Chapter 2 Distraction..

Nick watched as the driver came around and opened up the door. A man, probably in his late forties, got off. Dressed in an elegant tailored suit. Silver hair that gleamed in the light of the sun. He was clearly the target and from where nick was, he could see the sniper getting ready to strike. He looked at the target again, watched as he retrieved a briefcase from the backseat then went ahead to straighten his tie.

Now a normal person would have screamed or shouted, then, if they knew who the target was they would have tried their best to save the person.

But Nick wasn't a normal person.

He didn't judge people's proffessions but most importantly he never interfered in anything that didn't concern him.

Never.

So what if he could literally kill in the blink of an eye? Didn't mean he'd go around stirring trouble. All he did was chill back and wait for the trouble to find him.

And even then, he never did it for free. He gave one more look at the target and turned around to walk away and leave him to his fate.

But as soon as he took the first step, something urged him to turn back. Instantly, Nick found himself running towards the target, ordering him to get down. He reached him just in time to push him out of the line of fire. The bullet hit the side of the car followed by two more. Then there was silence.

Both Nick and the guy were on the ground and completely unharmed. The driver had pulled out a gun and tried to shoot back, and when that hadn't worked, he'd gone after him along with security guards from Miguel's building.

People were screaming and running around.

Chaos.

Nick hated chaos.

The two of them rose from the ground and the guy was clearly shaken.

"You saved my life, " he said in between jagged breaths.

"I would honestly prefer it if you didn't say that out loud. "

Spoken in his normal straight to the point way. Nick was serious. He was also pretty confused. what the hell had just happened? He didn't save lives, he destroyed them. Especially not those of people he didn't know.

"What can I do to repay you? " The guy asked, finally retaining some of his composure.

"Nothing. I have to go, " and he turned to walk away.

"Wait! "

"What? I'm in a bit of a rush! " Nick said as he turned around once more. Unhidden irritation on his features.

"Are you sure there's nothing I can do? Just think of anything, "

"How about you let me leave and we'll consider things even, " nick said and just then, the driver came back panting. Followed by two security guards and another guy. Nick knew the other guy. Henry Saunders. He was a cop, the same one who'd arrested him a while back for the illegal firearm.

"Sir, we didn't get him, " the driver said as he wiped sweat off his forehead.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me, " Saunders said as soon as he saw Nick. Must hate his guts for walking away from all the charges just like that.

"Good morning to you too Saunders, " Nick said with no hint of amusement.

"Is it just me or do you have a natural compass for trouble? "

"Actually I was just paying my lawyer a visit. So if you'll excuse me.. " he went up one stair before Saunders called him.

"Hey wait !"

"What? For the love of God can you just let me go! " he was already fed up of being there.

"Actually I can't. See, you Nick Hilton are a witness to an attempted assassination, " So what? Nick thought. A lot of people had been witnesses.

"I'd love to help... " of course he wouldn't. " but I have other things to take care of." he stated but the damn cop wouldn't even let him leave.

"How did you even get here so fast? " Nick asked in between their argument, realising just how fast the cop had had gotten there, there was no way he could have driven that fast.

"I happened to be at the diner around the corner when I heard gunshots. Just good luck I guess, "

"Good for you, I have to go.. "

"I already told you that you can't -" just then,the guy nick had saved cleared his throat.

"Sorry to disturb your little chat gentlemen bit I was almost murdered. Do you mind if we discuss that first, I happen to be a very busy man, " he said, already back to his normal self. Nick immediately regretted saving the guy. He was a workaholic, that much was clear and he was also very clearly more worried about his career than anything else, not even his life.

Nick was unwillingly forced to stay back and listen as Saunders asked the guy questions. Fighting the urge to snap his neck or use the illegal gun he had on him at that very moment to put him down. But he restricted himself. There was no need to attract unnecessary attention. The guy explained everything that had gone down including how Nick had saved him. A fact that greatly shocked Saunders. So much so that he asked the guy, whose name was Lucas Lockwood to repeat what he'd said.

Lockwood gave a detailed account of everything again and Saunders simply nodded. Taking in all of what was being said.

"So do you know of anyone who would want to harm you? " he finally asked and Lockwood didn't even bother thinking about it.

"I'm the most renowned lawyer in the state. A lot of people wanna harm me...... You know what, here, take my card and call me when you have any information, " he said handing Saunders a card while he stared at his watch. Then he proceeded to go up the steps. But he stopped and came back down.

"Here, you take one as well, I guess I owe you my life so whenever you get over your ego, give me a call, " he said before handing Nick another card.

Nick didn't take it. He was a human that relied on facts. And the fact here was that he wasn't going to call the guy. So why bother taking his stupid card. Besides, he didn't really like the guy.

Saunders intervened, taking the card and thanking the man who left hurriedly immediately after.

"Listen Saunders, I have no fucking clue about what went down here. So you're gonna have to count me out of this!" He didn't have time to deal with other people's crap.

"Okay. But first you have to swear you didn't see the guy, " how good did the cop think his vision was? The guy was on the fucking roof and the sun was up.

"I saw him but I sure as hell can't recognize him! "

"You sure? ".

"positive, "

Saunders kept quiet for a moment, probably contemplating whether Nick was being honest. But in the end, he let him go. Not like he had much of a choice. Nick decided to go over to Dahlias first. His morning was not going how he'd planned at all.He needed a freaking distraction.