A soft sigh left her lips as Emily decided to not think too much about Mr. Kim's reaction.

She just wanted to find Leo, punch him for leaving her alone, and meet Crist in the parking lot.

"Good evening, Miss Alessandro."

The sudden soft voice that entered her ears took her by surprise. Emily immediately turned to face the young CEO as she bowed her head respectfully.

"Good evening, Mr. Sullivan. Please forgive me for my disrespectful behavior. I did not mean to....."

She trailed off when she saw the man smiling softly at her. His smile both bewitched and irked her.

He looked even more handsome when he smiled, even though it was a very small smile.

But if he was smiling to make fun of her, then she sure did not consider him handsome anymore.

Mr. Sullivan probably read her expressions because he immediately said, "You don't need to apologize. I was not trying to make you feel bad. But it's good to see that you are such a soft and kind-hearted person."

"Huh? Oh, I mean thank you." Emily hurriedly thanked him even though she was totally confused by his words.

What did she even do to appear as kind-hearted? She thought as she again softly bowed her head before turning around to face the elevator door.

They were already on the second floor when suddenly the lift stopped abruptly, making Emily lose her balance.

A squeal left her lips as she prepared for the pain that she sure was going to receive after face planting into the back wall of the lift.

However, rather than the cold metal wall, she found herself plastered against the warm chest of Mr. Sullivan.

His arms were securely wrapped around her as protective walls while he made sure to maintain their balance.

The light flickered and then went off, filling the inside of the elevator in darkness.

"Miss Alessandro, are you alright?" Kaiden asked the girl as he tightened his arms around her.

"I-I think so. What happened?" Emily asked as she tried to calm down her racing heart.

She could barely see anything due to the darkness and it only made her tightened her hold on Kaiden's arms.

"No idea. This is the first time something like this has happened. These lifts not only work on technology but various spells are also used to make sure that situations like these does not appear."

Kaiden went silent as one of his hands left her waist as he fumbled with his pockets.

"Don't worry. I'll get you out of here safely." He whispered the promise into her ear as he pulled out his phone and started dialing a number.

"I thought you forgot your phone in your car." Emily could not help herself from pointing it out.

"Nope! It's a file, not my phone." Kaiden immediately answered with a serious face as he continued to wait for the person to pick the call.

"Sure!"

She replied with a shrug as she rested her head on his chest. For some stupid reason, she was not feeling as much afraid as she should be.

It was probably because he saved her the last time in the forest, but somehow, she felt protected and safe in Kaiden's presence.

As for her being so close to him physically, well she's very afraid of the dark, especially when it's such a small area with barely any light.

She would rather be glued to a man than left alone in the darkness.

And it's not like they were doing something wrong, it was just a comfortable hug. Ain't it?

Looked like the person finally picked up the call as Kaiden put his phone on speaker.

"Where the hell were...."

Emily was not ready for the sudden angry tone that Kaiden used to shout at the man at the other end of the call which made her slightly flinch.

She heard him taking a deep breath as he changed his tone into a calm one before continuing.

"Where are you right now?" He asked.

"Boss, the guards noticed a group of men in black running out of the Academy building. I have sent a team to chase after them while I'm heading to retrieve the CCTV footage before someone can get rid of them." The man answered immediately.

"Good. Get the footage as soon as possible. Also, send a team to get us out of the elevator. We are trapped on the second floor. Hurry!" Kaiden ordered as he looked at the girl in his arms.

"Yes, boss!" The man replied immediately before Kaiden ended the call.

"You can get out of here on your own, right?" Emily asked him after a few seconds of silence.

Kaiden had left the flashlight on of his phone so that they no longer needed to stay in darkness.

His fingers tightened a little around her shoulder as he hummed a yes in reply.

"Are you worried about exposing your supernatural form to me? Is that why you are not using your powers?" Emily asked as she stared at the buttons of his blazer.

When she did not get any reply, she looked up towards his face and was taken by surprise when she found him looking right back at her.

Her eyebrows immediately raised high in a questioning look as she tilted her head a little, not even realizing that she appeared like a cute bunny to Kaiden.

A small smile appeared on his lips as he turned his attention up ahead as he replied, "I'm just worried that you would fall in love with my supernatural form. I can't take such a high risk."

The scoff that left Emily's lips was not even enough to describe her current state of amusement.

The young man seriously thought so highly of himself!

"Don't be so full of yourself. Not everyone likes you as much as you think." She could not help but comment.

"Are you jealous of my self-confident, darling?" Kaiden asked as his smile only increased.

"Whom are you calling darling? Moreover, it's not self-confident, rather, it's called overconfident." Emily immediately retorted.

"Whatever makes you sleep like a pig tonight," Kaiden said in a carefree tone.

"You...!"

Emily tried to push the man as she felt him purposely trying to irritate her, but when she realized that she couldn't push him, she decided to pull herself away from his arms.

However, even before she succeeded in putting a gap of few inches between their bodies, the hand that was still resting on her waist pulled her back towards the man, and the very next second she was once again wrapped safely in his arms.

"What are you doing?" Emily asked as she raised her head to stare at him.

"Keeping you safe. If something happened to you and your brothers decided to blame it on my head, how would I prove my innocence to your irrational brothers? It's better to be safe than sorry." Kaiden replied with a little shake of his head.

"You are the irrational one! How dare you slander my brothers?" Emily was almost on the verge of losing her cool.

"Such a fierce little cat. Stop being blinded by your brothers' good image. You have no idea how irrational they behave when it comes to my....."

Kaiden immediately quieted down as Emily's index finger ended up on his lips, silencing him instantly.

"Not a single more word. I won't let you go if you slander my brothers' image like this. What kind of person are you? Talking such rubbish about such nice people!" Emily muttered as she pulled her finger away.

She was actually surprised to see that Kaiden really stopped talking.

A small smile was still playing on his lips as he gazed down at her. His mesmerizing eyes looking at her as if she was the only person who existed in his world.

It took all of Emily's energy to pull herself out of those stupid thoughts.

"What?" She asked him with raised eyebrows, something that she had learned from her brothers.

Kaiden shook his head lightly as he replied, "It's good to see that you are no longer looking as pale and scared as you were a few minutes ago. You look much better like this, a little fiery kitten!"

Emily was taken aback by his words and it took her a few seconds to realize exactly what happened.

He was trying to distract her!

"Thank you!" She thanked him as she felt herself calming down.

"There's no need for a thank you. To be honest, I was serious when I said that I'm protecting you to save myself from the blames that your brothers would be pointing at me as soon as they would find you trapped in here. They can really be irrational when it comes to their family." Kaiden told her as he let his fingers pull the loose strands of her hair away from her face.

"Mr. Sullivan, I'm not really aware of the problems that our families have with each other, but the thing that I know for sure is that my brothers are not bad people. They probably just don't trust you."