All Chapters of Dirty Little Lessons (An Erotica Collection): Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

It all started with a breakup text and a bottle of cheap wine.Technically, I was the one who ended it, but when the guy you’ve dated for two years, someone you were once deeply in love with sends a simple “Good luck, you’ll find someone better” message five minutes later, it still stings, it stings so bad.So, naturally, I did what any woman with a bruised ego and too much free time on a Saturday would do, I opened my maps app and searched for tattoo shops near me.I don’t know what I was expecting. Maybe a butterfly on my wrist or something simple on my ribs. I just wanted something that screamed a new era.Soon enough, I found myself standing outside a place called Ink Therapy, where the “I” in Ink had been replaced with a lightning bolt. The logo looked cocky. So did the man behind the counter.His whole body was covered in tattoos, or let me say ink, and muscle, his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, tattoos creeping up his neck and disappearing under a black T-shirt that fit

The breeze blowing outside the shop was extremely cold, my heart was beating fast and loud. I held my phone with trembling hands as I tried ordering a ride, and thankfully, I got one that was only two minutes away.When I got to my apartment, my heart was still racing, but my hands had stopped trembling. So, I ran myself a bath, and took a hot shower.I got into my bed and wished for sleep to come soon.But, sleep refused to come.I had showered twice, changed into the softest pajamas in my closet, and still couldn’t wash away the feeling of his lips on mine. Rafe. Every breath, every thought, every heartbeat came back to him.It was ridiculous, I barely knew him. But somehow, he had managed to crawl under my skin and make himself comfortable there.When I closed my eyes, I saw him again, the way he said “Say stop, and I will.” The way he hadn’t stepped closer until I leaned in first. The way his breath had brushed my cheek before our lips met, sending every rational thought spiraling