Eden Cooper
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As sharp and commanding his tone was, she couldn't help but feel that it had an effect on her, and it made her stomach churn. She felt the type of feeling that she had never felt before; her cheeks got all heated up.
She didn't know why she was feeling that way and why he was having so much effect on her. He was turning her on just by his words and she was getting insane by all of it. Her body was yearning for him, and just by looking at his face, her body was getting all melted up. She didn't realize how much his words were affecting her until he touched her face.
He looked at her with so much yearning in his eyes. She was never one to give in to any man or just let a man take control over her feelings just like that, but she couldn't ignore the fact that he was different and he was making her feel something; maybe it was something that she yearned for and didn't realize it until now.
"I didn't think of you much as a stalker", she said. He just looked at her; she couldn't ignore the feelings she had whenever their eyes met. It was something that she hadn't imagined ever feeling in such a long time. It was as if her heart was dead to any emotions, but then, again it was the matter of the heart.
"I didn't know I was much of a stalker until I met you", he said. He put loose strands of her hair back, and her cheeks immediately went full red. She wasn't the type to blush. Especially when being a cop didn't really mean she would have much romance in her life, and over the years, she had given up on anything called love in her life.
"Why do you keep doing this?", she asked. He was confused and didn't know what she was implying at first. He thought that she must be speaking in parables or something.
"What am I doing Eden?", he asked. She heaved a big sigh before replying to him, unsure of her question and didn't really know how she was going to put it. She wasn't the type who got involved in any lovey-dovey shits, but lately, her heart couldn't take it anymore. She didn't know whether it was love or something else, but it was certain that whatever she was feeling definitely made her yearn for him.
"You're always around me; I feel like you're following me everywhere and know my every move. What is it that you have to follow me everywhere?", she asked him. He wasn't really the type of person who was into small talk or anything, but he knew that in this case he just had to tell her to make sure that she wouldn't have to worry or doubt him anymore.
" I…I have to be around you. have to protect you. I have to follow you around to make sure that you're being protected because you don't know what Is out there. You don't know what you are and why they are after you", he said. She got taken aback by that statement and didn't understand what he meant by "they".
She didn't understand what he meant by that "they". He wanted to know who was after her and why they were after her. She was beginning to feel a little scared not because of the people after her but because of Lowell. He was always protecting her, always there for her, watching her every move and trying to make sure that she's fine and protected, but he was getting hurt in the process, and she couldn't stand it. She didn't want anyone to go through any sort of pain because of her, but this case was different because she didn't even know what was the cause of the pain and how she got involved.
"Who are the 'they'?", she asked. He kept quiet for a while; she felt as if he didn't want to tell her. She didn't like being kept in the dark and would appreciate if he let her know what was going on, especially with the fact that it involved her in it
"Just tell me what's going on; I want to know. I don't want to be kept in the dark like this; I hate it. I don't like this, so let me know", she told him. He heaved a big sigh. He felt that it was right that she knew what was going on so that at least, she would stop bothering him and he could finally let everything out of his chest.
"They're after you. They want to take your life" he told her. She didn't understand why they wanted to take her life. She didn't think she had wronged anyone, so why would they be after her life?.
"They want to kill you because of me", he said to her. The story still wasn't making sense, and she still didn't know why they wanted to kill her because of him. She hadn't sought a relationship with him before although she couldn't deny the feelings that she was feeling for him. He was really hard to resist, and somehow, he had captured her heart so easily.
"Why would they do that? What wrong have you done to them? Why am I involved?" She kept on asking him questions, going on and on about it.
"You didn't do them any wrong; it's me they're after. They want to end me, and for that, they have to end you because I'm cursed", he told her. She gasped. She didn't understand the curse part and didn't know why he got cursed and how he got cursed in the first place.
"What do you mean by you're cursed?", she asked. It was time to dig deep into the matter and she was so ready to figure out everything and what he meant by the curse. He told her everything, and she was surprised. She finally knew the reason why he was so bent on getting close to her.
"So you're trying to get close to me because you want to break some curse?", she asked. He was dumb founded definitely because he was not expecting that question; he was caught off guard by it. He didn't know why she was insinuating that.
"No, that's definitely what I was trying to do; you're getting it all wrong", he tried explaining to her.
"So you're just using me to get the curse that's been placed upon you broke and not because you really love me or anything", she said. She was beginning to get really emotional, and it was clear that she was getting everything wrong which was driving him insane because she was saying the opposite of everything he meant.
"No, that's not true, Eden. You're my mate", he said. She wasn't going to believe any of his crap and just thought that he was playing her. He was definitely trying to use her for his benefit to get what he wants so that he can finally be free from the curse and then, leave her to go live his life
"I've loved you from the first day I saw you, and your beauty was one of a kind. I couldn't deny the fact that you got to me. It drove me insane to the extent that my heart was beating fast. It was something I had never felt in all of my life, and you were the first person to make me feel that way. It's a new feeling, but I'm learning to adapt to it because it's so surreal", he said to her.
Her heart melted, but she wasn't going to let it get to her.