The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Erick got out early from his work so he decided to pick up Elle at her work place. However, when he arrived at Falcon Cafe, it was already closed so he decided to went home.

But to his surprise, when he arrived at home, he didn't see Elle inside.

Erick frown. He wanted to see her badly that's why he went home early but to his disappointment he didn't see her.

"Elle, where are you?" Erick mumbled.

He picked up his phone and dialled her number. It was ringing on the other line. Erick was patiently waiting for her to answer.

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Meanwhile.... Charles and Phantom were now looking at each other.

"Master, that was the detective I told you about." Charles told him.

Phantom just smiled at him and nodded. Phantom already knew about Detective Erick Lee. He even investigated him.

"Master, he is now looking for Elle. Master can you talk to Elle and just convince her to leave this Detective. She doesn't need his protection. We can protect her." Charles requested Phantom.

Phantom just smiled at him awkwardly. Charles didn't know that he was the one who suggested to Elle to stay with the detective.

"Ahem, I couldn't decide for that. It will still depend on Elle if she wanted to leave him already."

Elle's phone stopped ringing. But seconds after, it started to ring again.

"What are you waiting for? Don't you want to answer it?" Phantom asked Charles.

"Master, if I answer that he will know that Elle is with me and he will come to pick her up. I don't want to return Elle to him especially after what happened to her." Charles said stubbornly.

"But he will keep on searching for her. He might suspect something about Elle if she didn't return tonight." Phantom said to him.

"Just let him be Master. Elle doesn't need him. She has us by her side already."

"Have you talked to Elle regarding this?" Phantom asked him. Charles nodded.

"What did she say?" Phantom asked him

Charles looked down "She didn't agree with me."

"If that is the case, then you should answer that call. Don't go against her. She might get mad at you if she wakes up and find out that you did something she doesn't want." Phantom advised him.

"But master, what if Elle wakes up and her emotion is not yet stable. He might discover her true identity." Charles continued to refuse to answer Erick's call.

Phantom was put into a deep thought. "Let's just observe what will happen when he comes. We also expect Elle to wake up sooner. If anything happens we can just attack him here." Phantom suggested. Phantom was not sure also whether Elle would be back to her normal self when she wakes up.

He was also curious to see that Detective in person. Phantom picked up the phone and gave it to Charles. "Here....answer it."

Charles sighed deeply as he accepted the phone.

"Hello?" He finally answered the phone.

On the other hand, Erick was shocked to hear Charles voice on the other line. This only meant Elle was with Charles.

'Where are they?'

"Hello Mr. Del Rios, that is Elle's cellphone. Why did you answer it? Where is she? I went to Falcon Cafe a while ago but it was already close." Erick said to him.

Charles rolled his eyes. Phantom had the urge to laugh when he saw his reaction.

"She is here at my place." He answered matter-of-factly.

Erick frown when he heard him. He didn't like the idea that Elle was with him and they were at Charles' place right now.

'What are they doing there?'

"What is she doing there?" Erick asked him.

"She is currently sleeping at my bed." Charles smiled wickedly. Then suddenly Phantom hit his head.

"Aw!" Charles grunted and he turned to look only to see Phantom's warning gaze. Phantom knew what Charles was trying to do.

Erick became speechless after hearing Charles. Now he had a gloomy expression on his face. Charles was successful in giving Erick a wild imagination.

"Give me your address right now Mr. Del Rios!" Erick told him with his stern voice. Erick's grasp to his phone tightened.

Charles told him his address and Erick immediately hang up. He hurriedly went outside and got into his car. He drove really fast going to Charles place. The supposedly 30 minutes drive going there, he got it in just 15 minutes.

He got out his car and hurriedly ran towards the house to knock. Charles and Phantom were also shocked when someone knocked. They already knew it was Erick.

'He is fast.' Phantom thought to himself as he smirked.

Charles opened the door and he saw the serious face of Erick.

Charles smiled at him widely "Welcome to my house Mr..." what Charles wanted to say was cut off when Erick suddenly punched him in the face. Then he entered the house hurriedly.

Erick didn't mind entering Charles' place. He didn't plan to be courteous tonight. All he wanted to do was to find Elle and see her.

Erick began to search Charles house to find Elle. Phantom witnessed everything. He was laughing inside. He was amused when he saw Erick punched Charles.

