Tainted

Chapter 23

"Aaron wanted to talk to you"

Asavela says and then she turns on her heels and walks away not waiting for Asante to respond. I look at her and then I let myself in

"You look different. Nice crib"

I say looking around her apartment, it's a really nice place and it's expensive that's a fact. She closes the door as I walk around

"Arent you going to say anything?"

I ask turning to her because she hasn't said one word to me ever since she asked what we were doing here. I don't think she was expecting to see me

"this is not a social visit, I've been trying to reach you but your friend told me you changed your number and your address. I don't even want to know how this is happening. I came to give you this"

I say holding out her cheque. When I got home mom gave me the envelope with her payment for the video feature

"What's this?"

She asks with her arms folded in front of her

"Open it and see"
I say and she takes it from me and opens it

"And this?"

She asks looking at the cheque in astonishment, I walk to the lounge with her on my tail

"your payment for the role you played in my video"

I say watching her, she really looks good but very different from the Asante that I last saw

"This is not the amount we signed for"

She says and I shrug

"It's more than what I signed, why?"

She asks me and I shrug again

"The video made more than we expected. I should leave"

I say and then head towards the kitchen with her following me

"Can I offer you something to eat or drink?"
she offers, I stop in my tracks and then look her up from bottom all the way to her head. She really looks fucking amazing right now. I may be sleeping with someone else but my heart still belongs to this woman that broke it. This love this is truly complicated if you ask me

"No thanks."

I say and then walk to the door but stop in my tracks. I can't leave without confronting her. I love Asante and seeing her this way towards me hurts. I can't just leave like that

"Is this why you ended things with me? To be a hoe?"
I ask with nothing but hurt

"What did I ever do to you Asante huh? Is this who you've always been? Why did you do this to me? To us? We were good together. I thought you loved me"

I ask walking towards her and she doesn't move or say anything for a while before she responds

"This is who I've always been"

She says standing her ground trying very hard to maintain a straight face

"Bullshit! This is not who you are Asante!"

I say angrily pinning her to the wall between the lounge and the kitchen

"Aaron please don't do this"

She says looking down avoiding eye contact at all costs

"Why Asante?"

I ask leaning in closer to her and she looks up at me and places her hands on my chest. I'm expecting her to push me off but she doesn't. I have longed for her lips for so long now and having her this close to me I can't help myself. I lower myself and kiss her, she doesn't hesitate to respond kissing me slowly and deeply bringing back everything I have tried so very hard to forget but clearly I could never forget her. I grab her thigh tightly and wrap it around my waits and grind on her as my dick pokes at her coochie. I'm hard right now with nothing but a kiss. My hand moves to her hand and I tug at it playfully dipping my tongue into her soft mouth letting out tongues dance to a tune of their own. I move my hand from her hand and then help her out of her sweater, God forbid she doesn't stop me one single bit and out kisses intensity only increases. Our moment is disturbed by my phone ring, I curse under my breath not wanting this to end. She pushes me off a little

"Aaron your phone"

She says with out lips still locked with each other

"Ignore it"

I say annoyed but she pushes me off hard this time break the kiss.

"We can't do this"

She says and I let out a huff of frustration, I was so close to having her back to me. She picks up her sweater

"You should leave now"

She says wearing her sweater roughly, I look at her

"Please Aaron, please just leave"

She says and I let out a sigh

"Fine, I'll leave but you and I still need to talk about what happened before I left Asante"

She looks at me

"I'll pull through one of these days best believe"

I say and then turn on my heels but stop in my tracks and grab her face and kiss her one last time before heading out. I take out my phone from my pocket and check to see who was calling and it's Mia. I redial her number while getting into my car, my eyes shoot up and I see Asante standing at the door hugging herself, I have half a mind to return to her but I don't and start the car driving out while Mia answers

"Hey"

She says

"Hello, sup?"

I ask her

"Oh"

She says sounding disappointed

"I was only checking up on you since you called yesterday and I was sleeping. How's home?"

She asks

"Sorry, home is fine. It's everything I expected and more, I'm on my way to studio so we'll chat later"

I say and she sighs

"Aaron what's going on?"

She asks and I frown confused

"I don't understand your question"

I admit

"One minute we vibing and now that you've been home for less than 24 hours you cold. Did I do something? Am I missing something?"

She asks confusing me even further

"Your question is confusing me. Out with what's bothering you Mia"

I demand and she sighs

"It's nothing Aaron, enjoy your time at home"

She says and I huff

"Mia, what's going on. This behaviour is unlike you"

I say

"I think I might be falling for you Aaron"

She says, I almost run a red light at the traffic in shock of this news

"We agreed we were nothing more than fuck buddies though"

I say

"Yes we agreed but fuck buddies don't treat each other the way you treat me Aaron, you doing everything a boyfriend does and more"

She says and I don't respond not knowing what to say

"You make me breakfast in bed, we go out together every now and then, you cheer me up, you cuddle me a.... You know what, forget I said anything"

She says after a long pause

"Mia lets talk about this when I am back that side ok because now it's just going to mess with my flow"

I say and I realise how it might sound to her

"I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry. Mia you and I are friends who fuck, I'm sorry for giving you the wrong impression. I enjoy what you and I do and I am sorry for treating you like a human I care about because I do."

She doesn't respond

"How I feel about Asante hasn't changed Mia and if I was falling for you I would have told you up front without stringing you along. I thought you enjoyed this as much as I did, had I known you were catching then we would have ended this"

I say

"Ok then. When you come back, I'll come and fetch the rest of my stuff. Bye Aaron"

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To Be Continued