The roughness and the need present there felt like ones I knew too well. It felt like one I longed for, even though I knew I shouldn’t, and one I wanted to feel, even if it was just for once.
In a moment of weakness, I kissed him back, and he seized the opportunity and took advantage of my submission. He deepened the kiss and snaked his tongue into my mouth, tasting it and making me moan out in pleasure. His hands moved down to grab hold of my buttocks, giving them a firm squeeze and pushing himself against me, so I felt him throbbing in his pants.
I gasped and shoved him off, still panting and unable to control the many emotions set loose within me.
It was one thing for him to want to be a part of his son’s life. I couldn’t stop that, but there was no way I was going to let him back into my life.
“I told you there was no going back, and it’s obvious you still want me after so long.” He pulled me closer, and his body pressed against mine, making me feel his need, which throbbed underneath his trousers. “You’re mine,” he growled, his eyes flickering with the darker shades of red that left as soon as they came.
I saw this colour in his eyes the weekend we were together. I have also noticed the same flicker a few times already but have always brushed it off. But now it scares me to know what it means.
“Get off me. You’re crazy!” I shoved him off and stumbled back: “What the fuck is wrong with you, and why do your eyes glow?”
He didn’t come any closer, nor did he answer my question before I made my way as far from him as I could.
I returned to the reception hall where Lionel and Zion were, and Zion clapped his hands happily at my sight. I smiled at him and walked over.
“He’s not being too much for you, is he?” I asked Lionel, who seemed happy with his role as the uncle of the year.
“Are you kidding me? I have already gotten over three phone numbers from the pretty girls present.”
My brows narrowed. “What happened to Alice?”
“We broke up. I told you two weeks ago,” he said.
“No, you didn’t.” The two looked so good that I could have sworn they were meant to be.
“We broke up three weeks ago, Zera, and two weeks ago, she told me to move on,” he said with a shrug.
Alice was his longtime girlfriend of three years, and their relationship was the longest he’d ever been in as well. She stayed beside him throughout his recovery phase to help and assist, and she never left his side. I honestly thought they would stay until the end, especially after everything they had been through the entire year. It was sad that it had ended.
My eyes dropped, and I placed my hand on his shoulder. “How are you dealing with that?”
He shrugged. “Usually, I’ll get drunk or get high to escape the pain, but not this time. I will heal with the help of these beautiful ladies,” he said, holding up the small papers with numbers on them. “They should do.”
I rolled my eyes but hugged him, wanting to somehow comfort him for what he was going through.
“What’s that smell?” he blurted out in a suspicious voice.
I pulled away to flash him a narrowed look. “What smell?”
“That,” he said, leaning in to sniff me as if he were a dog. “Who were you with?”
“No one.” I lied, and he gave me a look that said to try again.
“His smell is all over you.” He moved closer to me and sniffed me again, which annoyed me. “Clean, masculine, and rich. Who is he?”
“Daddy!” Zion squealed in Lionel’s arms, and I turned to find Aaron behind me.
My heart skipped a beat at his sight and nearness, and my mind reminisced about what happened in the hallway a while ago. I thought he had left, but just like when I kissed him back earlier, I didn’t think that through either.
“Ooh. No wonder you wanted me to take Zion with me earlier. I see now, I see.” Lionel cooed, and I elbowed him to keep silent. He groaned in pain but barely made a sound.
“Something just came up, Zera. Will it be okay if Zion stays with you for the rest of the day?” He asked, sounding formal for the man who was lust-drunk in the hallway a few minutes ago. He also didn’t look at me and did his best to avoid eye contact.
He didn’t even have to ask. Having Zion with me all day, every day, was what I wanted, and I will jump at the chance to have him always. “Yes, it’s okay.”
“Thank you.” His gaze lifted and locked on mine for a second before darting to his son. He reached out and stroked his face for a moment. “Stay with Mommy and be good, okay?”
The little boy nodded, and he smiled at him. “Thank you,” he said to Lionel before taking his leave, and we all watched him exit the reception hall.
“He gets hotter every day. I see why you got his smell all over you,” Lionel said after he disappeared.
“Shut up, Lionel. I have a boyfriend!” I snapped at him, taking my anger out on the wrong person.
“Oh, yeah, Daniel.”
Yes, Daniel and I feel horrible for doing what I have done to him. He has been good to me since I’ve known him, and he has also been present and loyal since we began dating over a month ago. He didn’t deserve this, and I felt horrible for kissing the devil named Aaron. I was no different from any other two-faced cheater on the face of the planet. I had to come clean. I won’t rest until I do.
The newlyweds left for their honeymoon destination, which was Spain, and I had successfully carried out my job as maid of honour for the day. I took Zion from Lionel and prepared to leave, and he apologized for making a joke about Aaron and me. I shrugged it off, and he kissed my head tenderly, mumbling his goodbye.
I also said my goodbyes, begging him to be gentle with the girls whose numbers he had gotten, and that made him laugh and roll his eyes.