ATTRACTED TO HER - Episode 18
I spent the next few hours of the day preparing for Brinda’s case, even though I had everything.
Any other case and I’d say I was one hundred percent certain I’d win but this case was extremely different.
Brinda and Zac were, for one, married so it wasn’t a messily divorce that could be solved within a month.
He abused her, possibly R@P£D her before, and tried to go for his very own child. He deserves to rot in hell but for now prison.
As I was getting up to stretch, my phone started going off.
Thousands of media sites tagged me in post, and I noticed a few messages coming from Serene and Oliver.
I was about to respond to Serene first when Oliver came busting through the doors.
“Oliver?
Are you okay, why are you back so early?” His eyes held fear for a quick moment before he breathed out a breath of relief.
“You know I love you, right?” I chuckled and said of course. “And that I’d never hurt you.”
“Oliver, what did you do?” He quickly came to sit on the couch, grabbing my hands and holding them as I sat beside him. “You’re scaring me.”
“I’m so, so sorry. I need you to know that.” I nodded and he took a deep breath.
“I-” My phone, once again, started going off with more media sites and messages from Serene.
“One second.” I took my hand out of his, about to reach for my phone, when he grabbed it again.
“I want you to find out from me.”
“Find out what, Oliver?” He was quiet, scared. “Oliver, what is-”
“I kissed her. I kissed Katie.” Who is- oh Katie. I furrowed my eyebrows and took my hands away from his.
I had no right to judge him for kissing the girl but I felt like, in a way, I looked stupid.
I went to lunch with her, talking about how much we loved each other, just for him to kiss her.
I was upset because I felt like I was the only one being unfaithful in this relationship and that I was the reason it was going to end in shambles.
“Please don’t leave me, I love you so much, Athena. Please.” He begged, putting his head in my lap.
“You kissed a girl you said I didn’t need to worry about.”
“I know and I’m sorry.” That’s what all the fuss from the media was about.
“Oliver, I-” Tell him. “I need to think.” I lied. I know what I wanted, what I was about to do, and that I won’t regret it.
He looked up at me with fearful eyes. “O- okay. I’ll leave.”
No.” I stopped him from getting up. “I’ll leave. I’m packing a bag and staying at Serene’s.”
“Please, Athena. Let me leave, please.” I stood up, grabbing my phone and silencing it.
“I can’t think while staying in this house.” We walked upstairs and I grabbed one of my smaller bags and started packing a few things. I discreetly packed some lingerie.
“You’ll be back though, right? So we can talk?” I sighed and nodded, throwing the bag over my shoulder once I finished.
“I promise. Just give me time, okay?” He nodded and tried to lean in for a kiss but I dodged it and walked past him.
I don’t want to seem like a hypocrite, I mean I did sleep with his sworn enemy.
Twice. But could anyone really blame me? Oliver told me that he’d never get back with Katie, hadn’t even thought about it since we met, and goes and kisses her.
Oliver had been with many women before me, but me?
I had only ever been with him and at one point I did truly love him.
He was all I knew and all I wanted to know. We are both in the wrong for even thinking about another person while being tied to each other.
But him kissing Katie didn’t hurt me as much, mostly because mentally I was already done with Oliver.
I used his cheating as an excuse to go and see someone I wasn’t supposed to be attached to in any way.
I didn’t need to look at my phone to know that the media most likely tagged me in posts with pictures of the two kissing. I didn’t want to see that.
It was hard trying to leave my house; the paparazzi moves very quickly.
They had surrounded my front lawn and my patience was running thin from them not letting me out.
I was this close to just running them over and catching a charge but thankfully they moved out of the way.
It didn’t take long to pull into Alessandro’s driveway, his guards already let me in since he put my name on the list.
I left my bag in the car, wanting to hurry and go up to see him.
I knocked on his door a few times and it took him a while to answer.
“Athena, love, I saw-” I cut him off, grabbing his face and slamming my lips onto his.
He didn’t hesitate to kiss me back, bringing me into the room and pushing me up against the door.
He was the first to pull back. “Athena, are you-”
I rolled my eyes and started slipping my shirt over my head.
