"You know I agreed to work with you to keep Zander Smith in jail, but I didn't agree to losing Emily." Edward said into his cell phone.

"I know, and it seems she's more attached to him then we thought. I can't let her find out that I'm the one who set this plan into motion, Edward. I came to you with this deal, because I knew you had influence where I didn't and I thought the two of us could benefit both from having Zander Smith in lock up. But I see that backfired on us, real nice." the voice replied.

"Why don't you talk with Emily, she always listens to you, Jason."

Keeping Zander in lock up would give Jason the chance to get at him without endangering his sister. He didn't want Emily hurt, and a prison accident would work quite well, but Emily was a bit more stubborn then he and Edward figured. She was not going to make this easy for him. He knew that Zander was the only person who could of had the means, and opportunity to kill Sonny, and now it was Jason's turn to get his revenge.

"I might just do that, Edward. Let's hope she's a little more understanding with me then with you." Jason replied and flipped closed his phone, hanging up on his grandfather.

"If you want something done right, ya got to do it yourself." he muttered to himself as he walked down along the pier towards one of the warehouses where he had a meeting with a supplier.

"Thank you for the offer, Alexis. But I like it in the DA's office, and Mr. Lansing has been good to me, I would hate to leave him in the middle of this big case." Emily said as the three of them walked down the sidewalk towards Alexis's car.

"Okay, well the offer stands, whenever you'd like to take me up on it. Do you need a ride someplace?" Alexis offered.

"I'd like to spend more time with Zander, if that's okay?"
Zander looked down at Emily. "I'd like that." he replied as they got into the car.

"Well, I'm warning you now, all I have in the kitchen at my house is popcorn, so if you want something else, you'll have to order take out and have it delivered." Alexis snickered.

"Take out is fine with me, how bout you Emily?" Zander asked as he looked over his shoulder at her in the back seat. She looked a million miles away in deep thought and Zander asked his question again.

"Emily? Are you okay?" he asked and it brought her back from her thoughts about her grandfather and what he had done that afternoon.

"I'm fine .... take out sounds great." she agreed as Alexis pulled the car in and underneath the apartment building into the parking garage.

"You know I was thinking about Edward and his stunt to keep Zander in jail. He couldn't of done it alone. I mean Edward is shrewd but what did he have to gain by keeping Zander locked up. And before you say anything, Emily .. I thought about that it being you, but how did he know that you and Zander had met?"

"That was my question too, Alexis. It has grandfather's prints all over it, but I don't think he worked alone, someone else wanted Zander in lock up, I just can't think of who it would be." Emily replied, her mind drawing a blank of suspects.

"I can think of one ..." Zander spoke up.

"Oh yeah, please share with the rest of the class, Zander." Alexis replied as they all got out of the car and started to walk towards the elevators.

"Jason. He's Sonny's right hand man and best friend, isn't he? And it wouldn't be hard for him to find out about me and Emily, we were at Kelly's most of the afternoon."

The three of them boarded the elevator and Alexis pushed the buttons for the floor of her apartment. "Jason's a good guess and I wouldn't put revenge past him, he and Sonny were very close." Alexis agreed.

"Think about it .. he wants me locked up, and that will keep you away from me, Emily .... Jason's the perfect ally for Edward." Zander replied when he saw Emily's face disagreeing with he and Alexis.

"We're going to have to be a lot more careful, if it is Jason." Emily said as the elevator came to a stop on the correct floor.

"Here, you guys go ahead inside and I'll go get dinner. That will give the two of you sometime to talk." Alexis suggested as she handed the keys to Zander.

"Are you sure, Alexis?" Emily said as Alexis held the doors to the elevator open.

"Yeah, go on .. I'll be back in a few." Alexis smiled and stepped back on the elevator as Zander and Emily walked down the hallway together to Alexis's penthouse.

"That was very nice of her." Emily replied as Zander unlocked the apartment door.

"Yeah she's sweet that way. I just hope she's not as sweet in the courtroom." Zander said as he threw the keys down on Alexis's desk and closed the door.

Emily walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. Zander's eyes met Emily's and it was instant attraction, he scared himself a little, the feelings for her had already begun and they had just gotten more acquainted that afternoon.

He wasn't sure what he was feeling, but it certainly wasn't anything he had ever felt before. He sat down next to her on the couch, their knees touching and pulled his back quickly. Emily giggled nervously. It was awkward and he could see it in her eyes that she was having the same feelings he was.

"I'm sorry for staring." he said as he leaned back against the cushion of the couch.

"Oh no need to be sorry, Zander ... I like it when you look at me that way." she replied softly.

"You do?" he questioned as he sat forward.

Emily could feel her insides twist all different ways, it was a feeling she had never felt before and it scared her a little. She felt the overwhelming urge to kiss him, but she didn't want to be so forward, she just never felt this way about anyone else before. She got lost in his eyes when she looked at him, her heart got all a flutter when she was near him, her palms moistened and she felt the need to be with him all the time. They had only just met but she knew at first sight, Zander was the one .... it was instant attraction.

Before she knew what she was doing her hand lay on top of his, their fingers interlaced into one another and she smiled, he returned a nervous smile. He felt the urge to lean in and kiss her. Before he knew what was happening between them, he was leaning in and hesitated not sure if he should go further, but then he noticed she leaned in too. She didn't back away from him and so he leaned in a little further. In an instant, just like the attraction they felt for each other, their lips met. It was sweet and it lingered for some time, it was like neither of them wanted it to end.