When they got home, they found Maze sitting on the kitchen island, with a glass of vodka in a hand and an inquiring look on her face. Oh no! Not another one, thought Chloe.
"Maze! You don't know what? Mom has a new boyfriend! You'll never believe who it is!" Trixie was just too excited to hold on the information.
"Gash! This is just too hard to guess! Don't make me wait!" Maze answered, with her most unsurprised tone.
"It's Lucifer!" Said Trixie joyfully.
"No! You're kidding! Who could have foreseen it?" Maze continued with the same attitude.
"Trixie, you should go into your room and catch up with your homework. I'm sure you didn't do any yesterday with your dad." Trixie started to answer something but thought better of it and went straight to her room.
When Trixie was out of earshot, Maze continued. "Well well! Looks like you had a Hell of a talk with Lucifer."
"You couldn't say it better!" Chloe said evasively.
Maze looked like she didn't know what to do with that comment. "At least you finally got laid! Good for you!"
"I followed your advice and just threw caution to the wind." Chloe was smiling mysteriously, not wanting to make it easy on Maze to discover what happened exactly.
"Soooo, beside sex talk, what exactly did you two talked about?" Maze looked anxious somehow.
"Why? Are you nervous about some gruesome secrets Lucifer could have told me about you on the pillow?" The face Maze made at that comment told Chloe she'd just hit the nail on the head!
"Don't play with me Decker!" Maze got down of the kitchen island and walked slowly towards Chloe with an evil light in her eye.
"Or what? You'll eat me alive? Or torture this information out of me?" It came out a little bit harsher than Chloe wanted.
That stopped Maze short and she seemed to hesitate. "No! Of course not! I would do no such things to you."
"Should I be afraid of you Maze?" Chloe was walking slowly toward Maze now, with her head high and a dagger's glance. "Should I be worried about my daughter living with a demon?"
"I… I would never hurt you or Trixie! You know that right?" Maze looked almost afraid.
"So stop acting all demoniac on my okay!"
"Okay! Sorry! I couldn't know what you knew so it got me a little bit nervous there." Maze started walking nervously around the room, obviously upset. "I can go if you want. Hell! I would understand completely if you wanted me gone from your house now and for good.
"I don't want you to go Maze." Answered Chloe softly with a sight. "You are my best friend and I trust you. I just wished you had trusted me enough to tell me yourself before."
Maze was thunderstruck. It took her a moment to get her voice back. "I trust you too Chloe. I…I just couldn't say anything."
"I know. It's not fair to condemn you about it since you had to protect Lucifer's secret. I understand." Chloe looked at the other woman apologetically.
"Good! It went well after all! Better than I anticipated. Now let's drink to that!" Maze took a second glass and started to poor some vodka for Chloe but was interrupted.
"Please no!" Chloe said quickly with a grimace. "I couldn't take another glass of that stuff! I think I could get sick just by the smell of it."
"Haaa! That's where the rest of the bottle went. I thought I'd just lost track." She sounded almost proud of Chloe.
"I'll buy you another one, I promise!" Chloe added as an afterthought.
"Nah! Forget that! I just ate all the ice cream anyway." Maze dismissed with a hand gesture.
"Again?" Chloe said accusingly.
"Yeah… I guess I was just stress-eating." Answered Maze sheepishly.
"Since when do you get emotional, at all?" That woman was not about to stop surprising her.
"You humans must have a bad influence on me." Maze winked at her.
Chloe chuckled softly. "I guess we will have our own big talk about all that later, when Trixie isn't there. You won't get away with it so easily. I have a bunch of questions for you, mind you."
Maze rolled her eyes. "Yeah! I can imagine…"
After that, they both kept quiet for a while. Chloe started preparing supper while Maze just sat at the table sipping her vodka.
"I'm glad you didn't freak out too much about Lucifer. He isn't the same since you're around. You are good for him. And, he isn't as bad as he looks like you know." Maze sounded thoughtful.
"You kidding! That man is an angel!" Chloe gave her a wink.
Maze laughed. "Still, I can see you are worried about something. So, get it all out Decker. I'm all ears!"
Chloe fidgeted for a few seconds, unsure how to put it. "I'm not freaking out about who he is, well to be honest, I did freak out all night about it after spying on you in Linda's office…"
Maze teased her. "Haaa! Now I see. Who is the little demon here?"
Without answering to that, Chloe continued. "But, I got over it. The thing is… I'm not questioning Lucifer's feelings nor mines, it's just that, he is supposed to be talking with Candy about getting a divorce tonight and I'm worrying about how he is going to handle that."