“Stop asking and just fu*ck me.” He kissed me again, snapping off my bra with ease as if he’d done it a million times before.
He broke the kiss momentarily to take his shirt off before kissing me with more hunger.
Our chests were pressed against each other, and I Mõ@?ed at the contact, pushing myself up against him making him groan out.
He grabbed my legs and wrapped them around his waist, one hand on my legs and the other on my bare back.
I kept my arms around his neck, kissing along his perfect jaw and down his neck. When I sucked and bit at it and he groaned it made me smile as I marked up his neck.
I hadn’t noticed we made it to his bedroom until he threw me onto the bed.
He tucked his lower lip between his teeth as I slowly moved onto my stomach, arching my back and pushing my @zz back onto him.
He gripped my hips and ripped the leggings I had on, then slid his hand over my wet Çüñ? through my lingerie. “Already so wet for me, hm?”
He moved my P@?tî?? to the side and slid one finger in. “Please.” I whined, riding his finger and looking for any type of release.
“Please what, butterfly? I need you to be specific.” He took his finger out, putting it in his mouth.
“Please fuÇ0ç? me, Sandro.” I begged, wiggling my @zz as he took his pants off.
He kissed down my back, leaving a bit mark in the middle and one on the back of my neck.
“Of course, love.”
After my begging to come another thousandth time we were sitting in his bath, his arms wrapped around me and me holding onto his hands.
I had my head leaned back on his chest when he kissed my cheek.
He hadn’t asked me about the Oliver situation but then again, we hadn’t said anything since he tried to f-__-k**ing drown me.
He pushed my head underwater and I actually thought for a quick second I was going to die.
Then he made some weird comment about how he’d drown in me any day. I was disgusted with myself because I got turned on by it.
“Tired?” He asked when he noticed I was getting a bit too comfortable in the tub.
“Very. You wore me out.” I snuggled closer into his chest as he chuckled.
“I had to force myself to stop. You just taste so d@mn good.” I laughed as he started attacking my neck with kisses.
After we settled, I said, “You haven’t said or asked me anything about Oliver.”
“Because it’s not a relationship I want to pry in unless he hurts you. But I do have a question.”
“All ears.”
“Are you leaving him?” Straight to the point I see.
“Yes…” Technically, I don’t know. It’s hard trying to move on from something you’ve known half your life to something new. It’s scary.
“You sound unsure.”
I breathed out, “I am. What if you find someone better? Or you get bored of me?
What if you see me as a wh-_-re for cheating and think I’ll do the same to you? What if-”
“One, no one’s better than you.” He grabbed my chin and turned my face so I’d look at him.
“Two I won’t get bored of you. Three you aren’t a wh-_-re and I know you won’t cheat on me. The ‘what if’s’ are endless but if you dwell to much on them then you lose sight of something good.”
” He pressed a kiss to my lips and nose.
I was smiling when he had reached my forehead. “Cute.”
“What?”
“Your smile.” He said, staring at my lips. “It’s cute.”
..
I was about to downgrade myself again but his words repeated itself in my head. “Thanks.” I smiled and turned, pressing my back into his chest again.
“So, how’s your case?” He asked, stroking my hair while I played with the bubbles.
“Good. Besides the fact that stupid f-__-ker tried to buy me out of the case.” I scoffed at the memory.
“When does the trial start back? I need to set a reminder in my phone.” I smiled, continuing to play with the bubbles.
“In four days. Early so you might not make it.”
“I’ll be there. Promise.” He grabbed my hand and interlocked them.
Facile. That’s how it felt to be in his presence. I didn’t feel the need to force a conversation to continue. He made everything feel easy. I liked it.
We indulged in a simple conversation for another twenty minutes before actually washing ourselves off.
I’d stay here for some time, using Oliver’s cheating scandal as an excuse to be here.
I kind of felt bad that I didn’t care about what Oliver and Katie did.
The only thing that annoyed me was the fact he said I didn’t have to worry about her.
I also felt bad because I had already moved on from anything and everything that Oliver and I had.
Yes, he’d always have a piece of my heart but what I felt for him differs so much from what I feel for Alessandro.
