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Chapter 24: Bliss
They had finally arrived at one of Reyes' cash houses. They all got out of the cars and were waiting for the perfect moment. A man got out of a car and he walked to the door. Once he showed who he was, everyone ran forward and ran in through the door. Dom was the first to enter, hitting the doorman with the butt of his gun. Everyone filed in then, still wearing their masks. Rome seemed to be staying close to Roxy and he didn't even notice. Han, however, did. He kept his mouth shut and walked forward, helping everyone to round up the people in the building. They all stood behind the collected crowd with their guns and waited for any instructions. A guy at the front was stupid enough to jump to conclusions.
"You're a dead man. You're all dead men. You don't have a place to hide." Dom looked at him and took off his mask. Everyone else followed suit.
"Who's hiding?" Dom asked him. The man just stared at him.
"Are you crazy? Are you crazy?! Do you know whose house this is?! Whose money you're stealing?!" Dom picked up a can of oil and poured it over the pile of money. He then pulled out a lighter.
"We ain't stealing it." He then proceeded to throw the lighter onto the money and it erupted into flames. Roxy took Rome's hand and squeezed it.
"I can't believe he burned all the money. What the fuck?!" She whispered harshly. Rome let out a throaty chuckle.
"I know how you feel, girl." They watched as Dom approached the man and pointed a finger at him.
"You tell your boss... exactly who did this. Tell him there's more coming." With that, Dom walked off, everyone else following him. They all got back into the cars and drove back to the warehouse. They each grabbed a drink and sat down on the sofas, determined to have a good night. Rome sat down and pulled Roxy onto his lap. She snuggled into him and he and the rest of the men played a game of poker. Roxy just sat there, not knowing how to play the game. It seemed like Han won every game. While they started a new game and everyone looked at their hand, Roxy took the time to take a glimpse at Han. She had to admit that he didn't look too good. She couldn't help but wonder if it was because of her. He seemed to have bags under his eyes from lack of sleep and he kept yawning. Roxy frowned. She would talk to him. When she would talk to him, she didn't know. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. Rome seemed to notice this and kissed her neck. She looked down at him and smiled. He looked at her and smiled softly.
"You alright, baby girl?" He murmured. Roxy nodded and proceeded to go get food. She asked the rest of them if they wanted anything and they refused. She made her way to the food and brought out a packet of sweets. She made her way back to the sofas and noticed that Han was gone.
"Yo guys. Where's Han?" Tego pointed behind him. Roxy sighed. She knew where he went. She walked out to the balcony and saw him standing there, leaning on the rails. She took a deep breath and walked towards him and stood beside him, leaning against the concrete pillar. She watched him take a sip of his beer and then sigh, not once looking at her.
"Y'know, when I got the call from Mia to tell me you were dead, it was a day just like this. The sun was setting. It reminded me of you." He took another sip of his beer. Roxy frowned.
"How?" Han looked over to her. He noticed that she must have changed her clothes as she was now wearing a green dress which came to her knees and hugged her curves perfectly. He thought it made her look like an angel, especially the way the wind lightly ruffled her hair. He sighed.
"The colours. The red hues stood out more and it reminded me of your hair." Roxy snorted.
"Yeah, like I haven't heard my hair being compared to the sun before." Han chuckled.
"You know I don't mean it like that. It was literally the perfect shade of red. Plus, the peace that I felt just by looking at it... it made me think of the time that we were in the Dominican Republic and when we were on the beach before everyone turned up to celebrate." Roxy thought back to that day. She remembered that day as well as that was the day she was sure that she fell in love with Han. She sighed and ran her hand through her hair again.
"I'm sorry, Han. I really am. I had my reasons to go into hiding. I couldn't simply go home. I had to wait it out. I just didn't expect to be gone that long." She said quietly. Han looked over at her and smiled. He then walked back into the warehouse. Roxy sighed. She followed him in and sat down beside Rome. He looked over at her and kissed her cheek.
"Everything good?" Roxy shrugged.
"I hope so."
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The next day, Dom ordered everyone to follow Reyes' vans to the cash houses. Tej got the job to also find out where they were keeping the money. Roxy went with Rome. Han was jealous. He simply said nothing, though, and walked to his car and hopped in and drove off. Rome took Roxy to a small café beside one of Reyes' cash houses. He bought himself and Roxy food. Roxy tried to pay for her own but Rome was having none of it. She finally gave up and picked at her food.