"I'm not sure I'm following you. What exactly do you mean by handling?" Maze frowned questioningly.
Surrendering, Chloe admitted. "Okay! I'm freaking out because I'm afraid he is going to have break up sex with her. That would be just like him! Unable to resist a pleading beautiful woman who needs comfort." Chloe put a hand over her mouth in the hope of holding back a sob that she felt was going to surface.
"Wow! Already jealous? That's worse than I thought. But if it can comfort you, even if he did have sex with her, which is very possible knowing him and all, it would be completely meaningless. I know he loves you." Maze said as matter of fact.
Chloe put her head in her hands. "You are really not helping here."
"Sorry! I thought you wanted me to be honest!" Maze was at a loss about why Chloe was getting upset.
Chloe closed her eyes in defeat. "Forget about it!"
After supper, they watched a movie with Maze. Chloe tried not to think about how Lucifer was «handling» things and tried to focus on the good moments they had together earlier that day. But it was difficult to put aside her fears, so she kept looking at her phone for messages from Lucifer. There were none and no phone call from him either. He should have given her news long ago. It was not before 10 o'clock, after she got Trixie into bed that she started worrying about something else. The more she thought about it, the more it seemed plausible. Until it became too unbearable a thought to keep to herself.
"Maze! Do you think? …Could he have? …Please God no!" Chloe had difficulty voicing it out loud.
"You know, God is not the best person you should ask for help when it comes to Lucifer." Warned Maze.
"I know that! But seriously Maze! This takes way too long for a simple break up. Do you think he could have panicked and left again? You know how bad he is at dealing with his feelings. What if he got overwhelmed by the situation? What if he left L.A. for good this time?" Chloe was bouncing up and down on the sofa, too nervous to stay put.
"I think you are over reacting about that whole thing Chloe. Why don't you call Lucifer and get a clear answer out of him?" She tried to sound confident, but Maze could too well imagine Lucifer doing exactly that.
"You're right, maybe I should..." So Chloe got up, retreated farther back in the kitchen and opened her cell phone that she had kept in her hand all evening. With unsteady hands, she hit the button for Lucifer's number and waited. His recorded message answered her. She closed her eyes in desperation and put off her cell. Then she texted him a message saying simply: «Please, call me back, I'm dying here!»
Around midnight, she still hadn't received any sign of life from him. It seemed clear she would not get any either.
Maze's blood was boiling. "I'm so sorry Chloe. If I get my hands on him, I'm gonna tear him apart."
Chloe turned slowly towards her and put on a half-smile. "Thanks Maze! But I know that despite everything he can put you or I through, you could never harm him."
"Well, we'll see about that! I could make an exception." Maze said without much conviction, before getting up and walking towards her bedroom. "Try to get some sleep anyway. I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll do my best! Thank you for being there Maze." She said truthfully.
"No problem! That's what friends are supposed to be for, right?" Maze was unexpectedly sweat.
Chloe answered her with a weak smile that did not reach her eyes. After Maze's departure, Chloe just took the blanket on top of the sofa, curled up in it and rested her head down on a cushion. «I can't believe this could be over! Not like that! Not after everything we shared today. I could never recover from that!» The idea was so unbearable that she started shaking. «This cannot be! There must be an explanation. Just think Decker. Have a little faith in him. You know he loves you, so just be patient and give him the time he needs to deal with whatever needs to be dealt with.» With that thought, she finally succeeded to calm herself down a little. I am acting like a teenager in love for the first time. What a shame! She laughed at herself and relaxed some more.
Around 12h30 am, she heard a light knock on the door. She jumped out of the sofa and all but ran to the door. She took a second to compose herself, her heart was hammering madly in her chest, then she opened the door. Lucifer was standing there, beaming, with flowers in one hand and a bottle of Champagne in the other.
"I'm a free Devil now Love!" He looked and sounded especially proud of himself.
Her emotions were so high she couldn't think of a word and just leaped into his arms. He held her tightly and put gentle kisses on her head.
"Looks like you really missed me! Maybe I should make a habit of being late to make a grand entrance." He teased.
"Don't you dare doing this to me again or I'll unleash Maze on you!" She spoke the words accusingly.
"Ho! I see you've got the spirit of it." She could hear the smile in his voice.
Chloe raised her head to look directly at him. "I really was worried Lucifer, I thought… maybe you'd left me again…"
Lucifer looked at her intensely, searching her eyes. "Love, I've already made my decision about us and there's no way I can change my mind about this. So you are stuck with me for as long as you'll have me."
"Then it's going to be a very long time…" She hugged him even more tightly.
