Chapter 54 - Illogical (2/2)

This was the Jackson she knew. She was told that he dealt with weapons, but she had never seen him with a weapon before. She was told that he was a cold and ruthless gangster, but he was one of the nicest guys she had ever met.

Jackson was moved by Halia's words. At that moment, he felt like the two of them were in their own world. Down there in the lab, it was dimly lit and quiet. There was no one else around and they couldn't hear anything from the outside world. For that short moment, he was not a gangster and she was not a mysterious woman that was spying on him. He was just a man and she was just a woman and all he wanted to do...

...was kiss her.

Jackson looked down at Halia's lips and his breathing stopped. He had kissed her before, but this time, there was something different. The first time he kissed Halia, she was drugged. The second time he kissed her, he did it forcefully. But this time...

Halia saw the man hesitate. She too had forgotten her identity. Because she misunderstood Jackson for killing Marcus, she had been holding back her feelings and stopping herself from feeling anything positive about this guy. Even when she was helping him defuse his bomb, she was actually worried, but she kept telling herself it was part of her job. However, deep down, she knew, she would never risk her life like that if she didn't truly care about Jackson. In fact, she even questioned if she would have done that for a normal friend.

Halia felt the man's arms around her waist and it stirred up butterflies in her stomach. She had felt this feeling before in Sara's memory...when she looked at Sean. Was she feeling the same way for Jackson that Sara felt for Sean?

People often said that love was an illogical thing, and at that moment, Halia believed it. Even though she knew it was wrong, she began to lean forward. Screw everything! If she only had these next four days to spend with Jackson, even if she failed in the end to stop him from going to the bomb deal...she was going to follow her heart.

Jackson felt his heart race. He brushed his nose gently against Halia's nose, testing to see if he could really kiss her. To his surprise, she did not back away. In fact, she moved even closer.

Her lips were almost touching his, but she wanted him to make the first move.

Jackson quickly took the hint.

With a slight smile, he pressed his lips against hers...