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DODGING A BULLET
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INSIDE OUT CIVILIZED CONVERSATIONS
TWENTY"Wait a minute!" Ajax steamed up listening to Melinda and Lucrecia recount their experience in Westwood. The anger in his icy voice and cold stare was unmistakable. He had been on high alert when he noticed Melinda and Lu's absence within Reynolds vicinity. Concluding it as some emergency girls day out or the emergency training Mel had indulged in that morning, he decided to be calm until he listened to them say they paid a visit to Westwood. "You visited that house. Again.""It was just on impulse and it was worthwhile." Melinda replied softly. If it was his overprotectiveness speaking, she had to make extra effort in restoring his calm."Yeah, it was." Lu agreed."The hell it was." He banged his desk, standing up with such suddenness that threw Melinda off guard for a few seconds."Really, you need to calm down. We haven't even gotten to the worst part yet." Lu managed. She was unaffected by his outburst. The man was growing feelings for his P.A and his temper was a way of sh
INSIDE OUT DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
Twenty-OneMelinda didn't need to be told it was morning before she opened her eyes. The air was diiferent. She felt warm calloused hands on her waist. "Good morning beautiful." Ajax nuzzled her neck when he heard her breath quicken. However she was going to react to their position, he was prepared for it. He spooned her while his hands stayed on her waist. For reasons he wanted to explore right now, he had left her bare after they had dinner in his room. Smiling, he remembered how she had slept off soundly, mumbling his name after he had brought her from torrents of pleasure to another. He only woke her up to feed her. While he had watched her tremble in his arms, he had promised himself to wait. This would be his first time waiting. He wanted her to trust him. For reasons he didn't understand, he was ready to hold back the need to just plunge into her in that vulnerable and seductive position she was."Rey." She murmured. Her cheeks glowed with warmth and something like coyness. Sh
INSIDE OUT DISCOVERIES (1)
TWENTY-TWO"You know, for a moment in that restaurant, I was going to lose it. Mr Strange seemed to be very familiar with you." Ajax whined as he and Melinda trotted down the walkway leading to Reynolds entrance."Someone is jealous." She smiled. It would be fun to exploit this new discovery though she ignored the sensation from knowing that Ajax Smith was jealous."Yes, I am. I'm not ashamed to admit. I don't like to share what's mine" His frown was dead serious."Excuse me? Since when did I become your property?" She frowned deeply. "Don't answer that." She cut him short. "I think we already know how you'll answer that question. Fact is I am not your property or anyone else's for that matter." She hissed, winking at Jerome as he walked past them. "There they are. Excuse me Candy." Collins excused himself from the company of Reynolds cook as he sighted his sister and Ajax."Collins." Melinda rushed into his waiting arms. "It's so good to see you again.""Same here Celia. You don't l
INSIDE OUT DISCOVERIES (2)
TWENTY-THREE"Hey stranger." Ajax accosted Melinda on her way out of her office. Avoiding her wasn't working. After his conversation with Collins concerning Melinda, the thought of making children had shaken him up a little. If he was going to make children, he had to at least be in touch with what he was feeling about her. That's how it works... right?He had promised himself to stay away from her to be sure that what he was feeling wasn't just a typical i-wanna-shove-my-tongue-in-your-mouth kind of feeling. If that was going to be it, he wasn't sure he could trust himself with her heart. It was supposed to be operation zero-contact-with-Melinda but after hours of sitting in his office without his personal assistant gracing and tempting him with her presence, he couldn't stand it. Screw the operation, he told himself on his way out of his office."Hey there." She responded after momentarily losing her breath. She hadn't expected to run into him. She was also in the business of avoida
INSIDE OUT DISCOVERIES (3)
TWENTY-FOURCollins stood before Ajax's black raspberry farm. The array of trees scattered on the landscape was a beautiful sight to behold. So was the bright orange glow of the sunset sinking into the horizon. Watching it, he had flashbacks of several moments like that. Those would be he and April watching the sunset every week while they ate burgers. It was a sacred moment that stopped when her condition became severe as she didn't need much exposure to the sun. Collins squeezed his eyes shut, remembering the way the light dimmed in her eyes with each day that drew her close to her deathbed."I miss you so damn much April." He whispered. The tightening in his gut was enough to send a tear trickling down his cheeks.Pocketing his hands, he made a solemn vow to protect everyone close to him. Especially when it was in his power. At this thought, he smiled. Who would have thought he would see his lost sister again after his family had concluded her dead?He frowned as his mind played a
INSIDE OUT DISCOVERIES (4)
TWENTY-FIVE"Collins." May gasped. Her head spun. It was either her pregnancy symptoms were showing off or she was having a real panic attack. She wasn't supposed to panic. Collins was a good omen."You know him? You know her?" Eric passed a confused glance from Collins to May.It was then May understood why she was panicking. It wasn't a good idea for Eric and Collins to meet. The former still had unsevered ties with his boss while the latter was an innocent lamb that had just found its way to a sacrificial altar. She had completely forgotten about him all the while she was abducted. She didn't see herself doing otherwise when all he had done was live in the shadows when he stayed in her house. He hadn't given in to her subtle or heavy seductions. She had respected that he was grieving. Ergo, making an effort of deleting him from her mind was a walk in the park especially when there were parties. Oh, how she missed the parties. The little reasonable voice in her head gave her a menta
INSIDE OUT I love you, Lind.
TWENTY-SIX "What do I do?" Melinda asked herself for the umpteenth time, the million-dollar question, the question to every thought that ran through her head for days. She had resisted the idea of taking a quick trip to New York in search of the answers she so direly wanted but that would only send shit hitting the fan. Ajax would stop at nothing to make sure she didn't go alone and she wasn't doing a good job of getting accustomed to that culture. Apparently, it freaked out her friend, Sam and she wasn't all too comfortable with what it did to her freedom. If she was a celebrity, she would have appreciated it just a tiny bit. But she was a commoner trapped in the middle of all the shits she didn't ask for. Apart from not agitating Ajax, she had to be thankful for the internet. There was no need to fly to New York when she could browse the how-tos of pig Latin. She had done just that and that only topped the list of things birthing the question plaguing her mind now. The incoherent w
INSIDE OUT A LEAP OF FAITH
Twenty-SevenMelinda relished the warmth that enveloped her. Ajax' embrace had to be the comfiest duvet she could ever ask for. With her eyes still closed, her back to his front, she snuggled further into his embrace."I wish I could stay like this forever." She mumbled."Me too baby. How'd you sleep?" He asked, kissing her cheek from behind as he rubbed her arm."I think I just had the best sleep." She lay on her back to look at him. "What about you?" She cradled his face, tracing his lips with her fingers as she had a brief flashback of what his lips did to her "Mmm" He trapped her fingers between his lips. "I had the best sleep too. It was beautiful, ecstatic, fueling, energy consuming, almost addictive..." He suckled her fingers. She gasped."Are we talking about the same sleep?" She giggled."Yes baby." His murmured."I don't think so.""I do. I'm pretty sure you do too. I mean... have you forgotten how we rolled and kicked, tried different angles, clawed at each other, skipped
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