Chapter 3: Read All About It.

The week came and went and after the double date. Two more weeks leaving them at over a month of casual dating Xavier followed it up with asking her out for dinner at a fancy restaurant in more higher up part of the city where certain rooms were designed for certain themes all romantic in their own way. Very expensive to boot, only the main elite members of he social class went in there. He was going to start pulling out all the stops to try to ease her a little in his world on the off hand she won't feel so ambushed and overwhelmed by it later. Looking her up and down he let her choose the theme they would dine in since he owned this place to it wouldn't be a problem. Walking in and helping her in her chair she was lost in the world around her it was an aquatic set up with the ceiling to look like stars and the moon hanging over them. The walls and the floor glowed in a bright special ocean blue so you can see the life like graphics of underwater ocean creatures such as dolphins, whales and more swimming all the way around you even under your feet.

"This place is so amazing. So beautiful. Did you help this place get it's feet off the ground too?" She asked him still in awe looking around. "Well yeah but I mean come on how you could say no to vision like this. This is one of my favorite places just to be in. It's very imaginative. The food is actually really good here to." He told her rubbing the back of her hand as they both looked over the menu. The waitress came over not even being able to keep the drool out her mouth looking at the table. "My name is Justine and I will be your server tonight. What can I get for you?" She purred out in a seductive voice Xavier couldn't help but feel disgusted by than became even more shocked at the way the waitress was behaving her buttoned even opened one more than it should have been. He thought her eyes and breast would pop out of if she took a deep breath.

"Can I have the avocado burger with no mayo or tomato and fries with a sweet tea please." "You sure can. Is there anything else sweet I can get you." She asked in a lustful voice trying to hide more to the question. "No I'm good thank you she said handing back the menu. "I'll have the same but add bacon and onion rings on the side as well as fries." He added to remind the waitress that he was still there. "Of course sir. I will put that in right now for you and it will be out soon. IF you need anything else please feel free to call my name." She added looking Ariah up and down without her noticing as she walked away. "What's wrong?" Ari asked Xavier looking concerned at his facial expression. "You seriously didn't see all that?" Xavier asked her in a shocking tone. "See all what?" "She was hitting on you Ari." He said flatly both angry and still surprised. "No she was just being nice. You always think someone's looking at me you just need to calm your caveman ass down a bit I swear half the time it's all in your head." She waved him off with a smile. She never could believe anyone would really take second looks for her. Her past boyfriends made sure of that.

"I can't even be properly jealous." He mumbled in a grumpy tone. "Anyways how was your day?" "It was long. I got up and hit the gym for a few hours with the guys. Needed to blow off some steam all that paper work and stuff can get to your head." He said being honest with her. "I honestly couldn't wait for tonight. I was missing you." He sad kissing the back of her hand as the waitress came back with their food. "Complimentary oysters for the table." She purred out. "No. You need to take that back." He said flatly in his alpha tone that demanded and drawn respect. "I'm sorry is there something wrong with them?" She asked looking he plate over. "Yes my woman is allergic to seafood and shellfish and those need to get gone along with your thirsty ass. I don't appreciate you eyeing my woman in front of me and want a new waitress who can handle herself in a professional manner and knows how to properly button her shirt.." Xavier said flatly in rude tone.

"I'm sorry sir." She said with a tears filling her eyes as she quickly took the platter away. "That was a little ruder than necessary Xav don't you think?" Ari asked him lifting her eyebrow to him. "No. not really." "Well I think it was. Sometimes it's not what you say it's how you say it that puts you in the wrong." She looked at him with a pointed look. "Ok I will remember that in the future he said with his hands up. "Thank you. I'm sorry to by the way." "Say that again?" He asked confused. "I said I'm sorry you were right when you said she was hitting on me. She was disrespecting both of us by basically insulting you acting the way she did. You were right and I'm sorry." She told him never in the history of man has he ever heard a woman tell her man they were not only right but quickly apologize. Is this a trick he wondered has this ever happened before does he need to get a plaque and hang it here he wondered to himself. "Also thank you for getting rid of the oysters. Most people would have just eaten them for me." She said using air quotes. "If it's going to cause you harm or any type of discomfort to you I won't have it around us. I don't need or want it around either." He told her as if it was the most simplest thing no one ever has said that to her before and meant it.

