Kane's Pov
I woke up feeling a heavy weight on my chest for some reason and I couldn't shake it. Like something is wrong but I just don't know what.
I came into the office and did the same lame, boring meetings, that I do every damn day and it's beginning to frustrate the shit out of me. I should be training for my fight coming up not looking at documents about shit and talking shit when I don't care for any of it.
I run my hand down my face listening to Harrison drone on about some nonsense. I'm not even paying attention because I haven't heard from Cleo either and it's playing on my mind. Please god, not my angel.
"Are you okay?" Florence whispers to me and I hum at her as I feel a yawn coming on and block it quickly.
"So, what do you think?" He asks me and I raise my brow at him.
"I think.. you should be doing what I asked. No one wanted to know about that shit Harrison and you've been talking for about an hour none stop" I tell him bluntly and Florence fidgets next to me like she always does when I speak my mind a little too much.
"So, did the next hotel go through? Yes or no?" I ask him bluntly and he nods.
"Wasn't a hard job was it?" I say and stand pulling my phone out.
"I want that problem solved by the end of the week. No excuses" I tell the group and they all talk hush hush and I walk out because I don't even care.
I hit call on Cleo and it goes straight to voicemail and I frown and stare at my phone. What the fuck?
Since the break in Sunday morning, she's been.. off.
I thought she was okay, but since I dropped her off Sunday night she's been a little distant. I don't like it.
"Was there anything you needed before I run?" Florence asks me as I reach my office.
"Can you send out an email to my father and Shaun. Schedule a meeting ASAP and let me know please" I tell her grabbing my coat and bag and she nods.
"I can do that, have a good evening Mr Cross" she says and I nod at her.
"You too" I tell her and rush out and into my elevator.
If you're gonna ignore my phone calls angel.. you can see my face instead.
I pull up outside her building and climb out locking my car and heading towards the entrance with no fucks given to the suit I'm currently in and the pissed off look on my face.
Someone's coming out of the building and I jog quickly towards the door just catching it and slip through having no idea where she lives but I'm about to find out.
I look around and spot a random girl..
"Do you know a Cleo Tate, somewhere in this building?" I ask hoping that narrows it down and she pouts looking me over. Fuck sake. No one cares..
"Short, pretty, black hair? Crazy friend?" She says and I nod.
"Yeah, door 36" she says pointing to my left and I nod at her and go in that direction looking for her number. If it's that easy to ask someone where she lives and that doesn't sit well with me. I could have been any motherfucker!
I walk down the corridor when I finally see 36 and knock on - Well, bang - and the door suddenly swings open and I come face to face with who I wasn't expecting to see. Fuck!
"What the fuck are you doing here?" I ask Olivia and she smirks at me making me step closer.
"Where the fucks Cleo?" I spit towards her pushing through the door, moving her out my way and seeing my angel curled up on her bed.. pale as fuck and shivering.
"Angel, angel.. what the fuck did you do!?" I yell towards Olivia and she shrugs and leans against the doorway.
"Kaneee" Cleo says groggily and I'm instantly picking her up and she feels weak in my arms as she drops her head to my shoulder.
"She drugged me" she says in my ear and I clench my jaw grinding my teeth, never wanting to put my hands on a female but fuck if she's fucking testing me.
"What the fuck did you give her!? I swear to god if anything happens to her--" I stop with the deadly threat and she smiles at me.
"She will never be me. She will never give you what I can" she spits disgustedly towards my angel when another girl suddenly comes running in, breathing heavily as she leans over on her knees.
"What.. the.. fuck!" She says out of breath and looks between us.
"Who are you?" She asks furrowed brows once she registers me holding Cleo to my chest.
"Kane, who are you?" I ask her and she blinks looking between Olivia and me.
"Lisa. Wait.. what did you fucking do?" She suddenly grips Olivia but her jacket against the door standing over her and it makes me smile. Fuck her up, please..
"She can't have what's mine" she says and Lisa punches her straight to the face, rocking Olivia's jaw sideways and I carry my angel into her bathroom and crouch down with her over the toilet.
"What did you drink? Eat baby?" I ask her as I rub along her back and she starts to heave and I hold her hair back as she begins to vomit into the toilet repeatedly. I rub along her gently, making sure she's bringing whatever the fuck she gave her all up and unravelling tissue off the roll for her.
She wipes her mouth and rubs along her forehead and I grab a bobble from her counter and tie her hair up out her face and turn her slowly to look at me.
"Come and drink some water angel. I'm taking you home" I tell her standing and she flushes and sits on the lidded toilet as she shakes her head.
"I have classes, I've already missed today Kane" she says and I sigh filling up the glass and handing it to her.
"Drink slowly and I'll bring you back in the morning. I don't care angel, you're not staying here" I tell her bluntly and she sighs but nods knowing I'm right.
"Come on beautiful" I tell her but she turns to the sink and looks at herself and cringes.
"Angel, you're sick and just puked, it's never a good look, but you'll always be beautiful to me" I tell her and she leans into me looking at me through the mirror.
