FIVE

Selena leaned her tired head against the back of Lorenzo's car seat. Her breath was steady and her eyes were closed to rest the nerves that had been tense for the day. Finally today's task has been completed. She and Lorenzo managed to tackle this mission without needing to fire or kill anyone. Parker has been handled well by prosecutors and police officers who are now investigating his ship being blocked in port.

“Selena, you got a call.”

Lorenzo shook Selena's shoulder lightly and handed her the white cell phone. Selena muttered hoarsely. Her eyes looked sleepy and she was lazy to answer calls from her mother. She seemed to know what her mother was going to say and she was too lazy to argue tonight.

"Yes mom, I'll be home soon," replied Selena lazily.

Her mother had called since yesterday and begged her to come home, but the sheer amount of work she had with Lorenzo meant she couldn't just leave and walk quietly into the house.

“You sure? Who are you going home with?”

"I went home with Lorenzo."

“Ok, take care all of you.”

“Yes, we will arrive in twenty minutes. The streets are very quiet, so maybe we will arrive sooner.”

“Don’t lie to me again.”

"Yes mom, I won’t lie like yesterday. This time I really came home.”

Selena snorted. Her mother was angry that she had made a small lie about her return yesterday. But she had to do it so her mother wouldn't keep terrorizing her and telling her to go home. Her mother was always worried whenever she got a new mission out of town.

“I'm worried about you and it's for your own good.”

"I know mom," Selena sighed in frustration. "See you at home."

Selena threw her white cell phone into the passenger seat at the back, sighing in frustration. From the start she knew that this job was not easy. Many things have to be sacrificed to become Selena the FBI agent, and Isabella Crush the beautiful and sexy model. Especially since she has a family that is very precious to her, she must always be vigilant so that those who oppose her don't target her family to take revenge on her. She had to hide her family's identity and all things related to her family from her job. Especially after her father died, she became very paranoid about her own family. Sometimes she feels that her family is being spied on by someone. But Lorenzo always managed to convince her that all those fears weren't real. No one knows the identity of her family and no one is spying on her family. All her family is now safe.

"What did your mother say?" asked Lorenzo breaking the silence between them.

Selena opened her eyes wide and immediately turned to Lorenzo who was concentrating on the steering wheel.

"Mom told me to go home. You know, I'm so tired. This job always makes me feel anxious.” Selena groaned in frustration.

Lorenzo stretched out his free right hand and gripped hers tightly. He brought Selena's hand to his lips, then kissed Selena's slender fingers gently. He knows, being an agent is something very difficult. Apart from risking his own life, he might as well be risking the lives of his family as well. He and Selena need to be wary of those around them who might hurt their family at any time. Sometimes someone who looks good is actually someone who wants to hurt his family.

"We'll be at your mother's house soon."

Lorenzo steered the steering wheel to a minimalist-style two-story house overgrown with various kinds of plants in front of it. Amanda Watson is a retired woman from a private company, so since Archer Watson died Mrs. Watson spends most of her time tending the flowers in the garden. Especially since her only daughter rarely comes home and is always busy handling difficult cases out of town, Amanda Watson overcomes her loneliness by occupying herself with the beautiful plants in her yard.

"Come on down, you must have missed him, right?"

Lorenzo grabbed Selena's hand to get out of the car and put his arm around her to get into the house. Every now and then the corner of his eye moved around Selena's mother's house to make sure they were safe and not being followed. He just didn't want a surprise in the wrong place.

"Mom! Enzo!"

"Mommy!!"

A four year old boy ran up to Selena and hit her thigh so hard that Selena almost fell backwards. The little man looks so happy in his mother's arms. Then he turned to his daddy and asked him to lift his body.

"Carry me, dad." Enzo exclaimed spoiled.

Lorenzo couldn't say no to his junior and lifted the boy into his arms.

"Daddy, where have you been?"

Enzo hugged his father's neck tightly to release an intense longing for his father. They had not seen each other in days and spent time together playing the things he liked.

“Forgive us for being away for too long. What are you doing with grandma at home?” Selena asked softly, stroking the top of her son's head affectionately.

Mrs. Watson emerged from inside the house gasping for air and a look of relief etched on her face. She thought Enzo had disappeared because suddenly the boy had disappeared from the kitchen.

"Oh, you guys are home. Enzo, drink your milk, boy." His grandma said softly.

But Enzo was too happy in his daddy's arms. He didn't want to let go of his embrace from his daddy and curled up on his comfortable daddy's shoulder.

"Drink your milk, kid." Enzo rebuked his son.

“Give me that milk, mom. I'll have Enzo drink his milk after this. He seems to really miss his daddy." Selena took the glass from her mother's hand and kissed her cheek gently.

"How are you mom? All good?"

"We're okay. Enzo and I went to Garber's birthday party yesterday afternoon. He met a new friend there, Garber's sweet granddaughter, Celine."

“Aww… must be so cute. You just met a pretty girl huh?”

Selena teased her son who was giggling amused in his daddy's arms.

“Celine has cute curly blonde hair. She showed me the dolls. But I told her I don't like dolls, because boys don't play with dolls."

Selena burst out laughing at her son's hilarious ramblings. He is very similar to Lorenzo in every aspect. Lorenzo was too manly for anyone, and Enzo would gladly inherit his father's extraordinary manly genes.

"I think you could play a little bit to please Celine." Lorenzo said to his son.

"But daddy said a man doesn't play with dolls."

"It's not like that." Lorenzo looked confused to answer Enzo's overly critical question.

Selena laughed seeing Lorenzo's face trying to find the right answer for their son.

“You only play with dolls once in a while. Besides, if you make Celine smile, it's a good thing to do. Look at your daddy, he always makes mom smile."

Lorenzo looked at Selena with a gentle and loving gaze. His wife can always be relied on in any situation. Especially when their son started to fuss over all sorts of things that bothered him.

"Let's go inside. You must be tired after doing the hard things and the long journey here.”

Mrs. Watson led them all into the living room to mingle with each other and release the longing. As a mother, it was actually very hard to let Selena go and allow her to become one of the country's intelligence agents, but since Lorenzo came to propose to Selena and promised to protect Selena, those worries slowly disappeared, replaced with feelings of relief because she had given her only daughter. to the right man. A man who can protect her daughter with all his body and soul.

"You guys take some rest. Tonight you must stay here and accompany Enzo so that he doesn't whine like he did yesterday. Enzo needs you," said Mrs. Watson on Selena.

“Thanks for looking after Enzo for us, mom.”

Selena hugged her mother's shoulders lovingly and rested her head on her mother's shoulder as she often did when she was tired. Tonight she will sleep soundly at her mother's house. There was nothing for her to worry about as long as she was with her family and they belonged to each other.