"Now, come on, girl. I didn't buy you food for you to pick at it. Look at you. I'm not trynna be mean or anything but you seriously need to eat something. You look tired all the time and when you do eat, it's something small." Roxy looked at him in surprise, shocked that he noticed that. Rome grinned. "Didn't think I'd notice that, huh?" Roxy blushed and smiled sheepishly and nodded.
"I just didn't think anybody noticed." Rome smiled.
"Maybe if you tried to give him a chance, huh? Something good could happen."
"Or something bad could happen." Roxy sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Besides, I've given him chances and he keeps screwing them up. So no more." Rome shrugged.
"It's up to you, baby girl." They then heard the sound of tires screeching and looked out the window. Two vans were parked outside the cash house and men were coming out with bags in their hands and unloading them into the vans. Rome pulled out his walkie talkie.
"Two is on the move." Rome then threw some money on the table and Roxy stood up. They walked out to Rome's car and drove off, following the vans. They were driving around before Tej's voice cracked on the walkie talkie.
"I know y'all said that they're consolidating the money somewhere but... y'all ain't gonna believe this." Roxy looked over at Rome, confusion etched on her face. Rome shrugged and turned a corner. Dom's voice on the walkie talkie came through and he told everyone to meet at the building outside the police station. Roxy groaned.
"Well, it's obvious this plan is a bust." Rome nodded and drove towards the police station. Just as they pulled up, Han was just parking his car also. Roxy took a deep breath and got out. Rome came around and held her hand. She smiled up at him and he kissed her cheek. She blushed and ducked her head. Rome laughed and they made their way up the stairs, Han following behind them, seething. They reached the top and found everyone there. They all walked to the corner of the building and looked down at the police station. Roxy sighed.
"Well, this job just got a lot harder." Brian said.
"If he's moving it to a police station, he's got some serious brass in his pocket." Rome commented. Roxy sighed and nodded. Rico said something in spanish and Tego agreed with him.
"Hell yeah, we can't do this." Han looked at Tego.
"'Can't?' You mean 'shouldn't.'" Roxy looked at him and smirked.
"I think this doesn't change a thing. I say we stick to the plan." Dom said firmly. Rome looked at him.
"You say what? This just went from Mission Impossible to Mission In-freaking-sanity. Whatever, man. I ain't scared. I'm just letting y'all know that going in that building is crazy." Brian went to move to calm Rome down but Roxy put a hand on his chest.
"Let me take care of it." Brian smiled his thanks and kissed her forehead.
"Thanks, Rox." Roxy smiled and ran after Rome. She caught him by his hand and pulled him back.
"Hey. Wait. Calm down, OK? We'll just do this one bit at a time. You're not gonna get banged up again, OK? None of us will let that happen. OK?" Rome looked at Roxy and smiled.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. It's just crazy to go into a freaking police station and try and steal the money. I have faith in us and all but I don't think it can be done, Rox." Roxy smiled.
"Believe me, it will. We've got plans, OK?" Rome nodded his head. She smiled and went to kiss his cheek but Rome turned his head and she accidentally kissed him on the lips. She pulled back and blushed deeply.
"Oh my God, Rome, I'm so sor-" Rome cut her off by pressing his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck, knowing that they couldn't be seen as they were in the shadows. Little did she or Rome know that everyone had made their way downstairs again and Han saw everything. Han's heart broke and he now knew how Roxy felt when he had left her. He felt anger rise in him. Rome knew that Han loved Roxy. Why would he had done this? Han turned and walked downstairs. He was going to try and win her. No matter what the risks were.
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Roxy and Rome were the last to arrive back at the warehouse. Everyone was sitting on the sofas playing poker again. Han made the mistake of lifting his head. He saw them walking in, holding hands. He clenched his jaw and resigned from the game.
"I'm out." He said, putting his cards on the table and walking off. Roxy watched him leave. She sighed and turned to Rome.
"I'm gonna go check on him." Rome nodded and smiled and walked over to where Brian was sitting. Roxy took a deep breath and followed through the door where Han had just gone through. She knew that he had set himself up a little bedrooom of sorts. She walked to the door and knocked on it. She could hear Han sigh.
