Sweet Surrender
Discord Marie
Disclaimer: I own nothing Red Eye related.
A/N: Five months after the terrifying ordeal that took place on the Red Eye, Jackson Rippner decides to check on his girl. Jackson/Lisa
I have to say that I had a lot of wicked fun in this chapter. I find it kind of funny that I always end up updating between midnight and five in the morning and then I go to sleep. That is when I have my best ideas, I guess. Review and let me know what you think…
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Lisa was sitting on the couch just staring at him. Jackson was sitting at the dining room table reading the newspaper. Hearing him grumble about something on the front page she waited expectantly. Jackson would not answer her unasked question; he slammed down the newspapers and turned on the television with his remote.
'…Lisa Reisert a local hotel manager, who you may remember from the incident at the Lux Atlantic Resorts attack.'
'If you have any information about Lisa Reisert, please contact Miami Police. She is believed to have been abducted, by one of the men involved in the Keefe assassination attempt…'
Jackson turned off the television and glared at Lisa. She just innocently smiled back at him and that really pissed him off. He wanted to blame her for the damned news, but he knew he couldn't and she knew he couldn't.
"This is everywhere, the whole city is looking for Lisa. And her father fears that Jack Rippner has taken his defenseless little girl," Jackson said quoting the newspaper that lay discarded on the table. Making sure to put an emphasis on the abbreviated use of his name.
"This isn't my fault," Lisa said defensively, but she couldn't help the smile that told him she found the whole thing amusing.
"Leese, I can protect you from a terrorist organization. But keeping you safe becomes more difficult when the whole state of Florida is also trying to find you," Jackson said rubbing his face with his hands.
The light knock on the door was what set Jackson off. He grabbed his cup of coffee and threw it across the apartment and felt satisfied when he heard the shattering sound. Little bits of black ceramic and black liquid covered the white wall and wooden floor. Jackson's sudden outburst had startled Lisa.
Opening the front door to the apartment Shane timidly walked in and surveyed the room. The younger mans' brown eyes looked over everything and lingered on Lisa a bit longer then Jackson liked. He knew Lisa was beautiful and that men were prone to stare at her, but this was his home and he controlled what happened here.
"Shane, do you have the folder?" Jackson asked fixing the boy with an icy glare.
"Y-yes," Shane replied nervously standing before Jackson.
"Regretfully Lisa, I must get some work done," Jackson said excusing himself to his office. Lisa remained seated on the couch watching as Shane visibly relaxed when Jackson left the room.
"Is he like this often?" Lisa asked. Her question seemed to make him jump.
"You've known him longer then I have," Shane said checking her out. She was very pretty and he didn't blame Jackson for wanting to covet her. "Rippner has only been my manager for about the last month and a half."
"So you are hired to kill people. I didn't see that about you," Lisa said giving Shane a pitying look.
"Isn't that a turn on for a girl like you? Look at Jackson, he is as cold blooded at they come and you're shacking up with him," Shane said eyes lustfully staring at Lisa like she was a piece of meat.
"Shane!" Jackson yelled scaring the boy. "I don't remember inviting you to stay and chat," Jackson said grabbing the terrified young man and led him out into the hallway.
Jackson walked back inside his apartment and slammed the front door a little too hard. His glacial blue eyes found her still sitting there waiting for him. Lisa looked a little shaken by what Shane had said to her. Jackson kneeled down so he was eye level with her.
"Am I sick?" Lisa asked searching his face for the answer. "You tried to kill my father and me, but I'm here in you apartment sleeping in your bed with you."
"Lisa, you and your father nearly killed me. And yet I am going to great lengths to make sure you remain unharmed," Jackson explained. It wasn't a direct answer; Jackson didn't have an answer to her questions.
"Shane seemed so nice until just now," Lisa said frowning.
"Shane is one of the best when it comes to females. He is paid to seduce women, take them to bed, and then kill them," Jackson explained coldly, he would never tire of watching Lisa's reactions to his business.
"I think you were jealous," Lisa said a flirtatious smile playing on her lips.
"You are keeping me from my work," Jackson said walking out of the room. He wouldn't give Lisa the satisfaction of admitting she was right.
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Watching the news broadcast about her disappearance for the third time that day Lisa was bored and turned of the television. She could hear Jackson talking to someone on the phone, but couldn't make out what they were saying. She looked down the hall at his office door that had remained shut for most of the day.
