"Elodie?" I turn around and see Susan walking into the back of the bakery.

"Yes?" I smile but she gives me a cautious look.

"I'm worried for your safety. Every time you're out front that man who's been sat in the corner since the start of your shift doesn't stop staring. Should I call the police?" I laugh at her words.

"It's okay, Susan. That's my boyfriend." I tell her and her eyes widen.

"B-But I thought that other man — do you know what, I don't want to know. You young people are something else but as long as you're happy." She lightly shakes her head, a small smile on her face.

I walk out to the front and watch as Killian stands up from his chair and makes his way towards me.

"Killian, you've been here my whole shift." I whisper, reaching forward to stroke his cheek.

I smile gently when he leans into my touch.

"I just want to be with you today." I raise my eyebrows at him and he sighs. "I want to keep you safe." I nod my head at his honesty, deciding there's no point in arguing with him.

"Okay, well I finish in twenty minutes." He nods his head and grabs hold of my hand, placing a small kiss on the back of it.

"I love you." He whispers and I grin. "And I fucking love this dress on you." He groans, looking my body up and down which is clad in a lilac midi dress with cute yellow flowers.

"And I love you." I ruffle his hair and go back to work.

As soon as my shift comes to an end I grab my belongings and bid Susan a farewell. Killian doesn't hesitate to grab my hand and leads us out of the bakery.

"I'm so tired." I whine when we get into his car.

"I know, baby. I'll run you a bath when we get back home." Killian tells me and I nod my head before looking out the window.

Killian's phone begins to ring and he answers it, his eyebrows instantly furrowing.

"Gabriel, what are you talking about?" He questions, his voice filled with annoyance. "Fine." He hangs up and then throws me an apologetic smile.

"What's wrong?" I whisper, beginning to feel worried.

"Enzo needs us at the club." I bite my lip.

"Is he okay?"

"Yes baby." Killian smiles but I don't believe him.

Somethings up.

•••

"Katie has footage of us — that camera that you saw, Elodie, was from her. She's blackmailing us with it, it's not good." My heart falls at Enzo's words.

"But how did it get there?!" I throw my arms up in the air and Enzo begins to look guilty and my face drops further. "You didn't check the room after you left Katie?"

"I'm sorry, Elodie." He whispers, looking down at the floor.

"You keep lying to me." I point out and his head shoots up and he looks at me with wide eyes. "Why?"

"Darling-"

"You told me you checked that room throughly but you didn't check it at all." I say, my voice filled with hurt. "I put my trust into you and now look at the situation we're in." I sigh, running my hands through my hair stressfully.

"What does she want?" I ask.

"For us to leave you. I promise you we will sort it out." I roll my eyes and then begin to walk out of his office. "Elodie, where are you going?"

"Home. I'm tired." I huff and walk out of the club. I groan when it begins to pour down with rain and decide to just get in a taxi.

As soon as I make it back home I have a quick shower, before throwing on some pyjamas and then climb into bed. I fall asleep straight away but I am soon woken up later on to the bed dipping beside me.

I slowly open my eyes to see Enzo. I huff and shuffle away from him.

"I'm sorry, my love. I really am." He says, his voice filled with sadness. "I have no excuse for lying to you. It was stupid of me and I will totally except the fact that I have lost your trust." I bite my trembling lip and look down at my lap.

"Why didn't you just admit that you hadn't checked the room since Katie left?" I question looking back up at him.

"I don't know, baby. I guess I was just so excited to be with you I didn't think properly, but that's no excuse. All I can do is apologise for lying." I slowly nod my head.

The small pout on his face makes my heart crack a little. He looks stressed and I know it's been difficult for him with this Katie situation — he wasn't expecting there to be a camera in there, neither of us were. In all of this Katie is the sick and twisted one for having such an idea to do a thing like this.

At the end of the day Enzo could never be the villain.

It's always been Katie.

"Do you want a hug?" I whisper and his eyes brighten a little.

He nods his head eagerly and I don't hesitate to jump on his lap and wrap my arms around him.

"I love you. Even if you make silly decisions." I whisper and Enzo replies by tightening his arms around me.

"Fuck, I don't deserve you." He mutters in the crook of my neck. I pull back and grab hold of his face gently.

"Stop talking down on yourself." I lean forward and kiss the tip of his nose. "Where's Killian?"

"He's at his gym." I nod my head but then we both freeze at the sound of knocking on the front door.

"Stay here." Enzo orders, his face hardening. I climb off of his lap and watch with wide eyes as he rummages through a set of drawers before pulling a gun out. "I mean it, Elodie. You stay here." He says in a serious tone.

"But-"

"Elodie." He throws me a warning look and I nod my head.

I watch him walk out of the room and bite my nails anxiously as I wait.

A sudden gunshot makes me jump and I rush to the corner of the room and take deep breaths.

"What the fuck?!" I hear Killian yell and I stand up immediately and rush out of the room and down the stairs.

I freeze when I see Killian staring at Enzo with wide eyes.

"Oh my God!" I exclaim when I see the bullet hole right next to Killian's head.

"Elodie, I told you to stay upstairs!" Enzo scolds.

"You could of killed me!" Killian exclaims. "You see that, El?! He could of killed me!" I try to hold back my smile at Killian's dramatics.

"Why did you knock on the door? You fucking live here!" Enzo throws his arms up in the air.

"I lost my front door key." He shrugs.

"Well that was really silly of you, Killian." I cross my arms over my chest and furrow my eyebrows.

"Sorry." Killian huffs and makes his way into the kitchen.

Enzo makes his way over to me and wraps his arms around my waist.

"Are you ever going to listen to me?"

"I heard Killian's voice and panicked." I shrug.

Enzo cages me inbetween the wall. I turn my head to look up and I still see the gun in his hand.

"Are you gonna put that down?" I raise my eyebrows and he smirks before tucking it in the back of his trousers.

He leans down and pecks me on the lips. He then begins to fiddle with the sunflower necklace around my neck.

"My gorgeous girl." He whispers and my heart warms. "Katie won't get away with what she's doing. I promise."

I grab hold of his hand and hold it against my chest.

"I know." I whisper.

Enzo and Killian will do whatever it takes to keep me safe.

🙂🧡