'Hmm. He was not bad. If I am in his shoes I will also punch Charles. He deserves it. haha.' Phantom told himself while watching Erick.

Charles was already mad. He didn't expect Erick to act like that and suddenly punched him.

Erick finally found Elle. He ran towards her. Series of emotions appeared on his face but he felt relieved when he already saw Elle who was still sleeping soundly.

Erick walked closer to her. He frown to see the towel in her forehead.

'Is she sick?' He thought to himself. He removed the towel and he touched her forehead.

Charles followed him inside. He was still massaging his face. His lips bled from that punch.

"What happened to her?" He asked Charles.

Charles shot him a sharp glare.

"You still have the guts to face me after punching me. Did you forget that you are inside my house right now? I can sue you of trespassing!" Charles was in rage.

Erick ignored his threat. "What happened to her?" he repeated with his stern voice.

Charles was bewildered. In the end, he decided to answer his question.

"She was sick and collapsed in the cafe. I took care of her. I brought her here since she told me this morning that your parent's didn't come home yet. I am afraid to leave her alone and you are at your work that time." Charles tried his best to come up with his good alibi to cover up for Elle.

"You should have called me instead." Erick said to him.

"I don't know your number, besides her phone has a passcode. I couldn't contact you." Charles replied.

"You should have brought her in the hospital instead." Erick said to him.

Phantom was really enjoying this scene. Charles didn't know what to respond.

This time Phantom decided to help him.

"I just want to apologize for my son's action. I admit he is just really slow sometimes when it comes to decision making." Phantom butted in.

At this moment, Erick just realized that there was another person aside from Charles.

"We already invited our personal doctor a while ago to check on her. She said she just have a fever and she just need to rest." Phantom said to him again.

"Thank you for taking care of her." Erick said politely. Phantom just smiled and nodded at him. Charles wanted to say something more but Phantom stopped him.

Erick turned to Elle. Worries was evident to his face. He sat down and tried to wake her up.

"Elle, wake up!" Erick tapped her shoulder.

Charles and Phantom were just looking at him while he was waking Elle.

"Elle." Erick continued to call her. Elle was awakened by Erick's voice. She slowly opened her eyes. Erick's handsome face welcomed her sight.

Charles and Phantom were anticipating Elle's reaction after waking up. They were silently observing on the side.

A light flashed on Elle's eyes upon seeing Erick's familiar face. She smiled at him but she didn't speak.

Charles and Phantom were dumbfounded when they saw her reaction.

'Is her emotion stable now? Is she back to her normal self now?' They both had the same question in mind.

Erick looked at her with his gentle eyes. He smiled at her. "Can we go home now?" Erick asked her. Elle just nodded. She felt really weak right now. She couldn't speak also.

"Can you stand up?" Erick softly said. Elle didn't have the strength right now so she shook her head to answer him.

Erick just let out a soft chuckle. He was back to his normal self. "Alright. Just stay put. I will just carry you."

The two spectators on the side couldn't believe what they were witnessing right now. It seemed like they became invisible. Elle didn't notice their presence. Her attention was focused only to Erick.

Erick carried Elle using sweetheart carry. Elle put her right hand on his shoulder and she burried her face in his c.h.e.s.t. Erick just nodded to the two persons before he left the room.

Charles and Phantom followed them behind. They watched Erick as he gently put Elle inside his car. He wrapped her using his jacket.

Phantom felt relieved to see Elle was now emotionally stable. But when he turned to Charles, he saw his gloomy expression. He shook his head while laughing inside.

"What's wrong? You don't look good." He teased him.

"I hate that Detective! Now he is worried about Elle but I don't think that he will still feel the same once he find out Elle's true identity. I bet he will turn his back on her as soon as he find out and he will just hurt her. He is just a fake. He will not be able to accept Elle's identity and soon he will betray her." Charles said before he walked out.

Phantom stared at the directions of Erick's leaving car. He was also curious what the detective will do once he found out Elle's true identity. He knew that the detective truly cares about Elle as he observed him a while ago.

He was also surprised the way Elle interacts with him. This was the first time he saw Elle's gentle eyes as she looked at the detective face. He could also feel that Elle was really comfortable with the detective's presence.