"Good! I have all eternity before me." That made them both grin happily.
Chloe put a tender kiss on his lips and pulled him inside the house. Once in the kitchen, Lucifer put the flowers and the bottle of Champagne on the table, then turned back to her and took her in his arms again.
"I know I'm late, sorry about that but I had one Hell of a night!" He cupped her face with one hand and caressed her lovingly.
"Then why didn't you call me or answer my message?" She wanted to be understanding but it was very difficult to put aside the devastating feelings she had all evening.
Lucifer could feel she was irritated and didn't quite know how to deal with it. "Well, at first I thought I would just surprise you, but then I got side tracked by a case of my own."
"And… does that case implies a beautiful woman in need of comforting?" She could not refrain some harshness in her voice.
"What? Are you referring to Candy?" He was at a loss.
She hesitated for a few seconds before deciding that honesty was the best course of action. "I love you as you are Lucifer and I promised myself I would never try to change you but… there is something that I could not live with… Just the thought of you sleeping with another one and I feel as if I'm dying inside. I know it would be only meaningless sex for you and that you never swore fealty to me, but I can't help it, I could not take it Lucifer!" She put determination behind her words to make her point clear.
"Good thing I did not have sex with her then!" He smiled roguishly.
"Really? You didn't?" Chloe felt as if she'd just lost a hundred pounds down her shoulders.
"What could make you think such a thing Love? I could never do this to you Chloe. Just imagining you with someone else makes me sick. I just implied you could feel the same if it were me doing it. And why would I do that anyway when I have you?" He sounded so sincere.
"You won't cease to amaze me, will you?" She shook her head slightly with a growing smile on her face.
"Not a chance!" He promised.
Lucifer was looking at her hungrily now. He kissed her passionately and their kisses deepened with each passing seconds. They couldn't take their hands from each other, caressing and exploring, trying to reach to the skin. Lucifer pulled her up with one harm around the waist and she held him tightly with her legs around his waist. He sat her down slowly on the table and rub his length against her. A contented sound escaped his lips.
"Chloe… you make me crazy!" He growled lustily.
At that stage, Chloe was way too far gone to answer anything. She just pulled frantically on his shirt's buttons while kissing his lips, to expose his chest so she could kiss and touch every inches of his skin. But through her dazed brain, something strange registered. There were holes in Lucifer's jacket and shirt. She pulled away from him for a second and took his clothes into view.
"Lucifer! Are those bullet holes?" Her voice was one octave higher than usual.
"I know, that's a shame, those clothes cost me thousands." He was not teasing in the slightest.
"For God… goodness' sake Lucifer! You have been shot at! Again! Are you okay?" She searched for any sign of blood loss but found none on his cloths.
"Of course I am, you were not around! That's one of the reasons I didn't call you earlier. I knew it could be dangerous and I was afraid you would insist on tagging along." He thought it made sense. She should see that too.
Chloe was inspecting his skin with her hands behind the bullet holes to make sure he were really okay and found his smashed cell phone in his pocket with a bullet still stuck in it. "This is just amazing…" She said in awe. "But I would have preferred you told me about it before you went. We are going to need to improve our communication system Lucifer. And you need to trust me a little bit more with everything now." She put on an accusing frown.
"You are right! I should have told you." He conceded. "That won't happen again. You know, I'm still knew at this boyfriend thing. I'll need a certain time to adjust but I can still make some mistakes though. Can you find in your heart some indulgence for me? I really want this relationship to work out." He smiled hopefully down at her.
"I do want us to work out too, and I promise I'll try to be comprehensive with you." She said reassuringly. "But you'll have to tell me everything that happened to you tonight for starter."
"Deal! But I'll need a drink first." He gave her a soft peck on her lips.
So they installed themselves on the couch, each one with a glass of Champagne. Lucifer embraced Chloe with one arm across her shoulders and she leaned into him, sliding an arm behind his back. She was so glad to feel his warmth and presence.
"So… You could start at the beginning. How did it go with Candy?" Asked Chloe shyly.
"She took it amazingly well, actually! Considering how incredibly dashing and irresistible I am." Chloe gave him a little stab in his side with a finger. "Well, that's a fact! That aside, I think she saw it coming before I did. She is an intelligent young woman. So it didn't fall as a complete surprise for her. We had a long chat to determinate how we were to handle things from here and we came to an agreement. I will continue to provide for her until she finishes her studies and find a good job. In the meantime, she will move to a new apartment I found for her."
"You already found her an apartment?" She never thought of that possibility.
"A guy owed me, so I just had to make a few calls." He said dismissively.
