Thirty Seven

Elle's POV

Okay…

What just happened? I turned back to see Alex still standing in the same place we boarded the car, right till we took the turn that led us to the highway.

I looked at the back seat to see a now dozing Trisha squirming in the gown that she wore, it seemed too tight on her.

Did I just say that to my boss?

I mean he's my boss, yes, but it's my life, it's the weekend and I'm off duty!

He should have just passed by, I mean what's his business being all up in my business!

I mean he had someone he was with, and, and more beautiful too!

I was just a boring police officer with my hip dips and all!

'Oh my God!

What was I even thinking!'

I quickly snapped out of my thoughts.

I said I wouldn't think about him, yet I keep thinking about him.

Forget it Elle, forget everything.

There isn't much to regret now, we never crossed that bridge, so I might as well burn every other thing.

After the weekend, and all the shenanigans we had insinuated, I woke up bright and early the next morning ready to tackle the week.

I got to work, repeating the mantra I had formulated, and practicing theoretical rules in my head.

Don't talk to him, except You're given formal commands.

Avoid him like he's a pandemic.

Avoid eye contact at all costs

Most importantly, don't think about him!!!

Feeling contented, even if I felt the small seed of doubt, I headed to the general room to start investigating some cases.

"Wow!!"

I couldn't believe the nerve of this guy, the lady in red from the other day was here again, and this time they were in a passionate hug.

Uhmm, okay. Let's just do all the things we practiced, and with that said, I walked past them, I wasn't going to entertain this guy anymore.

As I settled in, the new guy from my last patrol came to me, "Did you notice the lady with the captain?", He asked as he scooted closer.

"Yeah, what about her?",

"I think they're dating! I mean they might have just started dating cause we haven't noticed her in the station before!"

"Okay, so?", I asked, urging him to get to the point, I wasn't in the mood to entertain anything about him.

"Well, I just thought you wanted to gossip. Anyways the captain wants a word in the office!", He said before turning away.

I sighed, what was Mr Sexy pants onto now!

I mean, I was curious about why he was asking for me, he gave us on the investigation team general commands, not individual command.

Did this mean that he wanted to ask about the previous weekend!?

Well I wasnt going to talk about it, whether he liked it or not!

I knocked on his door, hearing a 'come in' before going in.

I kept a neutral look on my face, he had a girlfriend, I wasn't about to be the other one! That was if he even made any advance!

I got in and closed the door behind me.

My heart raced just being in the space with him and seeing his face. Such a fine guy!

He pointed towards the chair right in front of him, and I took it, he was my boss after all.

"Good morning officer Elle!", He started

"Brielle!", I corrected, he wasn't close to me or my family, so there was no need for familiarity.

He didn't say anything for a while, but he clearly wanted to say something, and he kept hesitating.

"Brielle, okay. Let's have dinner!", He said,completely taking me off guard.

"And why would I have dinner with my boss?", I clipped back, expecting him to back off, but he clearly had an agenda.

"I beleive this is called shooting my shot!", Well if the dinner wasnt shock, this was definitely shock!

I shifted in my seat, I wasn't going to give him the reaction he expected, now I was determined to leave this place!

"I'm not interested in having dinner with you, nor do I appreciate you even making a move on me when you're with someone!", The more I said, the more infuriated I became!

How dare he, like the audacity!

I didn't even wait for his reply before I walked out on him.

Well, other than the fact that I was angry, his approach or interest certainly made things more confusing.

Glad to know I wasn't the only one swooning.

What was I even thinking about??

He was with someone for crying out loud, I wouldn't want to be in the position where she is.

I couldn't even go back to reciting my mantra, man, I was completely disoriented.

Trisha's POV

"So you mean, all this time, he was out somewhere doing all this?!", Aunt Hermione asked, pointing frantically towards the piece of paper I had given her.

Like I said earlier, I was going to involve aunt Hermione in this because I trusted that she would punish him according to the law.

Thus, that prompted me to meet with aunt Hermione.

What I haven't figured out was if she was going to tell my mother or not.

"It's been a while now, I would be getting updates soon, but since we've been after him, that's all the absurdity he and his daughter had been engaged in!", I said as she dropped the paper on her table.

"I will start my investigations on him, but I need to talk to a detective first, a legal one at that! He has gone way too far!"

She continued, "what would Paula think about all this!?"

"So would you tell her?!", I asked

"I mean, I wouldn't want to worry her, but I'll tell her when we get a lead. Wait, you were thinking of telling her right?!", She asked.

"Well, I wasn't sure yet, but I didn't want her to worry. You're right, we should tell her when we get a lead!"

"Good then! I'm sorry I can't stay too long to chat but I have another meeting!", She said before running off.

This woman never has time, no wonder she was still single!

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Y'all think Elle's going to that dinner?