The ride home was dead quiet.
Aec's jaw was tight, his eyes on the road, not a single glance at me. The air between us felt heavy. I stared out the window, pretending not to care, but deep down I wanted him to say something...Anything.
He didn't.
The second we got inside, he walked straight to his room and slammed the door.
"Okay…" I muttered, half scoff, half sigh.
I dropped my bag, went to take a shower. Warm water with cool silence the perfect mix to wash off a long day and an even longer ego battle. When I came out, wrapped in my night dress, my phone started buzzing on the couch. Maxie.
I smiled. Finally, a sane voice.
"Babes!" she screamed through the phone before I could even say hello.
"Hey you," I laughed, "you sound like you just won the lottery."
"Girl, I might as well have! Guess who texted me back?"
I rolled my eyes. "If you say Mason again, I'm hanging up."
"Okay fine, I won't say it," she teased. "But he did text back!"
I burst out laughing. "You're impossible."
We talked for a while about work, random gossip, and how she still thought about Aec.
"Don't get me started," I told her, rolling my eyes. "He's all ego and zero communication."
"Uh-huh," she said in that knowing tone, "and yet you sound very aware of everything about him."
"Shut up, Maxie."
She laughed. "Fine, I'll shut up. But babes, don't let him walk over you. Men like that they test your patience just to see if you'll break."
"Not me," I said. "I don't bend easy."
"That's my girl."
We laughed again, then said our goodnights.
After the call, I made food, enough for two, even though I had no intention of sharing. He could starve for all I cared. I dished mine, sat on the couch, turned on the TV, and started watching some comedy show.
I laughed loud, intentionally loud.
Maybe to irritate him or maybe to remind him I still existed.
But at some point, I forgot he was even there.
Then click... Darkness.
My heart skipped a beat, why was the lights out.
I blinked a few times, trying to adjust, but it was pitch black. My phone was charging across the room, and the silence felt too deep.
I moved slowly, hands brushing the furniture, searching for the phone. I felt a presence but brush it off, if Aec was out I'd hear the door but the feeling got stronger
"Aec?" I whispered but no answer came.
I turned slightly, my pulse racing. "Aec…"
A hand touched my shoulder and I screamed extremely loud nit holding back the slightest force, my survival instinct was a hundred.
And right on cue, the lights came back on.
He was standing there, calm as ever.
I hit his chest instantly. "You won't kill me, Aec!"
He didn't say a word, just looked at me.
That silence again unreadable, cold, but magnetic.
I turned to walk back to the couch, but he caught my waist. His grip was firm, not really forceful, just enough to stop me.
When I looked up, our faces were close... too close.
His eyes searched mine like he was trying to read something that wasn't written. He reached up, brushed a strand of hair behind my ear. I swear my whole body froze. The world went still for three seconds maybe four. chills went down her spine her nipple hardening. Aec eyes goes down to them, the dress was light anyways
"Tell em to stay still' his eyes roaming on them hungry, he grabs the remote from her and is set to sit but now Shar hold him back "and if they don't?" She ask in a daring way
His surprise at her response, looks at me cold then grasp my shoulder, he starts kissing me at first short but later he kisses me again this time longer and harder, pulling me in like he wished we shared one skin and merged together, I wrapped my hand on his neck caressing his soft hair and letting out small cracks of moans, they smooch and he takes his hand down, raising my night dress up giving himself access to my wet body
"Uhhh warm and wet" he says in-between the kiss and I smiles a little , we continue smooching so hard he places me on the chair and pushes the dress up completely using his hand to play with my clitoris gently and in a teasing manner, I could feel the pleasure build up, i bit my lips, my hands rubbing my hard nipple already
He puts his head between my thighs and kisses between my legs
"You smell like rose Pookie"
I manage to smile between the pleasure
"The thing is.... aww" i moans hard when his cold, slick tongue touches my clit for the first time, he licks with slow dominion and his hand stretched up playing with my left breast softly....
His tongue is slow at first, teasing and trying to savour like it's a tourist on a tour then i feels a little sting... He bit me on purpose
"Ouch" I drag his head off for a minute but he removes my hand and goes back this time his tongue more cold and fast, felt like he knew his way already and his tongue savaged around hurriedly digging and licking like it was gold...
"Fuck!" I roll my eyes in, squinting cause the pleasure was getting to every nerve and bone
I rub on his head and I feels a little jerky sensation, the rhythm of his tongue became faster and it felt like i couldn't even take the pleasure anymore but i still didn't want him to stop...
I feel chills running all over me then a fast shaking tension, I just fulfilled Maxie's demand to cum
He goes up back to my lips and kiss me soft then to my nipple, my hands were now roaming around his body and i get to his penis and shit felt hard as fuck, i rubbed from his pants but the pants felt tough, It didn't give me enough access and as i wanted to unzip his pant he stops me abruptly , shifts back like he realized something now and shifts from my body, helping me adjust my gown covering me fully then walks away towards his room
"Why'd you stop" but he gives his normal Aec behavior and ignores me, I'm paranoid, he doesn't just have his way all the time
" Remembered you have a wife or something" he stops midway
"I don't have a wife " his voice cold as ever
"You impotent then? Or not just capable " he storms back at me with a little force but stops at a decent distance, now I felt like a plague
"Maybe only good for foreplay and not the main deal" my goal was to trigger him and I was doing it right
"I'm giving you grace Sharon, don't push me"
I scoff seriously" grace you say... "
He starts walking away while I keep cussing from behind him
"I think you need more grace than I do sire" but he walks into his room, door shut and that was it for the night.
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When I woke up the next morning, sunlight had already spilled across the room. The house was quiet, almost too quiet. I stepped out of my room and I glanced toward his door it was half-open.
I hesitated for a moment, then peeked in but it was empty.
I stepped inside slowly. The bed was made, perfectly neat, no trace of him. My stomach twisted. For someone I claimed not to care about, I sure looked like a lost puppy right now.
I checked the living room. Nothing...
Kitchen? Empty...
Even outside no car.
"Great," I muttered. "He ghosted me in his own house."
I was about to call Maxie when I heard the distant rumble of an engine. A few seconds later, the door opened. Aec walked in, grocery bags in hand.
I froze by the hallway.
He didn't even look surprised to see me.
"Thought you left," I said.
He walked past me like I was air. "Why should I?"
He went straight to the kitchen and began unpacking.
I leaned against the wall, crossing my arms. "Could've fooled me."
He didn't reply. Just kept moving, focused, cold.
I sighed, gave up, and turned to walk away.
Then he spoke.
"We'll be leaving after breakfast."
I didn't even look at him. "Okay."
He turned around, his tone dropping. "Okay?"
"Mm-hm," I said, still scrolling my phone.
He studied me for a second longer, then turned away.
That was Aec.
Unpredictable.
Cold and burning at the same time.
And me? I wasn't sure anymore