Seeing her father on the news had left her feeling terrible. Joe Reisert was worried sick about her and she was perfectly fine. Sipping on a glass of orange juice, Lisa spotted the home telephone. She knew that Jackson would be annoyed with her if she called her dad, but Lisa couldn't just let her father sit around worrying about her.
'Hello?'
'Daddy, it's Lisa'
'Leese, are you all right? Where are you?'
'I can't tell you where I am. But I am safe.'
'Lisa please,'
'I love you dad. Bye'"Have a nice chat with your father?" Jackson asked leaning on the entryway to the kitchen. "You just can't resist getting into trouble."
"I didn't want my dad to worry," Lisa replied.
"Did you ever consider your father's phone is tapped? There are men trying to kill you Lisa, to sent a message to me, not to mention the police are searching high and low for you," Jackson said his annoyance with her blatant.
"I just didn't want him to worry," Lisa repeated.
"You talked with him fine, but that was it," he told Lisa and waited for her reply.
"I'm sorry, that was the last call," Lisa agreed.
Jackson kept his face a cold unreadable mask as he studied her. Then Jackson decided to walk back to his office and he could hear Lisa's footsteps as she followed. Sitting at his desk typing he tried to ignore her, but she sat on the end of his desk and watched him. Jackson couldn't help but notice Lisa's red skirt riding up. He debated with himself whether he should take advantage of the situation.
"Red looks really good on you Lisa," Jackson said, baiting her.
"You like my skirt," Lisa said happy to receive a compliment.
"I was talking about your lacey panties," Jackson said leaning back in his chair and looking at Lisa. She slid off his desk, showing off even more skin before Lisa straitened her skirt modestly.
"Jackson you aren't as charming at you think you are," Lisa said still feeling embarrassed.
"Yes I am," Jackson replied. Standing up, Jackson walked up to her leaving nothing but their clothes between them. "Sit on the desk," Jackson ordered. Lisa was about to argue and instead he picked her up and placed her on his desk. He looked down at her and leaned in to kiss her, but he stopped. Jackson let his lips hover over Lisa's, she tried to lean in and he pulled back just enough so their lips wouldn't meet, but he remained in her intimate space.
"Jackson," Lisa sighed wanting so badly to be kissed by him.
"No more phone calls. No contacting the outside world. I will take care of you, understand?" Jackson asked, his fingers making slow patterns on her thighs and slowly pushing up the hem of her skirt.
Lisa nodded her head, not able to voice the words. She was pretty sure she would have given him anything he asked at that moment. Jackson knew how to melt down her defenses as his fingers crept higher up her inner thighs and his lips still hovering a breath away.
"I told you Leese, I am very charming," Jackson said sitting back in his chair smiling.
Lisa sat there looking dumbfounded. Grabbing the metal clock off his desk Lisa chucked at his head and smiled when the clock impacted. Then she stomped out of the room muttering a whole series of curses.
Jackson was still smiling, despite the fact that he was now bleeding. He had gotten under her skin and made her desire him. Jackson was pretty sure he would be smiling the rest of the day…
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Thank you to everyone who reads my story!
Special thanks to the people who review! I sit on my computer after I post a chapter just waiting for reviews to come in. it's kind of lame on my part, but I feel so special whenever someone reviews.
Thank you: BregoBeauty, Evegreen702, Andraya TheLat, trinity-matrix-13
hidden-rose15: I'm glad you like my story. I'm not sure what I like more the fighting or the loving moments. I think both are essential, because the characters are fighters.
playnirvana24: woman, I am a female. Discord being the goddess of chaos, making me a dork that loves mythology. Although I thought my really girly writing style made it a given that I am a Fem.
Riddick's Sita: it's crazy how people keep taking an interest in Shane. I thought Valentine Harris was a pretty cool character. I'm not complaining at all, in fact your interest in him drives my interest and so he becomes a much better character.
LolaQ: you are the only reason Shane appeared after his first introduction. I was just going to right him off as some techie working at the building. You hold Shane's life in your hands and I control his actions. LOL. Sadly I couldn't think of anything for Jackson to dream about that was even slightly interesting or if I did then it was too interesting. I'll leave it at that.
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