Dahlia Carrington ~•~According to my psychology lecturer, there were five stages of breakups; Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.In my case, I was going backward. I’d first accepted the fact that Damon and I couldn’t be together before I fell into depression. I was angry currently which was making me snap easily, especially after I got that mail from the dean telling me to visit his office at half past twelve.I felt slightly bad for talking harshly to Damon earlier but being nice to him was only going to make things harder on us. Besides, there were eyes on us and I wouldn’t put it past a student to take a picture of both of us in the classroom to add to their list of growing pieces of evidence.I was more than ready to deny all the allegations. It didn’t matter that I was lying. No one was perfect anyway.I sat on the bench in the assistant’s office as I waited to be called in. I heard footsteps and I looked up just in time to see Damon pause in front of me. In
Damon Valentino~•~For the first time in my life, I froze when a woman kissed me. Dahlia had been avoiding me so I wasn’t expecting it.When I didn’t react fast enough, she pulled away, her face flaming. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I did that.”She tried to get off the stool but I didn’t let her. “I’m not sorry for this.” My hand found the back of her neck and smashed my lips against hers. She gasped softly and I took the opportunity to suck her tongue into my mouth.She also didn’t react for a few seconds, but I wasn’t deterred. I continued to kiss her as I stood up from the stool, locking her against the bar before she finally started to kiss me back.It was wrong, considering everything that was currently happening, but I couldn’t give a flying fuck, not when I was able to taste Dahlia’s lips again. I pulled away from her lips and I could hear her heavy breathing as I picked her up from the stool and placed her on the bar. While she tried to catch her breath, I latched my mouth
Dahlia Carrington~•~I was a damn fool.I wasn’t thinking straight. I wasn’t sure I’d been thinking at all when I decided to kiss Damon.My college was in the middle of an investigation and there I was, swapping spit with the same man I claimed not to have anything with just minutes ago.I didn’t even know how to feel about it. It was evident I still liked and wanted Damon. I was not ready to give him up, especially after what just happened. It proved how weak I was for him. However, there was the fact that when I told Damon nothing had changed, he was quick to agree.It had me thinking things I shouldn’t be thinking. I was beginning to wonder if he was fine with the break-up and if he wanted us to stay apart. Sure he had told me he didn’t want us to stay apart but what if that was just for the sex? Besides, he’d been eager to fuck me even after finding out I was his student.I closed my eyes tightly, leaning back in the backseat of the cab I had boarded home. I was being harsh on hi
Dahlia Carrington~•~For the next week, I busied myself with studying. Since I had finished high school three years ago and didn’t need to study for the past three years, it was quite tough, but Aurelie was there to motivate me.I met some of her friends in the library and they were all welcoming. They had also heard the rumors and didn’t care if they were true or not. I lied they were not because I didn’t know them well but they actually wanted it to be true.“He’s hot.” Samantha, one of her friends with red hair, said. “I’ve seen him around in school and sometimes, I wish he was my professor so I could stare at him all lesson.”“Do you get?” Cassie, another one of her friends imputed. “He’s also young and I won’t blame anyone for fucking him. I wish I could but we barely cross paths. The good thing is that it won’t be a problem since I don’t take any of his classes.”Why didn’t I think about that? I shouldn’t have denied the allegations. I should have accepted the fact that we were
Dahlia Carrington~•~Monday came faster than I’d like. It was my first final exam for the semester and I was very nervous about it. I was confident I was prepared but that didn’t stop the feeling of anxiousness as I walked into the building where I’d be writing the first paper.I was like two hours early, not wanting to take any chances. Clementine and Aurelie had laughed at me for leaving so early but I was too nervous to care about their mockery.I took a deep breath and brought out my journal from my book bag. It was where I’d written down everything I revised. I wanted to go through them again. I went to turn the corner, only to bump into a figure that had me stumbling back.The person took the liberty of dragging me forward and pinning me to the wall. My eyes widened when I realized it was Roman. There weren’t many people in school by this time so the hallway was basically empty.“What are you doing?” I was irritated as I pushed him away from me.“Don’t be so harsh. I just wanted
Damon Valentino~•~I had known they weren’t going to find anything on Dahlia and me but I was still relieved when I got the email that their investigation was over. It was incredibly careless of them to end it without looking hard enough but it worked for me so I was grateful.I had an exam to supervise today, but even as I did, I kept thinking about Dahlia and the bruise on her neck. I knew Roman had been the one to do that to her and it angered me more than I’d like to admit.I had to strongest urge to help rearrange his face when I saw his hand on her wrist and after seeing that he had choked her, I was close to actually doing it. I knew if I started, I wouldn’t be able to stop until he was lying helpless and lifeless on the floor; until he could no longer be able to hurt Dahlia.It took all in me to turn away from him and look at the girl who had been making an appearance in all of my dreams; the ones I remembered anyway.After the exam came to an end and all the students handed
