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If she wants to be with me, she’ll be with me. We need time to cool off but, fuck, if she’s in, I’ll take all of it: the mood swings, the sex in random places to see what we can get away with, the insecurities, the fire that burns so hot within her that it scorches me… But she needs to chooseme.
beth
?. . .?
February 4th
I’m a woman on a mission. After meeting with my advisor and claiming to have a family emergency, she’s allowing me to complete everything remotely. I can’t remove Troy from my committee without raising suspicions, but I can remove myself from the situation.
Troy has been calling, texting, emailing, and even social media stalking me. It’s no surprise that a dozen pink roses arrived at my apartment yesterday as I was packing. What the fuck was he thinking? The note read:
Happy Valentine’s Day, Bethy.
-Troy
First, last time I checked, February 3rd isn’t Valentine’s Day. Second…pink?He doesn’t know me at all.
I’m finishing the last of my packing today. Without my teaching assistant income, I have to give up my adorable little apartment at the end of the month. Tristan and Myles willcome back with me after their wedding to help move most of it. In the meantime, I have the essentials: clothes, toiletries, vibrator, and books.
As I’m hauling the last box into the car, I’m grabbed from behind, my back pulled flush with someone’s chest. I drop the open box and my vibrator bounces out, landing in the snow at the perfect angle to turn on. I don’t have time to address the buzzing, elbowing my assailant in the ribs.
“Fuck, it’s just me,” Troy grunts, gripping his side.
“What the hell?” I grab my vibrator and turn it off. Though it doesn’t make the best weapon of choice, it’ll do in a pinch. I can throw it at his face if he tries something again.
“I heard you were leaving and you didn’t return my calls.”
No shit, Sherlock. I’m leaving because of you.
“So you think the best course of action was to drop by and grab me?” I cross my arms over my chest, accidentally turning the vibrator on again. I quickly fumble to turn it off again, losing the gusto I had moments ago.
“You used to like it when I grabbed you.” Troy takes a step forward and I take one back. I glance behind me to my car that’s a good ten feet away and snap my gaze back to him. He puts his hands up in front of him in surrender. “I just wanted to see if I could convince you to stay.”
I could pretend to be a fun fuckbuddy for him, come half the time, and explore new kinks that I’m not one hundred percent comfortable with. It’ll get me through until May. Finishing my masters with my doctorate proposal approved is my priority right now. Even if Axl wasn’t in the picture, it’s not the worst idea.
“Why should I stay?” I keep my vibrator firmly in my grasp, no matter how pointless it would be if I was attacked. I don’t think he’d do anything stupid, like try and kidnap me. Though, the roleplay could be fun.
“I told you, I love you.” His eyes are sad, and I want to believe him, but he doesn’t know me. Hell, Axl barely knows me. I also wouldn’t believe Axl if he professed his love to me right now, either.
“I’m sorry, Troy. I don’t love you. I’m leaving until my final presentation. If you really love me, you won’t fuck with my academic career. If my presentation is shit, that’s on me. But so help me if you don’t approve it based on this…” I gesture between us with my vibe as if it was a magic wand—which it kind of is.Who needs a man, when I’ve got this little guy?“Then you’re a fucking asshole.”
“It was my fetishes, wasn’t it?”
“No.” I shake my head. “It had nothing to do with that. I mean, you could’ve asked first, but that’s the problem. You never did.” My phone buzzes in my back pocket. Keeping my eyes on Troy, I take it out, then glance down to find two new messages.
Tristan
Can you stay with mom and dad?
Myles
Don’t listen to your brother. You can stay with us.
A new one pings as I’m reading them. This one isn’t in the chat between the three of us, sent only to me.
Tristan
I found the bucket of lube in the closet.