"I let her use my phone. She said she was texting Lisa because her battery had died. But she tried to fucking call you, clearly thinking you'd answer from a different number and obviously Kane with the heart emoji came up.. she didn't say anything though. Not until she'd done it. We'd ordered dessert shakes. I'm so stupid!" She says and I wrap my arms around her tighter.
"You're not stupid angel. She's the psycho and I'm dealing with her" I tell her and she sighs but nods slowly.
"Can we just go to yours?" She asks and I nod looking her over as she uses mouthwash quickly and turns to me.
"Can you walk baby?" I ask and she nods.
"Yeah, keep her away from me because I might accidentally kill her" she says making me chuckle.
"Let's get you some things packed" I say taking her hand and leading her back into the room where Lisa's currently sitting and Olivia's nowhere to be seen.
"I'm so sorry Cleo" she suddenly says standing and coming over hugging her tightly but she doesn't let go of my hand, if anything she clings tighter.
"She's fucking psycho Lisa. Keep her the hell away from me" she tells her and Lisa sighs.
"We're no longer friends either. She went way too far this time" she says and looks sad at Cleo.
"Did you know Kane was her ex?" she asks and Cleo pulls a confused face.
"How would I know, I don't exactly socialize with guys and she never actually told me his name" Cleo says and Lisa looks at me.
"She's seriously obsessed with you. Like fatal attraction obsessed. Be careful" she tells me and I just nod. She can't do shit to me and that's why she went after Cleo. She's not gonna leave us alone now she knows. I know it.
I don't wanna have to call in my favour but I will. Nothing will happen to Cleo again.
"Do you need me or are you gonna be okay with Kane?" She asks and looks at me again.
"Whatever you think you know you don't. She's coming with me period" I tell her and raise my brow for her to try to tell me differently. She looks back to Cleo who smiles.
"What he said" she just says and lets go of me and moves over to her wardrobe.
I watch as she grabs a few outfits and bags them before grabbing products and going back into her bathroom.
"Olivia's said a lot about you Kane. I'm just looking out for my friend" Lisa says and I nod but shrug too.
"She's a lying little bitch that just drugged my girl because Cleo has what she wants" I tell her straight and she nods slowly.
"I'm seeing that now more and more" she says with a sigh as my angel comes out zipping up her bag and I take it from her as she slips trainers on her feet and grabs her coat.
"I'll see you soon" she tells Lisa with a hug and she nods.
"Okay babe, get some rest and let me know you're okay" she says and smiles before looking at me.
"Look after her please" she says and I nod and look back to my angel taking her hand and leading her out as she grabs her purse and keys.
"You need to eat something beautiful" I tell her as I open my front door and help her in and she hums and goes straight for the stairs.
"Na-ahh. Food angel" I tell her dropping her bag at the stairs and taking her hand stopping her from climbing them.
"I need a shower baby" she says and I hum.
"And you're not feeling any sort of way? Drowsy, sickness, heart palpitations?" I ask her seriously because I'll feel no way of taking her to A&E.
"Baby, I feel fine now I've puked. I told you. I just really wanna shower and scrub my mouth because I feel gross and I wanna kiss you" she says making me smile and I kiss her forehead and nod.
"Okay.. I'll make dinner then, shout me if you need me, for anything okay? Promise" I tell her and she smiles.
"I promise, I won't be too long" she says as my phone buzzes in my pocket and I nod to her.
"Okay beautiful" I say and let go of her as she grabs her bag, shouldering it and I watch her climb the stairs.
When she disappears, I turn towards the kitchen and wash my hands before looking at the ingredients in the fridge.
I pull out the steaks wanting her to take as much goodness in as possible right now. I grab the potatoes and peel them before chopping them into chunky chips and then moving on to the steak. I season the thick pieces of meat all around and rewash my hands before turning the grill on along with the air fryer.
I place everything where it needs to be and grab the orange juice from the fridge pouring a glass and turning when she comes walking into me smelling amazingly as honey drifts past my nostrils and I pass the drink over.
"Full of vitamins and everything you need angel" I tell her before kissing her forehead and grabbing myself a water bottle.
"How are you feeling now you've showered?" I ask her and she smiles.
"Better. Hungry actually. What are you making?" She asks putting the drink down half drunk and looking around me.
"Good beautiful and steak, chips and sugar snap peas with coleslaw" I tell her grabbing a pan and the peas. I open them into the pan and turn the hob on placing them on and she starts taking out plates from the top cupboard.. on her shorts legs and sways a little making me grab and steady her feeling her lean into me putting the plates on the counter.
"Thank you baby, went a little dizzy there" she says and I hold her pulling a chair out and sitting her on it. I crouch down in front of her and take her hands in mine and she smiles.
"Thank you for checking in on me" she says and I wipe away the tear that slips and kiss her hands repeatedly. If I didn't get there in time.. today even.. If I'd pushed it to tomorrow wanting to give her space.. would she of made it? Would she of drugged her up more? The thought alone makes me wanna rip her apart. How fucking dare she!
"You sure I can't take you to the hospital angel? Just to be sure" I ask again and she shakes her head.
"I'm okay baby" she says stoking down my face and over my clenched jaw making it relax again.
