"Never Gonna Be Alone"

Time, is going by, so much faster than I,

And I'm starting to regret not spending all of it with you.

Now I'm, wondering why, I've kept this bottled inside,

So I'm starting to regret not telling all of this to you.

So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know...

Casey was finding it easy to smile at the other guest at the ball. Not just because they were friendly, but because Derek was bending over backwards to make her comfort after dropping the bombshell that Ludlum or, as she called him, Marian had drugged her into feeling the emotions that she had for him.

You're never gonna be alone

From this moment on, if you ever feel like letting go,

I won't let you fall...

You're never gonna be alone

I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone.

Or that the same drug was still coursing through her veins. Making her paranoid and unfocused, every time anything brushed her shoulder. The same shoulder that Derek was making sure not to touch as guided her around the ballroom and talked with the other guests where he surprised her by slipping into and out of their conversations; or when they danced.

And now, as long as I can, I'm holding on with both hands,

'Cause forever I believe that there's nothing I could need but you,

So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know...

Yes, they danced. To keep their cover of being an engaged couple, at least that's what Derek said when he first led her on the dance floor. As Casey leaned into him, she felt his heartbeat calm as he breathed in her scent.

You're never gonna be alone

From this moment on, if you ever feel like letting go,

I won't let you fall.

When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on.

We're gonna see the world out,

I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone.

Derek wouldn't admit it, but he was scared. Casey was also scared, fights and attempts on her life weren't her idea of fun, but this, with her in danger, Derek was terrified. His, no their, opponent had stepped up their game and tried to have Casey killed in a way that was impossible to claim it was an accident. Derek was pretty sure he knew what had made them change their tactics.

Oh!

You've gotta live every single day,

Like it's the only one, what if tomorrow never comes?

Don't let it slip away,

Could be our only one, you know it's only just begun.

Every single day,

Maybe our only one, what if tomorrow never comes?

Tomorrow never comes...

It was the ring around Casey's finger, the one he bought just before leaving London. The one that he suspected that their crazed adversary had just found out about it, in their mind the truce had been broken and they could do whatever they wanted with Casey's life.

Time, is going by, so much faster than I,

And I'm starting to regret not telling all of this to you.

Of course, that's how they choose to interpret the cease fire between them. Because of that, Derek was strongly considering telling Casey who they were fighting. Not just their acts of cruelty that his Department H contact had told him, but how close they had burrowed themselves into her life.

You're never gonna be alone

From this moment on, if you ever feel like letting go,

I won't let you fall.

When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on.

We're gonna see the world out,

I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone.

Yes, Derek was going to tell Casey everything. Just not right now. After the ball, after he gave her the best four hours of her life, then he would reveal everything. When the tears and the denying that it was true were over, they would drive down to New York and become that psycho's worse nightmare. Just a few more in this haven and then Derek would drag her down into his private hell and hope that maybe after the dust had cleared that there could be a life for him in Casey's life. But not yet, right now Martin Case had a romantic evening with his fiancée Sandra Swan. Just one night, that's all his asking.

I'm gonna be there always,

I won't be missing one more day,

I'm gonna be there always,

I won't be missing one more day.