ALVIRA’S POV“Hello, my sweet. Did you miss me?” His clear baritone cut through the tension in the air.“C- Carter?” I asked in disbelief. I was sure that my eyes were wide with shock. I had not been expecting to see him, especially not when Clarissa and I were just talking about him.“Were you expecting someone else hmm?” He asked me as he filled the entire door frame, leaning in closer to me and resting an arm on the door frame in a way that allowed him to look down at me. I was dumbfounded. I was confused. How was he here? What was he doing here? Why was he here? Where had he been all this while? I must have been standing there for a while obviously staring at him because I suddenly heard Clarissa’s voice coming from behind me. “Babe, who is that at the door? Is that the delivery package that I-“ her voice died down as she looked over, her eyes meeting with Carter's dark pair. He in turn was just there looking as smug as ever as he was casually leaning on the door frame. He was
CARTER’S POVShe is so beautiful today. Same as she was yesterday and the day before that and before that and all the way since the very first day I set my eyes on her. I could see the confusion in her eyes. Hell, I was confused as well.My mind drifted back to the night before. I had been at the office for a couple hours after the close of work going through the countless paperwork that had needed my attention and signature. And just as my unfortunate luck would have it, the last person I wanted to see walked into the office. “Hello, Carter.” His voice sounded like a teacher’s nails grating the school chalkboard. It was truly aggravating. “I am busy, Father.” I replied, not even bothering to look up to acknowledge him. “Oh! I can see that. However, I will only be just a minute. Won’t take up much of your time.” He said, walking off, as usual to the minibar across the room, and helping himself to what I could swear was bourbon. Of course he would go for the most expensive bottle t
ALVIRA’S POV“Don’t keep me waiting, sweets…..” God! He is so dreamy.I quickly spun on my feet, rather clumsily, and walked back to the living room where Clarissa sat, her face set in a very pissed off look. I gulped slowly as I approached her. I knew she was not going to approve of my decision to take a walk with Carter and hear him out. “Hey, so um, Carter and I are going to take a walk.” I said in a smile. However, Clarissa refused to say anything, prefering to stare at the tv, mindlessly scrolling through the channels. I felt the sting of her silence as a know formed in my throat. I walked closer to her again and decided to try again. “‘Rissa? C-Carter wants us to t- talk about what happened so, um, we, um, we will be going for a small walk. W- will you be okay to wait for me for a while before I get back? Please?”Once again, silence. “Come on, ‘Rissa, please say something.” I said, pleading with her. I could not risk her being angry with me. I just want to hear what he has
ALVIRA’S POVWe walked around a bit before we found a bench that overlooked the horizon. It was perfect with the perfect angle for us to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. I could see myself coming here often just to watch the sunset and most definitely have a cup of ice cream while at it. I made a mental note to bring Clarissa here once in a while. We sat and watched the sun slowly set as we licked our ice cream. Suddenly, the awkwardness that we felt during the elevator ride was back and for a while we just kept silent, each of us lost in our thoughts as the sounds in the background faded. It was there but it felt like we were each in another world of our own. Or so I thought. Soon, I was tired of silence, I could no longer sit still like everything was okay. “What are you doing here?” I asked, making him turn to look at me, surprisingly surprised that I was the one who broke the silence. Or maybe it was because of the question, I could not say. “What do you mean?” He asked. “
ALVIRA’S POVI looked up at him, his eyes sad and hopeful. I wanted to lunge at him and hold him so close and tell him yes. That I have forgiven him ever since I opened the door to him. I was going to forgive him a million and one times over and over if it meant that I would have him by my side for the rest of my life. However, I could not help but worry about what Clarissa would think of me if I so readily gave in and let him back in. The look of disappointment on her face alone was enough to have me rethinking my decision. Yes, he had hurt me so badly with his actions and I could not just let it go. As much as I was willing and ready to forgive him and let him back into my life, I knew that I was going to need time to truly forgive him and let go of the pain that he had caused me. For a good three long minutes, we sat in silence, my mind in an emotional turmoil as I struggled between my head and my heart while his eyes glistened with hope as he stared down at me.“Well?” He aske
ALVIRA’S POVWe walked back to the house, the moon now on full display in its crescent glory. The streetlights were switched on as we walked past the different paths that we had hiked on in time past. We walked in a comfortable silence, as opposed to the tension that hovered over us when we had first left the house. We had not completely or even remotely talked about what our future would hold but for now, we were making progress and that was all that mattered. Soon, we had gone past the park and down the lane to my apartment, the path buzzing to life with couples who were taking their evening stroll as well as students who were coming back from classes. We got to my door and I turned to find Carter already leaning down so that his face was mere inches from mine. I took a quick inhale of breath as my eyes widened. “I am sorry. I just really needed to get a taste of your lips before I went back home.” He said. “Oh! Okay. That is okay.” I said. In less than a second, I felt his li
