Is He Not Mad?

She lifted her hands slowly in the air, but they were not moving, her body became stiff and she feared that she might fall anytime or pee on herself because the cold metal behind her neck was giving her chills. 

"Fern is everything okay?" Asked the man who had placed the gun behind Diana's back. 

Diana had counted all the cash and they were the exact number of what she wanted, nothing less or more but seeing the expression Fern was giving at the truck told her things were about to get messy.

Fern threw the bag and it flew in the air with the papers following the wind, she walked up to her sister and slapped her across the face, anger evident in her face, her long fingers sliced Dee's cheeks but she didn't have time to register that, slapping her on the other cheek, she grabbed Dee's collar and looked at her with fierce eyes. 

Diana was scared, scared of what Fern might do to her, the way she was breathing fire below her neck. 

"Why did you lie to me, why did you place a stack of papers inside that bag Dee? Am I a joke to you?" She shouted while forcing Diana to look at her hundred questions pouring from her mouth making it hard for Dee to answer any of them.

Diana was shaking as she felt her legs give up, she wanted to fall back but she was supported by the metallic gun pointed at her neck.

"Stack of papers?" She asked Fern with a shocked expression. She had all the cash and it's not like she had climbed a public vehicle to have someone switch bags with her.

"Fern, I swear, all the money were inside that bag, I didn't do anything to it, I knew you were serious about it and I didn't want to risk having the pictures flooded on the internet," Fern spat on her as she gave her a sneering look.  

The way she was looking at Dee, Dee realized that her sister was probably not sure about the pictures, or she was playing games with her mind and had them photoshopped.

Fern wanted to have the man behind her pull the trigger but she couldn't, Dee has been there for her even though she doesn't want to admit that she mostly messed things up, she acknowledge her being in her life. She couldn't bring herself to kill her, not today.

'This is not the time to show a concerned face,' Fern said inwardly as she composed herself and forced the wrinkles on her forehead to appear.

Dee had closed her eyes, she didn't want to encounter an angry Fern right now, 'did Dan betray me?' She thought to herself. She couldn't think of where she exchanged bags with anyone. After counting the money which she did by herself, she closed the bag and walked out to take a cab with Alex and Dan waving at her.

"If you are saying the truth, who changed them?"

"I did," 

Dee opened the eyes that were tightly closed and looked at the person standing behind Fern. How did he know where I was,? He had his gun pointed at Fern and she couldn't feel the cold metal in her neck, looking at the person who was holding the gun, he was laying on the floor with blood flowing from his chest.

Diana wanted to be happy, jump up and down and tell him, 'thank you' but she couldn't, she knew Jake was angry that he didn't trust him enough to explain to him the problem she had and now, he has discovered her little evil plan and they are both ruined.  After Fern, she knew she will be the next to be driven six feet deep for stealing money from him.

'I just hope Dan and Dave are doing fine and they don't have to go through these shame and devastating moments, I hope he doesn't do anything bad to Dan,' Dee thought to herself. 

"You pathetic liar, so you had a deal with your man here this is why you stuffed the bag with papers?" Fern shouted as she was being pulled away by Pete after being tied with the straps, "will you be happy if dad dies yet you were able to help but you are selfish?"

Diana looked at her with sorry eyes, she wanted to tell Jake to have mercy on her but she was not going to do it because she was ashamed to speak in front of Jake. 

She felt a hand walk on her cheeks, caressing it up and down, 'is he planning to slap me?' Thought Dee as she felt her cheeks now become warm.

"Open your eyes, Dee," said Jake as she cupped her cheeks into his hands and lifted them forcefully.

"I am sorry Jake, I am, I just couldn't tell you that I was going to do this but I had to, she had my naked pictures and they were going to stain your name, I am sorry," mouthed Dee as her tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Jake enveloped her into a hug to calm her down, he knew that all she wanted to do was save his image.

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Inside Nathan's office, after Dave was done calling Diana, they decided to call Jake who was busy in a meeting, he was not picking his calls so they called Theodore who picked the call and had to remove Jake from his meeting. 

After Jake heard the explanation that Dave and Nathan gave him, he realised why Diana was so engrossed in her thoughts and the fear she held before they parted ways. 

What he feared was that the pictures might surface even after they give Fern the cash so he had to intervene by all means and destroy everything regarding the pictures. 

After Dee had finished counting the money, she gave Dave the bag to carry for her while she uses the washroom and that's was the opportunity for them to switch between the two bags but had to make sure that both of them were heavier so that she won't have any doubts. 

Jake was mad that she didn't explain to him about the pictures, but later he realized that he also never told her about the pictures from Kim's house. He has been meaning to tell her though he doesn't know how to explain to her that he is involved in her life and how someone threatened them and her mother is trying to offer her as a sacrifice to the cult. 

Jake dressed as a taxi driver to disguise himself so that he can lead Dominic and the team to the location, he knew how hard it is to steal money from someone and that is what he witnessed in Dee's face while driving her to the destination. She was sorry and he knew she was regretting what she did. He saw her look back every time, trying to tap him in the taxi but she was afraid again, she looked at their pictures and cried making him feel like she can think about him and cry.

Looking at her right now, he couldn't control himself, the urge to treat her right, to explain to her that she means more to her, though it has only been two months, to him, it felt like he has known her for a long time. He was trying to find someone but he didn't know he will find that person, after his sister, he was lonely he didn't want to bring this side of him that was all happy caring and charming but with Dee, that side of him came naturally. She didn't need to lay naked in his bed, spread her legs to show him that he is loved, her simple behaviour attracted people towards her. She might not be the model like Dorcas, or any celebrity he jas brought in his bed but all those can't compare to her, because she is Diana Kings, her Diana, the princess he wants to treat right every second and that moment begins right now.

He claimed her full lips, soft tender in her mouth, luckily, his security was far away. Dee looks at his closed eyes surprised by what he is doing. 

'Is he not mad? I thought he was going to throw her out to the wolves,' she thought to himself. 

When Jake realizes that Dee was not responding, he broke the kiss and looked at her. He was not disappointed that she was being rigid about it, he knew he rushed it here and maybe she was afraid of what he would do you her.

"You are perfect, allow me to show you that okay?" She questions her.

"What did you just say?"

Jake looked at her shocked face and laughed, he knew what he said is normal but did not get her, that was like something out of the ordinary to be told. 

"I... I thought you don't want to try anything so you..." She stammered looking at him.

Yes, he didn't want anything but he can't hide the fact that he wants something with her, what is the need to pretend every day when all you want to do is be by her side and show her some love?

"I want everything with you Fern, everything," he said looking at her and she jumped hanging on her neck like a little panda.

Fern stood watching them with jealousy evident in her face, Dominic pulled her and shoved her inside the truck, he wanted information about the source of the pictures. 

"I told you I don't know," said Fern in an agitated manner. She was trying to break the traps that were holding her hands but she couldn't manage to, she felt pain in her hands. Her formen had been killed and we're laying on the floor waiting to liquidate.

"Well, the judgement lies with Jake, he will just torture you and kill you if you don't want to say anything,"  said Dominic and asked Pete to take care of her.

He walked closer to the two lover birds standing cutely infront of him with Jake's hands wrapped around Dee's waist, he had to sneak a picture and send it to someone.

He was happy that Jake was finally listening up and letting his feelings out again.