Here is the newest instalment. Things get a bit complicated and an unexpected guest shows up XD.
Hope you enjoy it ;).
CHAPTER 4
Chloe stepped into the adjacent room to where Lucifer was now sitting. The whole thing seemed completely out of place.
She exhales. "I still can't believe this!" She mumbles. "This is Lucifer we're talking about." She looks at him from behind the glass. Lucifer feels her presence and his anger, carefully - but also unstably - bottled down, lessens as he pictures her form. Unfortunately, his break is short-lived as Dan walks in, files in hand and a smirk on his face. "What a douche!" She exclaims, and Lucifer smiles as he heard her slightly louder exclamation.
"I'm so sorry…" Comes a small voice that makes the blond woman jump. She turns towards the intruder. "Had I known Dan would react this way, I would have given the results directly to the Lieutenant." Chloe smiles at Ella. "I had no idea." She repeats. "And I know Lucifer would never do any of this." She finishes.
"It's not your fault, Ella." Chloe touches her friend's shoulder as her eyes briefly drift back to Lucifer and his unreadable expression before she settles back on Ella. "You had no way of knowing Dan would go this far. Neither did I."
Ella doesn't answer but simply hugs Chloe before she exits the room. Chloe is brought back to the moment with Dan's voice in the speaker.
"So, Mr Morningstar." Dan starts, his tone very formal. "Just so you know, this interview will be entirely recorded." " So no weird shit " He adds in his head before he continues. He puts the folder on the table, a bit more forceful than necessary. "Do you know why you're here?"
Lucifer simply looks back at Dan then avert his eyes, silent, a smirk on his handsome face, his eyes directed at Chloe, as he thinks of the dozens of replies he could give Dan.
"This is not helping your case, Lucifer." Dan says.
The Devil laughs. "So it's back to the first-name basis, then." He smiles. "And what case might that be, Detective Douche?" He pauses. "I meant, Dan. Silly me, I always get you two mixed up."
Dan doesn't bite and continues. "You're here because of the murder of Edward Cullmore."
"This is preposterous." He stops and reigns in is his anger. "As they say in all these procedurals on TV, I will not say another word without my lawyer present."
"You know this only makes you look more guilty, right?"
"Dear Dad, you are such a cliché!" He mocks him.
Dan takes a picture out of the file and puts it on the table in front of Lucifer, along with a picture of the body. Lucifer looks at the picture.
"You do know where I come from, right?" He says, unphased by the picture. "If anything, whoever killed this human stain did the world a favour."
Dan smiles as he finally manages to get the Devil where he wants him. "We have the imprint of something that looks a lot like this ring you never take off, and I know you attacked the victim before he ended up dead, at your club, might I add."
"I attacked him?" Lucifer repeats, the fragile lid over his anger now shattered. He stands up and puts his hands on the table, towering over Dan. "I defended my partner from a psychopath!" He takes a breath. "It's funny how this low-life soul went from psychopath to victim in such a short time."
" Finally. There's my opening. " Dan thinks before he burst his window open. "He was a criminal, but laws are there for a reason. What bothers me though is that his body ended up at Lux, a few days after the confrontation, with no witness. All we have, are the words of your bouncer. I heard your staff is pretty devoted to you. What proof do I have that you didn't pay him to lie for you and cover your temper outburst." He pauses. "As you've proven just now, you can be short-fused from time to time, Mr Morningstar."
Lucifer balls his hands and the table creaks a bit by the force of it, the sheer amount of control left in him getting smaller by the second. On the other side of the glass, Chloe badly wants to intervene, but she can't. It was one of the conditions given to her by the Lieutenant if she wanted to be part of this. And Lucifer sure will need her to be there later on. She can't afford to be benched for this one.
"I. DO. NOT. lie, Douche." Lucifer seethes.
"And yet you're unphased by the dead body in front of you. Almost as if you've seen it before."