ALVIRA’S POV“Took you guys long enough” Clarissa called out as soon as I closed the door behind me. I jumped. “Jesus Christ, ‘Rissa! You scared the living daylight out of me.” I squealed in horror.“It is past eight, Alvira. There is no living daylight here.” she said, sarcasm dripping out of her voice. “Come on, ‘Rissa. Please. We do not have to go through this again. I just really need you to be here for me. Please.” I said, walking over to the couch and plopping down on it next to her. She looked away, her gaze focused on the television screen ahead of us. I held her hands in mine as tugged a bit, finally getting her to turn and look at me. She sighed. “Look, you know that I will always be there for you. No matter what happens. And you also know that no matter how hard the truth is, I will always say it and damn the consequences because that is the right thing to do at all times.” She said, “I know. The thing is, I really like Carter. I mean, you of all people know how much h
ALVIRA’S POVIt has been a week since Carter’s visit and things have been looking up. Carter had kept his promise of making sure that he proves to me that he had changed and was worthy of a second chance with me. I woke up to a fresh bouquet of different kinds of flowers and a box of a different brand of chocolate every morning. Each of them had a handwritten note that made me swoon daily. Of course, I still felt a sliver of pain whenever I saw them. I knew they were sweet and that he was trying to make up for lost time but try as much as I could, I could not get past the pain I had felt. It was like his reentry opened the wounds that I had so desperately tried to close. Like ripping off a band aid and opening an injury that was already healing. The pain stung. However, I was determined to move past the pain and give myself a chance to heal and move on. Carter had also gone back to his old ways of texting whenever he had the chance. Sometimes, he would go further and send a pict
CARTER’S POVI walked into the living room, the space looking so small my guest bathroom would easily give it a run for its money. I took the time to fully take a good look around the room. I was impressed at the arrangement of the place. The room had a very minimalistic touch and I found it very cute. Every single thing in the house, every piece of furniture, the color grade of the walls, the little frames of pictures that hung on random places in on the wall, the smell of her perfume that wafted around the room, the throw pillows that looked like little clouds, the little pink barbie themed blanket on one side of the couch, even the color of the couch, the arrangements. Everything just screamed her and it was so heartwarming. So homey and warm and exuded actual care and love, something that was clearly lacking in my home.I stopped at one of the pictures on the wall. It was a picture of her and her best friend, I think her name was Clara or Ciara or something like that. It did not
CARTER’S POVFuck! She tasted so good. And the Lord give me strength but the way she moaned my name. It was so sinful coming out of her innocent lips. Nothing could beat that feeling and it took every single fiber in me to not rip off my clothes, bend her over and have my unholy way with her. She looked so beautiful splayed on the bed, her legs writhing under me as I held her in place.The look of surprise that washed over her face whenever she felt a wave of pleasure run through her was crazy funny and if I was not so wound up and laser focused on making her cum over and over again, I would have fallen flat on my butt and laughed at her. It was like she could not believe the waves of pleasure coursing through her body and the words that were rolling out of her lips. Her knuckles were white from tightly gripping the sheets. I slipped a single digit into her, feeling her tight hole.“Fuck, you are so tight, baby.” I groaned but she could only moan in response. She was so wet and sli
ALVIRA’S POVHis lips were as soft as expensive silk. I may not have touched any expensive silk in my life but that was what it had always felt like whenever he kissed me. He would kiss me with so much passion that I always ended up feeling weak in the knees. It was like his kisses were calling to my senses and every single time, they answered of their own volition.This kiss, however, was different. This kiss was demanding, it was so powerful it left me breathless. There was a certain urgency to it that left me weak. It was like Carter wanted me to fully give in to him and I could not help but happily give in to him.I felt his hands roam the side of my body, stopping and resting on my waist as they held me in place. His lips left my lips and trailed a path from my lips to my neck. Out of my body’s own will, I arched my back, tilting my neck to help him get some more access to my neck, letting out a small moan at the feeling. I felt liquid pool between my legs as we continued. “Cart