"Thank you." "Do you like the other detectives at the station?" Xavier asked trying to change the subject. "Well Hunter sure is a trip for some reason he has this playful hatefulness for Noah, even though he is not that bad. There is something off about him though." She said drifting off into her thoughts. "Jace is well he is a great worker. He gets things and I don't have to keep checking in on ay of them. All in all we do alright the officers are welcoming and sweet." She shrugged. "You don't sound all that comfortable with Jace. Something wrong there?" "No, he's just a little naturally flirty with everyone and sometimes it just rubs me weird. I always tell him when to wind it in and he apologizes for crossing any lines. It's ok." She waved off after finishing her plate. "You sure?" "Yeah I swear everything is alright." "Come walk with me." He helped her up and walked out into a special garden area like a make shift maze with a way out at any turn the flowers and fountains were breath taking.

"I feel like I know you so much about you and yet still have so far to go." His hand wrapped around her waist bringing her closer to him. "That's the best part. A good sign. How about we start getting into some of the deeper questions and stuff than?" He said in allow voice he had the place guarded with his men looking out her safety would always be first priority. In fact everyone in his mafia and other linked gangs already knew of her and to put her first. She was to be their Donna, their Queen, she just didn't know it yet. "Alright go ahead." "How many boyfriends have you had, and why were they stupid enough to let you go?" "Well Taylor my first one was in high school and we were happy. I got along with his friends and his family and he did mine, but he came up to me before graduation and he told me he was in a put in a position where he could cheat on me and he didn't because he just couldn't bring himself to do something that horrible to me. He loved me just not the way I thought we did now that I look back at it, it was more of a best friend love. He told me the person he almost cheated on me with was a receiver from the football team. Turns out the last month of our relationship the player had been dropping hints of wanting to get together and he was battling with himself of why he was so intrigued with the idea. So we split and they got married three years later. No hard feelings he's actually still in touch mainly on Facebook they moved out of state."

"Well damn babe. Even though it ended on a good note that couldn't have been easy to be left for a guy." "No it was fine I realized there was nothing wrong with me for him to want to venture off to another. I was proud of him for having the strength to leave me and stay faithful, and still be true to himself." The second boyfriend I had was Jason. He was a great actor he would make me believe I was his whole world and then when I would call him out on small things he would make me out to be the bad guy flipping it around on me. He wasn't loyal he was a typical man slut and tried to make it seem it was my fault for him running around because I wouldn't put out for him to maintain his needs. Plus he did a lot of pot and drank way too much. He went out of his way to lower any self esteem I had, build back up and then rip it apart again." Xavier growing angry.

"The last one was the worse one Colton. He made me feel on top of the world and nothing in the world could hurt me. All except him. We were in the academy together. He was loyal. He was possessive, and obsessed. He would get crazy obsessive. After awhile the doubts and accusations of my loyalty would come into play. He hit me a couple of times before I broke off with him. He stalked me and one night he had a pipe in his hand as I was leaving the bar after a good time with Brooklyn, Aubrey and Chloe he found me even with a restraining order. Brooklyn told him where I was she had this lovely little habit of sleeping with my boyfriends and anyone else I had a crush another reason I cut her ass off. He told her he wanted to meet up with her that night so she told him where we were and than she got drunk and left with two other guys forgetting all about Colt. He had a pipe in his hand after we argued he hit me a few times with it. A couple of officers shot him after he pulled his gun on them and I was in the hospital for a few days. Chloe helped me. After that I guess you can say my confidence in the dating area was shaken up for the last couple of years I had a date a year and a half ago but I just went into a panic attack and he left me at the theater something about me being more work than he needs." She shrugged not seeing it as a big deal. Xavier was furious.

