If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 9 - Jackson Claros

Rex woke up, squeezing his eyes, as the morning sun rays fell on his eyes, and shifted his gaze towards Madeline, who was fast asleep by then. As the morning sun rays traveled through the room and fell over Rex's eyes, he was forced to squint and wake up, thereafter. He sat up in his place with a grimace in his face and rubbed his eyes. As, he looked over his shoulder, his eyes softened to see Madeline peacefully sleeping in her place. He reached out for his phone and flashed the screen to realise that his phone was in the mute, the whole night. Sh*t! Straightening his back,  he scrolled through the notifications to find a series of unanswered calls and a few voice messages. Glancing at Madeline for the last time, he rushed towards the living room and played one of the voice messages.

"Code Red. I repeat, Code red."

His breath started to come out in short pants. An ominous look smeared over his face in no time.

Stuffing his phone in his back pocket, he darted back inside the bedroom and leaned towards Madeline, supporting his hand over the headboard

"Madeline, wake up. Maddie...."

Madeline stretched her arms and opened her eyes to see Rex leaning towards her face. 

"We need to move. " he added.

Madeline looked around with a frown, "It's early."

Rex shook his head, "I need to reach somewhere. It's urgent. I am sorry. But, please."

As, Madeline walked out of the house, Rex was already waiting inside the car, rubbing the steering with both his hands, sitting restlessly in his place, looking straight towards the street, keeping his eyes narrowed. As, Madeline, took her seat, the car raced out of the place. 

Madeline sensed his restlessness, "What's wrong?"

 "Nothing" he replied keeping his eyes on the road, "Just a small problem. Nothing you should worry about." looking at her, "Where do I drop you?"

Madeline kept looking at him, with a question clear in her expression, "The regular place." taking in a gulp, "I know, this is something grave."

Rex heaved, "My men, needs me, nothing serious, Amor."

"Wait, Your men?" she questioned with furrowed brows.

Rex snapped his head towards her. He was caught off guard.

"My employees, I mean"

Madeline did not buy it. His words came out confident but his eyes seemed to tell a different story.

"There should not anything hidden, between us, Rex."

Rex took a deep breath, "I promise."

Madeline looked up at him, with guilt in her eyes, "I promise, as well."

Rex shifted his gaze towards her, at the untimely utter of her words, with a subtle confusion creeping over him.

Soon, the car pulled over, at a certain corner of a street. Madeline got down from the car, before the car raced out, without a goodbye. Madeline stood there for a while, and kept looking at the car, as it vanished out of her sight.

As, she turned on her heel to walk towards her home, a notification hit her phone, she looked at the screen. It was a message from Rex.

"Take care. Be safe. Good bye."

An fear started to crawl up inside her. "Be Safe!" For some reason, she failed to waive off the fact, that this wasn't just a message. The events from the earlier night started to play in her head as he tip toed her way towards her house. She never saw the happiness in his eyes. Was there some form of turmoil he is trapped in? Or it was her, falling into a trap yet again.