Dahlia Carrington ~•~I didn’t see Damon after our encounter in his office, where he had told me to wait for four years for him. I knew it was going to be extremely hard and I didn’t know what I would do if he found someone else along the line but I was going to give it a shot. It was my fault for falling for a man ten years older than me, who happened to be my professor.However, not seeing him wasn’t part of the plan. On the day of his exam, he didn’t even come to supervise it nor was he in his office when I went to check. The office had been empty when I went to check, as though no one occupied it anymore.It worried me and I was tempted to go to his place and look for him, but I decided not to. I had promised him I would wait for him. Going to his home would only ruin that.“Are you sure you don’t want us to see you off?” I asked Prisha. Our holiday only lasted three weeks, but she was going back to India to spend it with her family. Clementine lived in the city so she had gone a
Dahlia Carrington~•~As expected, I spent Christmas alone.It was boring and depressing as I spent the whole day watching Christmas movies one after the other. It was the first time I wasn’t receiving expensive presents. It was the first time I wasn’t receiving presents. Period.At the end of the day, I stared at my phone, wondering if I should call him or not. I didn’t know if we were meant to stay away from each other for the four years we wouldn’t be together. I didn’t believe in the distance making the heart grow fonder. It was all bullshit as it was only irritating me.Throwing caution to the wind, I tapped on his number, crossing my fingers when it started to ring.The call rang out.I bit down on my bottom lip and tried again, but it had the same result. I hissed in annoyance. Why was he ignoring my calls now? How was I supposed to stay in love with him if he ignored me like this? Annoyed, I called one last time, telling myself I’d never call him again if he didn’t pick up th
Dahlia Carrington ~•~It turned out that the slutty set he had gotten for me wasn’t the main deal. It consisted of a pair of bra and panties as well as a top that ended just below my breasts and a mini skirt that had half of my ass out so that the panties were peaking out. They were all in pink and it made me feel like one of the Barbies; like a true doll.I was tempted to just take it off and tell Damon I wasn’t interested because I knew the implications of such clothing and I was still shy at heart but I waved it off. I owed him for that night and it was his birthday.Blowing out a breath, I stepped out of the room and went into the living room to stand in front of Damon. His face swept across my body appreciatively. “Turn around.” He breathed out and with my cheeks matching the color of the shirt I was wearing, I did a slow spin, allowing him time to take in all of me. “Perfection.”Damon always gave me more credit than I deserved.“Now what?” He smiled and turned on his phone. B
Dahlia Carrington~•~“You’ve been holding out on me a lot,” Anya said as she climbed into my car. “When the hell did you get such a sweet ride?”I chuckled as I started driving. “My father got it for me.”“And when the hell did you get in touch with your father for him to buy you a car?”I smiled sheepishly at her and at her order, I explained everything that had been going on in my life. She oohed and aahed unnecessarily but I didn’t expect anything less from a person as dramatic as Anya.By the time I was done with my story, we were already at the mall. Damon’s birthday was in a few days. He hadn’t told me about it but I heard Juan talking about it one day when he came to visit and I was going to get him a present.“All these were happening and you didn’t even think to call me?” Anya sounded offended.“I didn’t want to bother you with my problems.”“You can bother me anytime, Dahlia. We’re friends for a reason. Secondly, where the hell can I find that Prisha girl? Is she still livi
Dahlia Carrington ~•~By the time I finished eating the spaghetti Damon made, I was exhausted. The stress from the day finally came crashing down as soon as I set my dishes in the sink.Regardless, I took hold of the sponge but before I could attempt to wash it, Damon plucked it from my hand. “Don’t worry, I’ll do the dishes.”“But you cooked,” I argued weekly.“They won’t take more than ten minutes, doll. Just sit there and wait for me.”I nodded and sat down on one of the stools. As he did the dishes, my mind strayed to the conversation I had with Prisha today. She accepted that she did all those things because of her feelings for Roman. Did Roman know about the things she did? If he did, would he like her for it?I knew they said love made people stupid but she crossed the line because of some unrequited love. It wasn’t my fault that Roman found me attractive. It wasn’t my fault that he had some sick affection for me and not her. Two of them were crazy. They deserved to be togethe