We sat in his office, me straddling him and my arms wrapped around his neck while he typed up documents and left one hand on my @zz.
He’d kiss my forehead every once in a while, and every time it made me smile. I would’ve sat somewhere else, but he doesn’t want me to leave his sight.
After another hour, I was on my way to sleep when he started to rub my back soothingly and relax in his seat. “Do you want to take a nap?” He whispered.
“I’m not tired.” I said and sat up to stretch.
He chuckled and kissed my lips, “You need as much sleep before tomorrow.
We’ll take an hour nap then we can do wh@??ver you want.”
We walked upstairs and he set me gently on the bed, getting in beside me.
He pulled me closer to his chest and kissed my head once more, “Sleep well, butterfly.”
Shouting and yelling came from downstairs, waking me up from my very peaceful nap.
Alessandro wasn’t beside me like he was when I was asleep and I could hear his deep angry voice downstairs.
I carefully stepped out of the room and peaked down the staircase. “Tabitha I haven’t fuc*king spoke to you in seven months.
I want nothing to do with you.” He shouted quietly, probably thinking I was still asleep.
Who is Tabitha?
I walked down a few steps but stayed out of sight. “And why? You know what we had was something good.”
“Because you fuÇ0ç?ing disgust me.” I smiled at that and went down a few more steps trying to steal a glance of this Tabitha.
She was tall, thin. Honey eyes and pretty light skin, her hair falling behind her back. “You weren’t saying that when you were fuÇ0ç?ing my brains out!”
She shoved him and I literally wanted to ki|| her for touching him.
“I don’t hit women but I swear to God if you don’t leave my house…” His fist were clenched at his side and even though I couldn’t see his face I could tell he was extremely pissed.
Now, I should have hid behind the wall since I’d already seen her but me being to invested, I got caught. “Who is she?”
Alessandro turned around, his eyes landing on me and I awkwardly waved. Oh God, your so f-__-king stupid, Athena.
“No one.” He directed his attention back to her. “Leave my fuÇ0ç?ing house.” Oh.
“Doesn’t seem like no one, she’s wearing your clothes.
Did you find yourself a new wh-_-re? She can never do what I did for you, Alessandro.”
I wanted to cry.
He grabbed her arm and forcefully pulled her closer, her face that once held anger now held fear. ”
Get the f-__-k out or you’ll regret having stayed another second in here.”
She looked at me, tears pricking at her eyes. “He’ll treat you like every other girl!
He’ll f-__-k you like he h@??s you then throw you out like trash.” She said just as he dragged her out.
“Athena-” I ignored him and went upstairs, taking his shirt off and replacing it with mine and a pair of jeans. I was no one to him.
“Athena, please, wait.” I grabbed my bag, wiping at the tears that had spilled. “Athena…”
“I’m no one to you, right?” I looked up at him with teary eyes and I could see his expression soften.
“Your everything to me, butterfly.” He wiped at my tears, leaving his hand on my cheek.
“No I’m not. You said how truly felt about me downstairs, it’s fine.” I lied, tears still spilling down my face.
I wasn’t going to leave my husband just to get with someone that felt nothing with me.
“Baby, please, you mean the f-__-king world to me.”
He continued to wipe at the tears that wouldn’t stop falling before pressing his lips against mine.
So soft. Always so d@mn soft. “I’m sorry. I’m so fuÇ0ç?ing sorry let me make it up to you. I’ll tell the whole world how much you mean to me just please don’t leave.” He begged.
“Butterfly.” I said and he paused. The safe-word I’d come up with the first night we met; a word I thought I’d never use with him.
But here I was, not wanting to make this harder than it already was.
He took a few steps away from me, his eyes fighting a battle; kiss me or let me leave.
In the end I was leaving his home and getting into my car.
He closed the door for me, eyes back to that dark shade of silver instead of the bright shade I came to love.
He opened his mouth to speak, to beg me to stay, but closed it back right after. “Alessandro.” I said when he didn’t let go of my door handle.
He took a deep breath before retreating away from me.
He stopped just as I was pulling out, beginning to turn around but walking back into his home instead.
TBC