KEIFER'S POV:
Jay was impossible.
I leaned back in my chair inside my office and stared at the ceiling.
Most people were scared of me.
Most people avoided me.
Most people would love my looks.
But not her.
No.
She looked at me like she wanted to burn me alive.
And somehow…I find it funny.
I remembered the way she yelled at me earlier.
"You killed her!"
Her eyes were full of anger.
And pain.
Too much pain.
I sighed quietly.
"She's going to herself into trouble," I muttered.
A knock came on the door.
"Come in."
The door opened.
Aries walked in. Jay's brother.
He looked worried.
"You talked to her again, didn't you?" he said.
I rubbed my neck.
"Yeah."
He sighed.
"She thinks you killed Keira."
"I know."
Aries sat down across from me.
"She won't stop investigating."
"I know."
"She's stubborn."
I smirked a little.
"Very."
For a moment the room was quiet.
Then Aries looked at me seriously.
"You are going to protect her, right?"
I didn't answer immediately.
Because the truth was…
Jay was already too close to the truth.
Finally I nodded.
"I won't let anything happen to her."
Aries relaxed a little.
"Good."
Then he stood up.
"Because if something happens to my sister…"
He didn't finish the sentence.
He didn't need to.
He lost one sister already.
After he left, I stood up and walked to the window.
The city lights are glowing in the night.
My mind kept going back to Jay.
Her angry face.
Her stubborn attitude.
The way her heart raced when I stay too close.
I chuckled quietly.
"She hates me," I said to myself.
But something about that hate felt…
different.
Then my phone buzzed.
A message.
From an unknown number.
The message said:
"Stop digging into Keira's death.
Or the girl dies next."
My jaw tightened.
My eyes darkened.
"Too late," I muttered.
Beacuse whether Jay likes it or not…
I was already protecting her.
And someone out there knew it.