The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

"Holy Sh¡t! Why am I seeing Catseye here?! Is she a ghost? Wait! Tell me… I am not imagining things!-Oh wait! ALIYAH ROSS! Is that you?!"

Black Shadow exclaimed spontaneously with his eyes wide open. The shock and disbelief were written all over his face. His eyes were fixed on Elle's figure who was walking towards them. Spike was following her behind.

Elle didn't know whether to cry or laugh seeing that kind of reaction from Black Shadow. James was telling her the truth. Black Shadow was clueless about her existence.

Unknowingly, her lips stretched out in a wide smile. She was enjoying this kind of reaction from Black Shadow twice. The first one was when they accidentally met at Centennial Resort during Marie's Birthday and the second one was today.

"Hello, Black!" Elle greeted him with a playful smile on her face.

"F*ck! I knew it! You are alive, Kitten!" Black Shadow blurted out with so much enthusiasm.

He almost pounced on her and hugged her however before he could do that, a large arm already pulled him back.

"Hey, hey man! Let me go!" Black Shadow complained as Spike restrained both his arms after receiving a signal from James.

Elle couldn't suppress her laughter. Black Shadow became hyperactive the moment he saw her. She couldn't understand why he was acting like this.

'Is he so happy to see me alive?' Elle pondered to herself while watching Black Shadow and Spike who were now exchanging blows in front of them.

James just massaged his temple seeing his two men fighting in front of them.

"Stop!" James said firmly and coldly, making the two men stop moving in their spots.

"Can you both leave us alone?" James commanded the two men.

Seeing that Supremo was already furious, Black Shadow and Spike fled right away.

Elle suppressed her laughter after watching the two men obediently follow James's command as if their life would perish any time the longer they stayed there.

When she averted her gaze back to James, his expression already softened as he looked at her.

"I'm glad you accepted my invitation. I was afraid that you would refuse to see me." James said, expressing his thoughts to her.

Elle could see the worries and uneasiness in James's troubled expression. She couldn't help but feel the twinge of guilt deep down her heart.

She lowered her gaze. She didn't know how she would bring up to James that she and Erick were back together.

It did not take long when Elle felt a sudden warmth engulfing her body. James already closed their gaps and embraced her.

"Elle, I'm sorry. I am really sorry. Please forgive me for being selfish. I didn't mean to hurt you… to make you cry. I regretted it." James began apologizing to her once again.

Elle's eyes started to tear up. She couldn't help it. She felt sorry for him.

'Why is this so hard? No matter what I do, I will always end up breaking this man's heart.' Elle also wrapped her arms around his body, hugging him back.

"James…" Elle mumbled in a hoarse voice.

"I have something to tell you," she added.

James released her after hearing that. He couldn't explain why but he had a bad feeling about this.

"Go on… t-tell me. I will listen."

Elle mustered up her courage and decided to tell James the truth.

"Erick and I are back together," Elle said directly, not beating around the bush. Either way, James would still end up being hurt.

James fell silent. He slammed his eyes shut as he gritted his teeth. He knew it. He sensed it.

'[email protected]! I already knew this moment might come. But hearing those words from her directly, it still hurts so much…' He could feel the pang of pain in his heart.

"So you don't need to apologize to me. I should be the one apologizing to you. For breaking our deal… and most especially… for hurting your feelings."

Silence…. Deafening Silence…

James didn't utter a single word. He remained silent, unmoving in his spot. Then suddenly, the tears just came out without warning. James was crying silently while listening to Elle.

"T-Thank you for everything… f-for everything you've done for me." Elle's voice also began to tremble.

She was looking down, clenching her fists. She couldn't stand seeing him like this. James was silently shedding tears in front of her.

"I felt indebted to you… y-you saved my life. … but I am sorry… I couldn't give my heart to you just because I owed you my life. You know… that my heart only belongs to him."

Elle just continued pouring her heart out… everything that she wanted to tell him.

"I will do what I can to repay you… but please don't ask me something that you already know I can't give you in return… my love and affection."

"I am telling you this because I want to be honest with you. I don't want to give you false hope. I came here to settle things with you. I don't want to take advantage of you. Please forget about our deal… I already broke all your conditions. I chose to stay with Erick. You can now stop helping me with my revenge. I will do it alone."

"Still, I want you to know that I will be forever grateful to you. I know I am asking too much but please can we just stay friends? You are my friend and my savior. I care about you. You are also important to me."

James didn't respond to her. Elle bit her lower lip. She found it difficult to continue but she had to.

"But if my presence will just give you more pain, then I will understand if you don't want us to be friends. You can hate me….so that you can forget me."

"James… you deserve someone who will love you back the way you love her. Just forget about me. Erase me here…" Elle placed her palm into his chest where his heart was beating.

Then Elle hugged him tightly for several minutes, trying to comfort him and ease his pain.