"What about you any psycho fans I should be on the look out for? Any baby mama's going to pop up all crazy?" She teased him bumping her hip into him. "Nope nothing like that. Although if you want to meet my baby mama so badly we can go back to your place right now and get that process going you can see her gorgeous face daily I the mirror." He pulled her in front of him kissing her passionately. "You think you so smooth don't you." "Maaayyybbee." "Well fuck that one was." She said shaking her head to him. "Ohh baby said bad word shame on you." "Please I've heard you talking to people at your work on the phone and you've said way worse things." She mocked him giggling softly to him. "Yeah well, that's me. You however are different story it's weird to hear it from you sometimes." He smirked back to her.

After she's taken her last bite he had been watching her the last ten minutes after he had finished his. Not being able to take his eyes off her trying to build courage to speak to her now. "Ari?" "Xavier." She replied in the same choked up tone. "How do you feel about us. This?" He said using his hand to gesture between them both. "Are you really asking that?" She looked confused. They both knew how many panic attacks she's had in the last over month of them talking and getting together, although she is getting better she thought she made her intentions clear. Apparently not she thought lowly to herself. "Yeah I am." "I thought I was making it obvious I'm sorry. Xavier I like you more than I care to admit, or more than I should. I love everything that's happened between us. I enjoy spending time with you and on harder days I look forward to it. I've grown not only close to you but your friends as well. You helped grow out of my shell a little bit and everyday with your help I grow a little more. I'm thankful for you Xavier." His heart almost couldn't take it no more swelling in happiness at her words. "Ari." He got cut off by his phone.

"Go ahead get it. It's ok." She told him happily getting the attention off her for a moment. "This better be good. Like you lying in a ditch somewhere I swear man you going to be." Xavier told Axel as he got up and away from the table. "The boys went to go collect on Allen and said he was a runner he is in the play room. Apparently he was using your borrowed money and guns that are not fully paid for and selling them to Gunner, also almost got three our boys caught on a run. Luckily Hunter got the call and not Ariah or she would be tagging them right now." "That little fuck thought he could just skip out on my money. I'll be right there." Xavier pinched the bridge of his nose and tried to breath. The little shit the whole media is over trying to skip out on five million of his money after selling his basically stolen guns to the competitor and ruining his night from claiming Ari. "That was Axel something's come up at work and we need to go fix it. I'm so sorry." He started to rush words out only for her to cut him off.

"Hey it's ok. I know you're a busy man and we both know that we can get called in at anytime. I can just catch an Uber or something if you need to go." As Xavier slipped more than enough in the bill. "Hell no. I mean no, no I'm going to bring you home I don't care what I got going on you come first alright." He stated firmly holding her chin to look at him to make sure she understand that. Smiling deeply looking into his eyes. "OK. Well let's hurry on up than so you can get to it." He pulled her into his side as they made their way out the door walking in the house he knew she was disappointed and it was his fault. Should have just bit the damn bullet and told her she's mine. Thinking to himself even his inner beast growling inside mad at losing his time with his angel. He couldn't wait to go take out his aggravation.

Xavier was beyond pist and everyone could feel it radiating off of him. Allen was already getting a machine to jump start his heart after they had attached jumping cables to his testicles and fried them for about thirty minutes off and on. Getting closer to him the smell of urine was becoming over powering. "Care to tell me why you are selling off toys that are not fully yours Allen?" Xavier asked him in scarily calm voice even his friends got a little nervous. The men in the room all quietly took a good five steps back and tried to make themselves seem smaller than they were as not to be noticed. "I didn't know it was Gunner's men. They told me they were from a new gang something about Shadow dragons or something Shadow. I didn't know they were linked to Gunner. I was going to use the money they gave me to pay them off, I swear." Allen said in pain trying to pull himself up a little on the dangling chains.

"So basically you willy nilly were selling guns to a new gang after not researching who they were or who they pledged to? Than thought you can skip country on my damn dime. You know there are some days I worry about humanity and then I think there are people as stupid as you that exist and then that does nothing for me but want to put out a petition to get simple warnings off products so natural selection can do it's job. You seriously can not be this fucking retarded Allen. Not with A masters, and two bachelor degrees. Hell you even married a PH.D in fucking engineering, and cheating on her fucking around with some one whose got six degree's under her belt and can speak eight languages no way in hell are this stupid." Xavier roared to him.

