A/N: Okay guys, I have entered this story for the Watty Awards! All of your messages really put a smile on my face so i thought 'why no, got nothing to lose at the end of the day' so basically we are in the running right now hahaa and i would really appreciate it if you took your time to vote as well because now every vote counts apparently :L thank you for reading and i hope you like it my lovees :) xx

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You know when you say something, and the other person doesn’t register what you said and are just staring at you with a dumb expression waiting for you to explain it further, not quite believing what you have just said?

Jace was giving me that look right now.

He was silent for a while, the dumb look plastered on his stupidly handsome face “Huh?”

“I’m going on my own.” I repeat.

He looks like he is deep in thought, the dumb look getting dumber by the second. He finally shakes his head “Nope, still not making sense.”

I sigh, rubbing my forehead slightly as I know where this conversation is going to go “I am leaving on my own Jace, you can’t come with me.”

“Now that still seems like a massive pile of dog shit, because I am the only one who decides what I do and I can, and will, come with you.” The dumb expression is gone and replaced by annoyance.

“I am getting out on my own, no one else is getting dragged down with me.”

He takes a step back and flings his arm in the air in desperation “For fuck sake woman, no one is getting dragged down with you. Hasn’t it crossed your mind that maybe Connor and Chris want out of this life as well and that’s why they want to help?” he almost yells “You never struck me as selfish Faith.”

My eyes narrow and the daggers I throw him are vicious “The last thing I am is selfish.” I tell him, my voice cold “You don’t even know what I am going to do so do not stand there judging when you have no clue about anything!”

“Well tell me then!” He screams back “How am I ever meant to ‘judge’ you properly if you keep everything to yourself all the time?!”

I stay quiet for a minute, watching him as he is waiting for a reply. I sigh again, calming myself down as I decide to explain it to him “I’m going to kill Ed.”

He blinks at me, stunned at my words for a few seconds before he comes back to reality “Well if you’re going to kill him then what’s the problem?”

I roll my eyes at how naïve he is. The moron. “The problem is that when I kill him his associates will not let that go lightly. Ed runs the agency, its his firm and yes once I kill him there will be no agency because the leader will be gone and no one will take his place, meaning that the agents will be free of this life, which by the way would include Chris and Connor so I just want to add a big ‘fuck you’ for the earlier selfish comment.” I add quickly, giving him the bird for impact and watching his eyes roll before his attention is on me again waiting for me to finish “The other leaders of the other firms will not let it go because they need to set an example. They cannot let one of their own be killed so they will hunt down the person who did it in order to keep their precious reputations. They will not give a shit about the other agents, but they could be hunting me down for years after I do it.”

Jace takes in my words, thinking them over for a few seconds “So basically you’re going to kill him, and just run?”

I nod my head “I need to get out of the country, and for the next few years I will be looking over my shoulder constantly. It will die down after a while but until then I will be in danger every single second I’m breathing.”

Jace clenches his jaw “How long is a while?”

I shrug “I have no idea, my guess is about 5 years or so. Normally they lose interest after that.”

He nods slowly, before he shrugs “I still don’t care. I’m coming with you.”

“You don’t seem to realise how hard it’s going to be Jace. It’s not just a case of me walking away and buying a two bedroom house in the countryside somewhere, they aren’t going to just let me go easily.” I explain to him, trying to make him see my point.

“Faith I want to be with you. If that means leaving this crappy country with you and running for the next few years that’s my decision, and I’m prepared to do it.”

“I’m not.” I respond “If they do catch me and you’re with me, they will kill you Jace.”

“That’s my risk.” He insists, his tone tells me he is not messing around. I knew him too well, and he is probably the most stubborn person I have ever me. Not including myself that is.

I let out an aggressive breath “Look if after 5 years I’m still alive I’ll look you up okay?” I snap at him, willing to do anything now just to keep him safe. And with me he will be anything but safe.

His eyes were cold as he looked at me like I was an idiot “I went 3 years without you Faith, I’m not going another 5.”

I grit my teeth at his stubbornness, before I get fed up and jump off the desks and begin to walk to the door.

He steps in my way, blocking my exit. I freeze and look up at him, the challenge in his eyes clear.

“Get out of my way Jace.” I order.

“Not a chance in hell.”

“I need to finish this with the drug lord, I am not doing anything else.” I try and explain calmly knowing that he thinks I’m going to do this with Ed now.

