“Why would you take advantage of a drunk priest?” Aryan grumbled as he stormed out of the hotel room. I follow after him, too stunned to comprehend what just happened. He doesn't even turn around once to see if I was following him, he joined the throng of people waiting at the bus stop, and I pause a few feet away, because this cannot be happening. Let me tell you what happened between when his palm struck my bare butt and now, hopefully you would make more sense of this situation and explain it for me to understand. Remember, I am taking you back to last night. When his fingers connected with my skin, I let out a loud yelp, my lip immediately going between my teeth, the sting was electric, traveling from the base of my bum and crawling up my spine, lighting up my entire body like the fucking 4th of july. It was bliss and I wanted more. “Wear your skirt and go book us a room.” his words were clear, no indication that he had just been drinking like a fish, or was still drinking, h
"You invited me over? Why? Are you dying?” Danny asks, eyeing me suspiciously as she stands at the doorway. She was trying to hide it, but I could tell from the way she kept glancing inside, she was excited to be here.I let out a big sigh of impatience, “Are you coming in or not?”With her ever present blank expression, she shuffles inside the apartment and I shut the door behind her.“This is disappointing.”“What is?” I ask as I walk to the fridge in the kitchen.“The inside is exactly the way I imagined it, beige walls, coffee coloured sofas and everything else to match, who was I kidding? you were born with a golden spoon weren’t you?” I roll my eyes at her, I wonder what she would say if I told her this was Aryan’s aesthetic, it was the inside of my room that resembled me, I locked the door so she doesn’t get any ideas. “What can I offer you? Tea? Water or juice?”She scrunched up her nose, as if annoyed, “How long is this going to take?”I shrug, I had a lot to say.“I tak
“I thought you said you were going to be his friend first and see how things progressed from there.”I scoff, “That was before I found out what he did.”Oh the nerve of him, does my lips belong to him? Who said he had a say over who kissed me and who didn’t. I gave him the chance to control that and he threw it in my face. Damn him and his confidence, whatever he thought I would feel once I saw that text, I was feeling it and more, why on earth does he affect me so much? “Exactly. Now is the time to act even more less concerned about him, he threw you a bait and he is going to catch you.” I glance at Danny from the corner of my eye, I decided to drive her back to the church and then see what Aryan meant by that text.“No offence but I think I understand straight men more than you do.”In the usual Danny fashion, she snorts. She can snort all she wants, she wasn’t the one with the vibration between her legs, and the need to see his face. I was a goner where he was concerned. “Have y
You know how movies have thought us that asking, how hard can it be? Was a terrible idea and those who still say it were definitely going to regret asking it. I should have learned from that, I foolishly asked, “How hard can it be?” After agreeing to be his assistant.He smirked after I asked the question, of course he did, he knew the work was something I was not cut out to do. “What is next on my schedule?” He asked me as I look up from organizing the work sheet. These people still use papers, type writers and fax machines, and lord knows I won’t be going close to either of them. “First, allow me go home to pick up my laptop, I haven’t used a pen and paper in so long I have forgotten hoe to, besides, with my laptop, I will be done in no time.” The papers on his desk were the ones that took me ages to finish, I had to sort through and arrange them in neat piles, and there were some dating back to eight months ago. “There is no time for that, we have to leave now if we want to g
“Can you handle it?” My question comes out as a whisper, unintentionally if I may add.I watch his Adam's apple bob up and down as he swallowed, he was clearly unsure of himself. I felt the same way, I was going from the friendship angle since he had all but thrown my advances to the wind, I wasn’t sure I would be able to keep my hands to myself when he was so close. He nods once, and then speaks, “I will be fine. Go ahead now.”I can’t say the same for myself as I walk into the bedroom, i am not sure what good locking the door would do me, but I was intent on making him do the chase now, and what perfect way to do that than with him on the other side of the door, battling him morals? Today’s outfit was a sparkle, black belly dance costume, who gave out hand jobs for extra tips. Luckily, I didn’t have to buy the outfit, the viewer had requested this outfit before, whatever he had for belly dancers, I was going to make it even better, as the man whom I want was a door away from me.
