Chapter 13 - Swore To Protect Her

He explained what the police said and asked her if she is fine with living in this town for one more night as the verification will take time and they might have to spend the night here. She agreed and they went to a hotel to check-in.

Rachel was scared to stay alone so they booked only one room and Daniel decided to sleep on the couch. After checking in, he sent the hotel and room details to the police officer.

They went to the room, it was spacious and had a soothing effect, it looked classy and comfortable.

Rachel called her grandpa to inform him of the delay in the journey, she didn't tell him about the attack as she didn't want him to be worried. Daniel asked her to have a bath and freshen up. Police called him to inform his car has been repaired and it was observed that someone intentionally tampered with it. They said they'll drop the car at his hotel.

Daniel started thinking of who would be behind this attack and why Rachel is being targeted, he had a feeling that this attack has got nothing to do with Andrew and it was something else.

Rachel came from the washroom wearing a bathrobe, Daniel's heart skipped a beat looking at her state, he diverted his attention from her and controlled his mind from getting dirty and went to take a bath.

After he came out, he saw Rachel was dressed up in comfy pyjamas but she looked scared and worried, when she saw him she felt relieved and Daniel understood how much she trusts him and is dependable on him at the moment. He swore to protect her no matter what.

The police informed them that there is CCTV footage and they would need time to go through it and verify their side of the story and asked them to stay in this town till the verification is done.

With no other choice, Daniel agreed, he went to Rachel who was a bit shook from this incident, seeing her state he couldn't control himself and hugged her tightly. She hugged him back and felt comfortable with his scent.

Daniel told her that the police called to inform him that their car was tampered, the mechanic will drop the car at the hotel by tomorrow morning further he added that by the night they will get to know more information regarding the attacker. She got worried but he assured her that she is safe and he will protect her. He ordered champagne to relax her and dinner to the room.

While they were having drinks, he got a call from the cop and both of them had a brief conversation and the call was disconnected.

Rachel asked him with a worry look "what had the cop said?

He said " I will ask you something, will you honestly answer?''

She said " I will, you can ask me anything".

He hesitated to raise the question but thought that this is the right time so he asked her "Do you have any enemies other than Andrew?"

She said that Andrew is the only enemy.

He insisted she think of anyone from the past who can be wanting to kill her.

She replied "when I returned from the US two years back my grandpa told me that somebody tried to kill our family. When I was small we had to attend a family function and I got a fever. My grandfather and I stayed at home while our family went for it and later met with an accident on the way back. Later on my grandpa got to know the truth that it was not an accident but a planned murder, there was no proof left. So he couldn't file a complaint. He then sent me away abroad to protect me".

Daniel was silent for a while thinking deeply. Rachel interrupted him and asked " what's the matter? What are you thinking?"

Daniel replied "police had called me a few minutes back confirming that we are innocent, as they checked CCTV footage and found the truth. Attacker was hired by someone, he was a professional killer. It is not Andrew's work as he doesn't trust others and commits murder himself and never hires a third-party, the more the other people involved the higher is the risk of getting caught so he can't afford to hire someone. Even I doubted Andrew's involvement in it as the person who got caught committed suicide, which meant the person who hired him would have had killed him anyway if he failed at this task, Andrew is not powerful enough to threaten someone so much that they would prefer suicide over getting caught."

Rachel got panicked, glass fell from her hand. Seeing her state Daniel couldn't control himself and hugged Rachel and said "don't worry nobody can harm you till I am alive".

Rachel felt secured and warmth spread through her when she was in his arms. They stayed in this position for sometime then they had dinner and Daniel told her, "we can go to London tomorrow and the cops they will give us updates regarding the case regularly"

After dinner Daniel told her that he will sleep on a couch but Rachel insisted him to sleep with her on the bed, she was really scared, she saw a kdrama where a guy sleeps on the couch and the female lead on the bed but next day when the female lead woke up she saw the man dead on the couch, this scared her and she offered him to sleep on the bed.

He hesitated, she understood and she offered to sleep on the couch instead as it was better to get killed than letting him die. Daniel didn't agree as it can be uncomfortable for her. In the end Rachel came with an idea to keep pillows in between so that both can sleep comfortably.

Both had exchanged good nights and slept.