My Navy Seal II: Undeniable Attraction

NICK

I look at Kim sitting across from me on the bed and holding the note in her hand. I guess it is time for me to explain what I have been doing these couple of days. I can not help but feel a little bit nervous that maybe she might not like the idea that I have done some investigation about the venue that was burnt down.

I take hold of her hand and then a deep breath as I say.

"I wanted to tell you this a while ago but I wanted to make sure about the outcome before I tell you"

KIM

I can see that Nick looks nervous as he starts to speak to me. That automatically makes me nervous because I wonder what in the world can make him so nervous. So, I hold my breath until he starts to speak.

"Okay?"

"So, after the venue burnt down I decided to call Detective Marks and see if he can find out what happened..."

Suddenly, my heart stops because I have blocked out that tragic night. I decided to put it behind me almost the same way that I put Angie behind me and now to be reminded about that night, does not really feel that good.

But I try to keep my composure and listen to what he has to say.

"...I did not want to make you feel uncomfortable and think about that night unnecessarily. So, I kind of did it in the quiet..."

I can see that he is searching my eyes to see if I am mad at him but the truth is that I am not. I would also like to know what happened and this just once again confirmed to me that he is the man for me. I start to caress his hand with my thumb and then I say.

"I am glad that you did that. What did you discover and what does that have to do with the note?"

"Well, it turned out to be a petrol bomb that set the venue on fire which means someone did it on purpose..."

I struggle to breathe because this means someone was sabotaging my wedding. Why would someone do this? What have I ever done to anyone to do this to us? Then my thoughts immediately go to Angie. I can not believe that she would stoop that low.

I know that she hates me and how she wanted me to break up with Nick but when I saw her at the hospital now, I swear she was different somehow. It is not like I want to be her friend or family or sister but it was just different. I wait in anticipation and then I say.

"...do you know who did it?"

I can see that he does not want to tell me but then he takes my other hand and looks deep into my eyes. Then he says.

"That is why I wrote a note because I got a message yesterday from Marks and there were three possible people that did it and one of those people was John..."

For a moment I feel completely confused because why would Nick's friend John do this to him but as Nick keeps on staring at me I realized it was not his friend, it was John my ex. I feel hatred within my heart and I want to stand up but Nick keeps me down on the bed.

"Let me go!"

"No, I can not let you go yet. I need you to still listen to what I have to say first"

I do not want to hear what he has to say because I want to go and kill someone and that someone will be John. But as I do not have much of a choice in this matter because Nick is so much stronger than I am. I sit down patiently and wait for him to finish.

"Okay, but make it quick because I have somewhere that I need to be"

NICK

I can see that she has that fire in her eyes that I had in mine last night. She wants to go and kill someone and it is clear that she will have no remorse afterward. But I can not let her go before she knows that I was there.

"So, when I found out it was John I gave him a visit..."

KIM

Suddenly, my entire mood changes, and my concern immediately goes back to Nick. Then as I look at the note in my hands I realized that is why he wrote the note. Because if I would have woken up and he was not next to me I would have been worried.

But then I start to think about something else. What did Nick do to John? Is John still alive? If Nick felt just a fraction of what I feel right now, I know that John is dead.

"What did you do?"

He gives me that cocky smile of his and then he says.

"I can not believe you think the worst of me..."

"Nick, let's just be honest for a few seconds. Do you honestly want to tell me that if you saw John after you know that he did what he did...and you would have just slapped him through the face. Do you really think that the weasel would still be alive?"

Nick almost burst out in laughter at what I have to say but I am completely honest. John is not even half the man that Nick is. I remember when I was with John, I was looking for a muscle but never found one. Nick can easily kill him.

"You know that I love you with my entire heart...but no, that is what I wanted to tell you. I went there and I realized how sorry I feel for him"

"I am sorry, what?! Why in this world will you feel sorry for him?"

I do not want Nick to get into a fight but somewhere deep in my heart I really wanted him to hurt John good. He smiles again and then he says.

"I mean that guy must feel so lost, so alone and so devastated because he has lost the best thing in the entire world"

I can not help but frown because I am not following his reasoning.

"What are you talking about?"

"I am talking about you, doc. He has lost you and at that moment I realized how dead I will feel inside if I would have lost you. I felt deep pity for him and then I came right back to you"

In an instant, he succeeded in taking away all the thoughts about John. It took away the hate that I feel towards him and how much I want to kill him. Nick replaced all that with an unending love for him.

I can not stop myself from kissing him right there and then. I have the best man in the world and I am so happy he did not do anything that would get him into trouble. I am so happy that he knew that I was waiting for him and that he realizes that I am more important than his vendetta with John.

We kiss until we can not breathe anymore and then as I pull away I say to him with a smile on my face.

"Can you just tell me one thing"

"Sure. What do you want to hear?"

"I just want to know if you at least hit him a few times?"

He starts to laugh and then he gets close to my ear, whispering.

"Let's just say, I rearranged his face"

I can not help feeling a strange satisfaction overwhelming me. He must pay for what he did. Then Nick moves away from me and says.

"I told Marks that it was him, so the authorities will take it from here"

My heart is filled with happiness again and I realized that Nick did all this so that I can know what happened. He has protected me when I did not even know it. But then something disturbing decides to surface in my thoughts.

"...and Angie? Was she part of it?"

It is strange that even if I do not like her or want her in my life, there is still something in me that does not want her to be part of this. I still want to believe that she has good in her heart despite the things that she did to me. I hope that what I felt at the hospital next to my dad's bed, was true. Again, I am holding my breath as I wait for him to answer me.

"I went to see Angie at the hospital just before I went to John because I wanted to see for myself if she was part of it but she told me that they broke up and she gave me the address and her blessing to smack John around. So, in my professional opinion, I would say that she was not part of it but I have no proof to back it up"