My jaw drops to the floor after hearing him say that, I scramble to understand what that meant, throwing his words back at him, must mean he said it before, to me, and now I am saying it to him. But it was my fantasy Aryan that said those words, am I still in my fantasy?“Go change, we have to get back to work.” his words snap me out of my head.I study him, trying to understand what happened, but I am unable to, he is as nonchalant as ever, his eyes were back to their usual brown, the only thing unusual about the situation was me, still in my work clothes and still gawking open mouthed.“Time is not on our side Melanie.”Why did I expect him to call me Kitten instead? And why was I feeling disappointed that he didn’t call me that? I walk back into my room wordlessly, I hear him take a sharp breath when I turn around but that could have been my imagination again. Great, I didn’t know what was real and what was in my head anymore. By the time I was changed into my previous clothes, I
My head swivels to find Aryan avoiding my gaze as he helped me into one of the bar stools. His ears were pink and his hands warm. “You own a pub? Isn’t that a little unusual for a priest?” He clears his throat nosily and nods in the direction of his bar tender. The bar tender gets the hint and gives us a semblance of privacy. “He doesn't know you are a priest.” I note.“He didn't. Now he does.” “When did you own a pub?” I ask, remorse a lump in my throat. I had after all exposed his secret. “I came into town, and it seemed like the right idea at the time. Now...” He gestured around us to the empty space. “Now it seems like a shitty investment.” I complete for him. It was a good idea, the town didn't have a good drinking spot, it would have turned most of them to regulars if a little effort was put in. “I can help you with that.” He quirked a brow at me, whilst signalling the bar tender. “What should I get you guys?”I eye the scanty rows of drinks behind him.
“Relax, despite how much you wish it to be true, I wasn’t asking for us, I was asking our customers, there is no better way to draw them in than a secluded area, that way they don’t have to find a hotel.” I tell him when I see the just what I was expecting expression on his face. His tense shoulders relax, wow he was really expecting me to ask him to sleep with me, wow, I am glad it comes to mind. “I think we have a spare room or something, should we check it out?”I nod at the invite and hop off my stool, I had just one shot glass to drink but I was already feeling the effects.“Whoa, Tim, that drink was strong.”Tim poked his head in from the back room, a proud grin on his face,“You have time to perfect your drink when there is nothing else to do.”I chuckle, and invite him to give us a tour of the place, he joins us, reminding us again of the nothing he has to do. “You are the only worker here? No cleaner? Security?”“Why do you need security when Tim is scary?” Aryan asked.It
Our lips meet in a slow, tantalizing kiss, his cold plump lips against my own moved as I tilt my head as he cupped the back of my head, the kiss was my answer, and the response to my answer, I felt everything he felt in that moment, and I could not help but smile against his lips. When we finally pull apart, we stare into each other’s eyes, the feelings we had for each other forming a safety bubble around us. He smiles,tucking a lock of hair behind my ear, I smile shyly against the back of his hand. “Wait, this was not what I signed up for.” Evan groaned from where he had started to get comfortable.I groan, covering my eyes with my palm, his flaccid dick in his hand was not what I wanted to see. “Go somewhere else, can’t you see a sweet moment is happening right now?”Evan complained as he tucked himself back into his pants, grunting as he did,“There is good news for you Evan, and you too.” Aryan tells us, and taps me lightly on the nose when he does.I turn to face him again, my
Exactly a week after I opened the can of worms, and thwarted his father’s plans, Aryan finally cracked a smile. It was like the burden of the world finally lifted from my shoulders, I was sure tears stained the corners of my eyes after I saw that. The first few days after he found out, he found the lawyer himself, made sure to hear it from the lawyer himself, I made sure to go with him, and when he let out another strangled cry, and a hoarse sardonic laugh, I watched all of it, my heart breaking for the man in front of me. “I should have known he would do this, I should have expected it, he played me for a fool.” he whispered harshly.“But now you know, you don’t lose any more, if you quit now, you have nothing to owe the man, and you win.” I tell him every time, he would nod but with the far away look in his eyes, I knew he wasn’t listening to me. He did not eat the first day, he only went to bed in the hotel I booked for both of us, he would not return to the apartment the churc
“What kind of nonsense...?” Evan could not complete his statement, he was rifling through the papers Mr Kitler had handed him, his eyes growing wider with shock with each sentence he read, I knew it had to be bad if Evan reacted like that. Mr Kitler scoffed,“That wacko hated his son. I cannot wait to be done with it.” Were his parting words, he took the money Evan paid with him, not even turning back once before slipping into the crowd. Danny and I almost trip over ourselves rushing towards the table where Evan sat alone, deep lines digging into his forehead as he went through the sheets of paper. “Son of a bitch.” he cussed under his breath,I swallow, my worry doubling until it was the size of a horse, galloping around my chest, “Is it that bad?”“Very bad, all of the wealth he seemed to have, all of it were loans of some sort, he just went around accumulating them, and left them all to him.” there was visible anger in his posture, but he was not as angry as I was. How dare he?
