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Chapter 5

Killian parked outside the restaurant. He had declined Mr. Smee's offer to drive and had opted to drive himself, opening the door for Emma and then closing it as she sat inside the BMW. The restaurant was fifteen minutes away and the drive had been quiet, with Emma peering out of the windows.

Once the hostess directed them towards their table, Killian pulled the chair out for her, and Emma's eyebrows shot up. No one really does that anymore and the last person she had expected this from was the playboy Killian Jones.

She was surprised really. Since the elevator ride, he had been very polite and professional. She wasn't subjected to any of his grins, smirks, or smug faces the entire day, and she would be lying if she didn't miss them.

"Red or white wine, Swan?" Killian asked, looking over the wine menu.

"I'm fine, thank you" Emma replied. She was having a hard time controlling herself when she was completely sober, no way was she drinking with him.

"Why, are you afraid you'll find me even more irresistible after a few libations?" he teased, tilting his head slightly and his tongue peeking out to line his lower lip. And he's back Emma thought. The smug is back.

"No" she smiled, "I'm at work"

"You're with the ultimate boss, Swan. Don't worry, I won't fire you. How would red work?" he asked, ticking his eyebrow.

Emma nodded, looking around the restaurant. She had never been here but it didn't take her to look over the menu to know it was extremely expensive. As Killian was ordering the wine and making small talk with the hostess who was smiling widely at him, Emma took out the papers from her bag and studied the last three pages that were left.

Killian really was worth a lot. And he was handing this Belle French quite a lot of it. She must be really special, Emma thought.

"So, after the cut that is for Belle, the rest of your estate will go to?" Emma asked, when she felt Killian's gaze back at her once the hostess left.

"I'm not sure yet, lass. Liam doesn't want any of it, well most of it is cause of him. Hopefully, I don't die before I figure out or else the government is getting a lot of money from me" Killian joked.

"Killian, if you don't mind, why did Liam resign all of a sudden?" Emma asked, offering a hesitant smile as Liam hadn't told anyone why he suddenly quit. Not even David.

Killian grinned, "My brother is getting married! His girlfriend, Elsa, just delivered the news that she was pregnant but she lives in Ireland and hates all these superficies things and isn't interested in money or anything" he smiled in appreciation, "So my brother resigned and moved to Ireland to be with her and their baby causing me to rise from my slumber"

Emma smiled. No one had any idea that Liam even had a girlfriend, much less that it was so serious. "We never knew he had a girlfriend!"

"Ah, well, my brother is a very private person. Plus, him and Elsa hadn't had the smoothest relationship – they were fighting one day and the next day they were all in love" he looked up at Emma finding her green eyes happy yet sad at the same time.

"Have you ever been in love Emma?" Killian asked, his eyes boring into hers.

Emma blinked a couple of times. A few flashes of a man with a dimpled smile and false promises of a home came into her head, Killian's question reviving old buried and hurtful memories. She didn't want to tell him. Hell, except of David, his wife Mary Margaret, Ruby and Dr. Whale, no one knew the entire story. No one had bothered to know. Emma only ever bothered with one night stands when she wanted to scratch an itch, or at most some of those blind dates Ruby and Mary Margaret put her up to who only had any interested in talking about themselves, and staring down her cleavage.

She didn't want to tell him, she shouldn't tell him. She gulped hard and responded, "No, I have never been in love"

Killian's eyes squinted and his eyebrows furrowed as if he knew she was lying. He formed a pout with his lips as Emma blurt out a "What?" confused by the thoughtful expression on his face.

"You know love, you're quite an open book" he spoke, "You say something but your eyes tell a completely different story"

Emma was about to protest as how dare he? He's known her for a total of two days and all of a sudden she's some open book to him? She glared at him as he stared back at her.

"KILLIAN!" a voice broke both Emma and Killian out of their gaze and they turned towards the door where a petite brunette wearing killer heels was running towards the table. Killian abruptly stood up and gathered her in his arms as she threw herself on him. They stayed like that for a moment before they separated and the brunette finally saw Emma.

"I'm sorry, you must be his new lawyer?" the woman spoke with an accent, Australian? " I'm Belle French, Killian's half sister – we share the same father" she extended a tiny hand which Emma took and shook slightly.

"I'm Emma Swan" Emma said, smiling at her since phew sister not that it mattered to her, mind you. And father? Emma doesn't ever remember Liam talking about his father, and she recalls David telling her that there are no parents in question here.

