Desiring My Best Friend’s Daughter

Chapter 3

Alex

''Alex, there's a situation.'' Stewart said as soon as I picked up the call, sounding frantic.

Even before he told him what was wrong, I knew it was serious. Little things usually do not faze Stewart and if he was like this, I knew it was damn serious.

Stewart knew that it wasn't safe for his daughter to be alone and despite being away, she needed someone to be able to cater for her.

''My daughter was just assaulted by some assholes. I need your help man. Oh damn! I am not a good father.'' Stewart cried.

''Calm down man, I got you. Where is she now?'' I asked.

I was angry, livid. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. The first thing that came to my mind was that I was going to make the culprits behind this pay grately for what they had done to Ariana.

''She's at the house. Oh damn man!'' Stewart seethed.

''Okay… okay, first thing in the morning, I'll go see her.'' i said.

''Man, you need to do more than that. She needs to stay with you, where you can look over her every damn minute. I don't feel safe knowing she's all alone in the house, unprotected.'' Stewart said.

I wasn't really comfortable about that idea. Though I felt bad and very angry, bringing Ariana to my house was a bad idea. I was trying to get her off my mind and seeing her everyday wasn't going to help matters.

''Please man, do it for me and for her.'' Stewart begged.

My major fear was allowing my lust for her to consume me and being stuck in the house with Ariana was going to make it a hundred percent harder for me to keep my hands to myselfm

I was also convinced that Ariana was going to hate me if she realized my attraction towards her. I didn't want Ariana, who had so much respect for me, to get such a perception about me. Finally, i caved.

''Thank you man, thank you so much. You really don't know what you just did.'' Stewart said with a huge sigh of relief.

''It's okay man, she's my goddaughter and I need to keep her safe. Don't worry, she'll be fine with me.'' I said, knowing damn well that I haven’t regarded Ariana as my goddaughter in a really long while.

I didn't know how I was going to handle the whole situation but one thing I knew was that I couldn't allow my emotions get the better of me. Ariana was a child, a young girl who shouldn't be exposed to things like this.

''I'll go bring her first thing in the morning. Good thing its the weekend and there are no classes.'' I said.

''Thank you so much man, thank you.'' Stewart sighed.

''Its okay and i'm so sorry about what happened.''

''If I was a good father to my only child, none of this would have happened. I have failed her in all ways and if she ever forgives me, it would only be a miracle.

''She will. Ariana doesn't hold things to heart.'' I smiled.

I needed to be careful in the way I spoke. I didn't want to give Stewart any reason to suspect me. That would just make the whole issue worse.

''Thank you man. Let me call her now and calm her to sleep, that's if she's not asleep now.'' Stewart said.

''Okay. Talk to you soon.'' I said before cutting the call.

I sighed, placing the phone on the table. Now, I had a problem and at that moment, there was no solution in sight.

The next morning, I left for Ariana's house and upon seeing her, I was quite relieved that she wasn't as bad as I thought. Although she was a bit shaken, she was doing alright.

I couldn’t help it, I opened my arms in invitation and she flew into it after a few seconds, sobbing into my chest and as soon as my arms wrapped around her in comfort, I saw red instantly.

I’m going to make the people behind this pay.

''I'm sorry about what happened.'' I sighed out after a few moments.

''Thank you.'' Ariana finally said when I finally broke the hug.

Surprisingly, I wasn’t feeling any sort of desire towards her right now, all I could feel in me was the urge to protect her from all the bad things here on earth.

“Who did this to you? Who are they? You’re going to tell me what you know about them later today so I’d look into it. They’re never going scot free.”

Ariana puffed out a slow breath before finally nodding her head. The usual fire in her eyes were out and I felt like turning the earth upside down right now just to bring that fire back.

I helped her load up all of the things she would be needing and soon, we were off to my house. The tension within the car was palpable with each us trying not to make the situation any more awkward.

When Ariana arrived at my apartment, I tried to stay away from her as much as possible. Spending any sort of time around her was dangerous, and it made me feel disgusted with myself in a way, seeing as I was looking at myself as a p*****t, with the same light which I was using in analysing the assault she had recently been through.

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I was trying all I could to keep my distance away from the little vixen but it was proving harder than I had thought. Just a few hours after Ariana had moved in, her strawberry perfume fragrance had filled up my kitchen and some other places in the house and that was enough to almost drive me insane.

Now that Ariana was here, I wasn't sure what next would follow but whatever it was, I knew that it wouldn't be easy for me, and I also wasn’t looking forward to it.

''I guess I just have to strengthen my self-control a lot more.'' I sighed as I pulled off my shirt. I needed a bath and a very cold one at that. Sitting with Ariana in a car for was enough tension for the day.

I flexed his muscles, looking at myself in the mirror. Just as I was about to enter the bathroom with his towel wrapped around his waist, his door burst open to reveal Ariana with her mouth wide open, wrapped in a towel as well.

This wasn't what I expected her first day in my house to turn out like, and right now, I began to silently question myself as to why I had agreed to housing Ariana in my house again.