One Wild Night



As Jade drove out of the congested part of the city and got on the private route leading to Tom's house, she noticed that the car driving behind her sped up, and just as he tried to get in front of her car and block her, she instinctively stepped on her brake pedal, and before she could guess what was happening, Harry's car appeared from nowhere and hit the car, shocking both Jade and Rebekah's hitman.

Without waiting for anything, Harry's men who were still behind Jade as instructed, got out of their car and hurried to check on the hitman, while Harry got out of his car to check on Jade.

"Are you alright?" he asked as he tried to open her door when he saw how pale and dazed she looked.

Jade's gaze shifted from the cars in front of her to Harry, and Harry tapped on her window, reminding her that her door was still locked.

Immediately she unlocked the door, Harry unfastened her seatbelt and pulled her out of the car into his arms as a tremor passed through him.

"You look too pale and shaken for someone as stubborn as you," Harry said, feeling the same tug on his heart that he had felt when he showed up on her doorstep weeks ago and saw her looking like a shadow of herself.

She was once again looking all too fragile for his liking, and it made him want to carry her home and tuck her into his bed.

"It's not every day a lawyer watches her boyfriend try to murder someone," Jade said weakly as she pulled away to look into Harry's face.

"I wasn't trying to kill him. If I was, he would be dead by now for so much as thinking of hurting you," Harry assured her fiercely, his eyes hard and angry.

"Was he going to kill me?" Jade asked in a shaky voice, ignoring the sound coming from the direction where Harry's men were ruffling up Rebekah's hit man who was already injured from the accident.

"That's what the text Rebekah sent to him implied. How many phones do you have and why does she want them? Did you record your conversation with her?" Harry asked with a concerned frown as he took out his phone to show her the text Barry had sent to him while he had been on his way to meet Jade.

"The phone was what she wanted? But he was already waiting outside before I brought out the phone," Jade murmured to herself as she looked away from Harry to Rebekah's hitman who now had a bloodied face.

"You whaven't answered my question, esquire," Harry reminded her.

"I will. Let's finish with him first. We might have use for him," Jade said as she stepped away from Harry to go meet the other men and Harry followed her.

Rebekah's hitman was writhing on the ground and spurting blood from his mouth. Harry's men stopped hitting him once they saw them approaching.

Before any of the men could say anything, Jade spoke first, "I know Rebekah wanted you to get rid of him, but I can't let you do that," Jade told Harry's men and all the men looked at her in shock.

Harry's men turned to look at Harry, and even though Harry wasn't exactly sure what Jade was playing at, he decided to trust her and gave them a nod to play along.

"We are only following the instruction..."

"Yes, I know. I was there when she told you the plan, remember?" Jade said as she forced a smile and then squatted in front of Rebekah's hitman.

"Rebekah set you up. After doing all her dirty work and helping her get rid of her son-in-law's body, this is how she repays you," Jade said, and the man lifted his face to look at her.

"I don't know what you are talking about," The hitman denied.

"Do you really not know? Her plan was to have you killed and then take the blame for the death of her son-in-law," Jade said as she took out her phone and showed the hitman the video of him with Adam's body in the fake crime scene.

The hitman shook his head, "Rebekah would never do this to me," he protested.

"Do you really believe that? I'm sure her dead son-in-law thought the same thing. He would never have expected Rebekah who was his lover to murder him either. But where is he now?" Jade asked, and watched the hurt surprise in the man's face.

"Don't tell me you are one of her lovers," Jade said in disbelief.

"It's none of your business," he said as he spat out blood from his mouth and used the back of his hand to wipe his bleeding nose.

"Believe it or not, Rebekah wants you dead. How do you think we all knew about your plan to murder me? These men were waiting outside the restaurant long before you arrived. Today was about you, not me. You can either work with me to take her down so you don't go down alone, or I will do as she wants. Let them kill you and make you take the blame for everything," Jade said, holding the man's gaze.

"What are you going to do to me?" he asked Jade uncertainly.

"Keep you safe and hidden so she believes you are dead. You will provide me with all the information I need about her crimes, and testify against her when I need you to. That's all," Jade said while Harry watched her in admiration as what she was planning dawned on him.

"If I refuse?"

"Whether or not you play along, it doesn't change anything for me. But it will be in your best interest to play along. It could earn you a shorter amount of time in jail," Jade said, and he sighed.

"Alright. I will work with you," he said, and Jade smiled.

"Smart decision," she said as she straightened.

"Do you know how to play dead? Lay still like you're dead. Rebekah will need proof," Jade said, and the man lay down and shut his eyes while Jade took snapshots of him.

"What do you plan to do with him?" Harry asked, wondering what her plan was.

"Keep him hidden," she said, and before Harry could ask her any other question she dialled the number of the chief judge.