"I've worked aeons in Hell dealing with this kind of man, doing only Dad knows what to them so they'd pay for what they did while they were alive. So yes, I remain unphased by the sight of a dead body, Douche." He replies, digging his own grave in the process.
"Shut up, Lucifer. Don't give him the satisfaction." Chloe says, hoping he would hear her, but he's way too focused on his own anger to take anything - or anyone - else into account.
"Right, because you're the Devil." Dan mocks him, enjoying himself more than he should in this situation. "Or is it another one of your lies? Maybe you're too scared to admit the truth and face the consequences so you hide behind this persona you created."
"I AM the bloody Devil, Daniel." He answers. "And I have seen way more mutilated bodies than you can begin to fathom. So yes, I am unphased. And his death is a blessing for all the rest of the living souls on Earth."
Chloe puts her fist on the glass, powerless. "Please, someone do something." She says, this close to going in the room herself to tell Dan to back off.
As if her request had been answered, the door opens and a very confident woman walks in.
"Mr Morningstar." She starts. "Do not say another word." She finishes, her tone leaving no room for any argument. She turns to Dan. "Hello, Detective. I'm Charlotte Richards, Mr Morningstar's lawyer." Dan cringes as he realises the reputation that precedes the counsellor who walked in. "And we're leaving."
Dan straightens up trying to look as impressive as he can. "Not a chance. I can hold him up to twenty-four hours, and we've only begun. I still have about" He checks his watch. "Twenty-two hours and I intend to make the most of it."
"This is a waste of your precious time, Detective… Espinoza, isn't it?"
"Yes. And it wasn't before you walked in."
"Well now I'm here, so you'll get nothing more out of my client anymore." She replies.
Lucifer calms down but still remains on the verge of explosion. The three of them look at each other, trying to guess who was going to shoot first. A knock on the door breaks the tension. They all turn to the uniform who walks in, paper in hand. Dan takes it and nods. Then he slides the paper in front of Lucifer.
"I'll have your ring, now, Mr Morningstar." Charlotte looks at the paper. "This is a warrant to consider your ring as a crucial part of this case. Miss Lopez needs to analyse it. If you have nothing to hide as you claim, then you won't mind surrendering your ring, I take it."
"Not a chance, Douche." He replies. "I'd rather kiss Michael's ass than part from this ring." He finishes.
"Detective," Charlotte says before Lucifer can continue. "can I have a moment with my client. Alone?"
"Sure." Dan says as he exits the room and turns off the recording as process demands.
Once Dan is out of the room, Charlotte turns to Lucifer.
"What is the issue? It's just a ring." She starts.
"This is not " just a ring ", Miss Richards." He answers. "I've had it for as long as I can remember and it is the only thing I took from my home. I will not take it off and hand it over like a simple piece of metal so they damage it or worse, no matter how many warrants you show me." His statement is clearly final.
"Lucifer…"
"You're my lawyer." He says, dismissive. "Find a solution. I'm being wrongfully accused here. I don't see why I should cooperate."
"Alright." She says as she grabs the warrant to check if there are any loopholes to be found. She very well knows Lucifer won't change his mind. She puts the paperback on the table as Dan opens the door once more, more aggressive than before.
"So, Counselor, have you talked some sense into your client?"
She smiles. "The warrant states you need an imprint and a sample of my client's ring."
"Yes."
"Both of these can be obtained without him surrendering his belonging. One of your techs can come here, gather the sample and the imprint and leave."
Lucifer smirks as Dan opens his mouth, only to close it again, beaten. "I knew there was a reason I pay you very handsomely, Miss Richards." He says.
"I'll get our forensic specialist." He replies, leaving the room to look for Ella.
On the other side, Chloe finally relaxes a bit as she sees a shift in the wind. A few minutes later, Ella comes in, looking at her feet awkwardly, avoiding Lucifer's eyes at all costs.
"Hello, Miss Lopez." The Devil starts.
