Loved by Mr. Night

Chapter 16

She came to me in a long black gown that showed off all the right features; her flawless skin, green eyes and killer body. And Scarlet was all mine for the night; I had bought her time from an online company to be arm candy at this fundraiser tonight. In my tux with her at my side I was sure to turn some heads even though I was new to the lifestyle, I would be the talk of the town. Her dark hair blew around in my convertible but she held it down with one hand and laughed, it might have been true laughter but then again since I was paying for the experience so maybe it wasn't. Either way I was going to enjoy her like I hadn't enjoyed a woman for years; really it could have been my whole life.

To clarify I am a nerd but a nerd that just made a breakthrough in computer animation technology and made a fantastic amount of money from it. However it took me a lot of years to make that technology and many of those were spent in front of a computer alone. I wasn't so bad looking, in fact I would say I'm within the cultural norm for good looking but with so little time to work on social skills I didn't have the time to find a real date. No, scratch that, this is a real date, one that just costs a bit more with an added bonus of not having to try so hard.

Once we get there and the valet comes out to take the car to be parked and like the gentleman I am I even opened her door. So what if my hand was on her ass, she seemed to like it as we headed into the fundraiser. It's very formal inside but there is a calming flow of conversations happening all around. The tables are set up in the back of the room with nice enough designs but really it was the same stuffy crowd I've been seeing at all the places people go when you have money. I did end up talking to a few people I had seen before and I got a few raised eyebrows at Scarlet at my side: those jealous bastards. When they talked to her she answered in a way that answered very little but made you feel like you got the information anyway. She was magic. I never felt like she wasn't paying attention to me but at the same time she was playing up my strengths to all the correct people.

I knew that I wasn't falling in love with her already but really it was hard not to find her fully intoxicating. In fact I really wanted to lay her down over one of the tables and take her here. I wondered if she was wearing any underwear in that gown; there didn't seem to be any lines. I put my arm around her middle this time and she snuggled right into my grasp at though we did this all the time. Her silky gown felt so good with her curves hitting just the right spot in my hand; no underwear that I could feel. Soon enough we had to sit down for the meal that helped hide my growing problem, she was just so tasty. I found my mind drawn to the night ahead of us, rather then the meal. I whispered into her ear, "As soon as we can leave would you like to join me back at my penthouse." The site had said for venues only but we all knew what we were really paying for.

"Of course honey, as soon as we can leave without raising too many eyebrows. Then we can have some fun at your place." She whispered in a husker voice as though we were already having s*x. I could hardly wait and through the next hour! I was as patient as possible but once I saw a few people start to leave we were on their heels. Back driving on the streets she was holding her hair and having fun and I knew that my time for fun was coming. Pulling up to my building we got out and went to the elevators, I could barely keep my hands from ripping off her gown. Once to my penthouse it was all I could do not to push her against the wall and take her there but I knew that I should at least try to be a gentleman.

"Would you like something to drink?" she turned around at the sound of my voice and smiled so sexy that I could imagine where her mind was going. "Yes could you make me one, something with vodka in it," that smile grew a bit wider, "could I meet you out on your balcony?" Who could deny a girl those requests, but I found myself dry mouthed and could only nod. Fixing her a vodka tonic in record time as well as one for myself, I went to meet her outside. I was starting to feel a little light headed and my balance seemed a little shaky but then again I did have a few drinks at the fundraiser, good thing I didn't feel this when I was driving.

Truly it was a sight to see her lit from the back and thinking again how I would be taking her and bending her over that way as well. Scarlet never turned around but once I came to her side by the rail she smiled again at me taking her drink from my hand. We looked out over the city before a question I'd been meaning to ask popped into my head, "Is your name really Scarlet or why did you pick it?"

Her face never changed but there was sadness or maybe loneliness to her eyes that wasn't there before, "I was given that name when I started in this profession."

I thought for a moment before asking, "But you don't have red hair, why Scarlet?"

She came a little closer to me and I could feel my world moving a little too much for comfort, "Because when I leave I tend to leave a bit of a scarlet mess..." Just as she said that she pulled me forward and I felt myself being pushed over the railing. In the split seconds it took before I hit the ground and indeed become the scarlet mess she was referring to I saw my beautiful courtesan turned assassin framed in the light. How many enemies had I made in getting to the top?

And even after that I had no idea that I was not the only one person dead who would be discovered almost dead that night. Even after falling from that height I did not die. But I lost consciousness.

On the other side of the city, where Aria and Adriel were working together in their flat Adriel received a call.

“Yes Mishra,” he said

“We have found another boss. This one is also a hooker but she was found dead inside a hotel,” said Mishra from the other side. Aria could not hear what it was but from the look on his face she knew that it was something pretty serious.

“How bad is it?” asked Adriel in a grim voice.

“Actually is isn’t that bad like we thought. It is like, I mean it looks like that he was interrupted before he could do the final job. The girl was strangled and then her throat was slit. She is naked as a jaybird but it is inside a room in a hotel. He is changing patterns. I don’t understand at all,” said Mishra and Adriel knew that this was the interrupted murder of Ripper that he had copied. His fears were coming true.

“You stay there. I am coming in as soon as possible,” said Adriel as he hung up.

“What happened?” immediately asked Aria.

“They have found another one. He is not following Ripper to the T but he is giving them his own modification,” said Adriel and looking at her raised brow he said,” It is the interrupted one that we were talking about in the evening.”

“Dear lord!!” said Aria as she placed her hand on her mouth and her eyes wide. This was bad and she knew it.

“I need to leave. What will you do?” asked Adriel. He was back to his professional bearings.

But before she could reply her phone started ringing. She picked it up and it was her contact.

“yes Danny boy…what is it?” asked Aria as she turned towards the window while Adriel started dressing properly.

“What? Who is in coma?” asked Aria in a stunned voice. Adriel paused for a moment as he heard her reaction and she turned towards him and then mouthed that she was putting him on speaker.

“The billionaire business man who has risen like a phoenix in the app world, has fallen off from his penthouse. It was in the fourth floor and still he is in coma and not dead. The security cameras show that there was woman who came along with him from a party and then there was no one seen leaving and there was no one in the house as well,” said Dan and Adriel raised his brows at her. He did not understand the connection to the murder but he knew that there was another attempt to murder.

“I shall be there as soon as possible,” said Aria as she hung up the call.

“Why did I not get that call?” asked Adriel to himself as Aria answered his question.

“Because you are the Chief of Crimes division and homicide and this one was attempted homicide. So I think that you should go to the crime scene and I shall take a look at it tomorrow morning while I need to get a piece ready for this one and until I am in the scene I would not know what I need to write,” said Aria and Adriel nodded. He took his coat and then left the apartment. Aria sighed once.

She had not thought that they would be doing the same thing once again now that they had crossed a line in friendship.

But that could wait.

However the man in coma could not. If she needed to have an edge then this was it…