"You don't think I know you were going to skip out and fly your ass over to Nepal? Tell me who do you think you would have brought with you? Your wife or your mistress? Don't look at me so frightened like that. There's a lot of things I know about you. Hell I bet I know some things that you don't like how your wife found out you did a business deal with me and cut you off the joint account taking every damn you stole from me. How your mistress actually works for Gunner and was smuggling money back to him stealing what you were getting off me the guns the drugs and slipping off to him. I also know that your wife is about three months pregnant and it's not yours. Seems she has a little piece on the side herself. You know it's people like y'all that ruin the structure of marriage really." Xavier said shaking his head to him.

Never could understand the idea of cheating if you are not happy with someone or not getting what you need form them than just leave. Never one to believe in divorce. If anyone ever got his or any of his friends last names than that was there's forever. No matter what they would work it out one way or another. "I don't think you realize just how much you fucked up tonight. See I was in the middle of making an important deal and had to cut my time short to come deal with you pathetic ass who thought he could screw me over!" Xavier yelled in his face. No one noticed the metal ice cream scoop in his hands. "Jimmy hold his head still facing forward." Quickly coming to him and doing as he was told. Jamming the ice-cream scooper into both his eyes and popping them out as Allen screamed in pain.

"Is my knife ready?" He turned to ask Enzo who smiled to his brother. "You want the one hot and ready, or for design?" "Hot. Tim come get the tongues and hold his tongue out. Jimmy stay on that head for another few minutes." The other two men did as they were asked, taking the knife that was glowing red from the heat and cut his tongue out in one swift motion. Allen still being able to yell through his head making weird noises from no longer. Taking the sledge hammer he took his time making him a human pinata with every swing breaking every bone in his legs and arms. Afterwards his inner beast had finally taking over his eyes going all black, using his fist he started using Allen's body as a punching bag until nothing was recognizable on him and he didn't bring himself back to reality until Allen stopped breathing.

"Well do you feel better now boss?" Ryder asked his arms crossed and eyebrow lifted. "No. Little bit." Xavier shrugged looking over to the men. "Clean this up. Did you get his side piece?" "Yeah we got her, snapped her neck made it look like a suicide with a note saying if she couldn't have Allen life wasn't worth living for. Thanks to his ticket and paper trail it'll look like he really went to Nepal. His wife will be under investigation for awhile long enough for Keith to hack in her account and get our money back without leaving a digital finger print." "Good." "How did dinner go?" Axel asked as they all made their way after cleaning up and walking out to their driver who was going to take them all getting in the car. "It was going great. She told me what she really thought about us and just as I was about to stake my claim. Axel called. Took her home. Came here." He responded irritably pulling down his sleeves.

"Shit bro sorry. You know though business is business. When you get up tomorrow just send some flowers to her office and on the card just tell her you taking he rout to dinner again to her favorite place and try again women love that romantic shit man." Enzo said laughing with the rest of the guys. "Just head back to the Reapers house George we had long night." Hunter added. "Why's it always my place?" "Why not besides are girls are having a sleep over and we lonely bro." Ryder told him with his hands held out. "We'll play some cards and talk about where you guys are going to take your woman for your honey moon." Xavier told them with a smirk.

~Ariah~

Walking into her office drinking on her sweet tea and getting to work on closing another case, and finishing the paper work on some of the other files. Her door burst open to reveal a very angry Chief Tony Russo throwing down a tabloid. Over the last month she has been sure to make a dinner date with her adopted parents once a week and calling and texting daily or every other day. "Papa?" "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ARI?" Looking down at the front page it was a picture of her and Xavier dancing, smiling, and leaving the restaurant last night. The title' Is the city's most eligible bachelor finally snatched up?' She felt her heart stopped and start to beat in her throat. "I don't. I don't understand." She said looking up at him. "He said he just was in business, with some restaurants, mechanics and some welding shops like helping them with funding and stuff." She said tears starting to fill her eyes but not fall. "Well Ari that is the truth that is what he does. That is how he became a multi-billionaire taking over his father's business and making quadrable over in profit in his place. Guess he might have left that little piece of information slip his mind right?" Tony asked crossing his chest.