"The case just got a bit more interesting. Do you have a safe place where a culprit can be kept?" Jade asked the moment the judge received the call.

"The safest place for a culprit is the prison where he deserves to be," the chief judge said gruffly.

"Not if he is going to be a witness. I'm trying to use him get the main culprit. Do you have somewhere?" Jade asked impatiently.

"Yeah. I do. I will text you the location," the chief judge said, and Jade nodded.

"Alright. Thanks. I will give you the details when next I meet you," Jade promised before hanging up.

"Who was that?" Harry asked with a frown.

"The Chief judge. I have no time to waste keeping an eye on a criminal. The chief judge however wouldn't mind doing what he can to have his hands on the real culprit," Jade explained, and Harry nodded.

"So, are you going to let him in on our plans?" Harry asked and Jade shook her head.

"Not at all. All he needs to know is that the young man hear works for Rebekah Miller, and she asked him to get rid of me because of the case," Jade said, and Harry nodded.

As they turned to return to where the men stood, Jade's phone started ringing and she raised a brow when she noticed it was an unknown number.

"Hello! This is Jade Hank. How may I help you?" she asked briskly immediately she received the call.

"Hello! You may not know me. I'm Lisa. Lisa Steel. Sister to Anita Miller," Lisa explained, and Jade raised a brow.

"I see. How may I help you?" she asked, curious to know why the only sane member of the Miller family was calling her.

"It's not something I think we should discuss over the phone. I would love to meet with you, but coming to you would be impossible right now because I recently put to bed and have been placed on bed rest. Can I invite you over for lunch?" Lisa asked hopefully.

"Lunch?" Jade asked thoughtfully.

"Yes. Is Tomorrow fine?" Lisa asked, and Jade pursed her lips.

"Can I at least know what the meeting is about?" Jade asked curiously.

"Well, it's about my late father's death," Lisa said, catching Jade's interest.

"Alright. Tomorrow is fine. You can text me the time and location," Jade said before hanging up.

"Who was that and what do they want?" Harry asked, and Jade explained to him.

"You can't go there alone. I don't care if she is the good one or not," Harry said, and Jade raised a brow.

"It would be rude for a guest to show up with..."

"I don't care about you being rude, esquire. It's your safety I care about. Have Candace accompany you. She mentioned something about being your intern. Let her go with you," Harry said, and Jade shook her head.

"You're so protective...."

"And possessive too," Harry added, and Jade giggled.

"Are you certain you can deal with my job? You can't have people following me everywhere and..."

"You now work for I-Global, remember? Why do you think I wanted you to work with us?"

"To keep me close?" Jade asked with a grin.

"And to make sure you don't take on jobs that put you at risk. I'm glad you look and sound like yourself now," Harry said as he leaned forward and pressed a kiss on her lips.

Jade glanced down at her phone when it beeped with a text notification and saw it was from the chief judge, "He has sent the safe house address."

"Good. My men will take him there while I escort you home," Harry said as he took her phone while Jade rolled her eyes.

"I can go home alone."

"You can. But you don't have to," Harry said, and without another word to her he headed back to join his men.

"Who are you?" the hitman asked Harry curiously.

He could understand why the others were there, but he couldn't understand who Harry was or why he had hit his car that way.

"He is my boyfriend," Jade said, knowing Harry wouldn't respond.

"You have some nerve asking me questions. You have no idea how lucky you are that she wasn't hurt," Harry said with a sneer before turning to his men.

"Take him to this address and then come back to get rid of his car," Harry said after reading out the address to his men.

Harry and Jade stood as they watched his men take the hitman away, and once they had driven off Harry pulled Jade to himself and embraced her.

Jade smiled as she held him, "I'm fine."

"I know you are. The hug is for me not you," Harry said and Jade smiled.

"You want to hang out?" she asked, and Harry glanced at his wristwatch.

"I can't. I had to reschedule two very important meetings so I could be here. I have to go back to the office now even if it's past office hours," Harry said, and Jade nodded.

"Then you shouldn't really bother about escorting me..."

"Let's go," Harry cut her off as he led her to her car.

"I will drive behind you. After I see you go through the gate I will be on my way," Harry insisted as he held open her car door and with a sigh Jade got into her car.

"Thank you, Jonas," Jade said as Harry shut the door and he raised a brow.

"What for?"

"For showing up," Jade said as she held his gaze. She would have been pretty shaken up had he not been present. His presence had given her the confidence to go on fearlessly.

"Knowing what a scaredy cat you are, I couldn't possibly leave you alone," Harry joked and chuckled when she glared at him.

"Don't think I didn't notice you shaking when you embraced me after I got out of the car," she hissed and he grinned.

"A man is allowed to worry about the love of his life," Harry said with a wink before walking away, and Jade sighed as she watched him get into his dented car.

Was it possible to love him any more than she did already? She wasn't sure.