“If you love Alek as much as I feel you do, watch his actions. Leigh has told me a little about him, and I don’t know…I just…” he blows out a breath. “There’s this feeling that it’s not all black and white, and something tells me he’s in love with a woman and it ain’t her.”
I try to wiggle from his lap, but he tightens his hold. “Just stop and listen for a minute. I’m not saying forgive him because I don’t know what all you’ve been through. I don’t know what he’s done and what he hasn’t. What I’m saying is that now that y’all are over, watch. You’re great at observation, babe. Use it when you see him. He needs to be the one to confess to you about the kiss if you actually mean anything to him because, if not, it’s always going to be there in the back of your mind.”
Lifting my head, I peer up at him. “You know, we were already split up. In my head, anyway. So, does that mean he cheated? Or is that a gray area?”
Titan brushes hair from my face. “I think that’s up to you to determine.”
I crinkle my nose, not really wanting to face any of this anymore right now. “Yeah.”
He tweaks my nose. “Look at the bright side. You got some shit you can write about.”
Laughing softly, I climb from his lap with his help. “I think people will eventually tire of receiving nothing but heartbreak stuff from me.”
“Hey. Heartbreak shit sells.”
“That it does, my friend. That it does,” I say, pretending I don’t notice the way he winces when I call him my friend.
We drift back to the kitchen and sip our cold coffee. Before long, Titan adds his new number to my phone and makes me promise to call if I need him. It’s comforting, having this piece of our old friendship back, something I didn’t realize I’d missed until now.
Will this last? I have no idea. Only time will tell, and only if it feels right, only if no one gets hurt.
Lyrics clamor in my mind, desperate for release, so I surrender and race to my writing space, ready to let them pour out of me.
Your kiss is like poison
A toxin on my lips
Venom in my blood
Vengeance in my soul
A lover singed
A woman scorned
Hells unleashed
Fury unfolds
Oh, Alek.
Alek, Alek, Alek.
What’s your next move?
The Invisible Woman
Alek
Myfootslamsthebrakes the instant I catch sight of him lurking outside Grinders.
It’s a good thing it’s early in the fucking morning because there’s hardly any traffic out on my way to work. This means I don’t unintentionally start a pile-up while trying to figure out what the fuck my woman’s ex is doing back in town.
Titan.
My grip on the steering wheel turns white-knuckled, a low growl building in my chest.
I shove my sunglasses up, needing to be sure it’s really him standing there.
