"Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly."
― George MacDonald

Irene's POV.

"I'll block him from you and you run, okay? You run and go start the car so that we can take off as soon as I join you," Reese stuffs the bags as I help him with tears. This shouldn't have happened.

Luckily Mrs. Marshall is distracting Alex questioning his yelling, "Irene look at me!"

Reese whisper shouts as I put on the two bags ready to rush out as soon as the door opens, "I'll be there, I promise. I love you," he gives me a quick peck and I kiss him back, "I love you too,"

He smiles giving a quick kiss on my forehead before we prepare ourselves to open the door, "Let's get over with this,"

Reese says before opening the door and my heart drops as soon as I see Alex, "Well now what do we have here?"

Alex raises his eyebrows at me and Reese, literally checking me out with a devious smirk. Ms. Marshall just stands there and keeps an eye on Alex, "Irene run!"

Within seconds Reese punches Alex when he tries grabbing my hand and I run towards the stairs as fast as I can. I leave the bills for the stay on the table next to the door before heading out. My heart beating too fast feels like a fucking panic attack. Keep yourself together Irene, you need to do it for Reese.

I run out of the building and grab the cover on the car before removing it. Getting in, I throw the bags into the rear seats and start the car. I look out for Reese as I lean across and keep the door open for him. Damn it, I shouldn't have left him alone there. I notice a black car out front, there are two guys with pretty familiar black suits. They're here with Alex of course. Hopefully, they don't notice me, I make sure I don't turn on the headlights until Reese is in.

Taking deep breaths, I try keeping myself calm and finally hear loud footsteps and look out finding Reese with a gun with Alex at a distance asking him to drop the gun. A fucking Gun?

"Drive!" Reese shouts as soon as he gets into the car and I stamp on the accelerator. Driving fast enough, I keep an eye on the black Ferrari following us, "Pretty sure that's Alex,"

"Take a turn here," following Reese's direction, I take a sharp turn onto the street on the left and another right into a narrow street praying that I don't crash into anything or anyone while we go past a car and halt ours right in front of it. Once I make sure they still didn't get to us, I shut all the lights of the car down.

"Reese," I slowly turn to him, there's just enough moonlight to see his face.

"That was...good," he smiles putting the gun he's been holding aside once he notices Alex's car going past us once they give a look at the street and find nothing because of the car behind.

"T-the gun, where did you get it?!" I whisper shout still shaking out of fear.

"Calm down, its Alex's. I grabbed it when he started fighting with me and that was the only way I could make it out alive." He says holding my face to calm me down.

"H-he could've shot you," I state realizing as a tear finally rolls down my face.

"But he didn't." Reese points out pulling me into a hug and I hug him back tight. "It's going to be alright Irene,"

I turn on the light inside the car as soon as I feel Reese's knuckles wet, "Reese, you're hurt!"

"It's nothing, don't worry I've got a first aid kit..." he searches in the dashboard shelf and hands me a box, "Right here,"

I stare at the blood on his knuckles and grab the first aid kit, "This is all my fault. You can get into trouble for this and it is because I dragged you into this mess in the first place,"

Cleaning his knuckles with the anti-septic liquid, I start bandaging his hands with gauze, "He's going to find us again, I cannot lose you Reese and he's going to be way too mad at you for hitting him,"

Once I finish bandaging both his hands, he finally breaks his silence, "Are you done?" he wipes off the tears on my face and forces me to look at him as I keep the first aid box aside.

"I cannot lose you either, when are you going to get that? And this..." he indicates his knuckles, "Happened because I couldn't control my anger after he started calling you names. He deserved it and just so you know, I was a street fighter when I was in college. Got into the wrong crowd but learned to fight too,"

He gives me a smile in an attempt to make me smile as well, "Wow didn't see you as a street fighter kind of a guy," I smile caressing his cheek but the smile is soon gone as I notice his cheekbone starting to bruise as he keeps his gaze glued onto me.

"I'm just going to take that as a compliment," he turns off the light as his other hand snakes around my waist pulling me closer. "I meant it as a compliment."

My voice barely comes out as a breath before he kisses me and I kiss him back with love. I don't know how we're going to get out of this but the idea of losing Reese scares me and reminds me of losing mum probably because he's the only person closest to my heart after mum.