"Hey."
Lucifer smiles at her and Ella feels the tension lessen. "I know you're only doing your job, and there's no one else in this department I would trust more for this."
"Thanks, Lucifer." Ella replies, visibly better, as she starts to take the mould of the ring, as well as some dust from the ring where it couldn't be visible. She bags everything and turns to Dan. "I should be able to test all this today and send the results over." She turns to Lucifer. "Hopefully you'll be cleared for good after this." She pauses. "Not that I had any doubts, to begin with, I mean I know you and all, but I had to explore all possible options and…"
"Thank you, Miss Lopez." He simply says to stop her rambling. "Now see Douche, it wasn't so hard now was it?"
"Piss off!" Dan says as he leaves the room straight after Ella.
Before Ella reaches her lab, she's grabbed and pulled in the adjacent room. She squeals as she falls face to face with Chloe.
"Hey, Chloe." She relaxes. "I didn't know you were still on the other side."
"Do you think you could keep me in the loop with your findings?" She looks away. "I know the Lieutenant only allowed me there as a professional courtesy, but…"
"Of course, I'll keep you posted as soon as the results are done." She pauses. "Next time I'll wait before opening my mouth."
"It's not your fault." She replies. "I'm glad I was there before Dan got to Lucifer…" She looks at the Devil once more. "I mean, I have no idea why he's such a prick about all this. I get he doesn't like him, but we're talking about Lucifer here…"
Ella's eyes shoot open. "Did you just say you were with him before Dan arrested him?"
Chloe realises her lapsus and tries to stir the conversation elsewhere. "Didn't you say you had some tests to run?"
"Not happening, Chloe. You're not deflecting this one." She says. "How come you were at Lucifer's place when Dan arrested him." She pauses. "And you stayed behind yesterday as well." Then it fully hits her. "Holly Molly, Chloe, did you spend the night at his place?"
" There goes being discreet about all this. " She thinks. " Not like you told Dan either. " She adds in her mind. In the end, she chooses a neutral answer instead. "Maybe."
"Don't take me for a fool." Ella replies. "Tribe member, remember."
"Yes, I spent the night there, alright?" She says, unable to hide her smile.
"OMG! You guys totally did it, didn't you?" She states. "How was it? Was it as good as the others say?"
"I'm not saying another word without my lawyer present." She jokes.
"So that good then?"
"Don't you have some work to do?"
She groans. "Yes, but this conversation isn't over!" She smiles at Chloe before she exits.
"Bye Ella."
"You know the interrogation is over and Dan probably won't be back for a while. Just saying. I won't tell if you don't." She winks at Chloe and closes the door.
"Bye Ella." She repeats before she winks back at the small brunette and crosses the door between the two rooms.
Lucifer's face lights up as he sees her. Chloe first checks the CCTV to make sure it's off then she walks over to him. "Hey. How are you feeling?"
"Grand now that I know Miss Lopez is going to prove I'm innocent."
"I know." She says.
"I have to say, for a detective, I thought you'd be better at keeping things on the low." He teases her.
"Right, devilish hearing." She chuckles. "So you heard us." He smiles. "In my defence, she invoked the tribe argument. There's nothing I can do against this one." She takes a step closer. "So Charlotte Richards is your lawyer then."
"She is."
"She's good."
"Why did you think I hired her?"
Chloe takes another step towards Lucifer, unable to resist. Dan interrupts them before she can touch him.
"I thought the Lieutenant asked you to stay out of the case." Dan says without preamble.
She rolls her eyes. "You know the interrogation is over."
"What do you want?" Lucifer completes.
"I'm here to release you." His mask drops, his anger now clear on his face. "Your counsellor spoke to the judge and he agreed to let you out on bail. Apparently, you aren't at risk of fleeing the country." He holds out his hand. "I'm going to need your ID until all this is finished and of course, you need to remain reachable at any time."
