"I don't think Nash will be able to keep his eyes off of you," Victoria comments as she looks at me from video chat. It's close to midnight and I'm just finishing getting ready for the club we're heading to tonight. I look at my straightened brown hair, lined eyes, and red lipstick painted on my lips. Gold threader earrings loop through my first two piercings and small gold hoops are on my cartilage piercings. A simple gold multi-layered necklace sits around my neck; besides the studs and hoops, it's strange wearing much nicer jewelry than normal.  

"He better not focus on me since we have work to do," I retort as I touch up my lipstick. Luckily for me, I didn't have to do any shopping. I just browsed through my closet and stumbled across a dress I bought a couple of months ago but never had the chance to wear. A scarlet bandage dress with a low plunge that shows enough of my cleavage but not too much that it would be distasteful. 

It has a low back, the length of the dress stopping at the middle of my thighs. It shapes my ass and shows off my figure; even I have to admit I look really good. With it being sleeveless it's one of the rare chances my tattoos are seen. To end my look I pair it with red strappy heels which I'll put on when I reach the precinct and a set of green-coloured contacts; I'll look like a whole new person for the next couple of hours. For now, I'm sticking with my combat boots, I'd rather not have my toes fall off tonight.

"I bet you'll be attracting other guys tonight," she chuckles.

"Well, if that happens, hopefully they'll be useful with information," I tell her as I fix my straightened hair.

"Good luck, I'm hoping nothing bad goes down," she says to me as I shrug on my coat. Fuck, this is not the weather for a short dress, fingers-crossed I don't freeze tonight.

"Thanks, I'll talk to you later," I tell her with a wave before hanging up. I sift through my wallet for my i.d cards placing them in my phone holder which I'll give Nash to hold onto it since there's no way I'm carrying any sort of bag. I leave the lamps in my apartment on before walking out, locking the door behind me. 

We're meeting at the precinct first to go over everything and we'll probably carpool to the club. I walk across the lobby before stopping at the front door, looking outside as I muster the will to step out. It snowed earlier in the day and it wasn't too bad but since it's night the temperature dropped again, last I checked it was below minus twenty. I sigh as I push the door open and take one step, a blast of cold wind going across me. 

"You're already outside Natalia, only another twenty steps to your car. Fuck this, we better get something tonight," I mutter to myself as I quickly cross the parking lot to my car. I get inside and turn the engine while turning on the heat, my teeth chattering from the cold. I really don't like winter, I'd rather be wrapped in something warm with a hot drink.

It takes me fifteen minutes to drive to the precinct, the late-night music from my radio filtering through the car. I turn into the parking lot and park as close as I can to the door, the faster I can get inside the better. I walk inside the precinct and the officers that are here at night immediately turn to me, the shock is clear as day as their eyes linger on my body as I walk past them.

"Sorry I'm late," I call out as I walk into my division's office.

"Don't worry about that Natalia, we were just-" Nash's words get cut off when he looks up from his phone and sees me walk in. Even Felix looks a little speechless when he sees me and Aurora, it looks like she just sucked on a lemon. She has her chestnut-coloured hair rolling in waves past her shoulders, heavy makeup caked on her face, a fitted black dress and heels. If she's having this type of reaction then I'm assuming neither men thought much of what she was wearing when she arrived.

"Natalia, you look gorgeous but don't tell me you're going with those shoes," Nash smirks as his eyes rest on my boots. 

"Shut it, I have my shoes right here," I answer as I sit down and unlace my boots and slip on my heels. And you don't look too bad yourself. The way that black dress shirt is hugging your arms and chest, and the pants shaping your things;  bad Natalia, not the time to focus on his body.

"Good, you're all here," Jason says as he walks inside the office. "Let's run down what's going to be happening tonight."

"My acquaintance at the club is going to let the four of us in and not check our i.d's," Felix starts off.

"From there we'll split off with me and Aurora going around the club while Natalia and Felix pair up," Nash continues.

"And if we see anything suspicious or someone that looks like we can get information from, we go for it," I finish. 

