“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,”
“Are you sure about this?” Kyle asked one more time as I was about to step into the interrogatory booth. “It just doesn't feel right for you to enter...”“I'll be fine,” I reassured him as I stepped in. I had never thought that being one of the most powerful men in the city was going to pay off in the form of a privilege like the one I was about to enjoy at that point.“If you say so…” Kyle just couldn't refuse my decision.I noticed both of the culprits as they briefly raised their heads to see me. But then they quickly faced downwards again, as they were afraid to see me there. They rarely saw my face at the casino but there I was, standing before them like some demigod about to pass their judgement to them. It was all a matter of how I presented my cause, and that made me put a lot of conscious effort into thinking through my words. “You know more than anyone that Dale doesn't care if you live or die. There's no need still trying to protect him.” I was beginning to get impatient
The kiss had me surprised and had me wanting to be surprised even more by Michael who never seemed to possess such a tendency to be that audacious in his advances.But then, it turned out I had misread him in no small way. The feeling of his lips was quite inexplicable. The texture was just… right on mine. I wanted to be kissed even more but he seemed to slowly withdraw from me.“Oh my… Julia, I'm so sorry, I just happened to lose control of my impulses and I just…” he seemed a bit scared for having taken his chance when it had presented itself. “I'm sorry that you—”Without wasting one more moment on words, I pulled him back into the kiss. He didn't know just how urgently the sparks were flying within me. There were just a lot of unsaid words about how much I treasured him that could only be said in those kisses. He wouldn't dare to deny me the chance to express myself on his lips. “Julia…”I wasn't going to give him any breathing space whatsoever. Was I trying to suffocate him? Hel
“Tamika…?” I whispered to myself as I was staring at the video in awe. I could barely move as I watched the video of Tamika Fisher being…I didn't even have the words for what I was watching at that moment. It was just so… My word bank had suddenly gone bankrupt as I couldn't get myself to stop watching the video which had me even more infuriated with each passing second. The sound of her moaning over heavy breathing had me feeling horrible— jealous as I watched some unknown man who was behind the camera as he was having her to his utmost satisfaction. The way he treated her like she was some sex toy that he could twist and bend to his pl, ease. I just couldn't take it anymore as I pressed the screen of the phone against the couch. My mood had changed into something foul which I couldn't stand at all. It wasn't clear to me why that video affected me so much even though I wasn't emotionally attached to her… yet. There were just too many things unclear to me at that point, the firs
“It was all the stupid things I did with that bastard and he just wants to use it all against me right now…” I was probably regretting the fact that I had ever run into Randy, let alone date him. Dolph seemed agitated about the video. It had gotten to him, regardless of how much he had been trying to hide it from the very start. He had barely looked me in the eye since I had come downstairs.That made me feel even more ashamed of myself as I felt so cheap and demeaned. My self-worth had plummeted all the way down to the deepest depths imaginable. It made me feel unable to stand myself. I took a seat beside Dolph who was silent, like a disappointed lover. We had agreed we wouldn't let our emotions get in the way of anything but there we were.“I'm sorry this is all taking you by surprise…” I tried to break the ice that was beginning to settle between the both of us but the coldness he was showing me at that point was simply impregnable. “This is a mistake from my past which has come
“Oh…” I was shaken out of my sleep by the buzzing of my alarm clock. I wanted to get out of bed, but Michael was all over me, and I wanted to stay that way underneath him and under his influence. I turned off the alarm clock immediately and let myself enjoy Michael's company while I still could. The morning sun was yet to take its place in the sky and that made me feel a bit more comfortable about not waking up for my usual five o'clock runs.For some reason, I could tell Michael was already awake as his hand had moved to my breasts. I lay on my left side with my back turned on him, which made me feel his hardness pushing against the softness of my ass. All of those just couldn't be mere coincidences.“Michael…” I called his name teasingly as a smile curled up my lips. I flipped my lying position, just so I could see him. He looked quite adorable while sleeping— pretending to sleep rather. A mischievous smile came on his face while his eyes were still closed. His eyes opened slowly