Lucifer hands him his ID. "I guess I'll just have to get another one done then. I wonder if I'll keep my name." He stands up and walks by Dan to hand him his cuffs. He turns to Chloe. "Meet you at Lux later?"
"I'll call you." Chloe simply says.
Then they both leave the room, leaving Dan with a pair of handcuffs and a fake ID.
The rest of the afternoon went relatively well for both of them. Lucifer took this time to go over some late paperwork for Lux, while Chloe reviewed her on-going cases. Around four, she was just about ready to leave when she got a notification from Ella. She walks towards her lab. She enters after a short knock.
"Hey, you said you had something for me?"
"Yeah, I do." She replies. "I'm done with the analysis." Chloe, although sure Lucifer had nothing to do with it still tenses up a bit. "I can confirm with 100 % accuracy that Lucifer had nothing to do with the murder." She turns the TV on. "See this picture, that's the imprint I took of the body and this one is from his ring."
Chloe looks puzzled. They're the same."
"Not exactly." She zooms in. "See this indent here." She shows the small default on the ring. "It's on Lucifer's ring, but not on the one I took from the body." Chloe nods. "And the metal I scraped from the ring is completely different from all traces left on the body, which are mostly stainless steel. Also, the alloy is unknown in the database."
"Thank you, Ella."
"You're welcome." She smiles. "I just wanted to give you the good news before I told the Lieutenant."
"I'll let Lucifer know."
"Are you okay?" Ella asks, surprised Chloe wouldn't be more happy about the news.
"Yeah." She replies. "It just… It seems someone went to great lengths to set this all up." She admits.
"Let me know if you need anything." She says. "When are you meeting him."
"Later I think." She pauses. "I need to drop Miss Alien for Trixie at her dance studio. She forgot her at home when Dan picked her up for the week this morning."
"Good thing the dance studio is near Lux, right?"
"Happy coincidence." Chloe says.
"Enjoy Girlfriend." Ella says as Chloe heads out.
A FEW HOURS LATER - LUX
Chloe reaches Lux around six and uses the back entrance through the parking lot to get to his elevator. She types in the code and steps in. Even before the doors open, she can hear the melancholic tune that greets her as she arrives. She stops before Lucifer notices her, not wanting to disturb him. The Devil is wrapped in his world, music sheet on top of the piano, a half-full glass of old rum at the side and a lit cigarette on the other. His shirt has the two top buttons undone and sleeves rolled up to his elbows, hair untangled from the frustration of not finding the perfect arrangement. He tries a new melody and smiles as he finally gets where he wants. He quickly scribbles the black and white notes on the paper.
Chloe puts her handbag on the bar, the tiny sound of metal against the glass breaking Lucifer's trance. He jerks his head towards the noise in surprise, a smile soon gracing his features as he sees Chloe.
"Detective!" He says as he stands up to greet her. "I thought you said you'd call. I wasn't expecting you so soon. Not that I'm complaining, but my appearance is a bit… well, not as perfect as usual." He finishes.
"I thought I'd surprise you." She takes off her jacket. "Besides, the homeless magician look suits you." Lucifer walks towards her. "What you were playing was beautiful."
Lucifer kisses her deeply, just like he wanted to do back at the precinct. "You never need a reason to drop by, Detective." He says as he lets go of her lips, but not of her hips.
"Chloe." She corrects him, smiling.
"Old habits die hard." He replies. He kisses her again as he did moments ago. "You never need a reason to drop by, Chloe ."
"Thank you, Lucifer." She replies and kisses him again.
Without surprise, it soon becomes less and less gentle, as a now common heat pools in Chloe's lower region, the lower Lucifer goes. Chloe gathers the last of her resolves before they vanish. She clears her throat.
"Lucifer, wait." He barely stops for a second. "There's something we need to discuss first."
He pouts slightly and lifts his lips just an inch away from her skin. "I'm sure it can wait a few hours." He replies, lips back on her pulse.
