The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

"Where have you been? Why it took you so long just to buy those ingredients? Don't tell me even in buying things you are having a difficulty." Charles asked Elle as soon as she returned at Falcon Cafe.

Elle scowled at him. "Do you want me to include you as one of my ingredients?"

Charles let out a chuckle. "I'm just kidding! Don't take it personally. Let's get started!"

He was also excited doing this tonight. He didn't imagine that moment like this would come. A bonding moment where he and Elle had a cooking session together, he was the teacher and Elle was his student.

Soon, they both prepared the ingredients. Charles taught Elle the step by step procedure of how to cook a pasta. They choose it because it was easy to cook and could prepare it with just 10-15 minutes.

The two persons were occupied with their cooking that they didn't notice that someone had followed Elle and that person was standing in a corner a few meters away from Falcon Cafe.

"Boss, she is working at Falcon Cafe at #145 XCY Street here in City Z." Spike called James immediately to inform him about Elle's workplace.

"Ok got it! You can now leave and investigate the whereabouts of the person who attacked me. Get rid of him as soon as you find him. He might come back and target Elle since she saved me." James ordered Spike from the other line. Spike left immediately after the phone call.

Elle didn't kill the man who attack James. She just hit him on the back of his neck just to knock him down. Then after that Elle reported the accident at the police.

She knew that James was not badly injured as she monitored his situation so she didn't call for a Medics or ambulance, instead she called for a taxi to bring him in the hospital.

Elle miscalculated something. She didn't know that saving James would give her headache for the coming days, indeed it was like father like son.

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It was almost 8:00 p.m when Charles and Elle finished their cooking session. Erick picked her up at Falcon Cafe and they arrived home after 30 minutes.

Elle greeted Erick's parents upon their arrival. Elle already told them before that she couldn't join them for dinner. She had already eaten her dinner at Falcon Cafe.

Charles and Elle ate the product of their cooking session. She was also satisfied with the result. It tasted delicious. Elle was also easy to teach and she learned very quickly.

After taking a shower, Elle slumped her very tired body into the soft bed. She closed her eyes and her lips curled into a smile while feeling the comfort of the bed. Now that she was at home, she felt more relax.

This was the scene that Erick saw when he entered his room. He couldn't help himself from smiling. Elle really looked so comfortable lying down on his bed.

'She must be really tired for today.' he thought to himself.

Seeing her like this, he had the urge to lie down beside her. He didn't know if he should envy her for occupying his bed comfortably while he was spending his night in his study.

However, he thought that he envied his bed more because his bed always accompany Elle every night.

Even though Elle's eyes was closed, she could still notice another presence inside the room and she felt that someone was staring at her. She was always alert and her sixth sense was very active since she developed this skill being an assassin.

However, she couldn't sense any danger. She knew that it was Erick. She opened her eyes only to see Erick's smiling face staring at her with his gentle eyes. She met his eyes.

'Damn. I was caught!' Erick just smiled at her sheepishly. He cleared his throat.

"Ahm. How's your day? You look very exhausted." He asked her, trying to divert her attention and hid his embarrassment.

"You want to lie down beside me?" Elle asked him directly.

Erick choked with his saliva upon hearing her straightforward question. He was at loss for words to say.

'How did she know that? Can she read my mind? Am I that obvious?' He was fl.u.s.tered and didn't know how to respond.

Elle smiled mischievously. She was fascinated seeing Erick's fl.u.s.tered expression.

"Ahmm, I mean if you want to sleep in your own bed. You said you are having difficulty sleeping for the past few nights. I guess you are not used sleeping somewhere else aside from your bed. Sorry for causing you discomfort." Elle explained to him.

Erick felt relieved after hearing that. He was nervous for nothing. He really thought that Elle really found out through his expression that he wanted to lie down beside her a while ago.

"Don't worry about me. I am just fine. How can I sleep well if I let you sleep in my study while I am the one sleeping in my bed comfortably."

Elle sat up and let out a chuckle after hearing him. "Who said that I will sleep in your study while you sleep here comfortably. Of course I am not that generous to sacrifice for you Mr. Detective."

Erick looked at her feeling so confused. Elle laughed at him again.

"I mean we could share this bed. Besides your bed has a big space. And also we already slept together once." Elle explained to him what she really meant.

Erick was at loss for words again. He didn't expect her to offer him and asked him to share his bed with her and sleep together again. He wanted to say yes but the word was stucked in his throat.

"Hmm, what do you say Mr. Detective? Decide now, I will only be generous this time. Hmm I might change my mind and let you suffer and let you continue sleeping in your study." Elle threaten him. She really liked to call him Mr. Detective every time she teased him.

"Then I shouldn't waste your generosity." Erick said to her as sign of his agreement to her generous proposal.

Elle let out a soft laugh. "Okay. Don't worry Mr. Detective I won't eat you. You can sleep comfortably now. We can also put pillows in the middle as our boundary."

Erick didn't like the thought of putting pillows in the middle. But he just nodded in agreement.

Elle really put pillows in the center of the bed. She fell asleep quickly because she was really tired for today. Erick also lay down beside her however he couldn't sleep.

"I think you are mistaken when you say that I can be able to sleep tonight comfortably. How can I do that? If your presence is driving my heart crazy like this." He softly mumbled as he stared at the girl beside him who was already sound asleep.

Erick put his right hand on his chest, slightly massaging it to calm down his heart which was beating so fast inside his chest.

Time had passed. Sleep just visited Erick during dawn. Atlast he drifted off into a deep slumber and a sweet dream.

In the morning, there were two persons who were still sleeping so soundly. Didn't know what occured last night but the pillows that were supposed to seperate the two of them at the center were scattered on their feet.

Elle was sleeping in his arms, laying her head in his shoulder, facing him and her face was buried into his chest. Erick cuddled her in his sleep. This was the position they ended up this morning after their efforts of putting three big pillows in their middle.