Chapter 9: The Aftermath

Liam Hunt's POV

I have followed the car for about an hour now as they came to a stop in front of a run-down motel. I parked a few blocks away as I don't want to be obvious. The woman gets off from the passenger seat and the getaway car just sped off, leaving her to walk inside the motel. I parked my car and went out to stake out the place.

I saw her going up the stairs as she was turning around the corner to get into her room, I followed her pursuit before I turned around the corner. I saw no one was there.

"don't move," a voice from behind as I can feel the gun was pointed at my head. I put up my hands in surrender mode as I don't want to get shot at from the woman.

"I saw you coming into the building," I said as I hoped she would buy that. Not that I don't mind telling the truth. It was a bulletproof plan, literally.

"impressive, but your time is up," she said before she could react, I turned around and blocked her gun out of my face. I knocked her down on the stomach before she grunted and got down to the floor. I twisted her hand to release the gun before I threw it far away from us. I flipped her around so that I would lay on her back she was struggling to get out of my attack.

"let you off me, you dwarf," she said, trying to insult me to get my anger.

"not a chance, sweetheart," I said before I took the handcuffs and cuffed her hands.

"now, show me your apartment," I said into her ears before I pushed her forward. She tried to resist before I put the gun on her back.

"don't make it difficult than it already is," I said as I steadied her. She was heaving so loudly as I pushed her again.

"now, be a nice lady and show me your apartment," I said as I looked for keys on her. I roamed my hands on her before she laughed like a lunatic.

"Watch where you put those hands, mister. You don't want to lose them tomorrow," she said, trying to threaten me. I looked at her before scoffing.

"we'll see who's in charge," I said before I found the keys.

"ah-hah," I said and the number said hotel room 214.

"who's in charge now?" I asked her before moving us both toward the door of room 214. I unlocked the door before she warned me.

"I won't be doing that if I were you," she said as she looked deviously at me. I scoffed at her before taking off the mask that was concealing her identity.

"ugh," she grunted as I pulled the mask harshly. She had a straight nose, big blue eyes, and kissable lips. The one that really calling for my attention. Get it together, Hunt, I thought before she looked intensely at me.

"You think I don't have a backup plan if I ever caught up?" She asked, smirking at me with those lips. I can feel my anger was rising. I pushed her hard enough that our bodies were touching.

"Listen, woman. I don't care who you are because you know why I don't really care about your past or your identity. I only care to bring you to justice if that was the last thing that I would do," I hissed at her beautiful face before looking deeply into her eyes. I can see the trace of the contact lens that she was wearing to create an illusion that her eyes were blue.

"and I know one thing about your kind, you can never get away from me," I said before I unlocked the door and opened it before pushing her into the room first and I followed from behind. I switched on the lights and there was nothing. No weapon, no dagger, no booby traps whatsoever.

"like I said, nothing. You're bluffing," I said as I turned her around to look at her face. Our faces were closed to each other as I can feel our breaths mingled.

"let's see if you can find anything that can be dangerous, detective," she said I pulled her at my side before allowing her to take a seat on the chair. I handcuffed her hands to the armrest and let her sit there for a while before I started my investigation.

"believe me, I will bring you to jail," I said as I was walking toward the bed and looked for clues. I went under the bed and sideways and looked in between the frame and mattress. Nothing.

I then moved to the bathroom to look for something that was out of ordinary as I looked at the cabinet and the bathtub. nothing. I went to the closet before I opened and it just a bunch of casual clothes and a suitcase.

"oh what do we have here?" I said as I looked at her. She just rolled her eyes at me as I opened the suitcase. It was some pair of undergarments that definitely belong to her. I closed it up quickly as I was embarrassed to see her private things.

"Had enough?" She said sarcastically. I looked at her before moving to stand in front of her.

"now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Both are fine by me," I said as I looked at her. She scoffed as she looked away from me. I pulled her face to look at me roughly as we were staring at each other.

"look at me when I am talking to you," I said as I looked into her fake blue eyes. She was staring intensely as I was holding her face.

"why should I? You're not my boss," she spatted at me as I was holding her face close to me.

"really?" I scoffed at her. "we'll see if you change my mind after that," I said before I did the bizarre thing that I never did to any other criminals. And why I should do it on her. I kissed her lips as she was being angry and bitter at me and I don't like it a bit.

As soon as my lips touched hers, they were both on fire as they moved perfectly together. I was so in the moment that I don't even feel that she was responding to my kiss. I wanted to forget about her but I can't I need to get out of there but her legs were wrapped around my torso and pulled me down. I was staggering to control my balance as I don't want her to topple back on the chair. I hold her in place as we were kissing each other.

"hmmm," she moaned as she pulled me by the hands. I was holding her face as I was getting lost in the kiss. I don't feel anything or what was happening at the moment as she was just an amazing kisser.

"oh my god, I miss you so much," she said as she was trying to get my attention.

"what?" I asked her before I was kicked by her feet and she flipped to get out of the chair. She unlocked the handcuffs before throwing the chair at me. I dodged before getting to her. She was running for the door before I pulled the carpet that made her stumbled on the ground.

"damn it," she hissed before reaching out for the door. I saw the gun on the table before picking it up and shot near the handle of the door. Bang! She froze in the spot as the shot was near her.

"put your hands on the air," I said as I was waiting for her to do as I told. "don't make me shoot you," I continued. She moved slowly to put her hand on the air and I moved toward her before she moved around and kicked my legs. I dropped on my back and before I could react to anything, she took the gun and punched the safety off.

"who's in charge now?" She asked smugly before I looked at her and pointed at her leg. There was a needle that has a sleeping drug and I smiled at her.

"I am," I said before she looked at me.

"oh, shit!" She said before she lost consciousness and I got up to catch her before she hit the ground. I held her in my arms before she dropped the gun that she was holding. Oh, I wish it was simple as this mission can be, I thought before moving to put her on the mattress as I looked for things to tie her up real good this time.