Chloe almost gives in. "It concerns your arrest." She says in-between breaths.
He stops all ears to what she has to say. Chloe needs a few seconds to get her brain out of the lust-induced fog, especially when his fingers still touch her skin. He stirs her towards the couch, grabbing his glass on the way. She starts as they sit down.
"First of all, Ella cleared you entirely. The mould and the metal don't match what she took off the body."
"But…"
"But…" She hesitates, knowing that once Lucifer knows about the ring, there will be no going back. "The design of the mould and the one taken off the dead man were almost identical, except for one small indent here." She says as she shows him the picture Ella sent over earlier.
"This tiny nip happened during the time I tried to figure out why I suddenly bled. Maze used one of her daggers on me and ripped as I countered her hit, taking a tiny chunk of the stone with it."
"This confirms what I thought." Chloe says, more to herself. "Someone is trying to frame you." She takes his hand. "It has to be someone with enough knowledge about you. Have you ever lost it, or given it to someone in the past?"
"I haven't taken it off ever since I changed the stone in Hell." His smile fades for a minute as he takes in the meaning of what Chloe implied. Soon enough there are far more interesting ways to spend their time. It's not like any of it was going to change overnight anyway. "But we can worry about this later."
He pulls her towards him by her shirt and she ends up straddling his lap. His focus suddenly changes and he looks outside at his balcony. "I'll be right back."
Chloe, surprised, follows soon after, curious as to what caused this shift in her lover's mood. She can hear a second muffled voice through the glass, but before she can investigate any further, she sees a black mass crash through the bay window until a glass case breaks his fall and shatters. Lucifer rushes and picks up Amenadiel from the floor, only to crush him into the wall, his forearm pressed against the dark-skinned angel's neck.
"You owe me a new glass case, Brother." He casually says. "I just had this one installed." He adds, before his uppercut lands with a crack. "But first, you're going to tell me why you tried to frame me. Did you think a human cell would hold me? Or was it just another failed attempt of yours to get me back to Hell?" His true form slips through as he completely forgets about Chloe's presence, too taken by his rage towards his brother. "In case I haven't made myself clear enough before, I. AM. NOT. GOING. BACK. NEVER!" He finishes, punctuating each of his last words with a punch.
He catches sight of Chloe at the corner of his eye, and stops his movements as his senses return, still to shift back to his human form just yet. He averts his eyes, ashamed Chloe saw him like this, and tries to get the situation back under control. He concentrates on Chloe's hand on his arm to stay grounded. As he's about to shift back, Amenedial seizes his chance to get the upper hand and throws Lucifer to crash into the marble stairs leading to his bedroom. Chloe's closeness creates a wave of pain in his spine, making it hard for him to stand up. He uses the wall for support, and can't help the groan of pain as he finally stands on his feet. Amenadiel moves to strike again, but Chloe steps between them, helping Lucifer up.
"Enough! Both of you!" She says, as if she were scolding two kids - admitted with superhuman strength and related to God - but two kids nonetheless.
"How dare you talk to me this way, Human!" Amenadiel says.
Lucifer moves to punch his brother again and groans as the pain travel up his back. "Lucifer, I said enough!" Chloe repeats, louder. He scoffs and is about to say something. She stops him before he can voice his reply. "Don't you dare say I'm on his side after everything I've done for you today!" She warns him. Lucifer closes his mouth.
Amenadiel looks at Chloe, surprised. "Who are you, Human?" He asks. "If anyone had dared to talk to him this, included that demoness of his, they'd be dead by now." He finishes, slightly impressed.
But Lucifer, as stubborn as he is, refuses to let this go. He takes another painful step but Chloe takes a hold of his arm. He looks at her and she gives him the exact same stern look she gave Trixie the last time she refused to eat her vegetables. Lucifer pouts, just like her daughter did. She smiles.
"He started it!" He says, out of arguments.
Chloe rolls her eyes. "Seriously? How old are you?"
