This FIC is secondary to "Partners or Lovers" but you can read it even if you didn't read the first one.
I want to thank - Lily moonlight! She helped me bring my story into reality with all her help in grammar, thanks Lily, forever…
Stella woke-up in the hotel bed and rolled over to the other side of it, finding it empty.
That's strange, she thought to her-self. Did I dream what happened last night? If it was, it was so magical - Mac coming to me after I had kissed him in his office, telling me he loved me and I confessing that I loved him too. It can't be a dream… it was so real. His lips, his embrace, his words…
"Morning beautiful", a familiar voice called to her from the balcony's door.
She turned around, and smiled. There he was, her handsome man already up and dressed.
Mac stepped closer until he sat on the bed next to her, where he leaned over and kissed her near her left ear. She felt a shiver all over her neck.
"Morning handsome," she whispered right after he disconnected from her delicate face. It took her a few seconds to relax from his touch.
"Why are you up so early? Didn't you sleep?"
"No, I slept very well. I don't think I've slept like that in years."
"Really?" she asked with one eyebrow up, smiling because she had caused him to have that feeling.
"Yes, you did". It was so fabulous to Stella that he could still read her thoughts.
Her lips curled up and she thought to her-self that she couldn't be happier.
"It's Friday and we're both free today," she said. "What do you say if I go shower and in the meantime you make us some coffee, and after spending time in the beautiful sun on the balcony we go and grab something to eat?"
"Are you hungry?" Mac asked with his mischievous smile.
"Mmmm, yeah, kinda…, Why? What did you have in mind?"
"Mmmm" he thought for a second,"This…" then he closed the distance between their bodies, and kissed her gently on the lips. Stella was surprised but she liked it.
Slowly he managed to lay her on the bed. Stella could feel his strong body over hers and she loved it. Carefully he caressed her waist until he reached her thigh. She couldn't resist his touch and she caressed his back, drawing circles on it, the action making him moan.
Mac knew he couldn't stop now, he could feel every inch of his body burning when he met with Stella's.
She kissed his ear and back to his swollen lips, and she knew he was hungry for her. Their tongues were entwined and the rhythm increased…
Rrrrrrrrrrr… Mac's phone broke their rhythm.
He stopped kissing her, groaning "God damn".
Both found it difficult to return to breathing normally. Stella looked at Mac straight in his eyes. "it could be important," she said.
With a sigh, he rolled from her gentle body and grabbed his phone.
"Taylor," he took all the air out of his lungs.
"Hey, Mac, sorry if I woke you up but we have a DB on the Brooklyn bridge."
Mac looked at Stella with sorrow in his eyes, and she knew right away what Don had told him.
"By the way, can you reach Stella? Her phone is off."
"Stella?" Mac opened his eyes wide.
Stella's body tensed and she stopped breathing when she heard her name.
"I don't know why she won't answer, I will try to reach her on my way there," Mac continued.
She closed her eyes relaxing and could breathe again.
"Deal," the man on the other end of the phone said.
Mac closed his phone and got closer to Stella's body again.
"I am so sorry."
She kissed him. "Don't worry about it. At least we can be near each other at work".
"I love you and I promise I will make up to you the second we get time… real time." He smiled and let his gaze wander over her perfect body.
"I know you do and I am looking forward to that part." She kissed him again and smirked.
Mac got out of bed carefully and straightened his clothes. Approaching the door, he gave Stella a last look and closed the door behind him.
"Thank you, God for this incredible man by my side" she said when she left the bed and entered the shower.
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Mac followed the siren until he got to the spot and saw Don interviewing some eyewitnesses. He stepped out of his vehicle and went forward with his briefcase. Sheldon was there too.
"Hey, Mac… you look nice for a change".
"Well thank you, I guess, Don…"
"No, I mean you look like you actually had a good night's sleep".
"Actually I did, I haven't slept so well in years." Mac smiled to him-self because he knew the reason – his secret.
"I'm sorry I interrupted your sleep, but you know duty calls." Don said with an apologetic shrug.
"Yeah…tell me what we have here." Mac leaned closer to the body.
"Paulina Martines, 26 years old, born in Mexico but has a green card here in the US".
"Stab injuries all over her body and some bruises," Sheldon added. "You see those blue ones?"
"She got a beating once and now the threats have become a murder," Mac continued what Sheldon had wanted to say.
"One last fact: I found this in her wallet together with her destroyed cell phone. She worked as a stripper in the Lulu club, they have a card there for every 'employee'," Don added with cynicism when he showed the card to Mac.
"Maybe a jealous client?" Sheldon asked.
Mac looked up at Sheldon and said "maybe". In that moment he looked over Don's shoulder and saw the reason for his good night's sleep.
"Morning gentlemen," Stella said when she got to the spot too, smiling at Mac. Mac stood up for her, smiling too.
In that moment it was like the world stopped for a few seconds and Mac and Stella couldn't stop looking at each other.
Don looked at her. "You look good, Stell".
"What?" She came back to reality, looking confused at Don.
"I said you look good today. Did you sleep well last night?"
"Actually I did, I haven't slept so well in years." Mac was so proud at her answer, he had to hide a smirk, and then he looked back at the body.
"Did you hear that Hawkes? They even speak the same. I'm telling you, they're spending too much time together."
Sheldon laughed silently at Flack's comment.
"Shut up Don and update me on the details". Stella demanded.
"Yes ma'am…".
After Don up dated Stella, she asked him, "Did she have a family here in New York? A boyfriend maybe?".
The tall officer wrote something in his note book. "No clue. Let me check on it".
Sheldon took off his gloves: "See you all back at the lab. I'm going with the body".
"Tell Danny and Lindsay to go the strip club and ask the 'manager' there about this poor lady." Stella told him and Sheldon nodded.
"Well I got to finish all the interviews with the eyewitnesses; I'll talk to you in a bit". Flack said and left Mac and Stella by themselves.
They stayed together to look for more evidences at the scene. They glanced at each other every once in a while, feeling almost like two teenagers.
Nonetheless, they tried to stay professional and succeeded they were the heads of the crime lab after all.
After a while Don approached them again: "I'm finished here. I'm going to search for her relatives, see what I can find there".
"You go ahead, see if Adam can repair her cell phone and help us find to whom she'd been talking in her last hours."
"Okay, Mac. See you two later," Don answered and headed off.
Stella took off her gloves and closed Mac's briefcase.
"Let me help you with that," he took his case from her delicate hands. He could smell her perfume and it was almost killing him that he couldn't touch her.
She loved that feeling but she had to say, "You better be careful, Mr. Taylor unless you want people to talk with Sinclair and tell him that you and your partner are seeing each other."
Mac breathed out and looked down. "You're right but today I'm going to schedule a meeting with him and ask for his approval. We are professionals and we can work in the same place and still be together".
"You bet we can. Now let's get back to the lab and find the person who did this."
They went to his vehicle. Mac opened the door for her, put his case in the trunk and they drove away.
Will Sinclair approve of their relationship, and how long can Mac and Stella keep their secret from their friends?
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