'we' here. I don't know you, I just saved your life and sure you seem like a lovely man and you have an amazing family but I don't need you to help me. I'll figure things out on my own like I always do." She walked away from me and went into the kitchen to get some tissues to wipe her eyes.

"I don't even know what you are doing here and how you found me but considering I found you rippled with bullets I would guess you don't have a normal line of work." she stayed as far away from me as she could.

"You are right." I started.

"We don't know each other. You are a smart and independent woman that does not need my help. And you are also right on my job. But I don't think you need me to tell you exactly what I do because you have already proven that you are a smart girl."

Her eyes were still on me watching my every move.

"But when I say that we will find a solution, I am stating the truth. I originally came to ask you out when you were free. And I am glad I came because I can get you a job."

I walked back over to her, she was still nervous by my presence and I respected that, I left her her space.

"You can't get me a job in a hospital because the only other hospital there is here that I could actually get any benefit out of is Northwestern Memorial and I have already tried they are not looking for anyone." she pouted adorably.

"It's not difficult when you own part of it." a smiled in the corner at my lips when I saw the look on her face at the information.

"You have got to be kidding me right now." she scoffed again and rolled her eyes.

"If I get you a job there, working for my family, all I ask for is taking you out and have time to relax. We can do whatever you want." I negotiated.

Emrys' body relaxed a little as she stepped closer to me.

"You are willing to help me out, a woman you do not know. Granted I saved your life but this is taking it to the extreme. You do realise I come with baggage and I will not accept just anyone in my life because I want to protect my son. I would be damned if anything ever happened to him because I associated myself with the wrong people." She warned.

"I understand. I can understand why you would want to protect your son and especially in my line of business. But I am stubborn and will continue to pursue you until you fall for my charms." I teased, the corner of my lips still up.

"How can you guarantee me that I will be safe being seen with you? That I will be able to work for you all whilst keeping my son safe." she voiced her thoughts.

"I will keep you safe, you and your son. I want to help you, you saved me and I will forever be in your debt. The fact that you are a beautiful woman that I would like to take out is just a bonus."

She smiled a little and looked to the ground to hide her growing blush.

"I will agree to a date with you but I want to start working as soon as possible. Rent is coming up and I can't be late on paying it in." worry clear in her eyes.

"Consider it done."

I could see that she was still hesitant and I could understand why on some aspects but she was still full of mysteries for me.

Her phone started ringing in the silence that had fallen upon us. Emrys excused herself saying that is was her sister calling her. She left the room leaving me to have a wonder in her living room.

I was looking at the photos of her son and herself scattered around the room. I found it a little odd that there were so many cardboard boxes all around.

Was she moving? Or had she just moved in?

A box caught my eyes since photographs were surrounding it. I was about to bend down and have a closer look at the pictures when she stepped back into the room.

"I need to go and pick up my son," she stated making me step back and walk towards her.

She was scribbling on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

"Here is my number and email address. Let me know when I can start working and once that is set we can organise a date. Nothing at night because I don't want Aj to be left with a sitter, and nothing fancy or out of price."

She was buzzing around the room and getting herself ready to go back out.

We left the apartment together and I was just amazed by this woman that was walking beside me. She is just perfect to me and I will do what I can to make sure she gets what she deserves.

After I drove off I knew straight away what I needed to do. I arrived at my destination after swigging by the warehouse and getting changed to all black. I parked the car and got out chucking my black leather jacket like my dad had over my shoulders and made sure that I was ready.

I walked to the house that showed money and power.

Nothing compared to my empire. I smiled to myself.

I banged on the door and waited, my adrenaline pumping in my veins.

The door opened revealing who I wanted to see.

"Hello, Cory. Remember me?"

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Damon and Emrys have finally interacted like real humans!

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