THE PROFESSIONAL DETECTIVE - PART 10 (Patreon)

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Note: This story is intended for mature audiences (18+) and all characters depicted are 18 years of age or older.

Part 10: Inner Struggle

Is this love at first sight? Duke doesn't think so. Since learning about “Tyler's set up”, Duke has not believed in anything called “accidental” or “coincidence” anymore. Duke couldn't believe this was love at first sight. But other than that, Duke can't explain how he feels right now.

When having dinner with that girl, Duke can definitely confirm that he loves her! His heart was as happy as when he was taken care of by his wife, even though the feelings at that time were completely lies. When he said goodbye to her at the crossroads, he couldn't contain himself anymore. He gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek. That night, Duke felt extremely excited. He wished this night would pass quickly so that he could see her again tomorrow.

That night, Duke returned to his cold home. His wife's not home. Duke didn't find it strange, she had often been out at night, perhaps, to see her lover, Tyler. Duke went to the top floor of the house, where there was only a small safe. Duke gently opened the safe, inside there was no money but only two items. One made him sad and the other made him happy.

The first item was a pre-packaged gift. The second item was a new pipe, which he had been given by the detective boy that year. Of course, this pipe did not help Duke forget its painful memories. But the heart of the detective boy and the words that the boy said that year made a deep impression on him. Since then, every time he held this pipe, he felt a little more relieved. He always appreciated it and put it next to the gift that he had worked hard but never had the opportunity to give. Both are very important to Duke. Duke also doesn't know why he opened this safe tonight. His instincts told him to do it.

The next morning, Duke left home early. He did not know when the employee Kacey would come to the company. He didn't want to miss any chance to meet her. Therefore, he will come to the company very soon to wait for her. Duke's heart throbs at the thought of the scene, in a little while, he will meet the girl who makes him feel that life has meaning.

However, that morning, Duke brought a disappointed face back to his office. He waited from the time the company did not have an employee until the beginning of working hours, she still did not show up. Is she taking the day off today? Or did something happen? Duke tried to stop his insecure thoughts. Honestly, Duke did not expect her to encounter anything bad.

From the time he returned to the office, Duke was still busy thinking about the past, until the time when Danny felt the abnormality. After talking a few sentences with the manager Danny, the lunch break is also coming up. Although he made sure that he had searched carefully this morning without seeing Kacey, he still wanted to go down to the seventh floor of the company again to wait. Of course, this wait was meaningless, because that day, detective Kace Hayes did not come to Cozy Wardrobe.

In a small detective office a long way from Diamantia, a pretty girl was curled up in a blanket. She was wearing a dark grey knitted nightgown, her collar sewn with a thin white lace. This is the nightgown she bought at the store last night, right after blushing because of another disastrous misunderstanding situation. This girl is Kacey Hayes, an employee working on the seventh floor of Cozy Wardrobe, the same person that the chairman Duke is looking forward to meeting.

Of course, this girl's form is just one of the many identities of the detective Kace Hayes. However, for some reason, he is starting to feel more love Kacey Hayes's identity than his original identity. This nightgown is just the result of forgetting to wash his clothes, but honestly he doesn't regret the decision. Wearing a nightgown in bed is the best experience he has ever had.

Last night, when he arrived home, Kace did not return to his original form. He decided to play the role of Kacey Hayes during this mission. This is not entirely for the sake of work, but for his own will. Although he had only dressed and disguised himself as a girl for only two days, he felt that this was his life. He is happy to be dressed as a girl, to be pretended to live as a girl, and… to be noticed by another man.

This made him think a lot. Is it possible that from the beginning, Kace was a homosexual. Kace has never had a love affair with any girl, because of his endless passion for detective novels. However, it is completely wrong to say that Kace has no feelings for a girl. He was fully aware of his liking for women in the past. However, since playing the role of Kacey Hayes, his mind only thought of the figure of a married man. After his kiss on the cheek yesterday, Kace was clear that his heart belonged to Duke.

But immediately, Kace dismissed the question. He no longer cared if he was gay or not. Kace only knows, right now, Kace just wants to be the girl Kacey Hayes and he only loves the chairman Duke of Cozy Wardrobe.

Is this love at first sight? Kace doesn't think so. He was used to forcing his brain to think things logically, so he didn't believe in “accidental” things. Everything must have a cause, there is a process before coming to a certain result. Initially, because he was so focused on his work, Kace had no interest in Duke. However, after Kace's heart felt a little flutter, he carefully considered some things. Kace realized there was something familiar about Duke but Kace couldn't remember, no matter how hard he tried.

Because of these things, Kace is in a dilemma. He has constantly had an internal struggle from yesterday until now. Because this love is a forbidden kind of love! Ignoring gay love, Kace is also in love with a married man. Obviously, this love will not have a good future.

On the other hand, the feeling towards Duke caused Kace's idealism to be shaken violently. Kace has always pursued his passion to become a professional detective. All these years, despite only doing odd jobs, Kace has always tried to complete at all costs. Therefore, Kace has not failed in any of the tasks assigned by his clients. However, with this task, Kace didn't want to do it anymore.

When performing this task, Kace clearly felt the thrill that he always wanted, even though it had not reached its peak. The reason for that is that Kace passed up the opportunity to survey the two highest floors of the Cozy Wardrobe building yesterday. Searching right into the office of the former gangster will of course be the most thrilling situation in this task.

Full convergence of what Kace expected, but he really doesn't want to continue anymore, because… he loves Duke. He didn't want to do anything to affect Duke anymore. Perhaps tomorrow, Kace will report to his female client that the task has failed. Although Kace was convinced that Duke was not having an affair, he did not want to go looking for evidence. Maybe, he will have to compensate some deposit for his client's preparation, but rather than that, Kace does not want to touch the private life of the person he loves anymore.

Today, Kace woke up very early to wash clothes. Kace was hesitant, wondering if he should continue to go to Cozy Wardrobe today. Kace was inclined to decide to give up his current task, he was only considering whether to come to the company or not, just because he wanted to meet Duke only. But after that, Kace gave up on the decision to go to the company. Perhaps now is the right time for Kace to forget all about Duke. Tomorrow, everything will be back to normal. Duke will remain the chairman of Cozy Wardrobe, while Kace will remain the detective Kace Hayes, pursuing a career as a professional detective. But perhaps, Kace will never take on another task related to disguising himself as a woman again, because it will make him remember his identity as Kacey Hayes and remember the person he loves…

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