A/N: In this chapter it's a bit Lime favored but not totally lemon, that's why this story is rated R instead of NC17. And for all you Ami/Zoicite lovers out there I'm thinking about writing a ficcy about them. I'm in desperate need of fresh non-cliche ideas. Please Email me at Bittersweet701@aol.com or write it on the review. Thanx...

Two more weeks flew by and time was narrowing down for Rei. That was no surprise, but the real surprise was hidden beneath her. Through the last two weeks she didn't feel nervous or even care about the bet, well not as much.

She felt her soul had been soothed and loved for the first time in a long time. She felt good just being in his arms. And for once it was because she wanted to. Nothing ever felt this great. But like every high there was a crash. And hers was knowing that she had to use him.

She fully regretted ever picking him because she knew she had grown to care for Jadeite. He was her mistake and yet at the same time he was far from it. No words described him. He was ruthless with his business and shed no mercy in his corporation, but he was gentle and patient with her. He loved to take risks on the wild side yet he protected her as if he lived only for her. His smiles, laughter, cocky grins, stares, sadness all these things was shown to her only. She felt special in his eyes.

It had been two months, the most loving and happiest two months in her whole life. She would trade them for no one and nothing. Was it possible for her to feel to weak around him?

Yes....especially when it's love....

Rei slid slowly off to the side of the bed and fell off with a loud thud. A groan was heard but she kept crawling to the table on the opposite side of her bed.

"I will never let him cook ever again" she mumbled as she made her way to the table.

" 'Oh don't worry Rei. I'm a great cook' Yeah right!" Rei pulled herself up long enough to grab the phone. As soon as she succeeded she fell to the ground again.

"Thank god I'm not already dead. I swear the things that that man does..." Rei drifted off silently as she dialed Usagi's cell phone number.

One ring...two rings...three rings...fou-

"Hello?" Usagi's voiced beamed cheerfully.

"It's Rei. I need you to come over quickly" Rei muttered as laid down in a fetal positions on her plush rug.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, but on your way, if it's not too much trouble could you bring some Tums?"

"Sure thing. I'm coming over now okay, bye"

"Bye" Rei hung up and crawled her way to the bed. About halfway there the front door slammed open and footsteps could be heard running towards her bedroom.

Usagi came in with a brown paper bag in her hand and looked at Rei on the floor.

"Are you sure you're okay Rei?"

"How did you get here so quick?" Rei asked as she made her way to the bed.

"I happened to be in the neighborhood when you called my cell phone. And here" Usagi opened the Tums bottle and handed her two.

"Thanks. I don't know what I'd do without you" Rei murmured as she took the pills the chucked them in her mouth.

"You'd probably wouldn't be in this mess" Usagi whispered quietly, but not quiet enough.

"It's not true! Usagi, it's not your fault. I'm sure my father would've found out sooner or later. It's better sooner than later" Rei assured the blonde as she settled on the bed.

"Thanks Rei" Usagi gave a slight smile although inside she felt horrible.

"Anyways I called you over because I wanted to thank you and ask you something" Rei exhaled deeply as she laid down.

"What is it?" Usagi found a spot on the bed next the Rei.

"Thank you, because of you I met Jadeite. And...I like him. He's the only decent man I've ever met. He's loving and great....."

"But?" Usagi winced.

"But I can't do this to him"

"I see" Both women stayed like that for a moment. Each contemplating in their heads about how to work things out.

"What should I do?" Rei asked.

"Has he asked you yet?" Usagi asked.

"No, even If he did I wouldn't marry him. It would be for all the wrong reasons. I would not marry him just to end up stealing and leaving him" Rei answered softly.

"From the way I see it all. There's no way out. Every turn is a dead end. If you marry Jadeite there would be guilt and remorse. If you don't then you're doomed to be with Frederic. If you run away all of us will get busted"

"Yeah, I'm screwed" Rei sighed painfully.

"If only I could turn back time. I would never have opened my big fat mouth-"

"Don't say that!" Rei sat up and faced her "If you didn't than I would never have met a decent guy. Because of you I met him and he changed me. And I love him!" Rei sobbed.

"Don't cry" Usagi held Rei in her arms and rocked her back and forth...

One week later

Rei looked around and sighed happily. Jadeite and Rei sat on the couch in front of the fire at Jadeite's cottage in the woods. The young couple nestled in each other's loving arms. Rei looked the fire, watching the shadows dancing around the room.

"Jadeite"

"Hmm?"

"I don't know how you managed this, but I'm in love with you Jadeite Wilkins" Rei looked up and met his loving gaze.

"I'm glad" Jadeite held her closer and kissed her forehead.

Rei closed her eyes and leaned into his warm embrace. His scent was of cinnamon mixed with cherry blossoms. Every breath of it she took in made her drowsier than before. Her head rested on his chest, listening to the drumming of his heart beat. She felt his breath tickle her forehead as he gently kissed her while he breathed. She was lost in him. Then she felt his lips tug at both ends and grinned as he kissed her once more and whispered into her ear,

"I love you too, Rizu" Rei flinched when she heard those words. She would die just to hear him say her name just once.

