Phoenix's Heart (11 page)

“I want to be happy with you, and I want to feel love. Just w
ork with me, please.” She smiled at him, this was her incubus.

“I will work with you. You are perfect the way you are, and I know you are capable of love.
I can feel it here.” She placed her left hand on his heart.

He put
his hand on top of hers, and she smiled up at him. “I hope you’re right.”

“Oh honey, don’t you
know the woman is always right in the relationship?” She blinked her eyes rapidly at him and he laughed; she loved the sound of him laughing.

“I will remember that.” She wrap
ped her arms around his back and he held her tight to him. “Darling, you didn’t eat lunch today. What would you like me to order for you?” She laid her head on his chest and listened to his heart. She hoped one day she would be the keeper of it.

She smiled
against his chest. “Pizza.”

“Really?
” He groaned. “I thought you got over that craving last night.” She shook her head against his chest. “Fine, I will order it for you. But I am taking you to dinner tonight, somewhere nice.” She frowned. Jennifer never really liked nice restaurants. They were way overpriced, and her dad always brought her to overpriced restaurants to say how sorry he was for missing whatever he missed of hers.

She lifted her head and he looked
down at her. “You know I’m fine with Olive Garden.”

He made
a disturbed face. “Darling, I said a nice restaurant and that isn’t Olive Garden.”

She glared
at him. “Well, that is what I want.”

Phoenix removed her arms that were around him and walked
away from her. “You know you are nearly impossible, and I have a strong feeling you are going to drive me crazy.” He turned around and he smiled. “That is what I like about you, my darling angel.”

“I know I’m not easy to be with, but I don't like when someone wants to take care of me. I know I’m going to have to get
used to it, but I don’t want to get hurt again. So until I can fully trust you I will demand for what I want, and if you don’t like it I will deal with my heartache.” She kept her eyes on him the whole time.

“I want your trust more than anything, and I hope to get it with time. I don't want to cause you heartache, and if I do
, I will gladly cut out my own heart for you.” He walked back to her and took her hand into his. “Now, go back out there and I will order you some pizza.” Phoenix brought her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles gently.

“Thank you
, Phoenix.”

“You are welcome
, Jennifer.” He gave her one last smile and walked back to his desk.

She was
smiling as she walked out of Phoenix's office. When she got back to her desk she heard her phone beeping telling her she had a message. She took it out of her purse and saw she had four missed calls from Megan. Jennifer figured she should just send a text. She wasn’t too happy with her best friend; she said a lot of hurtful things.

What's up
, Meg?

Jennifer pressed
send and within seconds she got a new text message.

When you get off call me. We need to talk.

Jennifer sighed at her phone. She wanted to work things out with Megan, but how would she take Jennifer being a Nephilim.

We do need to talk but I’m going to dinner with Phoenix, so come over at 10?

After she hit the send button, she closed her eyes. This was the biggest thing that had ever come between them. Her phone beeped and she looked at it.

10 works
. See you then.

Jennifer put her phone away
and looked back at her computer screen. She looked at Phoenix's calendar and he saw that he would be out of town for a week in a month from now. She would have to talk to him about that, he was all convincing that he needed to be with her, she wondered what he would do when he was out of town.

“Jennifer Cruz?” S
he jumped when she heard her name. She looked up to a face she recognized. It was Phoenix's driver. He smiled warmly at her. “Mr. DuPont asked me to get you some pizza. If I remember correctly you like extra cheese and pepperoni.”

Jennifer returned
his warm smile. “Oh, thank you.” She took the little box from him, and when she looked inside she groaned. It smelled so freaking good.

“Ms. Cruz
, I hope you enjoy your lunch.” He nodded at her and started to turn around.

She stood up and grabbed him
his arm. “Wait, what's your name?”

He looked over his shoulder and smiled at her.
“Mark, ma'am.”

“Thank
you, Mark.” She smiled and saw a smile on his face. He was older, probably in his late forties or early fifties and he reminded her of Richard Gere. He nodded and walked away. She wondered if he knew about Phoenix.

Jennifer
took out her first piece of the delicious pizza. It didn’t take her long to completely eat every last bite of the three slices.

***

Phoenix looked at the picture he had on his desk, it was him and his grandmother from about ten years ago. He hated to take pictures and she had to force him to take this, but it was a happy memory he had with her. It was Christmas day and she cooked a huge meal. He, Max and Max’s twin brother were all there. Phoenix helped decorate the house, and it was one of the only years it snowed.

His cell phone rang
, pulling him out of his memory. He reached in his suit pocket and pulled out his black iPhone. Max was calling to most likely check on him. He was still in shock that Jennifer was a Nephilim. He nearly lost it. The stories said a demon and angel couldn’t be together, and that was what they were.

He answered his phone. “Yes Max?”

Max laughed on the other end of the phone. “How are you doing with Jennifer’s news?” Phoenix grabbed his Bluetooth off of his desk and turned it on.

“I don’t know.” He
shut his eyes. There was so much that could go wrong and he worried he would hurt her. She just told him she loved him, and he had never loved anyone besides his grandmother.

“Phoenix, I can tell that you have strong feelings for her, and you can’t tell me it’s just sex. You light up when you are around her, and you should have seen your face when you were looking at your babies.”
He felt a smile forming on his face, he had never been happier that at the moment. Those babies were something he and Jennifer created.

