“We’ll be taking our leave now…” Dolph said, grabbing my hand immediately as there seemed to be a sudden shoot of urgency in his being. “This meeting could be adjourned till I come with my parents.”“Dolph…?” Sofia came along with her ceaseless fake smiles which she never got tired of. “Don't tell me you're leaving already. The meeting just started.”“I apologize but it has ended now. But I promise I'll be back and I'll be back with my parents. That way, we could have even more meaningful conversation.” Dolph's decision to leave the meeting had me more than surprised. My eyes moved to my father who had a disappointed look on his face. It seemed like Dolph had frustrated his efforts in trying to frustrate my marriage to him. It was written all over his face.“It's quite understandable that you might not seem to be having such a good time in your family but then, I promise I'll be back soon when everything is much more stable than it is.” his gaze met that of my father who seemed to be
“How could you do this to me, Amelia?” I stared at her with a fierce indignation that couldn't be explained. The woman whom I had been seeing forever in her eyes was finally showing me that I had been seeing incorrectly at that point.“Really…? Dolph?” She angrily got up from the bed where I had caught her with the last person I had been expecting to see her with. “You deserve way worse than this, Dolph. What the heck are you showing your face here for?”Those words shredded my heart into tiny irreparable pieces that I would spend the rest of my life trying to fix, but to no avail. The heartless look in her eyes was what had me reeling from the pain and the surprise.“You're doing this to me?” I held the ring tightly in my hands as I stared at the man who was hurriedly trying to get dressed. “Phil… I can't believe so could he have sunk this low…” he was supposed to be my business associate but he chest had some other business to take care of. “Too bad, Dolph, but I can't accept that
“Amelia…?”It felt like a grenade had been uncapped and had been thrown into my space and it was only a matter of time before the long-awaited explosion would happen. “Dolph…?” She suddenly put on a smile to replace the look of surprise that had invaded her face when she saw me. “How are you doing?”“What are you doing here?” I couldn't afford her the chance to exchange any pleasantries as I felt like her very presence there was nothing short of toxic and unneeded. “That fact that you've got the guts to show up in my house is quite alarming.”“I apologize for showing up here without notice, but then, Tamika said you were about to head out and that you wouldn't be around to impede our little meeting.” Amelia's words were almost sounding like a foreign language and I was desperately in need of an interpretation.“What? Tamika?” I asked, wondering if there was another person I knew who bore that name. “Now that's a lame excuse for you to show up here. Why in the world would Tamika be—”
“Tamika…” I took his breath away before he could call out my name. My lips came crashing on his as I had been trying to get Amelia mad. But then, I wasn't sure if I was still trying to act or if I was doing something I had always been longing to do.For a moment, I had forgotten that we were somewhere in his living room and that we were in front of Amelia. Why was I enjoying the act so much? And why wasn't he pushing me away like he normally would?The connection of the moment was undeniable, and I didn't want it stopping at any point from there. It was quite a lot for me to handle, as I wasn't sure I had ever felt such a rapturous feeling. My heart felt like it was going to rupture from the immense pleasure that came with the moment. Dolph was doing something that no one had been able to do in a while— leaving Tamika Fisher breathless and thirsting for more.“Uhmm…” Amelia cleared her throat just to let us remember that she was still in the room. But that still wasn't enough to mak
“What did you find out?” I asked as we headed out into the coolness of the evening breeze. The cold breeze was able to slowly dissipate the heat of the passion that took over me when I had held Tamika in my arms a few moments ago.For a moment, I thought I was falling in love all over again. It was such a moment that I wasn't going to forget in a hurry. The thoughts of the way her lips made me feel had me seriously pondering what it would have been like having her do so many other inventive things on my body with those lips.“You seemed to have been having such a good time with your lady back there…” Michael said, with a mischievous smile on his face. “But I still don't get what exactly Amelia was doing in the picture at such a moment.”“That's going to be a conversation for another—”“Now that's the second thing that you're putting away from me today. What happened to the ‘no secrecy’ deal between us?” Michael seemed quite serious for a couple of moments before his face broke into a
“Come on… gimme a break…” I let out as I woke up. Panting and gasping for air as I had woken up from yet another one of the dreams where I had been on the altar with Dolph. But for some reason, I wasn't as scared as I used to be of the scene. And that was the thing that had me even more scared at that. It was hard to understand why I was becoming slowly connected to that dream each time I woke up from it. Was the universe trying to tell me something? If it was telling me that I was meant to get emotionally attached, then I was surely not going to accept it. But…“Ugh…” I let out a sigh as I remembered the electrifying kiss we'd had in front of his ex. The moment wouldn't stop playing over and over in my head. It was just too much for me to handle, as the memory came back with all the fiery emotions I had experienced in those steamy seconds. I had to admit that a part of me had gone beyond acting. My emotions had gotten into it at some point, and that was where I had screwed up. But