"You're so different from when I first met you" Rei chuckled.

"How so?" he asked.

"I thought you were an annoying pain that wouldn't go away. Each time I turned around you were always there" Rei smiled.

"And I always will. I love you so much" He held her tighter.

"You promise?" Rei looked up at him waiting for an answer.

"I promise" he leaned down kissed her softly upon the lips. Rei shivered on contact and held onto him tighter. She rested her head on his shoulders and closed her eyes once again and sighed.

"Make love to me, Jadeite" Rei whispered into his ear. He turned and looked at her, as if checking to see if she was serious. She was.

"I'd anything for you" Jadeite leaned down and enchanted her with the most loving kiss.....

(This is rated R not NC17 folks. Sorry)

Rei breathed in his scent as she laid in his arms in front of the warm fire that continued to burn brightly. The air around her was calm and serene, the only noise that was heard was the nearby cackling of the fire and their breaths.

Rei rolled slightly away from him and propped herself up on one elbow. Her eyes drifted from his loving ones down to his chest.

"I will die happy" Rei smiled at him.

"I want to feel this way forever Rizu. Now that I've found you I'm never letting go of you" His hand rested on her waist and closed the small gap between them. As their bare skins touched electricity surged through their bodies.

"Jadeite, promise to never let go of me....in your heart" She placed her other hand gently on his cheek. Jadeite leaned into her soft silken touch and closed his eyes.

"I love you too much to do that" He replied. That was all Rei needed to be assured, at least at the moment.

"I don't know what I'd do without you, Jadeite" Rei murmured.

"You'd probably be lost" He smirked while his hand slowly crept away from her waist and to her back.

"I probably would" Rei replied.

"So, never leave me" He whispered into neck as he kissed her.

Rei closed her eyes and let herself sink into the heavenly feeling of his love.

Four days later

"C'mon, you have to help me Usagi!" Rei huffed.

"Listen, I don't see why you can't do it the legal way. Must we do it the illegal way?" Usagi sighed.

"Usagi, what we do for a living is illegal. This is no time to wuss out. I need your help!" Rei grabbed the blonde girl into the Tokyo's National Bank.

"Why, couldn't' you bring Mina instead? Or even Ami. Ami's smart. I'm just a blonde!" Usagi tried to tug herself away from Rei's grasp.

"Truer words were never spoken" Rei muttered.

"What!" Usagi screamed.

"Nothing" Rei murmured "I need you here because you think on your toes. Mina would just come up with a bad lie and Ami can't lie" Rei answered her previous question.

"Rei," Usagi planted her feet in the ground and refused to budge. "Why won't you just marry him and get the money?" Usagi asked. Rei let go of Ami and looked at the ground.

"Because I love him. And I won't marry him just to hurt him. That would hurt him too much. It would be better if he hated me for stealing his money and running off instead of loving him and using him" Rei explained quietly.

"Tell, me again how is this suppose to work?" Usagi whined.

"I won't marry him. I won't Frederic and I won't have you guys in prison because of me. So if I steal his money and give it to my father than all will be settled and no one will get hurt. At least not much" Rei answered.

"I guess it would work. After all he only wants money to aid him in old age. But what about grand children. Doesn't he want them?" she asked. Rei blushed and gave her the look.

"You didn't!" Usagi's eyes widened.

"I had to. But it wasn't entirely for that reason. I just wanted him one last time before he hated me and before he forgot me. I wanted him to be my first because I love him. And that was the only chance I had" Rei bit her lip and closed her eyes, trying desperately to block out the pain that washed over her.

Usagi's eyes soften up at her friends new found love. It wasn't fair! The only decent man she ever met was the one she had to hurt most. If only that stupid father of hers would just leave and never come back! It drove everyone crazy to see Rei like that.

"Okay, c'mon let's go" Usagi nudged Rei's shoulders and headed to a desk.

Usagi and Rei took a seat and smiled at the banker behind the desk.

"Hello how can I help you" the lady smiled and flashed her pearly whites.

"I want to withdraw six million dollars from this Jadeite Wilkins account" Rei replied.

"Do you have the account numbers, id, and his approval?" the lady asked.

"Yes, here's my ID and here's his approval and some other papers" Rei sat back as the lady examined the papers thoroughly.

Rei smiled at ease. At times like these it was good to have a friend like Ami who could forge signatures and produce authentic looking documents from scratch.

"And the account number?" the lady asked.

"The account number is......"

Three days later

Jadeite sat on his couch with a bottle of scotch in his hand. He drunk himself to oblivion ever since that morning in the cottage. When he had woken up he expected Rei to be there. Instead he found a note saying she left and not to search for her. Nothing in the world compared to what his heart felt when he finished reading the note. It was as if it was torn out of his chest and thrown torn into pieces.

That very same day, his secretary called him and informed him that six millions dollars has been withdrawn from his account. He completely ignored that fact and continued sulking and wishing for his Rizu. Despite what she told him, he still went out to search for her. No matter how much his mind told him to forget her, his heart simply would not listen.

