DPOV

The next few days were anything but calm.

All of Abe's bodyguards were on edge because someone was trying to kill him.

Rose made a comment about everyone wanting to kill him and earned a slap across the face.

I had to fight the urge to not react whenever Rose was hit. Each time she was though, I had to remind my self I was undercover. Jesse made it a point in reminding me that closing the case was more important because putting Abe Mazur in jail would be saving a hundred lives and saving the majority was more important than the one.

I'd become attached to Rose now.

It was hard to admit. Christian said he knew it was coming all along because he was just as attached to Lissa. I'd denied it. It wouldn't be right dating a girl who was under the legal age limit. Especially since I was a cop.

It was hard to deny though.

On the rare days when Abe was out of town and we were off duty, we'd spent a lot of time together. She made me laugh and smile which was something I apparently never did according to Christian.

She held her head up more often and was actually not the shy person I thought she'd be. She was talk-a-tive but in a good way.

I liked her. It's true but nothing could ever come of it. I just had to keep telling that to my self until the case was over and Rose was safe. I was her caseworker and that was it.

At least that's what I kept telling my self.

RPOV

It's been six weeks since I came back home and things were pretty okay so long as Dimitri was here.

Abe wasn't any different. In fact he was more paranoid than before with someone out to kill him. My mother was in her room all the time or at my father's side when he traveled to deal with international deals in person.

I had Dimitri though.

He tried to keep any one from trying to hurt me without blowing his cover but it didn't always work. When it didn't work, I could see more and more anger building up in those big beautiful brown eyes.

If this case didn't end soon I think Dimitri was going to break.

I was grateful though when Abe announced he had to go to Russia with Eric Dragomir and Victor to follow a lead on the person trying to kill him.

It meant Dimitri and I could be alone like we had a lot lately.

We had fun when we were together.

He took me to places in the city that I had never been in before which was pretty much everywhere.

We went to nice restaurants, street fairs and carnivals, and to museums.

With Dimitri felt safe.

"You have a crush on him," Lissa said. We were in the F.B.I building helping Christian, Dimitri, and the always pleasant Jesse with some background on our families.

Lissa was reluctant about helping them at first but she changed her mind with a little persuasion form Christian.

"No I don't," I lied. "Speaking of crushes, I thought you were dating Adrian."

"I am," she mumbled, filing her already manicured nails.

"Then why are you flirting with Christian."

"I'm not!"

"Please don't lie Liss. It hurts." I feigned actually pain. "Every time we're here, you go out of your way to impress Christian."

"I do not!" She hissed. We had to keep our voices low with the three of them on the other side of the room having a private convo of their own.

"Yeah right! Last week, you "dropped" your handbag and bent down right in front of him to pick it up."

She punched me in the arm playfully. "I did not!"

"Yes you did! You had a mini skirt, a tube top and everything. All you needed was pole! Could you have been more obvious and sluttier?"

She covered her face blushing and we laughed.

"Okay I like him," she said when we sobered. "He's nice and sweet and reeaaallly cute. Adrian is just…Adrian. I only went out with him in the first place to please my father. What's really scary as that we've been dating for so long I think daddy expects me to marry him!"

Suddenly this wasn't so funny.

Adrian was the son of another crime family close to Lissa's family. Marry him would only put her more in danger."

"What? Lissa you cant."

"I know I know. This case doesn't look like its anywhere near closed and our fathers aren't any closer to going to jail." She sighed. I could tell she was scared. "Look, I agreed to help but I feel guilt turning against my family and unless they wrap up this case in the next few weeks, I'm going to have to go back to my family. But we have nothing to worry about," she rushed on. "I'm not even sure about the marriage thing. We'll just have to wait until they get back."

I hated waiting.

"We've inputted all of the evidence into the computer and now we just have to wait until they come back in a week," Christian said coming toward us.

"Coolness. What do we do until then?" she asked, her flirty voice coming on. Christian muttered and said something like, " I'll think of something."

Jesse rolled his eyes.

"You two go screw each other and you two," he pointed to Dimitri and me," can go do the same thing. I'm going home for the weekend."

With that said he left.

Lissa and Christian went off laughing and giggling.

And then it was just Dimitri and I.

"So, what do you want to do? We have a whole week to our selves."

He smiled only slightly while putting folders away in his business bag.

"We can do anything. We'll go wherever you want to," he said. "Tonight the city is yours."

I smiled.

I had a few ideas.