"He's the one who framed me for the murder of the Cullmore chap!"
"What are you talking about Lucifer? I did not such thing."
"Like I believe you." When Amenadiel says nothing, he speaks again. "If it wasn't you, then why are you here?"
Chloe looks at Lucifer. "You didn't ask him before you punched him?" She shakes her head.
"He's always trouble." Lucifer simply says. "We were going to get there anyway. I simply skipped the boring part."
"It's just like you, Brother. Act first and think later, no matter the consequences. All you care about is yourself as usual."
"I'll show you consequences…" Lucifer says, anger rising again.
"Calm down Lucifer." Chloe says. "Why don't you two try and talk this through before you break half of the penthouse?" When none of them moves, she takes Lucifer's sleeve, or what's left of it. "Why don't you sit down?" She looks at Amenadiel. "You too. Amenadiel, is it?" To her surprise, they comply rather easily. She crosses her arm on her chest as she stands in front of them. Lucifer smirks. "What?" She asks.
"You know you look very sexy when you're mad. And in this position, it really brings out your…"
"Don't finish that sentence, and stop trying to distract me! It won't work." She says, even as she blushes.
"You sure of that?" He replies a cocky smile on.
"Just…" She doesn't finish her sentence but uncrosses her arms. Lucifer smirks and Chloe looks away to avoid any further thoughts on how she could remove the smirk off his face. "What's the problem?"
"I told you. The feathery asshole next to me framed me for the murder of the psychopath in a new attempt to get me back to Hell."
"I'm not responsible for any of this, Luci."
"Right!" He scoffs. "Just like you weren't involved in the whole Malcolm ordeal, or the dead preacher."
"You antagonize everyone, what can I say."
"I might have shown him my Devil face to punish him for his lies, but I'm not the one who pulled the trigger that killed him, because he thought it would please me."
"You get the reputation you deserve." Amenadiel replies, fully aware which buttons to push to get him all riled up again.
"I'm not the one who brought him back from the dead to do your dirty work." He says. "And I never deserved this reputation." His fists collide with the already broken coffee table. "This is unjust. Why should I be blamed for all their depravities, supposedly committed in my name!" He adds, eyes red.
Chloe locks her eyes with his, the other celestial completely forgotten, her attention fully on Lucifer. She knew exactly what Amenadiel was trying to do. Lucifer slightly relaxes, but instead of settling back on the couch, he walks towards his bar. Chloe follows him, her hand goes behind his back to settle on his hip. Lucifer leans into the touch unconsciously. She turns her eyes back to Amenadiel, decided to shed some light on all this.
"Why do you say you had nothing to do with the arrest?" Lucifer looks at Chloe, surprised. "After all, you brought a rotten cop back to life just to spite Lucifer." She adds, as Malcolm's miraculous recovery is finally explained. "Do you know you almost got a child - my child - killed because of this?" She adds, angry as she remembers that Trixie could have died because of him. "Sounds pretty selfish to me."
Lucifer smiles. "And he is the only one on Earth to know about the design of my ring, minus the notch."
"Everyone knows about your ring." Amenadiel replies. "Need I remind you forged it in the Silver City - just like each of us - and foolishly replaced the beautiful white stone you had by this black rock." He defends himself.
"And yet none of them are here on Earth, are they?"
"Any of our siblings could have gotten this human killed. You know how easy humans are to manipulate."
Lucifer doesn't reply, as he understands his brother has a point. "It doesn't make you innocent though."
"Lucifer," Amenadiel says. "Don't you get what this means?" He smiles.
"Of course I do." He replies. "If - and that's a big if - you're not the one behind this, it means someone else has deemed you so useless that he's decided to take on your task." He smirks.
Amenadiel laughs. "And you have no deal with whoever took over." He stands up. "Which means he can take you back whenever - forcibly if necessary. You're so screwed, Brother." Lucifer lets him leave. "If anything, I'm glad I don't have to worry about this anymore." Then he flies off.