“Here we are…” Michael said as we pulled over in front of the casino. “How do you feel on your first day at work?” he teased avidly, as we got out of the car and began heading for the casino.The thoughts of what had gone on between me and Tamika were playing back in my head and it was quite bothersome. I had been trying to run from the fact that I had felt a hint of emotional attachment in those few moments of the longest kiss I ever had. But in those few moments in which I was heading to the office, the thoughts of it had finally caught up with me. I had been a bit harsh on her, just so I could dispel whatever thoughts that she had of me being attached to her. There was no way I would be breaking my own rules right after I had made them. “You alright, Dolph?” Michael had probably noticed that look that always came on my face whenever I was contemplating something in my thoughts. “Seems like you're analyzing the hell out of a live market chart.”“I'm alright…” I said, hating the wa
“But that just isn't Tamika Fisher…” I let out in frustration as I felt betrayed by Julia who was taking Dolph's side for getting me those lake books that would end up making me like every other relationship therapist out there.“I understand your fear of losing your uniqueness. But then, Dolph could be right in a way. You need to know some of the stuff written in there as a therapist. It just wouldn't sit properly that Tamika Fisher doesn't know some of the basics”“Tamika Fisher doesn't need to know the basics. She is way too advanced for the basics and that's why she's the best. She has been there and has done it all.” I asserted as I paced the dining impatiently as I was trying not to let my day get ruined.“Wow…” Julia seemed a bit surprised about my abject refusal to comply with anything that she or Dolph had to suggest. “This could be an added advantage for you, you know. Perhaps that's why he got it for you.”It was weird that I thought that I would need some counseling for my
"And yeah... I'm going to pay him a surprise visit..." I decided that as I was on the phone with Julia while trying to get out of bed. "That would spice things up as we would get to make out in his office...""You are naughtier than you sound on the radio..." Julia remarked as she was laughing hard over the phone with some music playing in the background. Soon enough, I was in the car on my way to the office. I was sure that Dolph was bound to be happy if he saw me showing up there. I was happy that I was going to be putting a smile on his face at that point. The air was simply cool all around me and it felt real good, much cooler than it would feel on a normal day. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was about to have a great day as I was about to make it all happen right there and then. I wanted to recreate the memory of the night that we had in his office on the night of the anniversary. There were just too many things that had me feeling like that moment in hi
"Hey, Dolphy..." I said as I was soon walking towards him with a walk that I made as seductive as possible. It seemed like I was about to face one of the most unimaginable moments that I would ever be in. Dolph was looking like a helpless prey in my hands at that point, as he was reeling from the effects of the drug he used to be so hung on. That moment had me wondering what exactly I would be up against in the next couple of moments as I was soon seeing the desires that were burning up in his eyes as he seemed to be sizing me up right at that moment. "What… are you doing here?" He sounded like he was out of breath like he was being eaten up slowly by a disease for which the only antidote to it was my body. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was about to be eaten whole. "Are you all right, Dolph...?" I asked, knowing that he was far from all right as he was looking to get his hands on me. "You don't look all right to me... you're looking like you are about to l
"Hello, Tamika's husband…" Michael reminded me of the title my mom had given me back then as I was driving to my office. It was bad that I had been called that by my mother, but then I wasn't going to tolerate that at all from Michael. "Call me that again and you're fired…" I said jokingly as I soon had the casino in view. I didn't know what it was that made everything seem much more beautiful after I had gotten married. That was my first time stepping out of the house after I had gotten married, and it was feeling quite awesome. The look of that ring on my finger was quite exhilarating each time my eyes came to where the steering was. It was almost hard for me to understand how I had been able to get it all to work out to the point where I got married to Tamika. There had been a lot of hindrances, but somehow we were able to get out of everything. "So, what's up? How's the newer couple in town holding up?" Michael asked as he was sounding like he had just woken from a long, event
