Confession 1
Lara had never narrated what actually happened, he had made sure the police kept her interview to the minimum. For this past couple of days, he had been cautious not to trigger any unwelcome memories.
"She is one of Mike's girls." She paused to gauge Alex's reaction; she wanted to see if he got the whole picture.
"Did she hurt you?" Alex asked with concern.
"Nah, she was instead kind of cool and motivating in her way, I guess." she was not sure of anything anymore.
"Was with Mike?"
"Nah, she was… well, kind of having fun with the guys, like I earlier said." She kept her head low and mostly concentrated on the food before her.
"Yeah."
"She asked me to watch though, she also said I'll have to get used to getting gangbanged if I were to stay there." She added.
"I'm sorry you had to go through all that." He apologized sincerely.
"I don't mean to prey on your affairs, but what is up with you and Mikey?"
"It's a long story, but it's mostly business competition." Alex explained.
"So what do you actually do? You can't tell me you do nothing but you can afford all these cool cars."
"Well…" He had been expecting this conversation, but at the same time dreading it. However, he knew that he would have to tell her everything about him eventually.
"And before you think about lying, I know that you did not rent the limo that night, it was actually yours." She added.
‘Busted!’ he screamed in his mind.
"Why would you say that?" He needed to know everything she knew in order to phrase his words perfectly.
"Well," she swallowed a bite of her burger. "The limo chauffeur is this same guy driving us now, and the same guy I used to see bringing you deliveries." She said confidently.
"Oh!" He was secretly thinking of how he will punish Anthony. He had asked him always to stay discreet and…
"Hey, when did you see him bringing me deliveries? He tilted his head.
"Like almost every night since you moved in."
"Were you spying on me?" He teased her.
"I can see your porch clearly from my bedroom window."
"So you were secretly checking me out too huh?" He narrowed his eyes at her and leaned forward.
"Nah, I was not. Why would I do that by the way?” She blinked her eyes guiltily.
“You are a bad liar, do you know that?” he smiled.
“Doesn’t matter…”
“What?”
“…Whether I was checking you out or not.” She said. “And stop trying to change the topic.” She quickly added.
“Hey…” He took her hand in his, “I’m taking you along with me too because there are a lot of things that I want to share about myself but I just don’t know where to start, so I want you to discover those things by yourself.” He explained patiently.
“I hope they are things that I can handle?”
“Of course, but I honestly think that you can handle anything.”
“Then you do not know me.” She argued.
“I do, if you can handle this big boy,” he winked, look “then you can handle anything.” He smiled broadly at Lara as her face gradually turned red when she understood what he was referring at.
“Pervert.” She responded and shyly withdrew her hand from his.
He chuckle softly. Amiss the smile, he could not dismiss the questions that kept on popping in his head about Claire. What was she doing working with Mike? He’d been having his suspicions from the moment he saw her in the same room with Mike, even though she acted like she was being held there forcefully. He made a mental to check out the statement she gave to the cops.
“You know, even if I am going to get my answers concerning you, at least give me some hints.” She pressed on.
“Ok, where should we start?”
“Your field of work…”
“Well, I’m a businessman.” He leaned back in his chair.
“So why have you been idling about all this while?”
“This young boy needed a vacation.” He joked.
She laughed. “You are far from being young.”
“I’m only 32 years old, so please spare me that.”
“Only?” she asked in a provocative tone as a soft chuckle escaped her lips.
Alex’s eyes bulged out.
“I thought you were in your forties.” She added, this time with a serious look.
“What?” Alex raised his voice in shock.
She could not hold it in anymore; she burst into laughter, her voice echoed throughout the dinner, causing the old couple to notice them for the first time since they walked in.
Alex was just too stunned to speak; first, she attributed him to a woman, now she just shamelessly called him old. He just stared at her, ‘how could he get angry at her when she looked this beautiful when laughing, provoking his heart to beat in a way it never has before.
He could not help but smile. Her laughter was nowhere subsiding though; he just stared at her, lost in her beauty.
When he moved in adjacent to her, he never really took note of her beauty, he’d always admired how hardworking and reserved she was, later, that little admiration turned into a lustful obsession and truth be told, he only wanted to fuck her. With every moment spent with her, he came to realize how beautiful she was and now, it still felt surreal that he was taking her back home.
“Hey, how many stars do you see?”
Lara’s voice brought him back from his imagination, only then did he realize that he had been so lost in thought that he did not realize that she had already stop laughing and was now staring at him.
“What are you thinking of?” she asked in a gentle tone, as a soft feminine sweet smile spread over her face.
“I can’t believe I fell so soon.” He said unconsciously
“Fell for what? She asked.
“What?” he asked, surprised that he had actually said that aloud.
“Are you ok? You seem lost.” She asked, this time with concern.
“I’m just admiring you, is it a crime.”
“Yeah,” she said with a blush.
“Then I’m guilty as charged.” He said as his face lit up with a smile.
She smiled shyly.
“Do you wanna know what I was falling for?” Alex asked as they strolled back hand in hand to the car.
“I’m not that shallow you know.” She looked up at him and replied.
“Do you think I am crazy?”