ALVIRA’S POVThe ride home was in a comfortable silence. We listened to the quiet music that streamed from the speakers and would randomly comment on random things or people that we would come across. It felt like this was the norm between us and it made me feel more relaxed and sure about my decision. I had always admired how patient he always was with me, not trying to force his decisions or opinions on me and carefully showing me how things are done without making me feel like a fool. We finally got to the house. Carter packed in a spot that was closest to the front door so we would not have to walk a long way to get the items we bought. I knew we had gotten a lot but arranging them to carry up to the apartment and I could not help but gasp at the number of bags from stores I was sure I had never known of their existence until today. “Wow, these are quite the handful, Carter. Thank you so much. I really, really appreciate everything you do for me.” I said. I felt my eyes begin
ALVIRA’S POVWe walked over to the car and Carter, like a true gentleman, opened my door for me. I smiled and whispered a low thank you before he went on to close the door and walked over to his side of the car and got in. I felt chills run down my spine at the thought of what we were about to do next. This was the first time I had willingly wanted to be with a man, let alone go all the way to kissing him. The nerves wracked through my body, and I held my hands together as I looked down at them fiddling with each other on my laps.Carter, as usual, must have noticed it because the next thing I felt were his hands wrapping over mine on my laps. I looked up to look up at him, uncertainty clearly written in my eyes as I stared into his clear eyes. I did not bother hiding my fears from him because I knew that either way, he was going to figure it out like he always did. It was as if I was an open book to him and reading me was like reading the alphabet.“You know, if you are not comfo
ALVIRA’S POVWe ended up going round the mall and entering every other store. And with each store we entered, Carter made sure to get something, no matter how small and would make the lady, who we had come to know as Haley, go all the way to the car to drop it and come back to meet us. I found it very funny how he was trying so hard to make her pay for what she did to me. It warmed my heart to see him worry about me to the point of fighting for me. He would occasionally give her the stink eye while she was not looking, he would randomly call out to her and have her run silly errands for us. He made her our little errand girl, making her go for every little type of errand, from picking a pair of slippers on the other side of the aisle or going to the next store to pick up something he saw and randomly thought of getting. At some points, I had to make him stop and not give in to the urge to send her on some wild goose chase. It was fun to watch him be petty, although at some point I
ALVIRA’S POV“I want you to fire her.”I let out a gasp as the sales woman immediately got on her knees and began to frantically beg. She crawled to where Carter and I stood and continued begging.“I beg you, Mr. Blane, please do not do this to me. This job is all I have, if I lose it, I would be left to roam the streets. I promise you that this will never repeat itself. Just please, please, spare me this one time. Please.” she cried, but Carter would have nothing to do with her. He sneered at her as he used his leg to fling her hand off of him.“You should have thought of that before you decided to humiliate my woman.” he sneered at her. I felt a pang in my heart as I watched her. Of course, she was in the wrong for making the wrong assumptions on me but it did not get to the point where she would have to lose her job just because of a simple misunderstanding. It felt wrong. But Carter seemed to have made up his mind, ignoring the looks from people around and the pleadings of the
ALVIRA’S POVI could not even begin to imagine what would have happened if Carter had not come to my rescue. I still can not get over how some people can just be so mean and condescending and just so quick to jump to conclusions. I know that it was way out of my account balance to purchase the bracelet and I really was not going to get it. I had only wanted to show him and get the price from the guy at the reception and see if I could get a discount or installment payment plan.With all that he had gotten for me today, getting him something, no matter how little, was the best I could do to appreciate him for all he did and has been doing. He had been a ray of morning light ever since he had come into my life, always swooping in like my knight in shining armor to save the day. Conversations with him flowed freely and I always looked forward to spending time with him.I had only picked up the bracelet to examine it and take it over to him just to get his opinion on it when the crazy
CARTER’S POVRage flowed through my veins as I watched the scene unfold in front of everyone. The look on Alvira’s face showed that she was so close to tears and that she was getting really embarrassed by the attention she was suddenly getting. I watched her lips tremble as the crowd gathered, her eyes darting left and right as she frantically tried to get away from the shop attendant’s vice grip to no avail. I could see that she was struggling to keep her cool and not cry her eyes out. “Please, let me go. I promise you, I didn’t not steal anything. I would never. I just wanted to look at it.” She pleaded with the lady. “Oh, just shut up, you cheap and worthless scum. I have seen lots of your type come in here and go. You try to make up stories about how you just wanted to look at it when in truth, you are really here to steal.” She scoffed. “I mean, look at you, you clearly can not afford even the cheapest item in this store and you expect me to believe any word that comes out of