Protection

"I am coming over." Luke said over the phone to Gwen after she explained to him what happened.

"No, Luke, it's 3am. Wait until morning." Gwen argued worry creasing her face as she heard how panicked he sounded.

"It doesn't matter, Gwen. I'm coming over." He said in a firm tone and cut the call. She placed the phone back on the drawer. Freya held her head with both of her hands on each side. She could feel a headache pounding through her head, she released a sigh.

She rubbed down her face with both hands and finally settled them on her knees on the bed.

"I'm sorry, Gwen for bringing a serial killer into your home." She said in a sad voice, and gauged Gwen's reaction.

Gwen was surprised, "Freya, don't appolize for that, I should be the one to apologize to you for failing to protect you."

"I know you tried your best, Gwen, and I'm very grateful to have you as my friend." She placed a hand on Gwen's arm trying to smile through her pain.

"I'll get some coffee for you before Luke comes." She nodded as Gwen got up from the bed and went out the door.

She felt horrible because of how Dr. David had made her return to that horrible moment in her life. She laid down on the bed and curled into her self pulling the duvet over herself to her shoulders.

"Don't wake her." Freya heard whispers as she roused from sleep.

"I'm not going to wake her, I just need to see her." She heard Luke say and raised her head. Luke and Gwen saw that she has woken up while they were standing at the doorway.

"I'll leave you two to talk." Gwen said and went out of the room.

"Baby, hey. How are you holding up?" He asked as he walked to her bed and sat down beside her while she was still laying down.

"I'm fine, don't worry." She croaked, her voice rough from crying and sleeping. He moved away some of her hair from her face and ran his hands through her hair.

"I'm sorry for not being able to prevent this from happening. I'll make sure to always protect you from now on, that's why I want you to move in with me."

"Move in with you? I would love to be with you all the time, but I don't think we have reached that level in our relationship and I don't want to be a burden on you."

"I have a lot of body guards and my house is secured, no one can get in unless I allow them to enter. You'll be safe there and Dr. David won't be able to harm you again." She sighed and looked at him seeing how scared and worried he looked.

"Okay, I will move in with you." He let out a breath and removed his hand from her hair dropping it to her hand to hold it.

"I can't believe how things have turn out, how evil these people are. He knew about my report to the police station, and he also said that the police and everyone is working with them. How are we going to make him stop? How will we stop him from kidnapping people, torturing them or killing them? Will we ever win against him?" She asked as he rubbed soothing circles on the back of her hand with his thumb.

"Not everyone, it can't be everyone. He only said that to make you lose hope. We'll find a way out."

"And he even tried to rape me, if Gwen didn't come in at the time she did..." She trailed off and Luke's jaw clenched in anger.

"I'll never let that happen and I will never let him ever lay a hand on you again."

"Thank you so much, Luke. For helping me and being there when I need you."

"You don't have to thank me, baby. Sleep now, we'll leave in the morning and I'll have one of my body guards guard this house in case he comes back."

Freya climbed into the passenger seat of Luke's Mustang as he opened the driver's door and climbed in. He started the car and they started riding to his house.

"This is your house?" She asked in wonder as they entered through the gates of his mansion. They passed three body guards on the way before they stopped at the main house building.

"Yes, not what you expected?" He killed the engine and they got out as a big muscled man approached them.

"Not at all." The man reached them and greeted them.

"Vincent, this is my girlfriend, Freya. She'll be staying with me for the time, always see to her needs when she requests it. Take our bags inside and give Trevor the keys to move the car to the garage." He handed Vincent the keys and opened the trunk for him.

"Yes, Sir." Vincent picked up their bags, closed the trunk and went inside.

"Welcome Freya to where you will always be safe." Luke said his lips lifting up in a smile as he took her hand to take her inside.

Freya increased the TV's volume as she saw her and Luke's picture on the screen on E! Entertainment news channel. She was sitting on the couch with his arm wrapped around her shoulders.

She gasped, "That's us!"

He looked at the screen with furrowed brows, "Yes."

'The millionaire CEO of Stark, Luke Walters have been spotted with this lady twice. At the Stark and A&B's company alliance party and on Friday morning when they were spotted in his car entering his mansion.' The anchorwoman spoke referring to the two pictures on the screen; one was from the night of the company's party and the other was from the day Freya moved into Luke's mansion.

'Who is this mystery woman? Some say that he introduced her as his girlfriend at the company's party, but will she be for long? Or will she be just a fling? Luke Walters has never been a playboy, but the women he dates end up being nasty after finding out about their background. Is she the same? Will they stay together?'

"These news people are dramatic. Freya, don't let them get to you." He glanced at her trying to reassure her.

"Don't worry, they can't get to me." She gave him a smile to make him feel at ease.

"They've made me into a celebrity though."

"Yes, they did." He chuckled and she joined in.

"Freya, I just got new information on Cathy's case." Gwen said approaching Freya who was sitting at her cubicle working on her computer.

"Okay, let's hear it." Gwen grabbed a chair from another cubicle, placed it at Freya's and sat down on it facing her.

"You know how I told you that Cathy dated Dr. David, and that he went to visit her at work just before Nathan Brady died?" She nodded waiting for Gwen to continue.

"Well I found out why he went to see her. He went to invite her to his daughter, Sophie's birthday party at the school she attends for challenged children, Cathy told me when I went to visit her again with James."

"So that means he may not have been the murderer, but then who is the murderer? He's still a suspect though until we find the actual murderer. Nora Thorn is a suspect too as well as Lila park and Mathew. We also need to find out who gave the forensic and police the fake evidence to give us."

"Two of the forensic said that they were given a large sum of money to forge the fake result, and they said that they didn't find any DNA on Nathan Brady, the person that killed him is an expert. They refuse to say anymore."

"At least we got them to admit it. But we need to convince them to tell us who gave them the money and to stand as witnesses against them."

"I'll try to do what I can." Gwen answered nodding firmly.

"And I'll start working on finding out who faked the video from the detectives."

"I want you to teach me self-defense, you've told me before that you taught it on the side while going to college." Freya told Luke as they sat on her bed after he came to check up on her after returning from work that night.

"I will, it'll be good for you, and I will be more at ease knowing that you can defend yourself when the time arises, God forbid that time to come." He was still wearing his suit and he looked marvelous in it. Freya found herself being distracted by how handsome he looked.

"You also haven't told me why you are uncomfortable with intimacy because this training will require us to be closer."

"Yes, as you've noticed, I feel comfortable with you now, Luke and for my discomfort with intimacy, well I went through a lot."

"It's okay, you don't need to tell me if you don't want to." He raised his hand and moved a few strands of hair from her face.

"No, I want to."