Chapter 43 - 43: Their Moments

Erick extended his right hand to Elle. She frown but she still accepted it.

"Nice to meet you Elle. Again I am Erick." he said as he shook hands with her. Elle didn't know what to respond. She felt a little bit off when she heard him call her Elle. It was really pleasant to hear coming from him.

"Starting from now, I will call you Elle. It suites you well. I am glad I get to know your real name." He really looked so happy.

"And hoping that I will get to know you more." Erick added causing Elle to went blank and felt pressured.

She really felt uncomfortable every time he was staring at her with that gentle look from his eyes and a charming smile plastered on his handsome face.

She let go of his hand quickly. She grabbed the items that he gave her and she was planning to escape from this awkward situation of her.

"Nice to meet you too. I think I should keep this first. I'll be right back." Elle went rushing to her room.

Erick looked towards the closed door of Elle's room. His smile disappeared and he looked so serious and sad as well.

'I know you are still hiding something from me. Do you not completely trust me yet? I will not force you. I will wait for you to open up with me.' he mumbled to himself.

He was sure that Elle was hiding something from him. He asked her if she wanted to tell him something more. She didn't know that he was waiting for her to explain about her phone call. That portion was not mentioned by Elle.

He called her last time but her cellphone was busy which only meant that she was talking to someone that time. The second time he called her, she was already unattended which means her phone was either shutdown intentionally or her battery went empty.

No matter what her reasons, he couldn't deny the fact that she hide something from him. And he was unhappy about that but he was trying to understand her.

After a while, he pushed the thought to the back of his mind. The important thing was she was safe and she remembered something. Their interaction between each other was also improving compare to the early days.

He never knew that on the coming days their interaction would really change a lot and would improve to much higher level.

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On the next day, Erick invited Elle to attend a Sunday's Mass. At first, Elle really wanted to reject him but at the end she still went out with him. After that they strolled in the entire City Z.

Erick wanted to bring her to the Mall to buy her some things but she really insisted not to go there. In the end, they spent their time having a road trip.

Doing this, Elle felt so relaxed. She seldom do things like this. She spent most of her time planning and killing someone. At least from that she was gaining a lot of money. Except that incident with Skull Gang and Dark Knight, her past few weeks were really a peaceful one.

Charles had also found a new place for her. She was planning to visit it this week. She would just wait for a right time when Erick would be busy with his work. Speaking of work she remembered something.

"Erick, I am planning to look for a job." Elle suddenly spoke up with Erick. Erick who was focused on his driving averted his gaze to Elle.

"Why?" he sounded hesitant.

"I am bored by just staying at the house. I want to do something. And of course, I want to earn some money I don't want to depend all my financial needs to you." Elle said to him

It was half truth. Aside from that, Elle thought that she would be able to move freely without being suspected if she will used her job as an alibi.

She already ordered Charles to lie low for a while and think of an alternative way on how they would continue to accept new missions for the coming days.

Catseye stopped accepting missions for almost a month. People from the underground world were rejoicing.

Erick was silent for a while. She was waiting for his response. She glanced at him and gave him a pleading look while pouting. She wanted to convince him with this strategy.

She was silently cursing herself inside. She never did something like this before. Acting so cute just to convince someone. If she would act like Catseye, she didn't need strategy like this instead all she need was her guns, daggers and all sort of deadly weapons.

However, she couldn't do that to the man in front. He was his savior and at the same time she was using him right now to hide from her enemies. Aside from that, he was handsome and charming and couldn't afford to torture him.

'When did you start to be blinded by beauties?' her alter ego spoke to her.

On the other hand, seeing her act like this, he didn't have the heart to reject her request. Who can reject someone who is pleading with those beautiful eyes in front of him, and the fact that it was Elle...the girl who was aloof and cold sometimes was now acting childish and cute in front of him for the first time.

At last, he gave her a soft chuckle as he agreed on her request.

"Okay. I will allow you to search for a job but first I have to make sure that you are already 100 percent recovered."

Elle was really happy that he was able to convince him.

She nodded and said "That's a promise!"

Erick just shook his head helplessly. He regretted agreeing to her quickly. 'I should have tease her more'. Erick thought to himself.

He decided to go directly to the hospital and met with Dr. Gomez. He wanted to make sure that Elle was completely recovered from her wounds. He also mentioned to Dr. Gomez that Elle recovered some of her memory .

Dr Gomez was happy to see them both. He checked Elle and he confirmed that Elle was recovering well. She also looked better now compare before. He teased them both especially Erick.

"I didn't know that you are also good at taking care of someone." Dr. Gomez said to him.

Erick just laughed at him while Elle pretended not to care.

"You are ready to have some wife. So start looking for one now. You have a dangerous job, you didn't know you might die single. Tsk Tsk. It would be a waste if you will not spread your beautiful genes. Many girls are lining up for you." Dr. Gomez teased him more while also looking at Elle with a meaningful stare.

"Hehe" He just laughed and simply kicked his doctor friend to remind him that they were not alone and someone was with them. He glanced at Elle looking so embarass and apologetic and he gave her a sheepish smile.

She just shot him a sharp glare which indicates that she wanted to leave and go home. As if he understand her so they bade their goodbye to Dr. Gomez.

They travelled back home with a silent atmosphere. Erick wanted to start a conversation with Elle but she closed her eyes during the entire journey. She looked like she was not in a good mood.

He wondered what he had done wrong this time. A while ago they were just okay but now she was giving him a cold treatment.

'Maybe she was just tired.' he thought to himself while convincing himself that he had done nothing wrong.