The kiss took me by surprise, and to my surprise, I wasn't hurriedly pulling away from it. I almost felt like I had been lured into that place for that specific purpose.Despite the many thoughts that kept shooting through my head, I was still there with him, our lips locked on each other's. That kiss felt like it had been a long time coming, but then, it happened anyway.Even in his weakened state, I was wondering how he had found the strength to pull me in for a kiss in a rapid instant. It just went on to show that there were still parts of Dolph I had yet to see. After a while, I was slowly pulling away from him as the moment was simply absurd as much as it was pleasurable— memorable even.The next moments after it was even more absurd, as we exchanged glances and looked away intermittently, almost as if we were asking what had just happened between us. “I'm sorry… I didn't know what came over me…” Dolph let out as he sighed while sitting up in bed. “It was just…”“It was my faul
“Right on time…” Michael teased as he took a glance at his watch while coming down the stairs for the lunch break. He seemed to be always happy whenever he saw me and that was something I could never get tired of. “You know I'm never tardy, unlike some other people are.” I was also feeling the same way. The memories of our time together the previous night were still clear in my head, as it had me wanting more and more of him. “I'm never tardy as well.” Michael protested as he took me by the hand as we made for his car which was in the underground parking lot meant for employees only. “Don't try to make it look like it's done sort of quality unique to women who go by the name Julia.”“Yeah… whatever. What have you been up to?” I asked as we both went into his backseat. “Well…” he said as we shut the doors of the car on both sides. “I've been wrapping up the plans for the tenth-anniversary celebration which is due tomorrow.” “Oh… that's so sudden…” I said as that made me feel a bit
Ihad managed to stay put somehow until Michael had dropped me off at my home office. Inside me, I was almost losing it as I was still trying to come to terms with the fact that I had let Phil overhear the sounds that had come from the session I’d had with Michael. It was quite intriguing how I could have answered that call without knowing it. There were a lot of frightful thoughts buzzing through my head at that point, as I was hoping Phil hadn't recorded the call.“Okay… calm down, Julia…” I said as I was trying to get myself to calm down for a second. “What's the worst that could happen? He probably recorded your voice while you were having the most memorable backseat moment of your life… nothing worse…”He couldn't possibly do anything much with that. There wasn't anything to it, I told myself as I picked up the phone to dial his number. It didn't ring for a second before he picked it up like he had been expecting that call.“Nice stunt you pulled off, Julia…” he sounded really a
“Why am I hearing of the tenth-anniversary celebration just now?” Tamika asked, sounding a bit betrayed by the fact that she had just heard of the event the night before it.“I forgot it as well,” I said, putting my palm to my temple as I felt bad about my forgetfulness over something that important. “The stress and the pressure of everything made me just lose knowledge of it.”“You've got to be kidding me…” Tamika sighed, as she sat on the bed. “I have just tomorrow to get ready for the show, and now I've got to be at the anniversary. You would be stretching me too thin, don't you think?”“I understand your predicament, Tamika…” I took in a deep breath and exhaled heavily. “I would skip it if there was a way to. But I have to be there and you would have to be there as well, just for effects, nothing more. You would be gone after the smiles for the camera.”She stared at me with that gaze that was indirectly accusing me of making up stuff. But then she was well aware that she wasn't l
I had been quiet ever since the kiss from last night, as he had taken me unawares more than anything. There were a lot of things that made me feel like I was in an actual relationship, and I wasn’t sure I wanted that.I didn't know what else I wanted besides getting my career back. Even as I stared at myself in the mirror at that point, I wasn't sure what was going to come next after the massive return of Tamika Fisher.That uncertainty gave me an awful lot of concern as I didn't know what I could do after that had happened. I was trying to take things one step at a time, but it just wasn't working out for me at that point.“You ready?” Dolph brought me back to the moment. I had almost forgotten he had been standing behind me all that while. “I don't think we can ever be completely ready for anything,” I said, sounding like I was in another one of my podcasts as my big day was the next. “But then, I must admit, you've got quite a fashion sense.”“I appreciate your honesty,” Dolph sai
I hated the way Dolph seemed to lose his cool around his older brother and it was happening right there of all places. There would be ugly outcomes if he lost his cool there with Dale in front of everyone who had come for the celebration.But then, I had to admit that Dale could be quite pesky. He had been so annoying from the very first day we had squared off at the impromptu meeting with Dolph's family.“I don't remember sending you an invite. How the heck did you get in here?” Dolph asked as he was getting ready to unleash the flames of his rage right there. I clutched his arm gently with both my hands and I was about to whisper words to him as we both watched him get out the same golden card that all the invitees had.“Don't let him get in your head, Dolph. He's seeing just how well everything is going for you at the moment and he just can't handle it. That's why he's here…” At least I believed so. I just couldn't get why I couldn't help but believe the worst about Dale who had
There were lots of games, lots of drinks, lots of money on the line. But as well, there were a lot of things unsaid as I sat there at that table in a game with Dale. Tamika sitting beside some was a huge source of mental fortitude, as the sight of Dale was quite irritating. I hated the fact that I had forgotten to let Michael know I hadn't wanted tickets sold to Dale or any other person who wasn't in my good books.“You’re not playing?” Tamika asked, putting her hand on my shoulder. It was hard not to forget the way she had helped me keep my cool in the face of a confrontation with Dale. “The dealer doesn't join in the game…” I said with a smile as I turned to her. “But then there's a lot of money for me to make by just standing here and doing nothing.”“You are one wicked genius, Dolph,” Tamika remarked with a smile as she took a sip from her glass of Chardonnay. The drinks kept going round and round, everyone was having quite a good time, and it was all thanks to Michael. At tha
Dolph's intoxication had happened too soon and I was soon left all alone in an unknown world all by myself. The VIP section was full of people but I was lonely. But my loneliness was soon over as my eyes fell on Julia who was standing close to Michael while they both had fun watching a poker game between most of Vegas’s elites. That moment had me faced with the temptation of thinking that everyone was having a good time except me. It took all of the proactivity in me to make me feel good in that moment. “Julia…” I said as I walked up to her. “You look adorable…” We embraced like we didn't know each other so closely as we were out there among the elites.“I could easily say the same about you, but you look way more adorable— stunning even.” Julia was so good at coming up with words and she was doing just that to me at the moment and I couldn't say a single word.“Save the flattery for when I'm done with tomorrow. I would soon be heading home to get ready for what’s about to happen t