Damon Valentino~•~For a moment, Dahlia just stared at me as though she could comprehend what I was saying but I merely stared at her pointedly, waiting for her to take her call.“Are you going to keep staring at me?” I asked her and she blushed before answering the call.“Aurelie.” She said in greeting and I pulled her closer to the edge of the bed so that her ass was hanging off it. She shrieked at the sudden movement but she kept her cool as she said. “Clementine told you what happened, didn’t she? Don’t worry, I wasn’t touched. I just tried to separate the fight between them and—“Her words were suddenly cut shut when I attached my mouth to her throbbing clit. I looked up at her through my lashes and saw that she was looking down at me with her mouth open. “Go on.” I urged, knowing how she reacted whenever I spoke against her pussy.Dahlia shuddered, but Aurelie must have called her attention on the line because she focused back on the call. “I didn’t move for her. I mean I don’t
Dahlia Carrington~•~ When I was packing my stuff in fury and stomping out of the house, I never thought about where I’d go.I found myself in the private elevator that led to Damon’s penthouse. A suitcase was in my hand and I had a duffel flung on one shoulder with a backpack flung around the other. When the doors to the elevator opened in his house, I stepped out, only to see him already in the living room.As though he had been waiting for me, he stood up at my arrival. “Why didn’t you call me to come pick…” his words trailed off when he saw the things I’d come with. He cocked his head to the side. “What are these?”“Uh, my things?” I asked sheepishly.“I can see that, Dahlia. The question is what they’re doing here.”My lips formed an automatic pout. “You said the offer was there whenever I wanted it.”“Have you come to live with me, Dahlia?” I nodded slowly and a slow grin spread across his face. “You should have enjoyed your freedom a bit more. Do you know that we’ll live toget
Dahlia Carrington~•~I turned around to see that the newcomer was none other than Clementine. “Prisha started those rumors?” She asked me and I nodded. I’d wanted to keep it quiet so things wouldn’t get awkward, but Prisha wasn’t remorseful and I wasn’t going to stay quiet for her sake.“Why are you guys acting like I did something wrong?” She yelled which startled me and made me jump away from her. “You were fucking your professor, were you not? You were so lost in your little world that you even did things like that in the classroom like a cheap slut. I know Roman had evidence but you found a way to get rid of it. That must have been what you were crying about that night, right?”I knew I had said this a million times at this point but I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know she hated me this much. How had I lived with her for months when she secretly hated me? I cried in their presence and I wondered what was going through her head whenever she consoled me, if she ever did that is.“
Dahlia Carrington~•~I wasn’t stupid enough to keep this from Damon this time. The last time I did that, it resulted in us almost breaking up. It didn’t matter that we broke up after the issue was resolved. The point was that he was also in the picture and he deserved to know.My leg bounced on the ground impatiently. Any moment from now, Rowan’s brother would call us and tell us what he found out about the post and I was scared to find out the truth.Damon placed his hand on my knee to stop the bouncing, drawing my attention to him. “Don’t worry, we’ll find out who did this.”“I know,” I responded. “That is what scares me.”The truth didn’t care about how I felt because, in the next second, Damon’s phone rang. He answered the call and placed it on speaker. “My secretary said the IP address was traced to her house.” My breathing hitched at the revelation, confirming what I feared. “It was posted on an iPhone X.”I closed my eyes and sank my head on the couch. Only two people used an
Dahlia Carrington~•~“You guys look so good together,” Aurelie said in awe when she saw the pictures we took from our date the next week. “And he looks so hot holding a gun.”I’d sneaked a shot at him when he was teaching me what to do and how to hold the gun and I couldn’t even lie. Aurelie was right. He looked hot as fuck looking armed and dangerous. “Tell me the date ended in him blowing your back out.”My blush was the only answer she needed. We were busy talking when Prisha came out of her room. “Hey, Dahlia. Can you help me with your phone? I need to send an urgent text to my mom and mine just died.”“Is anything the matter?” I asked as I took my phone from Aurelie and handed it to her.“Nothing too serious. You know how dramatic my mom is if I don’t get back to her on time.”Prisha’s mother was the typical Asian who fussed about everything. If Prisha hadn’t replied to her immediately, she would think Prisha was lying somewhere dead in a ditch.There was electricity and I wond
Dahlia Carrington ~•~My second semester was going a lot smoother than my first. All rumors about me had died down and people would rather talk about what they did on their holiday than some random girl in psychology.I had seen Roman only once since I came back and it seemed like he had finally given up. He did tell me he had something to tell me about the rumors last year but I didn’t give him a listening ear. I wasn’t interested in anything he had to say when our last encounter ended up with him choking me right before my exams.It was a bummer not being able to see Damon at school anymore though, but it was a good thing since we didn’t have to be so secretive anymore. We could finally go on dates and not be scared about someone seeing us. We could finally stop tiptoeing in a city as large as New York. “Where are you guys going?” Aurelie asked me on a Friday afternoon. I had the whole day off from school and luckily, so did Damon. Since he was busy settling into the new college, w