"I can't believe over a month of seeing him and he hid this from me. The first night I met him he was like so excited because I didn't know who he was and I was dumb enough never to figure it out I just thought he was well known in the business world not the basic world." She said running her hands through her hair. Tony looking at his little one starting to freak out and hurting and in so hurting him as well. "Well maybe he didn't tell you for a reason. You said you both have been going really great. Maybe he was enjoying the simple part of just being a normal person with you Ari?" tony said scratching the back of his neck hoping to cheer her up. "Yeah he got with someone real fucking simple papa you got that right." She said defeated. "Don't let this get you down kid. I think you need to hear him out and listen to his side before you go to far with this. I'm sure he has a good reason for not telling you just yet. I mean you two aren't technically together yet right? So maybe he thought he was just making sure he could trust you as well, or something smarter." Tony said feeling guilty.

"You know what papa I'm already finished with the paper work for the rest of this week I'm going to take off for the rest of the day on a personal day. If anything pops up call me and I'll come to the scene. Please papa just give me today and I'll be back on the street tomorrow." She said in a pleading voice. "Take all the time you need. Who's really going to know. You're the boss after all." He winked hugging her tightly. "Just keep in touch. Call if you need anything, and I mean ANYTHING!" "I will promise." "Ari?" "Yeah papa?" "I'm going to shoot your boyfriend." "Ok, papa. I might beat you to it." "That's my girl he said placing a kiss to her head. She walked out before anyone else could ask her any other questions.

~Xavier~

He felt the kick to the couch they were all passed out on the couches was the last thing he remembered. "The fuck Blade?!" "You got a problem bro. I don't think those flowers plans are going to cut it." Axel said in a worried voice. "What's going? IS Ariah alright?" He was starting to rush out sitting up. Ryder gave him the tablet with a bunch of tabs with the same type of article wondering who the bachelor was seeing and al kinds of other crap of her being the only woman he's been seen with at least romantically. "Oh shit." Xavier said feeling a huge air bubble going through his chest. "I already called she's not in the office. The chief came and there was some yelling and she was gone." Hunter said. "Why the hell is the chief yelling at her over this?" Xavier growled out. "Dude are you dense. The chief is basically her adopted father. He's been in the picture since she's been born you fucktard. How well do you think he's going to take that news?" Hunter growled back.

"Oh fuck this is bad." Enzo said rubbing his hands on his face. "Told you, to tell bro. How you want to play this?" Ryder asked him ignoring the phone calls coming through on his phone. Axel reading the texts form Leah. "Who is that?" Xavier asked getting annoyed at their phones that keep going off. "THAT IS OUR DAMN FUTURE WIFEY TARING OUR ASS A NEW HOLE PRICK. Leah says she has been getting non stop phone calls along with Ellie about people calling to get comments on the damn paper." Axel told him frustrated. "The girls are so pist bro I think you need to jump countries." Ryder said shaking his head with a shiver closing his phone. "Oh fuck Chloe is pist. She wants to know why I lied to her too. If you boys will excuse me I am to gravel until my knees break. Xavier I wish you luck man. Pray for my soul boys." Enzo yelled running to his car. "You might want to follow his lead." Hunter told him pointing at the door. "AND DO WHAT CUJO? Travis went and looked out her home she's not there Chloe won't answer me, Ariah is dodging my calls, she's not at the station. What? Where do I go?" Xavier asked with his hands running over his face to her hair.

"Ari has a secret happy place no one knows of. However when she's stressed she finds comfort in jogging her favorite place is the woods behind her house. There's a hidden trail remember you been on it with her last three Saturdays mornings." Axel said jumping happy in his thoughts. "Do I bring flowers gifts what?" "NO!" Axel and Ryder both yelled at him slapping him in the head. "Why not Hunter." That's rookie move number one my brotha do not fall for that shit. You only bring your begging knees." Axel yelled at him. "Dude what ever you bring she will beat you with it or find a way to shove it straight up your ass." Ryder pointed out. "Dude seriously?" Hunter asked in concern if he was joking or not. "I don't want to talk about it. We talking about Xavier right now." Ryder quickly added. Xavier grabbed his keys and peeled out it trying to hurry to fix what he did wrong.