He shakes his head again, like the stubborn child he is “I am not letting you leave this room until you come to your freaking senses. You’re clearly not thinking straight, so it would be irresponsible for me to let you go out fighting crime when you’re acting crazier than a Justin Beiber fan.”

My teeth are gritting so hard by now I’m surprised they didn’t shatter. I could see the humour in his eyes, but the anger in them was also vivid.

“Jace let me past before I kick the crap out of you.” My patience is running thin by now, so I do what I normally do and resort to death threats.

He gives me a smug smile “Do it, I’ll just scream and alert Connor and Chris and tell them about your marvellous plan. I’m sure they will gladly help me keep you hostage in this room until you come to your senses.”

I let out a small scream of frustration as I realised the bastard has me by the balls.

“I need to go Jace! What the hell do you want me to do?!”

“I want you to accept the fact that I'm coming with you.” He tells me simply, and I close my eyes and inhale. Suddenly my eyes snap open as I realise I had one way out of this.

I let out a defeated sigh and look up at him “Okay, fine.”

His eyes widen in shock at how quickly I gave in “Really? It was that easy?”

I nod “Yes, you win. You can come with me.” I give him my best genuine smile, and to my surprise he buys it and a big fat grin spreads on his face. I have to resists the urge to laugh.

I knew this was the only way to get out of this room, and I closed the distance between us as I pressed by body up against his. I ran my hand up his arm while biting my bottom lip.

“So, now that we have basically mapped out our next few years, care to pick up where we left off?” I suggest seductively, moving my lips closer to his.

The grin was still on his face as he nodded his head slowly “Well, you definitely have come to your senses.”

He presses his lips up to mine, clearly the fact that he has actually won an argument was a big turn on for him because he eagerly backed me up until we reached the bed, where he lowered me down slowly and climbed on top.

My hands gripped handfuls of the fabric on his top as I carried on kissing him, getting way more into this than I should. I hitched my leg around his hip and in one movement I rolled him over until I was on top of him, pining his arms above his head.

I lifted my head slightly, smiling down playfully as I rolled my hips against him. He let out a moan, attempting to free his hands from my hold.

“Ah, not so fast Jace. I like being on top remember.” The corner of my lip tugs up faintly, and I can basically see the lust sparkling in his eyes. “So keep your hands there, I’m in control right now.”

Basically no blood was anywhere near his head right now because he just nodded at me like he was in a trance. Again, I had to resist the urge to laugh.

I lowered my head and kissed him again, opening my mouth against his and letting out a moan of my own as his tongue made contact with mine. I let go of his wrists, slowly trailing my hands down his arms and over his biceps, spending a little too long feeling my way down. I kept kissing him as I reached my hand out to the bag besides the bed, grabbing the handcuffs that were in there and knowing Jace was too busy right now to be paying any attention.

Never taking my mouth off his, I slowly lifted my hand back up with the handcuffs in them. I silently closed one handcuff to the metal headboard, and as quick as a flash I put the other one around one of his wrists.

He instantly pulled away with his eyes widened as he stared at his hands, the shock clear in his face.

He closes his eyes and sighs deeply “Please tell me this is all part of the foreplay.”

I shake my head slowly, a small smug smile on my lips “Nope, you just got played player.”

I quickly lean down and peck him on the lips, climbing off of him and straightening my clothes out.

“Faith, take these handcuffs off me right now.” Jace orders trying to stay calm.

“No can do I’m afraid, I have something to do and you were stopping me from doing it. I had to do what I had to do baby.” I grin at him, holding back a chuckle as I look him over.

He was throwing his wrists about trying to get out of the cuffs, failing miserably.

I pick up a scarf from the chair on my desk, preparing for what I knew was coming.

“Faith I swear to god you better let me out of these cuffs right now, or I will scream the place down.” His tone was furious now.

I walked over to the bed and leaned over “I know you will, but lucky for me I know you so well because I’m one step ahead.”

I wrap the scarf around his face, gagging him with it to stop the protests that I knew were about to shatter the windows and alert the other two men in this house I seemed to be arguing with right now.

I tie the knot around the back of his head, and pull my face away as I look at the pure rage in his eyes. I smile at him apologetically before placing a small kiss on his cheek.

“I love you Jace, and that’s why you can’t come with me. If anything happened to you I don’t know what I would do, so before you hate me for this please remember that I did it because I genuinely care more about you than I do myself.”

I pushed myself off the bed and began to walk out of the door, Jace’s muffled screams of protest echoing around the room.

Now, I’m no translator but even I could make out what he was saying, and they were not words of love and sunshine I can tell you that.

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