“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
“What the heck are you trying to do?”It was clear, and there was no point asking her what she was trying to do. I was being assaulted in my own office, and I was short of the right words to say in that situation. “Relax, Dolph…” she said as she put her hands on my shoulder before bringing her body up against mine. Her breasts bounced off my chest softly as she was trying to get me in the mood by all means possible. Right there, I was frozen at the spot as I felt an inward battle rising from within me. In those heated moments, my mind went back to those days when I had been quite into women and always had them sneaking into my office, but I had been quite determined to change that narrative about myself. But then, Tara was threatening to awaken the beast that I had made to sleep with everything inside of me. I wasn't going to let her have her way with it that easily, as it was going to also be to her detriment. Because once it got woken… it would never stop.“You don't want to do
“How did it go, Tara?” I paid no mind to my mother's words, as I stormed into the house with a heart heavy with disappointment. There just wasn't any telling just how much of a hit my pride had taken from Dolph's brutal rejection which had happened in front of Tamika and that had made it even worse.“Tara?” My mother asked, less cheerfully that time around, as she followed me up to my room I didn't stop for a single moment in my hurried run to my room. I didn't want to speak to anyone or to be spoken to. The pain was just too much for anyone to bear. My proof plan had failed me without a second thought and that made me sad.“Aren't you going to say something?” My mother followed me to my room as I buried my face in my bed’s mattress and let out a loud cry. “She was there to ruin it all…” I let out in pain as I turned to lie on my back to face the ceiling blankly. “That little mutt was there.”“Who? Tamika?” My mother’s eyes flared up instantly as she drew closer to me. “That little
For the next couple of moments, I felt like the hero of a thriller movie as I ran through the hallway and down the stairs I was hoping that I hadn't lost my chance at catching who the mole was. I couldn't believe that she could have been one of the culprits of the whole extortion saga. It had me feeling quite betrayed as I had trusted everyone in the casino as though we were one big family. But it turned out that they thought otherwise. I felt like I had been unduly gullible to be a manager as all that had been going on right under my nose. As I ran, I didn't care about the eyes that were on me. They were all probably thinking that I had suddenly gone insane or something. But I was going to explain to them in due time. I got down to the accounting floor where everyone was murmuring in low tones as they saw their boss running like he was being chased by demons of his nightmare. There just wasn't any time to stop and tell them that I wasn't crazy.Without hesitation, I got to the do
The drive to the station was short. It had been quite a day full of a lot of activity, ranging from close call seductions, kisses, and now a trip to the police station. I got out of the car, hoping that I wouldn't come up empty in the interrogation of the two culprits. They had been caught in the act and there was no way they could talk themselves out of it. “You there yet?” Michael asked on the phone. As a reward for nailing the culprits on his own, I had let him take the rest of the day off on a date with Julia. It was the least I could do to make up for getting carried away in the ordeal with Tara's seductive nuances and then with Tamika…I wanted to keep Tamika out of my mental space for the time being as it would help me in no small way in keeping to my end of the agreement of no attachment. “Yeah, I'm at the station. How are things going over there?” I asked as I followed the lead of the officer who took me to where they were being interrogated. “Pretty well. Julia says hi,”