“Why aren’t you going after him? I already did the hard part.” Evan asked when I collapsed into his sofa, right after we found him.I chew on my lips, thoughts rushing through my mind at the speed of light, each one too pointing in the same direction, he was going to up and leave me again, right where I stood after going to find him. I always knew he was materialistic, I just had to find a way to beat his father’s properties, without that, he was going to continually slip from my grasp. “Help me one more time Evan, help me find his father’s lawyer, and his father’s will, it doesn’t matter what you have to do to find it, just do.” Evan stared at me for a long time, as if trying to decode the hidden meaning in what I just asked of him, and when he found that I was serious, he nods once and goes to press certain keys on the keypad in front of him. My eyes strayed to the blinking red dot that was his location. I will come to you, in the meantime, just be safe and wait for me.“What do
“Most precious Melanie,I wish I knew how to start a letter, I almost didn’t, and that is ironic considering I write for a living. Anyway, I am sorry to have done this to you, unfortunately, being in your presence makes me forget all of the terrible things my father did to me, I want to forgive him and move on when I am with you, forget being a priest and be fully and utterly yours, but how can I? He deserves to roll in his grave forever when he sees me using his hard earned wealth, I cannot have him laughing at me forever. With that, I am deeply sorry about that, I am deeply sorry to have done this to you, it is shitty and I cannot wrap my head around it, but I ask that you forget this shitty person and move on with your life. Whilst I am certain that there is nobody else who can match your crazy, I am certain that there is a better man for you out there, Victor loves you a whole lot, you should give him a chance. I am afraid I cannot take the car with me, I love it with all of my
That must have been the best sleep of my life since I did not even stir when he pulled away from me. It was not until I was awake, that was when I realized the other side of the bed was empty. “Aryan?” I call out sweetly, imagining he was outside the bedroom door making breakfast for me.Oh, how lucky I was, the man I loved, loved me, I could not help the giggles that spilled out of me, the leg flapping too, it was almost embarrassing, but who cares? We did not even sleep together but it was very possibly the best sleep I ever had. I pat down my hair, combing out the knots with my fingers as I try to look presentable for him, using my phone as my mirror, I find crusted saliva at the corner of my mouth, cussing, I rush to the the bathroom to wash my face. It was only when I get out that I realize, the house was too quiet, there would have been pots and pans clanking together if he was making me breakfast like I thought. Checking the time on my phone, I find it was few minutes past
“You lied to me? Why?” My voice was oddly calm when I find him in his office.I drove here like a crazy person, praying and wishing with all of my heart that he was not in the office as they had said, I prayed that they were the ones lied to, or lying, I did not want to be lied to, especially not by him. “You did it all the time, lying I mean.”“You were the one person I consistently told the truth, I did not lie to you, so answer me damn it! Why did you lie to me? Why did you say you were out of town?” He sighed before getting out of his seat,“Let us not do this in here, follow me.” he tells me as he led the way to his apartment, I follow him, silently fuming, at him and at myself, since my heart was still swooning at the sight of him. “I think we should stop doing this.” he tells me when we get to the safety of his home.I stare at him with confusion as memories of what happened between us the last time I was here threatened to over shadow what was going on in the present. “W
“You are positively glowing.” Danny compliments when I open the door for her on Sunday morning. “Must be from all of that orgasm.” she tells herself as she stepped into the house.“You sound cranky, possibly because of the lack of orgasms?” I tell her, sipping my mango juice. She narrowed her eyes at me before sighing, “I had too much to drink and Rita spent the entire night holding my hair out of her toilet bowl, to say I would never show my face around her anymore is an understatement.” she cried.I wince, feeling sorry for Rita, and being grateful that I was not in Rita’s shoes. Now that I think about it, I sniff the air, and there was a lingering smell of booze coming from her, she must have been drunk, drunk. “I was luckier, since I had no chance of sleeping, until I snuck out early this morning. And do you know what he told me? He said I should not bother coming to work today, and I could spend the entire day in bed. Isn’t he the sweetest?” I sigh wistfully. “Please, do rub
“I want to leave now.” was all he said, but it had me moving, I was out of the door and in my car before I knew what was happening, Tim chuckled when he saw us moving out of the door together, he shook his head and promised he was going to lock up. Driving never felt so nerve wrecking, he said nothing and I say nothing as well, nothing I say right now would be appropriate, I mean, what do you say after that? “My apartment.” he says,I murmur an agreement but disappointment pools in my gut, I had imagined he wanted to go to my place, who was I kidding? He didn’t love me, I was obviously in over my head. “Why aren’t you coming out?” he asks, breaking my internal monologue, when I look up, he was standing outside my door, the door he had already opened whilst I was drowning inside my head. “Oh, I didn’t... Bernard is back..”“It is late, he should be asleep by now, besides, he has no right to say anything about it.” he says with his hand outstretched for me to take. Gingerly, I reac