His search ended in vain. Her apartment was cleared out days before and nothing was left behind. He tried contacting her friends but they all seemed to have been out of reach or out of town. It also did not help that they were all unlisted in the phone book.

Then the other night his secretary called again, this time saying that it was four days ago that six millions dollars had been withdrawn, and the women who signed the papers was Kimura Rizu.

As soon as he received the news he should've hated Rizu for using him all this time. That everything she said and did meant nothing. And that all she really wanted was his money. But he couldn't. He loved that damn women too much to lay a single scratch on her. Even now while he was drunk he wouldn't. He loved her with all his heart

"Rizu, where have you gone" he whispered hoarsely as he continued to stare at the blank screen of the television.

The father's house

Rei waited in the foyer of her father's house in the countryside. Three months was almost up and the decision she had made was not one that she was happy with. But she couldn't hurt Jadeite anymore than she already had. She remembered how last night she had everything planned. But in the morning her heart dominated her.

It was the day after she collected the six million that she had set up a new Account under her fake name. Ami had provided her with a fake ID and registration. Everything went smoothly, Rei kept the money in the bank for safe keeping. And when the time comes she would give the money to her father.

But last night her heart came into play and she made up her mind on the whole situation. For once she would do the right thing. She called the bank and told them to transfer the six million she had placed in their yesterday to Jadeite Wilkins's account.

Rei sighed as she remembered it all. She knew she couldn't steal from him. She couldn't take his money which he worked so hard for and give it to a scum like her dad.

"The things I do for love..." Rei whispered to herself. Just then her father came in and welcomed her.

"I see you're here. Now let's get down to business. Follow me to my office" He began to walk away, Rei followed.

As soon as they got settled Rei began her view of things about him and Frederic. Than she told him how much she hated him. It continued like that for half an hour until his patience ran out. Then they fell into a heated argument. And hour later Rei finally rolled around and told him what her decision was.

"I see, and may I ask what brought about your change of mind?" Rei's father sat comfortably in his leather couch as he smoke his wooden pipe. Rei sat across from him and glared daggers at the man.

"Simply that I love him to much to use him" Rei replied.

"So, you're willing to marry Frederic because you love Jadeite..." he sighed "How pathetic"

Rei's head snapped up and clenched her fist, "You are the pathetic one. You're willing to use me to get what you want. There is no way I'm going to take his money and give it to you"

"Fine, either way I benefit. You may go now. I'll call Frederic and tell him the news. Tomorrow night we'll all meet up here for dinner and discuss. Then we'll announce the wedding at his grand opening of his new hotel"

"Seems like you have my whole life planned out" Rei's anger flared up again. "Should I at least plan my wedding or are you going to?"

"My dear, I'm not into such nonsense. I could care less" He walked over to his desk as she stood up.

"Tell Frederic his mother can plan it. I will not plan a wedding which I'm forced into" Rei stated and walked out.

Rei drove from her fathers Country house all the way back to Tokyo, it was about an hour drive yet it seemed longer for Rei. The rain mercilessly pounded down from the gray clouds above as if they were condemning her for doing leaving Jadeite.

Rei pulled her car up to a gas station, through all her thinking she completely lost track of time and where she was. She got out of the car and entered the little mini mart and grabbed a bottle of water. She walked around while the gas station guys filled up her car. She looked around and felt a shadow. She looked up and saw the Tokyo Business Tower. It was about 90 stories high and scraped the heavens above on this dreary day. The top of the tower was covered with swirling gray clouds, making the building seem haunted. Somewhere on the top floors was where Jadeite worked.

Rei wondered if it was Destiny that brought her here. Lightning struck and a flash of light blazed through the city, a tremendously fierce roar followed, both, equally nerve racking.

Rei turned back and paid the man. She crawled in her car and searched for a pen and paper, when she found it she tossed it on the passenger seats and drove off toward the buildings parking lot.

As soon as she found a parking space she began to jot a small note to Jadeite. Through all the planning, thinking, crying, worrying, she never told him her real name. And since her wedding to Frederic was to be announced at the grand opening of his new hotel, Jadeite would find out one way or another. It would be best if he found out from her.

As soon as she finished writing she grabbed her jacket and flung it on and ran to the elevator. She stopped at the lobby and searched for the front desk. When she got there they told her to go up to the 89th floor to give it to Jadeite's secretary. Apparently all his mail was to go directly to his secretary. Rei breathed in deeply and headed for the elevator.

The ride up seemed even more prolonged. Her pulse sped up as well as her breathing. She could feel the blood rushing through her veins and she jumped a little when the little bell rang when the door opened. Rei stepped out and began searching around to find Jadeite's secretary. Rei asked around and finally got there. Unfortunately she was on the phone with a very important person, so she stood there waiting.

She looked around and sighed. So this is what his work place is like. She looked at his door with his name engraved on it.

"May I help you ma'am?" Rei looked back to the lady.

"Yeah, could you please give this to Jadeite" Rei handed her the letter.

"May I ask who you are?" the lady took out a pen and paper. "And where he can reach you"

"Um, my name's not very important and he won't be reaching me" Rei replied and quickly walked away before she could be further questioned.