Killian pulled the chair out for her as well and signaled for the wine to be present for her. Once the orders were given and second servings for wine and bread was taken, Killian finally spoke.

"Well Swan, I'm guessing the paperwork is fine since you haven't said anything about it?" Killian asked.

Emma nodded and before she could speak Belle spoke.

"Killian you honestly don't need to do this!" Belle protested, "Listen, leave your will for your future wife and kids"

"Belle, I'm not arguing with you about this again" Killian stated firmly, and nodded, indicating that the conservation was over.

They all ate while talking about Belle's recent adventures. Emma learned that they had found out that Belle and the Jones brother's were half-siblings just around three yeas ago. The Jones brothers had taken her in and welcomed and treated her as a sister.

Belle was an avid reader like her brother sitting beside her, and she loved to travel. From the hours they spent at the restaurant, finishing their food and drinking what seemed like their fourth cappuccino, Emma had gathered that Belle was a very nice young woman who was so full of hope and love. She was telling them about her recent visit to Prague when her phone rang and she stood up to take her leave.

"It was very nice to meet you Emma!" she spoke, clasping Emma's hand in hers, "I thought all you office people were boring, but I was quite wrong. Please, do meet me again when I'm back here!"

"Of course Belle. It was a pleasure meeting you" Emma responded, squeezing Belle's hand lightly.

"And try to keep my brother out of trouble, huh?" she joked, nudging Killian in his ribs, who let out a "Oi". He pulled Belle into his arms and Emma watched as he sternly told her to "be safe", "call me if you need anything, I mean anything Belle", "don't talk to strangers" and all sorts of warnings. Emma smiled, touched by the genuine care he had for her.

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Once they were back at the office, most of the employees had left but whoever were still there had all automatically turned to see them, David watching them like a hawk. Emma walked to Killian's office with her to explain him all the steps to take now that he had Belle's signature.

"Alright Swan, so you do whatever you told me and then give me back the papers. When shall you be done by?" he asked, taking off his waistcoat and Emma had to bite her lip from not watching the curve of his bicep through his tight shirt.

"Um, by tomorrow lunch I should be done" she assured him.

"Perfect – SHIT" Killian cursed as one of the buttons of his waistcoat got stuck with his cuffs. "A little help, love?"

Emma dropped her bag and walked towards him. She placed her hand on the place where his waistcoat buttons and cuff buttons were stuck and carefully touched it, making sure to not touch his hand or any skin or anything. She lowered her head a bit, till it was near his shoulder and she froze momentarily when she felt his head drop down, his nose just above hers almost touching. She yanked his waistcoat and the button of his cuff flew out, causing Emma to apologize which Killian refuted saying he "needed a new shirt anyways".

He rolled his sleeves up and that's when she noticed it. A heart tattoo with a dagger going through it and the name Milah etched on it. Without thinking she asked him, "Who's Milah on the tattoo?"

Killian froze. His smirk and smile dropping as his entire face fell. He blinked a couple of times and it felt like the moment in the restaurant when Killian had asked Emma if she had ever loved anyone – just the tables were turned right now.

He glanced at his tattoo and looked back at her and responded, his face still very serious and almost sad, "Someone from long ago"

"You lost her didn't you?" Emma blurted out and cursed herself for asking this. He hadn't fired her for the coffee incident but he surely would for asking personal questions. Well, he had started it in the restaurant, she thought and straightened her spine.

"For someone who hasn't been in love, you're quite perceptive aren't you?" he spoke, his eyes boring into hers as his face was emotionless, a hint of sadness in his usually smirking blue eyes.

"Maybe I was…once" Emma replied and once she realized what she had admitted, grabbed her bag and marched out the room, not giving him a chance to say anything back.

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As Emma was sitting in her bedroom at night, watching some tv show, her thoughts wandered to the day's events. She was exposed to two sides of Killian that she wasn't sure existed. He was knows as the good for nothing younger brother of Liam Jones who only cared about his money and the girls he fucked but today she saw him being a caring and slightly protective brother who was also including his half-sister in his will. And she also learned that he had been heartbroken by someone he loved. This Milah, whoever she was had surely broken his heart and the fact that he has a tattoo of her, means he loved her dearly. It terrified Emma that both her and him had been hurt in love, and that since the moment she's met him in Starbucks, she's been thinking about him quite a lot and she suspects he does as well.