"Of course..." She covertly smiled.
"Then, I had to play with my relations to get to someone who could cancel our marriage contract. We've got an appointment first thing Monday morning. So you see, no worry there my Love!" He kissed her tenderly on her temple.
"You really are amazing Lucifer! So when did Candy shot you in that story?" She didn't really believe it but she found the idea funny.
"She did nothing of the sort! It was the same guy who almost killed me yesterday." Lucifer sounded irritated by the reminder of the whole event.
"What? You went looking for him?" Chloe sat up a little straighter to look at him in the eyes.
"I couldn't just let him roam the city with his sinful obsessions, could I? I had to put a stop to that once and for all." Couldn't she see that?
"Did you… Did you kill him…?" She was afraid to hear the answer but she needed to know.
"No! Of course not! I'm not a killer! I just punish sinners and I'm very good at it I must say. This one really was in need of some punishments I can tell you. It took me a while to make him see the light, but I really think he is now very repentant. And who knows, after he makes amends for those sins he could even find redemption and not end up in Hell. Those things have happened you know." But he didn't think that would be the case for that man.
"You really are a good guy after all!" She was smiling proudly, as if she had known it all along.
"Did you ever doubt it Love?" He feigned indignation.
"I'd be lying if I said no, but let's just say I suspected it and really hoped for it. But still, I can deal with a little darkness in you. So please, don't be afraid to be yourself with me okay! I'm tougher than I look like and my love for you is certainly strong enough to go through some crisis." She smiled lovingly at him.
"That's very good to know…" He kissed her lightly on her lips, lingering there. "But I would prefer it without the crisis." Smiling, he continued to kiss her softly and tenderly.
"Do you have to go back to your place tonight?" Chloe asked hopeful between kisses.
"Actually, I brought some of my things with me to go to the hotel for the weekend. I already have a reservation." She could feel his smile against her lips.
Chloe looked up at him with surprise. "Seriously? Can you cancel it?" She had a teasing smile on her face.
"Is that an invitation Detective?" Beaming, his intention was more than clear.
As an answer, Chloe got up and took his hand in hers. She led him slowly upstairs to her room, all the way walking seductively and giving him glances of lust and desire. Once she got her bedroom door locked from the inside, she turned to him with fire in her eyes and body. Lucifer didn't lose a second and ravished her right on the spot, her back hard pressed against the door. His mouth was all over her and Chloe was overwhelmed by sensations. Without realising how he'd do it, she found herself naked and Lucifer was kissing her southward hungrily. She felt her knees give up when he stroked her center with his tongue. He had to straighten her with one arm to steady her and she held back a cry of pleasure. She brought his head up to kiss him eagerly and pushed him backward towards the bed where he landed on his back. Never leaving his eyes, she crawled lasciviously on top of him and took off his belt slowly, then she shed down his pants and took off his socks and shoes. She proceeded to taste every part of him starting with his foot and going up and up in so slow a pace that he was already squirming by the time she arrived at his thighs. She sped up her pace a bit, not wanting to torture him unnecessarily and then she took him in her hand and stroked him slowly while licking at his base. He was panting hard and she felt him shaking with need, but he stayed patient. The power she had over him was intoxicating and she wanted only to give him such pleasure that he would never need another one than herself. She licked his member from base to top in small circles and finally took him whole in her mouth, all the while stroking him gently with her hand. He held back a cry of pleasure by biting into a pillow. She tried to do it slowly, but her own needs took the upper hand and she got carried away, tasting and sucking at him greedily. She thought she was having as much pleasure as him just by doing this to him. He stopped her just as he was ready to explode.
"I want you now!" His voice was hoarse with need.
Chloe crawled all the way on top of his body and took him deep inside her. The feel of him was becoming familiar and most welcome. She wondered how she had been living without it for so long. She started rocking her hips slowly watching his loving eyes and his reactions. He was looking at her as if she were an angel come down from heaven. She lowered her body to feel his chest against hers and be able to kiss him as much as she needed. Their pace increased and she felt an urge to feel him even deeper inside her. So she rocked her hips harder and harder. Lucifer was meeting her trust for trust.
"You are mine!" She threw at him, still trusting against him and breathing hard.
"Yes!" His voice was shaking.
"Say it!" She asked needy.
Panting with pleasure, he answered reverently. "I am yours and yours only!"
Author's note: This part was fun to write. I hope you have enjoyed it. Please write me a review if you did like it. I live for reviews! Unexpected developments are to come in the next chapters with big surprises. I still have at least 2 other chapters to write before I show you my view of a big ending for this series. Thanks for reading me!