"Alright, I want to close this case as soon as possible before that drug gets accessed by the general public or any other people that go clubbing," Jason tells us. "I'll expect a full report on Sunday, I'm giving you all the day off tomorrow," he says before walking out. Somewhere inside of me lets out a sigh of relief at the fact I can sleep the day away tomorrow.

"Let's get going," Nash tells us as he picks up his blazer. 

"Nash," I call out to him. He turns around to look at me in question and I hold my phone out for him. "Hold onto this for me will you."

"Will do beautiful," he answers as he pockets my phone. "We'll take my car to the club, no need to stress about getting parking," he says to us as we walk outside. My hands dig deep into my coat and I have to hold back from yelling in the darkness about the cold. We reach Nash's car and I don't want a repeat of last time with Aurora, who knows, she might push me into the snow this time.

"Wait, Natalia, I want you to sit up front, Aurora you get into the back," he tells the two of us. She opens her mouth to protest but I step back and wave my hand to the back door for her, her gaze is one of fury.

"Don't glare at me, I can't control what he does," I snicker as she passes by me. I get inside and I can tell Aurora is physically restraining herself from slamming the door shut. Felix on the other hand looks like he couldn't care less as he gets inside. He has his phone out, bluetooth earbuds in his ears; he's already set on ignoring us during the duration of the drive. Nash pulls out of the parking lot while I rest my hands on the heater warming up my fingers.

"How long are we staying at the club?" Aurora voices from the back.

"We'll stay until closing which is at five, if we get anything or some shit comes up we can leave early," he answers as he exits the streets to the highway. I don't remember the last time I went to a club, I think when I was twenty-one? They weren't appealing to me anymore after I finished school and after moving provinces for work, it was just forgotten.

"You guys will also need this," Felix says, breaking his silence since we entered the car. I turn around to look at him and with the light coming from his tablet I see him holding a box in his hand. Since when did he have that with him? Did he grab it just when we were leaving and I didn't notice?

"What is that?" I ask holding my hand out for him and he places two things in my palm.

"Earpieces for us to stay connected while we're in the club," he replies as I look at them. I guess it's a good thing I didn't tie my hair in a ponytail before leaving.

"Can you put it in for me?" Nash questions as he exits the highway. I take one of them placing it in his right ear before situating mine in my left ear.

"Won't people see these in our ears?" Aurora asks him.

"You and Natalia will have an easier time keeping it hidden with your hair covering your ears. Nash and I will just have to be more discreet so no one notices," Felix answers. "How much more time do we have until we reach? I need some time to connect them all" he tells Nash.

"We have another twenty-minute drive until we get there, is that enough time?" Nash questions.

"More than enough," Felix replies before putting his earbuds back in his ears and going back to ignoring us.

"You two just sit back and relax for now because as soon as we get there, it's time to get to work," Nash tells Aurora and me, the steely tone of his voice pierces in the car. 

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"Rodriguez, my man, thanks for doing us a solid," Felix greets the security guard at the front door. 

"Don't worry about it, whatever you're doing tonight, are you investigating the whole club?" he questions.

"I can't say but so long as your doing nothing illegal, we won't look into you," he replies as Rodriguez opens the door for us. 

"As if I'd be doing any shit like that, got a family to take care of," Rodriguez answers as we step in the building. We walk inside the club, already hearing the music coming within it, the base reverberating against the walls. We go down a small flight of stairs and we see the expanse of the club. To our left, a bar lining against that side. To our right and moving towards the back, lounge areas and in the middle, the dance floor. I glance up and see there are two more levels with some people leaning against the balconies looking at the people below.

"If I had to put my money on any weird shit happening here, it'd be upstairs," I mutter to myself as we move through the people. "I'm going to get something light to drink, Felix, let's go," I tell him breaking away from the other two. 

"Are you sure it's okay to drink?" Nash's voice comes through my earpiece. 

