Another case of murder

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Chapter 17

Ashley's POV

I just got off the phone with Angie, she was staying for a while at Chloe's before she gets a place of her own, she had finally signed the divorce papers and was panicking as hell due to the whole shooting incident, Chloe had dropped Harry and I off earlier she must have spilled the beans, I tried my best to convince her I was fine but she wouldn't hear the last of it.
As I returned to the sofa next to Harry, I sat carefully avoiding his bandaged arm, I had gotten a few cuts from the broken glasses so I had a huge plaster on my hand.
"Is Angie okay"
"Yes, she's found about the whole shooting thing, she's freaking out"
"Chloe" he groaned
I smiled lightly
"Am going to bed now, am a bit tired" I said standing to my feet
"Goodnight" I added as I turned towards the direction of my room
"Lee?"
I turned to him "hm? "
"Do you think it had to do with our current case, or is it him? "
I exhaled, same question that has been buzzing my head all day, but only the thought of the possibility scared me
"I um.. I don't know" I mumbled
"Goodnight" I repeated
"Goodnight "

Harry's POV

The house was awfully quite, I went into Lee's room but she wasn't there, it was 7am, where could she have gone
"Linda where is Ashley? "
"She woke up really early and headed out, I believe I caught a footage of her in the gardens"
I walked outside, it was a bit chilly, I meandered through the tall trees as I headed for the garden, Ashley was standing in a sweatpants and a top, she had her hair braided, with hands in the pocket of her trousers.
I walked silently towards her, I was really worried about her, through out yesterday she had this scared look on her face and my Lee was never scared.
She turned abruptly, she must have heard me, she smiled warmly but I could tell she had been crying, her eyes were red and puffy.
"Hey" she said tiredly
"Hey"
"About that Lena's case, don't you think its weird that the last time her sister showed was the same period they had their divorce? " she asked
I knew what she was doing, trying to distract herself from unpleasant realities
"Yes, I've been thinking the same thing" I said, rolling with her
"But it could still all be coincidence"
"We can never tell until we find her"
"Cee said we should take today off" she said
I exhaled
"But you don't want to"
"No, I just want to get my mind off things and work does that for me"
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No.... I um am not sure"
I sat on the grass and she stood starring down at me
"Come on" I said tapping the spot next to me, she sighed and sat beside me
"I know you are scared, but it might not be what you think it is"
"Why do you think it isn't him?" She asked
"Because Cee assured you she was on the case and if he was still in New York, we would have gotten him by now"
"Its just, yesterday made me realize that there is a lot to play live for, I've never been scared of death but now I think I am"
"Why the change? "
"Because..... " she exhaled
"Because. .  I um I realized I have never experienced what its like to be loved or to... to.... love and I guess I  never thought about it because I've never had anyone to... to... I don't know, feel that way about? But then you came along and now.....now I don't know what I want anymore, and its freaking me out, it scares me way more than any psycho out there trying to kill does"
Wow!  Did she just really admit all these things, I knew she felt something for me but I never believed she would ever admit it to herself let alone say it out loud, to me
"So you are saying you are in love with me" I said to taunt her
"I don't know, I  just know I feel something for you, something really strong"
As she spoke, the sun was just beginning to rise, as it cast its light on her face, it seemed like her face started glowing, I couldn't help it as my eyes trailed down to her lips, those beautiful lips that just produced those beautiful words.
She turned to me
"Are you listening? "
"Uh?  Yeah, yes of course"
She licked lips to moisturize them
"Please don't do that" I begged
She looked confused "what?"
"Oh" she said as reality downed on her, her worried expression turned mischievous
"Why not, why shouldn't I do this? " she asked as she bit her lip slowly with her eyes down. Oh fuck Harry i groaned as I pulled her into a kiss, there was no slow foreplay, I just wanted to taste her so bad, I was so happy and for some reasons proud. As I slipped my tongue into her mouth, our tongues battled for dominion as we angled our heads for better access but it just seemed I wasn't getting enough, I pulled her onto my lap as we continued our tongue war, I pulled her neck closer but that wasn't enough either, i wanted more, my hands roamed her back as I latched them to her waist, she groaned rubbing gently against me, I pulled off her top sucking on her earlobes, she shivered a moan as I groped her ass, I licked a line from her neck to her cleavage, she ran her fingers along my back when she mistakenly hit my arm, a sharp pain shot through my body
"Arm arm arm"
"Oh My God, am sorry, I totally forgot" she said moving backwards to examine the arm
"Its bleeding again"
"Am fine, I promise"
"But.... "
"Just kiss it for me, it would feel way better"
She smirked
"You spoilt child" she said, as she placed a lingering kiss on my arm, Damn she was so sexy.
"Do you have a boo boo on your biceps too? " she asked
"Yeah, I think so" she placed another lingering kiss on my biceps
"Your neck? "
"Yeah" she kissed my neck, as she breathed on that spot around the ear region
"Your lips" she asked in a dangerously low and husky voice, I pulled her lips straight to mine as I claimed her mouth, she was so hot and beautiful, like an enchantress or something. I left love bites along her collar bone, her scent was addictive, I just wanted more and more of her, the pain in my arm now seemed centuries away when I felt a vibration in her back pocket, Oh please not now, she must have sensed it as she stopped kissing me back
"Wait my phone" she said in a husky voice caught in the middle of a moan
"Take it later"
"But it might be Cee or hmmmm or An... Angie"
I exhaled as I looked up at her
"Okay"
She took out the phone but the number had no caller ID, she looked at me before taking the call,she put it on speaker phone.
"Hello? "
"I haven't forgotten you yet" a modulated voice blasted through the speakers and hung up