"I know, you're scared and I know you you're worried about Alex probably trying to get me into trouble but I can promise that no matter what happens, I'll never leave your side," Reese tells me with promise in his voice.

"Am I even worth all that you're doing for me?" I ask him biting my lower lip trying not to let sobs escape my lips once again.

"You're worth every single thing I do for you Irene, you deserve the love and people who care for you," I don't know when I'll ever start believing that but right now just having Reese by my side is enough to give me hope. I pull him into a hug across the central cup holder and Reese pulls me slowly onto his lap. Once I'm all settled down on his lap, I realize I'm still in his grey t-shirt with just pajama shorts and no freaking bra. Seriously Irene?

Well, what do I say? I was on the verge of having a panic attack so many times tonight and Alex fucks my mind up with fear.

Reese holds me close, with my head against his chest before adjusting the seat to make sure I'm not uncomfortable. His strong muscles holding me close enough to listen to his heartbeat which calms me down. All my uncertainty seems to disappear with just this small gesture, "I love you more than you'll ever know,"

My voice barely comes out as a whisper, Reese kisses my forehead, "And I love you more than you'll ever know too. You complete me, Irene, and I know you still are skeptical about things but I promise, all those doubts and uncertainties will be gone soon." I don't realize I'm crying until Reese's T-shirt feels wet and he lifts with his finger under my chin before wiping off my tears.

{Sexual stuff ahead people!}

I pull him into a kiss unable to find my words for how much I love him, he kisses me back as his hands rub circles down my back. The kiss deepens as his hands find their way under my t-shirt, I pull away breathless and horny before trailing kisses down his neck.

"Ugh Irene, you're making this harder to resist you. You sure about this?" I look up at him just to notice his eyes sparkling with excitement in the moonlight.

A blush makes its way to my face which he probably can't notice, if I say yes then we're about to have sex in the car, "Well, I've never been this adventurous but..." I unbutton his pants as an answer. Well, being on pill has its advantages.

He immediately releases my hair from the messy bun, "Damn Reese, leave it to you to make me feel like a horny teenager when everything is a mess. Don't get me wrong but that's one of the things I love about you,"

He kisses to shut my rant with an evident smirk before he covers us with the blanket, damn when did he even grab it from the rear seat?! Talk about a gentleman who makes sure his girl is never put in a compromising situation. I continue to fumble with his pants with him making me moan as he kisses down my neck. He takes off my shorts with ease and helps me with his.

A gasp escapes my lips as I feel his hard-on against my womanhood, "Try not waking the whole street with your moans honey," he closes the gap between us and kisses me with a smirk before slamming into me. My moans as lost in the kiss as my nails dig into Reese's arms in pleasure. I move on top of him and we break the kiss as Reese groans into my neck while his hands wander around my breasts.

I try containing my moans as he inflicts more pleasure flicking my nipple, "Oh god Reese..." I moan as he starts moving in sync with me.

"Irene..." he gets back to kissing my lips as we find ourselves close to our orgasms. I pull at his hair as ecstasy hits both of us with him digging his fingers into my hips.

Breathlessly I pull back with Reese resting his forehead against mine, his smile evident as he lets out a small laugh making me laugh too, "Never thought I'd have sex in the car,"

"Oh, the risks you make me want to take," Reese replies before we clumsily clean ourselves up with the wipes which were meant for the wiping our faces when we were living in the car for the whole week. Putting our clothes back on, I kiss Reese's cheek across the driver's seat. Seriously though what were the odds of having enough space in the car for having sex.

"Maybe we should get back onto the road because once the sun is up, it's easy for Alex to find us if he's somewhere around," Reese tells me tucking my hair behind my ear. A sigh escapes my lips as the thought of Alex comes to mind.

"How are we ever going to find a place that he won't find?" I rub the hands over my face feeling the stress coming back. Reese grabs my chin forcing me to look at him, "Don't give up hope okay? We'll probably have to find a place on the outskirts once again."

Reese turns his phone on to check the map, "Probably away from LA's direction and I might know a friend whom we can ask for help and probably also get the safest places to stay the week."

His grin is evident even through the darkness before he kisses me almost out of joy, "You're so going to love where we are going next,"

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