It took a couple of hours to get everything sorted at the station, but finally it was done, and Danny and I were on our way back to the diner. I opened the door to my apartment and walked in, Danny following behind me.
"So this is where I live, and I guess where you're going to live for the next while," I told him.
"You're sure you're okay with all of this right?" Danny asked and looked at me.
It took me a second to answer as I was so caught up in his eyes for the second time that day. I shook my head to snap out of it.
"Of course I am, if it means those thugs wont come back, I'm all for it, and plus I like the company," I told him and gave him an endearing smile.
He smiled back. God even his smile was so sexy.
"So where am I sleeping?" he asked.
"Well since I only have one room, you're going to have to sleep on the couch, I wish I had something better for you, I'm sorry that I don't."
"Hey its okay, the couch is fine with me," he said and gave me a reassuring smile.
"Do you want anything to eat or to drink?" I asked.
"Nah I'm okay thanks."
"Alright, well I'm going to go get a nice hot bath, god knows I need one after today, you're welcome to anything," I told him and headed to the bathroom
. I closed the door, filled up the tub, and got undressed and sunk into the bath, letting it sooth me. The events of today kept running through my mind as I dozed off. A sudden image of one of the goons with a knife to me flashed in my head and I jolted awake, splashing now cold water all over the place. I was definitely going to have to take some sleeping pills tonight to be able to sleep. I slowly got up out of the tub and wrapped myself in a towel. I opened the door and walked out and bumped right into Danny.
"I am so sorry," I started.
He grabbed my arms to steady me and looked down, his eyes slightly shining as they took in me in a towel, all frazzled. I blushed at the attention, my whole body heating up under his intense stare. I cleared my throat.
"I uh better go get changed," I said and rushed off to my room before he could say anything.
God that was embarrassing, I thought to myself. But I couldn't help but think about how his eyes seemed to linger just a little longer than they should have on me. I shook off the feeling. It's ridiculous, he is a married man. I quickly got dressed and headed into the kitchen, hoping there was not going to be any awkwardness.
"So, since I am kind of stuck here for a while what exactly am I supposed to do?" I asked him as I sat down on the bar stool next to him.
"Well technically you are only stuck inside for a couple days, just for your safety, but after that you are allowed to go out, just not alone," he explained to me.
"What, so you are literally going to be my body guard?" I asked.
"Sort of, but we don't want it to be so obvious so I will have a cover."
"Which will be what exactly?" I asked, with a raised eyebrow.
A sexy grin formed on his face. "Apparently I am to be your new boyfriend."
My eyes widened with surprise. "Boyfriend? You can't be serious."
"Yep I am, we can't have anyone else around you knowing what is going on for their safety and yours, so this was the best bet," he explained.
I was speechless. Sure, I couldn't help but be excited with the fact that Mr hotty detective here was going to be my pretend boyfriend, but at the same time I felt kind of guilty.
"Does your wife know about this plan?" I asked him.
"Yeah she does, and she isn't completely okay with it of course, but she understands why I have to do it."
"Well okay then," I said, and let the subject go.
We sat in silence for a few moments until I yawned and nearly fell off the stool.
"Hey are you okay?" he asked, his eyes full of concern which just melted my heart.
"Yeah, it has just been a long day," I said, holding back another yawn.
"Ah yeah I understand that, you should probably try and get some sleep," he suggested.
Honestly I was afraid to go to sleep, every time I closed my eyes I saw the thugs attacking me, but I agreed, not wanting to trouble Danny any more than I already had and headed back to my room.
It took me a while, but I surprisingly finally fell asleep and didn't wake up till about 2 the next morning after jolting awake, sweating, and crying. I quietly got up and headed to my bathroom. I splashed some water on my face and looked up into the mirror. Gosh I was a mess. I had huge dark circles under my eyes, I looked pale and fragile. I stood looking at myself in the mirror for a few minutes until I suddenly just broke down and cried. I didn't even realize Danny had woken up and walked into the bathroom until I felt warm, strong arms wrap around me, and pull me into his chest. I buried my face in his shirt, not even caring that he was seeing me like this. He comforted me by gently rubbing my back with his hand and whispering to me that it was all right. I finally stopped crying and slowly looked up at him, my eyes still blurry from the tears. He reached his hand up and whipped the tears away.
I sniffled. "Gosh I am such a mess," I laughed, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, you really are," he joked.
I slapped his arm, pretending to be offended. "Hey! You were so not supposed to agree with me!"
He chuckled. "Are you okay?" he asked, getting serious again.
I sighed. "Not really, I can't stop thinking about everything," I admitted.
"Ah, well what you need is a distraction," he told me.
I looked at him with a confused look. "What kind of distraction?" I asked.
"Well on Sundays my family and I all get together and have a big family dinner, how about I take you there today," he suggested.
"But I thought I couldn't leave the house yet."
"Well you aren't technically supposed to but hey rules are meant to be broken right?" he said and winked.
"Besides you will be in a house full of cops and a lawyer, I think you will be more than safe, so what do you say?" he asked.
A huge grin formed on my face. "I say hell yeah!"
"Great," he said and smiled. "I would say we should both go back to sleep for a while, but I don't think that is the best for you right now, so how about we watch a movie or something for a while"
"Sure, that would be great," I said and followed him into my living room and sat down on the couch.
He turned on a movie and we sat there for a while and watched it until, surprisingly we both fell sleep. Through the rest of the morning, I never once had a nightmare.
