“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
A weak smile that doesn’t reach my eye, lines my lips, and I side step him, leaving him alone in the room. I know what all of you are thinking, now calm down before you get mad at me, listen to my point of view. First, he really would not give me a positive response if I asked him again, or else he would have asked me, he had gotten so used to me asking, he didn’t feel complete until I asked him. I need him to need me so much it hurt, then I wouldn’t have to ask him. Secondly, I was filthy, I may not seem like the type, but I hated to be dirty, it irked me in a way I could not explain. “I leave you for a few seconds and you check out the bed yourselves?” Tim says giving me a dead pan look. I shake my head.“Trying to check the bed frames, and I tumble on top of the bed, we have to change the frames.”He looks unconvinced until Aryan walks in, not covered in dust.“Did you call the cleaner?”“Housekeeper. Elaine is her name, and she takes great pride and joy in what she does, she sa
“Melanie!!”My feet halt when I hear my name, I pant as I scan the area for who must have called my name, my heart raced and my ears roared, it was pitch black, so I am not sure how long I have been running, or how long I had been lost in my head. “Melanie, I had been calling your name, I thought you were ignoring me.” Chris says as he appears next to me, panting as if he had been chasing after me. “Were you following me?” I ask with narrowed eyes.“No, of course not, I saw you about three minutes ago, and when I called you weren’t responding. I would have left but this path is better threaded on in day light.” he gestured towards the path I was on, it was darker than the night itself, with low hanging vines. I wouldn’t have been able to find my way out. “Oh, thanks.”He let out a sigh, “It is the least a fake bestie can do right?”I chuckle, and he beams, as if accomplished now that I laughed at his joke. “Do you know how to get back home?” I didn’t recognize the environment, it
My fingers find themselves wrapped up in his collar, and I smash my mouth on his, he is obviously stunned, as I had ambushed him the second he walked through the door, I had waited, not to so patiently, rocking myself away from my thoughts. I didn’t think it through before he came, although I needed a distraction, one that would numb me from even the slightest thing. His hands came alive, but it wasn’t to deepen the kiss as I had wanted, he pushed me away from him, gently, but I fight back, turning the kiss into something more hurried and more frenzied. He pushes me away, this time firmer. I let out a scream of frustration when he finally frees himself of me, pacing away from him and running my fingers through my hair, I tug on it. “Why would you do that? Why? Now isn’t the time to be a priest, I need you.” I cover the distance between us again,I whisper leaning in, “Desperately.”He takes a step back, his expression tight with pain, “You know I can’t...”“Fuck that! I know you d
“Your father was also a priest?”He looked at me from the driver’s side, before returning his eyes to the road. I stare at him with the new information swirling in my head.“Books hardly ever lie, don’t you think?”I snort at that but return my eyes to the well aged pages in front of my eyes, I didn’t get to read much back at the church, he had an impromptu meeting with Father Bernard and I had to change the entire schedule for the the day. “Bad news, Father Bernard has urgent work out of town, and he has asked me to fill in for him until then.”I had murmured a great deal, didn’t help my case, so I moved to his assistant’s office and got his schedule, she was old and going deaf so communication was almost impossible, I had to find it myself on her table. It seemed everybody hated the use of computers, and loved to pile papers on their desks. “We are here.” he announced pulling the car into the driveway.“No!!!!!! I was just about to read the part where you asked him about your mom