The chaos of him のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

What?! Where did that come from?My cheeks flush, not just with heat, but with indignation. I jut my chin out, afraid of speaking in case my heart tumbled out of my mouth. “J-jealous? What exactly would I be jealous of?” My voice comes out higher, I clear my throat multiple times, eyes jumping from his face to the windowless walls. What were they thinking making a room without windows? No wonder the place was so hot. I fan my cheeks with my hands. “So you aren’t jealous of Jake?”A scoff slips out of me,“Why would I be jealous of him?”As if talking about him were the magical words to summon him, Jake materializes by the entrance, he blinks at the two of us. “Have you been in here all these while?”My cheeks burn hotter, my words sticking to the roof of my mouth. Jesse doesn’t understand the meaning of shame, or maybe he doesn’t care about shame because he pulls me by my pants, ignoring my yelp and protests.“Stop that!”Why would he do this in front of my team mate? What would

“How did they find this place??!” I ask as I storm in.My chest constricts with fear. Barely conscious. He is barely conscious.Zip lining right for the holding, barely glancing around me or stopping for anything. The holding gate is bent and broken. Inside my chest, my heart stutters. The holding is empty.My head swivels, checking every corner, I don’t find him, because he isn’t here.I rush back out, into the main space. Eyes wide, this time I see the damage done, it is similar to our office. “Mave? Kelly?”Mave walks in from one of the back rooms, his face is bloodied and right eye swollen shut, even with that, he doesn’t hide the malice in them. “Where were you?”My chest feels like it’s being sat on, there are no words I could think of to remedy this situation, everything keeps spiraling out of control. He walks up to me, his face twisted into a sneer.“We were ambushed, and I had to protect a fucking queer suspect, where were you Captain?” he spits out blood the same way

“We have to take him to the hospital.”I sigh, nodding. This case has taken a very wild turn, tossing around all the possibilities that weren’t in the textbooks back at the academy. There’s no legally right or wrong anymore, just what I am willing to do. “Until we know who in particular is after his life, I don’t think taking him in public is our best bet.”“You think they are after his life?”Why am I taking his words as the gospel? He could be lying to get out of here. Except I know he isn’t, he could have left, but he doesn’t care enough about himself to do so it seems. “It’s safe to assume they are, until we know otherwise.”Jake nods, his eyes returning to the screen, they widen for a few seconds, then his fingers jump all over the keyboard, I take that as my cue to leave, it’s always best to leave him when he is in his zone. Jesse looks the same way I left him, pretending, bruised, and still so pretty.I let out a shivering breath, assuming it would take away the last part of

Huh?What did that mean?I look from Jake to Jesse in confusion.His eyes are narrowed, head cocked to the side as he watched Jake’s hand on mine.The knot in my throat is back, every nerve in my body is asking me to pull away from Jake, but Jesse doesn’t own Jake, I have known him for longer, why would I pull away from my team member because a suspect doesn’t like it? Jake tugs on my arm, jerking me out of my head.He walks out of the room with me in tow.I mean, he is taller than me, nothing like Jesse’s absurd height, still… is it okay to be dragged around like this? I am still his captain… “You were right.” he says after taking a deep breath, still not letting go of my arm.“About what?”I am distracted. I can’t stop replaying the look on Jesse’s face when I walked out with Jake. It’s obvious he has a thing for Jake, if he could lie about it before, that look on his face…. a shiver runs down my back just thinking about it. “The trackers. They might be old models, but no one els

I pull myself away from him. Clearing my throat, to clear the air and this is a quite a stretch, but my mind too. It actually works because I suddenly remember something from the academy.Turning to him, my eyes take him in, as critically as I can manage.He hasn’t had a shower in a while, neither has he shaved. He should be uncomfortable, plus he would be driving, even his patience must stretch thin somehow, I just have to wear it out. Looking up in the rear view mirror, I see Jake working furiously on his laptop. I sigh inwardly, he would have to see me in the worst state possible.Kelly’s words float back into my mind.My pride means nothing if Jesse chooses not to speak.“You know how to start a car without the keys…” I start.He glances at me with raised brows, lips already raising in a laugh.“I am sure everyone knows how to. Didn’t you learn?”I frown at him in confusion.“Why would I learn to steal someone’s car??”“You have always been a goody two shoes? You never broke