Possessive Gentleman

Chapter 5

I stayed indoors throughout the day,I was afraid that Aiden might come over but luckily,he didn’t.

I was getting low on money and the men who normally gives me money on those crap dating apps seems to be distancing themselves from me.

“What’s going on?”,i ask myself,knowing that I have to come up with something else ASAP or I’ll go broke.I thought of all possible ways to make money but they all made sense only in my head.The other option left was to get a job,but where?

I needed something that I was good at and wouldn’t stress me.

“I’ll do the thinking tomorrow,for now,I need to rest”.

I grabbed two bags of chips from the kitchen and ran to the room,giving Leila one of the bags.

Leila turned on her laptop and put a movie,a horror movie for us.

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The next day,I woke up feeling guilty for blocking Aiden.I thought of unblocking him but i didn’t.

“Morning sweetie”,Leila said as she walked in.

“You look hot,where are you going,”I smirked,walking towards her.

“Jacob wants to introduce me to his parents,I’m so excited”

“You didn’t tell me”,i pouted a little

“He informed me last night and you were asleep”

“Okay okay.You look stunning,they’ll love you.”

“Thank you,I have to leave now,BYE”,she smiled and hugged me before leaving.

I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and freshen up.

When I came out,I wore just a big shirt that stopped at thigh level.

I wasn’t quite hungry so I just took a glass of orange juice and went to the sitting room.

Having nothing to do,I scrolled on t****k,watching funny videos.

I was too concentrated on my phone i didn’t hear a car that pull up outside my house.I heard a knock on the door and wondered who it was.

I opened it up and saw Aiden,I froze.

“Hey”,he had a straight face.

“Uhh,hi-what uh brings you here?”

“Really?!What brings me here?”.

I didn’t know if he was pissed so I just had to tell him the truth.

“Okay,look,I’m sorry for leaving like that…I just didn’t know what to do.And I’m sorry I had s*x with you,I was drunk…”

“Do you even hear yourself?Not only did you leave,you f*****g blocked me like I r***d you.We were BOTH drunk”.He’s walking inside slowly while I back off.

“Why did you block me?”

“Because…i don’t know,what’s the big deal though?Why do you care?You probably f**k other girls everyday,what do you want from me?”

“You’re right!Why do i care?”.He reached for his pocket and pulled out something.

“By the way,you forgot this.”He stretched out my bracelet for me and I took it out of his hands.He walked out and closed the door aggressively.

I rushed and locked the door.

“Pfft,he doesn’t even like me,he just sees me as a f**k toy or something”,i roll my eyes.

Part of me still feels guilty but I try my best to brush it off.

I couldn’t pay attention to anything the whole day,I was just filled with thoughts of Aiden.I unblocked him and just when I was about to text him,Leila walked in,her make up worn out.

“Hey,how did it go?”.

She begins sobbing,making her way to the couch,i hold her in my arms trying my best to comfort her.

“Hey,what happened?”

“Ja-Jacob’s parents h-ha-hates me!!”,she cried out.

“What?!Why??”

“His mom said I look like a w***e and I’d probably cheat on him if we get married”,she sniffed.

“They’re racists,aren’t they?”

“Yes,but Jacob loves me”

“Did you do a background check on Jacob?”

“Yes,he’s alright”,she said sadly.

“It’s okay,just lie down here with me okay?And stop crying,the b***h was probably just referring to herself as the whore.”

We lay on the couch,and I patted her head so she could fall asleep.She eventually did.

My phone dinged,I checked it and saw Aiden’s name.

“Oh so you unblocked me now huh?Are you just gonna ghost me after wrecking my peace of mind?”

“I’ve only known you for about a week Aiden”

“And yet you’re already the most irritating person I’ve met this decade”

‘Oh that’s how he wanna play huh’

“We’re not even friends”,i fired back.

“We weren’t friends yesterday and never have been,yet here you are,making me do things I never thought I’d be caught dead doing.Like hanging out,with someone like you.”

He sends another message.

“You think I go around taking people out?This is ridiculous,i don’t even like you…i don’t know why I’m even thinking about you”.

“Yeah,well I don’t like you either”.I switch off my phone angry and unintentionally wake Leila up.

“Hey,I’m sorry,come on,let’s go inside”.I take her to her bed and lay her there.

The next morning,I wake up,pissed of at myself.I look at my phone and sees the text conversation between us.

I start my day by checking on Leila and preparing breakfast for her but my mind still wanders to him.

Later that day I heard my phone ring and it was Aiden.Leila was there with me and she told me to pick.

‘This guy really has the audacity’.I answered it and put it on loud speaker.

“Oh you picked. *he exhales* Fine,what do you want? An apology? A damn parade? Because I’m not doing either.You want flowers or something?Now quit being difficult and just—ugh,forget it”.He hangs up abruptly.

Leila snorts,laughing heavily.

“What the hell was that?”

“He’s obsessed with you but can’t admit it”,Leila laughs again.

He texts-“can we see?”.I roll my eyes.

He adds-“please”

“Why?I don’t want to see you”.

Leila disapproves— “No no Tiana,go and meet him.Remember we’re running low on money and he’s rich.You just have to pretend to be obsessed with him”.

“He’s rich with pride”,i scoff

“Yeah yeah,just manage”.

“Ughh,fine”.

I text him back-“okay,now?”

“I’m busy today.Tomorrow will be fine,5pm,downtown cafe”.

“Okay”.

“He’s a cutie”,Leila says “You sure you don’t like him?”,she pokes me with her elbow.

“No Leila,I hate men”.

He sends another message-don’t make me wait”.

“You know this guy is hard to understand.This minute he’s all nice and all,the next minute he’s grumpy”.