But he didn’t know if he could be faithful to one woman for the rest of his life. “What if I fuck things up with her?”

“You might, but what if you don’t take the chance? Would you be okay seeing her with another guy?” Max said in a knowing voice that told Phoenix he knew how he would react. He would tear the other man apart. He wanted to do that when he saw William leaning into Jennifer.

“You know
that answer.” Phoenix opened his eyes. He stood up and walked to his large window. His office overlooked an enormous park, green trees, and a bright blue cloudless sky filled his vision. He chose this office for the view.

“I know it won’t be easy, and hell you will most likely fuck up. You are program
med to, but if you truly care for her and don’t want to be without her; you have to tell her. Women are really that simple, just tell her how you feel.”

Phoenix sigh
ed and ran his hands through his hair. “She told me she was falling in love with me.” He said and felt his chest ache as he spoke.

“Well
, I could have told you that, it was written on her face when she looked at you. I have to go. I just wanted to check on you.”

Phoenix
smiled. He would be lost without Max. “Okay thank you for always having my back.”

Max laughed. “Dude, we incubi
gotta stick together. Later.” With that he hung up and Phoenix laughed.

Chapter Eight

Jennifer looked at the time and realized she hadn’t seen or heard from Phoenix in three hours. She stood up and grabbed her purse; she was supposed to be off thirty minutes ago. She saw a redhead walking towards her, well most likely towards Phoenix's office.

“Jennifer
, tell Phoenix I am here to see him.” Melissa didn’t even look at Jennifer; she kept her eyes on Phoenix's office door.

Jennifer picked up her phone and pressed the button that connected
her phone to his. “Darling, I am just turning off my computer.”

“Mr. DuPont, Melissa wants to see
you.” She looked back up at Melissa; she was tapping her toe and had her hands on her hips.

“Shit, I don't want to see her. I wanted to leave with you. Will you please
wait for me?” His voice softened and she felt herself blushing.

“Of course I will.” She
smiled.

“Good, now send her in.”

Jennifer hung up her phone and smiled at Melissa. “He said to go in.”

Melissa glared
at Jennifer. “Of course he said that.” She looked back at the door and smiled. “I'm going to marry that man someday.” She flipped her bright red hair and pushed her chest out then opened the door.

Jennifer had
never been a violent person, but she wanted to shove Melissa's head through a wall. She glanced at her phone; she would give Phoenix ten minutes. After that she was leaving. Jennifer threw herself back in her chair.

***

Phoenix smiled at Melissa as she walked in his office; he hoped this would be a fast meeting. “Hello Melissa, what is going on?” She shook her head, he saw she was upset.

“Oh Phoenix, our commercial
is lost.” His eyes widened, he had paid too much money for this commercial, for his latest project. It was for a new touch screen tablet that you could project the screen on the wall.

“
What do you mean lost?” He kept his voice calm, as he sat back behind his desk. Melissa sat in front of him.

“I don’t know I gave it to the IT guy, and he can't find it.” She
said and furrowed her eyebrows. He made himself breathe, to keep himself calm. He wanted to rip people apart until he found this commercial.

“Which IT guy?”

Phoenix watched Melissa look up as if she was thinking. “I think Sam or Tim,” she said and looked back at him. Well he knew that there wasn't a Tim that worked in the IT department, but there was a Sam.

He picked up his phone and called,
Sam in IT. “IT, this is Sam, what can I help you with?”

“Sam, where
the hell is my commercial?” He heard Sam choking, and he shut his eyes.

Sam c
leared his throat. “Mr. DuPont, I am looking for it. I’m thinking someone picked it up in here. But you will be the first person I call.”

Phoenix felt his rage building. “What do you mean someone picked it up in there? Aren’t you the manager?”

He heard paper being moved around. “Yes sir, I’m not really sure what happened. Maybe someone picked it up by accident.” Sam had terror in his voice.

He had security
cameras that were all over the building. “Check with security and ask them to look back on the videos. Do you remember that last time you saw it?”

“Yes sir.”

“Good, now go and find my commercial. It needs to be turned in, in two days.”

“Yes Mr. DuPont, and I am so sorry.” Phoenix looked down at the clock on his desk and groaned. He had spent fifteen minutes dealing with this.

“Sam I want you to call Melissa
as soon as you find it. I have plans tonight.” He stood up. Melissa was glaring at him.

“Of course
, Mr. DuPont.” Phoenix hung up his phone and Melissa stood up; she walked to him and he turned in his chair to face her.

She put
her hand on his shoulder. “Phoenix I will find it and get it in on time. I promise you.” She put her right hand above her heart.

He nodded
. “I really have to go. Call me if you really need me, and leave me a message.” He looked down at her hand that was still on his shoulder. She moved it and smiled at him.

“Have a good night Phoenix.” She
turned around to walk out of his office. He walked out of his office and glanced at her desk. She was gone, just like he thought she would be. He needed to get to Jennifer's place, and he didn't blame her being mad. He quickly rushed out of the office.

***

Fifteen minutes past, she walked out of the elevator to her car. She got into her car and saw Mark standing by Phoenix black BMW. He nodded at her and she smiled. Jennifer knew that he would be calling their boss as soon as she was driving away.