"You okay?" Chloe asks after Amenadiel left.
"Of course I am, Darling." He replies, but Chloe doesn't buy it.
"What did he mean when he said you didn't have a deal with whoever wants to send you back to Hell?"
"Until I finally decided to stay on Earth for good, Amenadiel always found a way to get me back to Hell. During my last visit, he was so desperate for my help he accepted to strike a deal with me for a favour to be named later. As it turns out, I decided to cash in early and forced him to not take me back unless I asked him to do so."
"And he's never broken his word?"
"Up until this day, no. If you believe what he said."
"Could it be another ruse from him?"
He smiles at her. "I love the way you think." He says. "But for once, I tend to believe he is innocent. He seemed genuinely surprised when the subject popped up."
"Than what are you going to do?"
"I'm not sure yet." He replies, the tension of the last minute still lingering in the air. He brings her closer to him and comes close to her ear. "Thank you." He simply says.
"You're welcome." She replies, her hands settling on his lower back as she hugs him.
The embrace lungers until he lets go of her.
"What do you say we worry about all this in the morning?" He follows the column of her throat.
She doesn't reply, but kisses him instead. Soon they're back to their previous position before the interruption, the tension melting away, replaced their desire. Within minutes Chloe finds herself pressed against Lucifer's chest, as she slowly comes down from her orgasm. She opens her eyes and wonders what happened to her and how the Devil out of all people managed to take so much place in her life in so little time. She softly chuckles.
"What is it?" He asks. "That's not usually the reaction I get." He jokes
"Nothing." She replies. "I was wondering what it is about you that affect me so much. But I see I'm not the only affected here."
"I have lived aeons, Darling." He kisses her deeply. "And yet I have never met anyone like you. You make everything so different, and not just because you make me mortal." He pauses. "Although I still need to figure this one out." He adds too low for Chloe to hear, although fully aware of what the difference was, but not yet ready to admit it.
"What?"
"Nothing." He says, in turn, his fingers travel down her torso to reach her centre. "I see you're ready for round two."
She separates herself from him, finally sure of her legs, and heads for his bed. She looks back at him - as innocently as she can - given her state. "Possibly." A mischievous smile settles on her face. "But are you? Maybe your mortality affects you more than you think." She teases him.
"You're going to regret questioning my talents under the sheets, Miss Decker."
"Show, don't tell." She starts.
Before she has the time to finish her thought she finds herself pressed on the mattress, Lucifer towers over her, his fingers playfully tease her entrance, while his thumb lands on her clit. Chloe throws her head back as she feels the pleasure course through her veins.
It takes a few seconds for her to register his absence, then she hears the ringtone.
"For Dad's sake." Lucifer groans. He lifts himself up and looks for his phone. "I knew I shouldn't have bought one!" He walks back to the bed.
She looks at him, puzzled. Even she wasn't sure if she would have picked up, given the current situation.
"What is it Maze?" He dryly says.
" Time for revenge " Chloe thinks before she crawls over the where Lucifer sits.
She slips her hand along his toned stomach and draws a slow, languid pattern. Despite Lucifer's focus on the conversation, his body still reacts to her touch and his hard-on twitches. Chloe intensifies her sweet torture and reaches for his cock. Lucifer lets out a moan as he feels her fingers wrap around him and start to move. This doesn't go unnoticed by Maze. Chloe hears her loud laugh through the phone but not the rest of the conversation. She almost stops as she realises Maze knows what's happening, but the way his body reacts to her convinces her otherwise.
"What do you think, Maze. Of course, you're interrupting."
"..."
"What did you want? Did you only call to be annoying, or was there a reason?"
"..."
"What do you mean?"
"..."
"Hold on." He says. "I'm putting you on speaker." Chloe stops and sits beside him, her hand rests on his thigh. "Can you start from the beginning again?"
