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Forty-Four: Surprise
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ILLICIT AFFAIRS Forty-Five: Blurring Lines
AXELShe closed the distance between us and she threw her hands around me, hugging me.For a minute, I stiffened and froze under her hug because I had no idea what I was supposed to do with it. We've never been in this much proximity if it doesn't include a lead-up to sex. Hugs were reserved for people who shared a deep affection for each other, who liked each other and cared for each other, not people like us who shouldn’t even be seeing eye to eye. People like us who share a risky arrangement that must not and should never see the light of the day.And here we are, with her hands thrown around me, enveloping me in a hug that I wasn't supposed to like because I wasn't even a hugger, I've never liked the idea of hugging because why should I? Hugging was waste of time when we could use that time we'd waste on hugging for something more productive like fingering or sucking. But her hug was making me feel something different, something I've never felt before, it was an alien feeling, o
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Forty-Six: More Blurred Lines
LISAI turned it into ice.My whole body turned into ice at that familiar voice and the tray of edibles nearly fell out of my hands when I turned back and I confirmed my greatest fear at that moment. Angel Volkov, my sister-in-law was really standing across me, talking to a man. But thankfully, her back was to us but any minute from now, she was going to turn back and...God forbid! I whirled around immediately."That's my sister-in-law," I told Axel even though I was already sure that he knows who she is. I half-expected him to abandon me because it wasn't his problem, Angel wasn't his family and he wasn't going to get into any trouble because of her. But we couldn't say the same thing for me because I was going to get into a shitload of trouble if Angel should see me and that looks like it was going to happen any minute from now on. "Yeah, I know," he replied as he took the tray from my hands and he dropped it on the nearest table and without voicing it out, we already both sta
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Forty-Seven: Secrets
LISA“I'm an illegitimate child,” he told me casually and my jaws figuratively dropped to the ground. Of all the things I was expecting him to say, this was the last one, in fact, this wasn't on the list at all.I wasn't expecting him to say this and I did not believe him at all because who would, nothing about him screamed illegitimate child at all. Just like nothing about you screams bloody assassin, my subconscious mocked me.“You really don't expect me to believe that, do you?”He shrugged casually, “no, I don't but the fact that you don't believe it doesn't mean that it's not the truth.”“Come on Axel, I don't understand why you feel the need to make me have leverage over you but it's really not needed, I told you what I told you because I wanted to, not because you forced me so you don't have to make up a lie about yourself just to make me feel better that I shared a weakness with an enemy.”“I don't care about you enough to try to make you feel better because you told me somet
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Forty-Eight: Night Out
AXELWe drove back to school in silence. The Question and Answer session was already over when we returned to the venue so we just slipped into the car and drove away. Nobody said anything during the drive and just like I was thinking, I was sure Lisa was thinking about the same thing, about the vulnerabilities that we both shared with each other back on the field. We both knew we crossed a line we shouldn't cross, a line that'll blur the dynamics of our relationship but I just wanted to strike a balance, she had blurted her vulnerability out in a moment of weakness, and knowing Lisa and what she thinks of me, I was she'd always have a nagging thought at the time back of her mind that I was going to use that piece of information against her.I wasn't an unfeeling monster so there was no way I’d use that against her but she wasn't going to believe me so I had to make it a truce.I had to tell her something about me that I'd never told anyone. I've never shared a relationship with an
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Forty-Nine: Never Gonna Happen
AXEL“The shipment is coming in barely 6 weeks,” Prince pointed out from where he was sitting, “do you have everything under control?”I glared at him, making sure my eyes conveyed what I really wanted to do to him; twist his neck and yank his head off his shoulders.“I don't remember ever poking my nose in the affairs of C47,” I replied curtly, hoping he'd get the gist and his nose out of this conversation but it seemed I was forgetting who I was talking to.Tell Prince not to do something and that was the thing he'd make sure to do.“Well, C47 isn't directly your business but this shipment concerns all of us,” he replied casually, “I hate to admit it but if it should flop, C47 would be affected badly.”“You’re lucky you're my friend, if not, I’d have pulled out your tongue a long time ago.”“Save your love language for your soldiers please, I'm not interested in them.”“Bastard.”He lifted his glass in a mock cheer, “never denied it.”I poured from my third bottle of beer into the g
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Fifty: Arranged Marriage
LISAI was home for our monthly family dinner even though I didn't want to go. I mean, I've always wanted to steer clear of going home to avoid having a conversation or confrontation with Angel. Because that always happened any time I was in the same space with Angel. We were currently sitting at the dining table with Tricia and I sitting across Angel and Steff with dad sitting at the head of course. Tricia’s excited chatter filled the room and I was doing my best to keep up with her talks while Angel kept scowling at intervals. It was obvious that she didn't like the idea of Tricia going on and on about her designs and the new things she had learned during the past week. “That reminds me,” Angel started in an unusually loud voice that immediately drowned Tricia’s own as she turned to dad halfway through the meal, “I have something important to discuss with the family.”I snickered under my breath at the same time Tricia leaned to whisper into my ears, “maybe she's pregnant because
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Fifty-One: Sisters’ Moment
LISADamn!Fuck!Shit!I stared at Angel and she stared back at me, gaze unwavering and a blank look in her eyes.Fuck!I decided to play smart. I decided to play Angel’s games knowing fully that she was a smartass and she might only be playing a mind game.I hide my fear with a snicker. “What are you talking about?”“Don’t play dumb, Lisa, it's unbecoming of you.”“I'm not playing dumb, if you want me to understand you, then maybe you should learn to be more vocal.”She chuckled slightly and she took her time to chew her food before looking at me again.“Are you going to tell me that you were not with Axel at Kay’s show?”My frown deepened, hiding the fear and panic that was starting to bloom within me.“Axel Ivanov?”“We both don't know another Axel apart from him.”“Kay’s show?” I said the word with enough confusion to confuse even the surest man and I made sure that my eyes remained locked on hers. Looking away was part of my weakness and I wasn't the type to show any weakness,
ILLICIT AFFAIRS Fifty-Two: Avoiding Him
LISA“You've been avoiding me, Red.”It was neither a question nor an observation, it was a statement and my heart lurched in my chest at the voice and Axel’s presence. He was right. I had been avoiding him like a coward and I realized that wasn't the way out of our situation. I couldn't go on avoiding him forever and I have to be upfront about what I wanted with our relationship.I turned around to look at him and my heart did skip a beat when I saw him. I had almost forgotten how sinfully handsome he was and now that he was dressed casually, in black jeans, a tee shirt, and an unbuttoned shirt with rolled-up sleeves that made butterflies take to race in the pit of my stomach.Damn! He was too handsome and I was badly attracted to him.“What are you talking about?” I feigned ignorance with a little smile on my face.“Come on, Lisa,” his voice was hard and rough, “you know what I'm talking about.”“No, I don't, just because we've been so caught up with classes and we've not had time
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