"Yeah, it's open." Roxy gently opened the door and walked in slowly. She gently closed the door and put her back against it. Han was stretched across his bed on his back. He had his arm thrown over this eyes. He lifted his arm and saw Roxy standing there. He groaned and put his arm back over his eyes. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Rome?" Roxy gaped at him and angrily walked over to his bed.
"Is that what this is about? Because you're jealous of Rome? What the fuck, Han?" Han sat up and glared at her.
"I saw you two at the building outside of the police station." He spat and walked over to the balcony. Roxy froze and looked over at him.
"Han... I-"
"You know what? I wanted to try and get you back. Enough is enough, Roxy. I can't stand it. I see you with him and you two are clearly all lovey dovey. So you don't need me anymore. It's clear to see that you got over me. Looks like that speech you made on the beach doesn't matter anymore." A tear slid down Roxy's cheek and she angrily walked over to him. She glared at him.
"I'm sorry that you saw Rome and I kissing. I didn't mean for it to go that far. He kissed me first. The only reason I kissed him back was because that was my very first kiss. Did you know that?" Han gaped at her. "Guess you didn't. I also kissed him back because I felt lonely. I felt like no-one wanted me. Especially you. All the other guys look at me like a little sister. You think I didn't notice the glares you gave Rome? You're jealous, Han. Admit it. Although, what you're jealous of, I'll never know." That last sentence made Han snap. He grabbed her by her shoulders and looked at her.
"What isn't there to be jealous of? I'll admit it, OK? I'm jealous. I'm jealous of what you and Rome have. The way he kisses you and holds you and the way you blush every time he does it. I don't have that with you. And I never will." Roxy looked at him with her mouth hanging open. Han closed his eys and sighed. He let go of her and walked away. Roxy snapped out of it and walked after him.
"What do you mean by that?" Han turned around and sat back down on his bed. He looked up at her and ran a hand through his hair.
"I mean that I wanted that. I still do, but sweet baby Jesus, Roxy, you're killing me here. I just don't know what to do anymore." More tears fell down Roxy's face. She nodded slowly. She quickly wiped away her tears.
"I'll leave you alone, then." Roxy turned away and walked away. She got to the door before Han grabbed her hand and pulled her back. She barely had time to register what he was doing before he pressed her back against the door and kissed her. Roxy relaxed against him and her arms slowly made their way to wrap around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss. This was it. This was bliss.
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Roxy woke up the next morning with the sun streaming on her face. She groaned and threw the blanket over her head. Sh heard a deep chuckle and she froze. She slowly sat up and looked over the blanket so that the only thing that was showing was her eyes. She saw Han standing by the balcony with a pair of jeans on but was shirtless. She looked him over and saw how toned his body was and how defined his abs were. She then realised something.
'If he's shirtless... that means we... OH MY GOD!' Roxy face-palmed herself and looked at Han through her fingers.
"Han... we didn't... do anything last night, did we?" Han raised an eyebrow at her but shook his head. Roxy breathed a sigh of relief.
"Aw, thank fuck." She said breathlessly, falling back onto the pillows. She felt Han sitting beside her on the bed. She groaned and threw an arm over her eyes. She then sat up and let out a sigh. "I guess we better get going, huh?" Han nodded.
"Yeah." Roxy groaned again. Han chcukled. "What?"
"My clothes are in my little room. Fuck me, everyone is gonna have the wrong idea when I walk out of here." Han laughed. He walked over to the corner of the room and Roxy watched as he came back and put a bag on the bed. He pointed at it.
"You clothes. I got them for you when I was awake earlier." Roxy grinned.
"Your a fucking life saver, Han... what is your second name? I never actually found that out." Han laughed again.
"Lue."
"Han Lue... I like it. It suits you." Han smiled. He loved the way Roxy said his name. It was way better than the way other women said his name. He walked around and found a t-shirt. He threw it on and walked out of the room to let Roxy get changed but not before kissing her briefly on the lips. He closed the door when he walked out. Roxy grinned and her hand automatically went to her lips. Her grin never slipped as she put on a pair of black ankle boots and a pair of black denim shorts and a dark blue tank top. She walked out and went to get some food.
' I have a feeling that everything is gonna be great.' Roxy thought. Little did she know that she was completely wrong.
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