~No One's P.O.V.~

It was just starting to be sunset as she was still sitting on her favorite rock like bench with a river not to far behind her. She heard thundering feet to look up to see the man in front of her trying to catch his breath starting to sweat. "I've been looking for you. You dodging my calls baby?" He said huffing and puffing holding his side walking up to her still keeping a safe distance after she was a cop she had all kinds of fun little toys she could use on his ass, the baton, the taser, bean bag gun which is worse than her issued one really sky was the limit. "Oh look more pictures on page 11." She chuckled out in self mockery. "Here's one for my wallet." She choked out in laughter looking at him hurt. Guilt flooding his entire body.

"Angel I am so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen." "Which part Xavier? Lying to me about the other half of what you do and who you really are, or getting me caught up in the press posting us on blast of me not knowing who you are but still wondering if I'm a local little gold digging thot bunny?" He was loving the joking name but now was so not the time. "I was going to tell you last night before Axel called I swear. I know I should have told you so much sooner but I was just." He choked out. "You just what?! Was this all like some sick joke to you or some rich bitch game?" She asked throwing the paper at him. "No, you are not some damn joke or game. YOU"RE EVERYTHING TO ME! I didn't tell you yet because for once I was having someone look me in the eyes and seeing me just plain me. Not some damn rich bitch in your words. Not some scary ass dude, not someone people want to use to get ahead, or fuck over. Just me. I never had that before except for my crew. I have never lied to you once about anything I only held that part back I swear. So you know how hard it is for me to trust just like you. You sinked yourself into my damn soul Ari and I was scared once you found out who I was you would tuck tail and run. That you would find it too much for you too handle and leave. I can't handle the idea of you hating or leaving me alone. I can't Ari." He said getting on his knees a couple steps away from her with tears in her eyes.

"I was about to tell you. I had wanted to tell you so much last night. Ariah I want you to be mine. To be my only woman. I was trying to see how you felt about us, so I could get you to be my girlfriend officially. I was going to lay everything all out on the line. Normally I am kept out of the papers, and shit. Trust me whoever did this is going to pay severely. I never meant to hurt you, in any way shape or form. You mean everything to me you are the most important thing I have in my life ask anyone who matters they will tell you. Hell you can even call my parents they know everything about you by now. Please forgive me I am so sorry it came out this way." He said in a calm pleading tone. "You lied to me. You didn't trust me." "I do though." "YOU DIDN"T. Telling me you were to scared I'd drop you so you withheld information from me is you not trusting me to come through for you Xavier. You should have given me the benefit of the doubt. How is it men like you pull this crap with an honest to god good woman. You guys lie because you think we not the ones to be trusted when do nothing but be honest with you." She snapped throwing her hands in the air.

Shaking her head in anger putting her wrists and knuckles on her hips looking him in the eye. "I have been sitting here thinking. A lot. Going over every possibility in my head. Wondering what I wanted to say to you or do. I came to my choice right before you came up." He gulped standing up looking down at his whole world looking at him through glossy broken heart vision and he broke knowing he was the reason why. "Its selfish of me to not understand why you didn't tell me especially since are just causally dating this whole time. I can see your point of wanting to feel normal with someone. I craved it too after the therapy I wen through when I lost my parents and when I got beat up by ex. I know how important the feeling is to wan tot be normal and I know the importance one person can have to do that. I could understand maybe deep down you wanted to make sure you had my trust fully before anything else more happened you need to protect yourself as well. SO even though it hurt me greatly. You didn't lie to me about what you do. I finally looked you up everything you told me was true, minus how successful and famous you are for it. You were still right. It just still feels like a hurtful lie. I forgive you Xavier. It would be wrong not too." She said with one lonely tear coming down her cheek.