"I could have lost you because of her" I say letting that sink in and it feels beyond painful as if someone's crushing my chest. That's what the feeling was.. I've had all day. I knew something was fucking wrong! I could have never seen or heard her again. Touched her.. felt her arms wrap around me tightly. Fuck! No! Don't go there. She's definitely dead!
"It's gonna be okay, she has to give up now surely" she says wiping her eyes and I haven't even checked my phone to care right now. I need my angel to be good. She's all that matters.
"I don't know angel. She can't just get away with what she's done to you" I tell her and she sighs and shrugs.
"Everyone does, it's okay Kane" she says and I raise my brow at her.
"Nah, she's gotta go. Whether that be farrr away or in a grave. I'll let you choose but one of them's happening" I tell her hoping for the latter and she shrugs.
"Can we really kill her Kane? Won't we just get caught?" She says quietly and I shake my head.
"Nope" I say popping the p confident in my answer as I stand when the fryer beeps, I kiss her forehead and check the steaks to see them perfectly done and stir the peas.
I turn everything off and begin serving the dinner quickly before taking out the coleslaw scooping some on the side of our plates and putting it back.
I turn with the plates and she opens the drawer next to her grabbing cutlery and smiles at me.
"I need to feel useful Kane" she says and I hum taking the seat next to her and swigging my water before digging in. She's more than useful. I need her like the air I breathe.
"You are needed. I need you. I'm addicted to you" I tell her my thoughts making her smile.
"Right back at cha" she says rubbing my leg with her foot making me smile at her feeling my phone buzzing again in my pocket and I sigh pulling it out and looking at it. Fuck!
"Yo bro, crazy shit, I'm gonna have to miss today" I tell Corey and he groans.
"Shit, must be bad for you to be missing training" he says and I hum.
"Yeah man, serious. But I'm kinda eating now but I can see you tomorrow, come mine and we'll train when you're done" I tell him and he hums.
"The mystery girl, she's with you now ain't she?" He asks looking for the gossip and I smile at my angel.
"Yeah, so I'm going. Tomorrow, lemme know" I tell him and hang up seeing just the one text for once. Huh weird..
Olivia: I ain't sorry! You'll always be mine baby. I'll find a way to get you back X
Is she fucking delusional? Nah mate fuck the far-away shit. She needs to go.. permanently. She'll never leave me.. us alone. I'd rather die an excruciating death than take her back.
"No more choices angel. She's gotta go" I tell her bluntly and send a text to the last person I wanted to see.
Kane: Spot 9pm
"What did she say?" Cleo asks and I shake my head.
"Nothing angel, don't worry about it. It's never gonna happen anyway" I tell her and she raises her brow at me.
"Tell me what she said Kane" she says putting her cutlery down and I clench my jaw not wanting to worry her any further but she picks my unlocked phone up and clicks on the message and reads.
"She's fucking delusional Kane and she needs to stay the hell away from me and especially you!" She says putting my phone down but it buzzers again.
Levi: Yeh 🤲🏼
"So I need to meet someone soon" I tell her and she hums as she eats.
"And you want me to come?" She asks after and I nod.
"I don't particularly wanna leave you especially with Olivia being god knows where" I tell her honestly but I don't really wanna take her to Levi either. I'm fucked either way but she's safest when with me regardless of who's around. Ain't no one gonna lay a finger on my angel, they'll have to come through me and that's not gonna be easy.
"I don't want you to leave me either" she says quietly and I smile taking her hand, and linking our fingers.
"Then I won't angel. I'm right here for you. Whatever you need" I tell her and she smiles at me a little one and I can tell this whole situation is getting to her now.
She can't leave me. Not now. I need her.
"Did you sort the alarm?" She asks and I nod at her.
"The first thing I did this morning angel. I'm getting a whole new security system. All the locks on the windows and doors and garage are being changed and no one will ever hurt you again" I tell her my promise and she nods and squeezes my hand and I smile.
"You'll always be safe with me angel" I promise her and she nods.
"I know, all I wanted was you when it happened. I couldn't breathe and I thought she was gonna come after you Kane. I was so scared for you" she says and I kiss her hand.
"The only way she can hurt me is by hurting you angel" I tell her because it's the truth. Olivia can't do shit to me and she knows it.
"And she succeeded Kane" she says with a sigh and stands with her plate but I take it from her and pull her to me, sitting her on my lap and wrapping my arms around her. I need to feel her, know she's good, know that she's safe right here in my arms.
"She didn't angel because your strong and she isn't going to win" I tell her feeling my blood pumping the more anger I feel towards the bitch who thinks she could hurt my angel.
"She wants to ruin you Kane. That means me too" she says and sniffles and I turn her face to mine and kiss her for the first time in what feels like way too long.
"Well, she can't ruin shit if she's dead angel" I tell her and she hums unsure looking down again but I lift her chin.
"She isn't gonna ruin your life Cleo. I promise" I tell her and she nods slowly and kisses me again.
"What time do you need to be wherever?" She asks and I look at my watch.
"9pm, what do you need?" I ask her and she shakes her head.
"Just to be with my baby" she says and I smile as I stand holding her carrying her out of the kitchen.
I can definitely do that.