“So does that mean he’s not coming to pick you up this time?”Leila asks

“I don’t even want him to pick me up,I’ll take a cab”.

“Alright,I wanna do the laundry now”.

Leila stands up.

“How are you feeling tho?”

“I’m all good.I don’t need to be worried about some old hag’s opinion”,Leila says,referring to Jacob’s mother.

“That’s my girl”.

It’s 5pm the next day,and I just came down from the cab,heading inside the coffee shop.I spot Aiden and it seemed like he saw me too.He got up,his hands in his pocket.His eyes rake over me.

“You actually showed”.

“I shouldn’t have?”

“No.I thought you might chicken out,but here you are.”He pauses,then gestures to the empty chairs-“Sit!”

“I’m not a dog”.

He snorts,a smirk playing at the corner of his lips.

“Oh right,how could I forget?If you were a dog,you’d be a feisty little chihuahua,all bark and no bite”.

He pulls a chair out for me,gesturing at it again-“Sit!”

“Don’t tell me what to do,I’ll sit whenever I want to”.

He leans back in his chair,folding his arms,the corner of his lips tugging upwards.

“Yeah,then stand there all night for all I care.Your stubbornness is kind of cute-if not incredibly irritating”.He takes a sip from his coffee.

“Now I’ll sit,because you didn’t tell me to”.

He leans forward slightly,his voice dropping to a playful murmur.

“Wow.How rebellious of you.I’m shook.”

He rolls his eyes but can’t hide the way his fingers tap impatiently on the table.

“Ugh,why did you want me here?”

He sighs,rubbing the back of his neck.

“Because you…drive me insane.I can’t get you off my mind no matter what I do.You’re so infuriating but I can’t look away”.He pauses,flickering his eyes to meet mine.

“This…whatever this is…it’s messing with my head and I hate it.”

I smile knowing I can actually make a nonchalant man go crazy over me.

“And what do you want me to do?”,i ask clearly amused.He looks away,scowling and I know he hates how weak I make him feel.

“I want…I want you to stop being so damn difficult.Stop being so stubborn,stop being so frustrating.Stop making me feel like this…like some love struck i***t,waiting around for your goddamn attention.I want you to…I want you to look at me like I matter,like I mean something.”

I can hear vulnerability in his voice and I laugh.

“You want attention?”.His fists clench a little as he leans forward.

“Yeah.And you want me to chase you.Admit it.You like knowing I can’t walk away either.We’re both pathetic señora. Difference is—I own it.”

“It’s Tiana and yes,I do like it.”

He laughs bitterly leaning back in his chair.

“Oh Tiana.Right.Of course you do.Well then,guess I’ll just have to disappoint you—because I don’t chase people who laugh at me”.

He stands abruptly and turns to leave,knowing his pride won him out again.

“Oh so it hurt you when I laughed?”

He stops and turns slowly.

“Yeah,it did.Happy now?Got your little victory?But don’t act like you don’t care just as much,I see the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.”

“Your pride will be the death of you señor”.

“Don’t pretend you have everything figured out.I might be stubborn but you…you’re impossible”.

I see his gaze dart to my lips for half a second before shifting it back.

“God,I despise how you have this effect on me”.

“Sit down back Aiden”.

He doesn’t budge,his body language radiating frustration and something else—.

“No.I don’t take orders from you Tiana.What do you even want from me?”

“What do YOU want from me?”I stare at him seductively.

“Do I really have to say it?Damn it Tiana,I want you.You’re being so infuriating and—dammit stop looking at me like that.”

“I’m not some w***e like the other girls you’ve fucked.You’d probably do the same and put and trash me”.

“I am an asshole,I agree.But I’m not that kind of monster,I’m not the type to treat you like a disposable fling”.

“Well,if you keep with this attitude of yours,you can’t have me.”

He reaches and grips my chin to tilt my face up to his—the touch rough but unexpectedly gentle.

“Look me in the eyes and tell me you feel nothing when i touch you”.

“I feel nothing”,I lie.

He chuckles darkly,the sound almost mocking.His fingers tighten slightly on my chin.

“Liar.I see the way you respond to my touch.You melt like damn butter under my hands.So don’t give me that bullshit”.

He did look sexy hovering over me but I had to hide that thought.

“I melt like butter huh? Just know that I was drunk the night we had s*x and you know it.I’m never doing that with you again”.

He releases my chin and steps back as if burned.His expression shutters,the earlier intensity replaced with something colder.

“Right.Of course you were.Funny how easy it is for you to dismiss everything between us when it suits you.But don’t worry,I won’t make that mistake again.”

He turns and starts walking away.A part of me wanted him to leave but the other part didn’t.I had to stop being hard if i wanted my plans to work and just—give in.

“Where are you going?”

He stops but doesn’t turn around,shoulders rigid.

“You made your stance crystal clear Tiana.I’m done chasing someone who treats me like an option.”

“Wait”.I knew what I had to do and I had to act fast.

I walk towards him,my heels knocking on the tiles.I reach for his shoulder and smile.

“Maybe this can work out”.

I feel him tense under my touch but he still doesn’t turn.

“‘Maybe’ isn’t good enough.You want this to work then stop playi—“.

Before he could finish his sentence I kissed him.He freezes for half a second before kissing me back—hard and desperate like he’s been starving for it.

When I finally break the kiss,his breathing is ragged.

“Damn you—you ruin me.”

“You gonna take me to your place or are we just gonna stand here with people staring?”

He curses under his breath.

“My place.Now.”

Before I could respond,he grabs my hand and practically drags me to the parking lot.

He throws open the car door for me with an impatient glare.He slips into the drivers seat,peeling out of the parking lot.