Wasting no time yanking her into his arms repeatedly telling he's so sorry in her ear. Pulling away from him for a moment stepping back. "I just… I'm not sure if I really know you now." She said looking at the ground. "Are you. Are you trying quit things with me?" He asked choking out the question. "I didn't say that. I'm saying I feel lost with you right now I don't know where your at? If I can trust in you. If you can so easily by pass who you really are, what else do I have to wait for to come out in the paper to know before you tell me?" She asked in anger crossing her arms at him. Is she breaking up with me? He kept asking himself getting mad.

"I asked you last night what you felt about us. Is any of that still true?" She looked at him blinking not being able to look him in the eye because they both knew it was. "You think you don't know me just because of one bad situation that popped up on us? Yes it was my fault yes I should have handled it better and you know what in the future I swear I will. You know damn well I don't know what I'm doing being so far out of my element with you in this type of Ariah but I'll be damned if I'm not learning everyday being with you. I will always keep trying for you. I'll be damned if I don't want it, need it. Want you, need you the way I do. You know how far gone, how bad I got it for you baby. If you can close your eyes and look down your road though and not see me in and if that doesn't pull at your very soul. Then we ain't doing what I thought we doing. If you think you can let me walk away so easy right now because of one rough time then you need to really start adjusting your viewing point because that's not how this is going to work. When we have a problem we going to sit down and hash it out until we find the answer or the very least common ground." He told her pulling both her hands to his chest.

"We aint' going to just give this up and walk away when things get hard we going to stand together and work through it. We going to stand up and fight back, because we both know this is something to fight for. There is something in this." He gestures between them with their hands. "You know why Ariah because your mine. You have been mine, and only my girl since the night I laid my eyes on you. I'm yours, I'm yours since the moment you saw me and drooled a little. That's it we together it's that simple, and there is no walking away I can't and won't let you because I fucking love you Ari. I don't care if it's about two month and if you think it's too soon because it's not going to change the fact that it's true. I love you and I will do whatever you need me to do to make it right. Just tell me please how to fix this. Tell me we ok." He was holding her hands so hard to his chest with one hand. Her chin to look at him with the other. Looking for any type of answer through her eyes.

"Is there anything else you need to tell, that I need to know?" She gulped looking at him. "There is a lot of things I will be telling you that you need to know but now is not the time and we will cross those roads when come to them I swear to you. You will only hear anything like that along those lines from me, and me only." "OK." "OK?" "We're ok, for now, a little shaky but ok. I'm just going to be hurt for awhile and there's nothing you can do but let me ride it out." "You're not going to shut me out though are you?" "No. I may not be answering my phone to quickly for you, or the girls or your friends though for the next few days but I will not ignore you." "The family?" He questioned her a little hurt by her words. "You're not the only one who lied about who you were. You all lied to me. They all could have told me. Enzo better hope Chloe don't walk out him, because it's a coin flip you can't pull this shit on us and not think nothing going to come out of it." "Fuck baby. I am so sorry. Please don't blame them for something I should have done. I should have said." "If the roles were flipped how betrayed would you fill by my friends you thought were yours who you shared things with and trusted, when you know damn well how hard that is for me. How good would you feel about them then." She asked propping her hand on her hip stepping away from him.

"Touché'. They meant well they were just listening to an asshole and I will be making it up to you everyday I can until you forgive me." Nodding her head she walked up to him and hugged him close to her, reaching down and pulling her up to him. "It's dark can I please walk my girlfriend home?" He asked tucking a stray hair behind her ear. "Yes, but you have to leave once you get there because she's still pist off at you." "I'll take what I can get. Are you going into the office tomorrow?" "No I have some places to swing by some questions to ask before I finish with one of my cases on some guys. I think a big wig like you is getting swindled. So I'm going to go question him and see if he is aware." "Well be careful and call me if you need anything." "You do know I am head detective, for even FBI right?" "I don't care, I still want you to call me if you ever find yourself needing help. Promise me." Looking into his eyes she did feel safest with him. "I promise. Getting up to her door he respected her need for space as long as she had dinner with him the next night. After getting drunk on their kiss one last time she went in locked the door set her alarm looking down at the file and picture of him. "Ok Mr. Moretti I will see you tomorrow."