"One drink won't get me tipsy and we have to blend in right?" I reply as I stop at the bar. "Can I have one shot of a martini? My friend is treating me tonight," I tell the bartender pointing at Felix. The bartender chuckles as he tells one of the workers my order and in less than a minute I have a martini in my hand. The alcohol burns my throat as I take one gulp before placing the glass back on the counter. 

"Did you want to blend in or did you really just want a drink?" Felix chuckles.

"I won't say," I answer, a smirk playing on my lips. The music turns up, an upbeat Spanish song playing through the club, a collective cheer going around. I make eye contact with a man drinking at the bar, his rolled-up sleeves showing me tattoos on his arms and a scar running down his left cheek. Even from here, I can see the man is built from the way his shirt and pants are fit so snugly against his body.  His eyes trained on my body, checking me out head to toe; a smirk on his lip and I know he likes what he sees. 

"I'm going to dance, I got that man's attention," I tell Felix before turning and walking towards the crowd of people dancing, stopping for a moment to look over my shoulder, the man still has his eyes on me. I move with the people, my hips rolling to the music as I dance. I soon feel arms slide around my waist, a body moving along with mine. I'm not too surprised to see the tattoos on those arms, I did give him a clear invitation. He doesn't say anything as we move along to the music, I even lose track of time of how long we spend dancing.

"You here on your own baby girl? You're a siren in all that red," his voice rasps against my ear. I internally cringe when he uses the pet name but I press back against him.

"My friend decided I needed to have some fun tonight, meet some new people," I reply in a sultry voice.

"You've come to the right place, I can show you a good time tonight," he chuckles deeply, the alcohol heavy on his breath.

"Maybe I'll take you up on that offer," I smirk as I turn in his arms, his eyes immediately falling to my breasts. I internally roll my eyes but I place a hand on his chest and he looks back up at my face. "How about we get out of here, somewhere a little more private?" I ask with a small pout. Ugh, gag. Fuck. I hate this kind of shit.

"With pleasure, let's head on up," he replies as he leaves one arm wrapped around me, moving it down towards my ass and it takes everything in me to throw his hand off. This is just a job Natalia, you had to find one sucker to take you up there so play it cool. From the corner of my eye I see Nash looking at the two of us, a frown on his lips as he dances with Aurora but I face forward putting that image behind me. At the staircase to the second floor is a security guard and the man I'm with says something to him and passes him some money before letting us pass. 

"I never got your name baby girl," he tells me as we climb the stairs.

"You never gave me yours either," I retort cheekily.

"The name is Leo, and what's yours sexy?" he questions, his hand cupping and squeezing my ass.

"Isabella, but you can call me Bella," I say giving him a coy smile, the fake name rolling off of my tongue. We reach the second level of the club stopping in front of two glass doors. You can't see it from below but the second level is a strip club, men and women in fancy clothes throwing their money to the dancers, there's a different type of high up here than downstairs.

"Hey man, was wondering when you would get here, but I see you found someone sexy tonight," a man walks up to Leo fist-bumping him as his eyes rake my body.

"You got the stuff?" Leo asks him. 

"Got it right here, you going to share with her?" the man asks with a smirk as he hands him some packet. With the lighting, I can't really tell what it is. 

"She told me to show her a good time, I aim to please," Leo says cockily as they both laugh. I mentally throw up when he says that. "I'm going to take her to one of the rooms," he tells the man as he leads the two of us away.

"What did your friend give you?" I question as we pass other patrons. 

"There's some good shit that's been going around, only the people who got money can get their hands on it," he tells me as we turn a corner before stopping in front of a door. He opens it revealing a sofa and a minibar, and thankfully enough light to see one another properly. "We're going to have some fun," he says with a smirk and just like that, this man is putty in my hands. I guess wearing red really was a calling card for me. 

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A/N I know, some of you got the notification last night but there was no chapter. I can explain. I was working on it on my phone yesterday and I meant to press the preview button but instead pressed published. If I didn't take it down so fast you all would have seen how the chapter was a hot mess yesterday.

But anyways, chapter 5 is finally up, exciting! What are your thoughts of the chapter? Be sure to leave them in the comments!