"This dead guy who ended up dead at Lux who you asked me to investigate, well he has some shady connections."
"No kidding." Chloe says. "He eluded us for months while on a killing spree."
"No surprise there." Maze said. "I found almost nothing that could be traced back to you, me or Lux"
"Ella cleared me today." He sighs. "I told you to only call me if it was urgent, which is why I stopped a very lovely time to answer you." He grabs the phone to hang up.
"Wait." Maze says. "Let me continue, I'm getting to it." He puts the phone back down. "I found one element that could be traced back to you."
"I thought you said there wasn't any."
"I said almost." She replies. "A few days before he stabbed you in the alley near the club, he showed up at Lux to meet up with someone. A few days later he stopped by a pawn shop to pick up a package, which he dropped later in a park. Although I don't know who picked it up after this"
"And this concerns me how, exactly?"
"The package he dropped an onyx on top of it. Someone's clearing up loose ends."
"How is that even possible?" He says, as what Maze implied sinks in.
"Maze, how did you get that information exactly?"
"Given the right leverage, everyone talks." She states.
"Then what, Maze?" Lucifer asks, impatient.
"Now this jeweller is dead. It's a long shot but if anyone links him to you, it could be a problem."
"Did you…?" Chloe asks.
"If I had, he wouldn't have been found. And given the scene, someone made sure he would be found." She answers. "You're lucky I found him first." His phone beeps. "Check your phone, I took what was in the front pocket of his shirt."
Lucifer opens the picture she just sent. It's a small receipt with the following text "Ring - Lucifer Morningstar."
"Keep it for now." He says. "I'll call you back in a few minutes."
As soon as he hangs up, Chloe looks at him. "You can't possibly think about keeping the receipt? It's evidence."
"It's a fake receipt placed there with the sole purpose of framing me for this murder."
"Even then, you can't keep it."
"This piece of paper isn't important." He replies. "What I'm curious about is how this man got all of this information on me." He walks out of the bedroom. "Whoever he is, clearly has extensive knowledge of my life."
"Do you think he or she could be celestial?"
"I'm starting to think there's no other possibility." He grabs the left-over glass on his bar and finishes it. "What I don't get though is why would one of my siblings go to such lengths to frame me. They wouldn't gain anything from it. It doesn't make any sense."
"Lucifer, you know I need to call the body in."
"But.."
"Trust me, if I don't, it's going to be worse." She gathers her clothes. "As for the paper, I'll find a way to convince whoever works the case it's a fake one."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. It won't take long for the LAPD to link this body to Cullmore and then to the on-going case. The sooner you come forward with it, the better. Ella already proved the negative on his neck wasn't your ring, and from what she told me, the Lieutenant seems convinced it was a frame job."
"Very well." He agrees. "I know Maze made sure not to be seen so she won't be linked in any way." He looks at her. "However, it's very easy for her to make the body and the paper disappear."
"Lucifer, I will not tamper with evidence. It always comes back to bite you in the ass. Ask Dan."
"Fine." He says. "Let's check the place out before you call this out."
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER - JEWELRY SHOP
Chloe parks near the shop and they both enter the dirty shop. Lucifer stiffens as soon as he enters the place, the Devil in him now fully awake. He growls and takes a deep breath trying to prevent his body from turning. Chloe feels the atmosphere become heavy.
"You okay?" He doesn't answer. "Lucifer, what is it?"
"Nothing." He replies.
"I thought you never lied."
"I'm not sure what's going on." He amends. "There's a presence here, but it's not one of my siblings." He breathes again, all of his senses focused over her shoulder towards the backroom. "It's someone from below."
"You mean Hell?"
He steps in front of Chloe and looks towards the back of the shop. "Lilith." He whispers.
Before Chloe can say anything else, a sexy woman opens a red velvet curtain and comes out of the shadow. "Hello, Lucifer." She says in a sultry voice. He freezes as the dark-haired woman walks towards him.
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