"Are you sure it's that important?" I just didn't know what it was that made me feel cynical about Dolph's decision to go along with the visit to the office. He had just gotten married two days ago and there he was, suddenly trying to head back to the office when he was meant to be in bed with his wife. "It's not like important important, but I won't take long, I promise. Just need to get some files and I will be back with you, hun…" Dolph said as he went on with dressing up. He was dressing casually to the office in a bid to convince me that he wasn't going to stay long. But I still wasn't convinced by any of it. There were just too many things that had me feeling like I couldn't make it past those few moments without him by my side. It was hard for me to understand what exactly I would be doing all alone in those few moments that I would be all alone in there. "Tamika…" he said, as he put his arms around me after turning away from the mirror that time around. "You know I'll miss
I couldn't deny how lonely it felt, having to watch everything happen from the confines of my solitude which was eating me up slowly as I was almost losing it from watching the clips of Tamika's wedding online. It was quite a hard sight to behold but it ailed me greatly as I believed that all of this was meant to have happened between me and Ava. But that bastard Dolph had taken my place by her side and it was simply the hardest thing to watch. I just couldn't stand the sight of it. The jealousy had me burning up badly like I was having a fever. At first, I wanted to act cool and pretend that I was happy for her and all of that. But the pretentious act wasn't working as I had thought she wouldn't be happy with anyone else besides me. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was being mocked and made fun of with all those pictures and videos of them floating all through the net. It felt like she was trying to show me how capable she was to find happiness in the arms of
"But they just got married… how could you possibly be thinking of doing something that would cause them to split immediately? That's simply unfair." Amelia's words sounded like mere lip service to me as she almost sounded like she was just trying to show that she still had a conscience which was alive and breathing. Like she didn't want the same thing. "Quit acting like you were so happy with seeing that my brother had you replaced with her," I said, hitting her hard in places that I knew she wouldn't recover easily from. She was quite an egotistic one and I knew it was going to take way more than talk to get her to believe that the plan would be in her best interest as well. That would take a lot from me, but I didn't mind if that would be the case as long as she would end up agreeing to my request. It was hard for me to think of what I would be able to do at that point. "I understand, but still…" she paused a bit before restarting. "Are you going to make yourself come in betwee
It had been a refreshing moment being in the shower with Dolph, up until the moment he had made mention of the way we had met. It had me feeling awkward and it ended up ruining the entire moment for me. I wondered just how long all of that would go on. It was almost beginning to look like things would never get back to normal ever again. From that moment, I decided that I would be staying away from my phone and every external connection, as that had been mainly what had caused all of that. If I would stay away from Dale and all of his lies and frame-ups then I would surely regain the sanity I once had before have took it all away from me. "Let's just be happy…" I whispered to myself as I was about to leave the mirror which I had been staring at for the past couple of moments. I was feeling my confidence as it waned with each passing moment. It was bound to be another moment of putting up fake smiles for the cameras. It was almost like I would be airing on a show where I had to
I stood there in the shower, as I was breathing heavily as I had just dodged a major bullet from all that had just happened to me at that point. A lot was going on in my head as I was trying to figure my way out of that mess. It was hard to stay put that time around as I was realising that the effects of that drug in my system were about to cost me my marriage.That moment had me feeling impatient to go and find out what I had to do from Dr. Meyers. It almost felt like I couldn't do anything from that point onwards. It almost felt like my predicament was the most hopeless of all. There just weren't any means of identifying how I could be able to stay away from misbehaving until we had a lasting solution to that. There were no words to describe just how miserable I felt at that moment. All that our union was hanging on to at that point was Tamika's trust in me. I felt the desperate need to get her to trust me all over again, as the trust she had for me seemed to be wavering with each
It felt like my world had suddenly stopped and restarted hurriedly as I stood there staring at my screen. What was that I was looking at? It was almost impossible for me to keep a straight focus at that point, as I wanted to believe that what I was looking at was some sort of strange, unreal reality.I could bet that Dale was giggling victoriously wherever he was at the moment. There were just too many things that had me feeling like I was about to lose my mind from just watching the video. I turned off the screen at once as I was looking to keep myself from falling apart right there and then. Why was everything popping up right there and then?For the next couple of moments, I forgot that Dolph was in the room and it made me feel like I was about to lose my mind from the pressure that was coming on me slowly. The words he was saying to his mother over the phone were simply breezing past me as I was simply trying to get my mind off the video I saw. That one hit differently as I had s