Low and behold, my father barged into my house again to yell at me. Alex wanted to fight and push him off, but I held him back. The sooner he lets all his anger out, the sooner he'll leave. Alex is looking at me with worry as I stood in front of my father berating me. Alex took my hand in his, making me smile. It made me feel better than if I have someone who understands me."I never knew you would stoop so low as to hire a fucking prostitute to piss me off." My father spat on my face."He's not a fucking prostitute." I defended Alex, pushing him behind me. "He's my boyfriend and what he does for a living is none of your fucking business! And you know what? I'm genuinely fucking tired of you running into my home only to yell at me. For fuck's sake, I never do anything right in your eyes! Everything I do is fucking wrong. You go out of your goddamn way to pick on the things that I do wrong! I'm so fucking tired of you. Get the fuck out!" I screamed at his face.I finally had enough. I
"I want to sell my company," I uttered.Alex looked at me in shock. "Why?" He asked."I'm tired," I replied."But, didn't you work hard on it? I mean, it must've taken you like a decade to achieve this much. Why give up now?" He asked."I never did it for myself. I want to do something for myself at least once and I'm tired of all the bullshit that comes with running the business. Everyone's sticking their nose where they're not supposed to." I said."If you're going to sell it now, I don't think you can sell it for as much as it's worth, given what people found out about us," Alex said."I don't care anymore. I have more than enough in my bank account until retirement. I could sell it for a million and I'll still live." I replied.Alex's face twisted in disgust and annoyance. "You sound like an absolute prick." He spat before attempting to get up. I quickly grabbed his arm and pushed him back down on the bed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound like that. I'm sorry." I apologized.Al
On the way home, Alex spotted an ice cream shop. Alex insisted on stopping by, but I was anxious about people. The news about Alex being an escort just came out and everybody's eyes are on us. People are waiting for our next move like hawks eyeing their prey. As much as I tried to convince Alex that we could just buy and leave, he wouldn't budge. He wanted to stay in the shop and eat inside. There weren't many people at the beach earlier so I wasn't worried about that, but the ice cream shop was packed with individuals of different ages. Alex wouldn't stop begging and bugging me so I had no choice, but to just go with his wishes. I parked the car and contemplated for a moment if it really is safe for us to go out in public. "I don't think we should go out. There are too many people. What if they recognize us?" I asked Alex, trying to convince him for the last time to not go. "It's fine Levi. We're going to be fine. I'll keep you safe, I promise." He said while taking my hand in his.
We haven't even reached home yet and the pictures that were taken earlier were rapidly spread online. My phone has been blowing up from my secretary's multiple attempts at calling me. I would answer if Alex didn't grab my phone and put it in his pocket. He finally had enough of the constant ringing and took my phone out of his pocket. I thought he would hand them back to me, but instead, he turned them off before putting them back in his pocket.I wanted to grab my phone from him, but he was driving so I was left with no choice, but to sit and wallow in my thoughts. I stared out of the window the rest of the way home in an attempt to clear my head, but thousands of thoughts and worries keep popping up in my head. We've barely recovered from when the first picture came out and now there's another one for people to feast on.Alex tried to keep talking about his childhood in an attempt to keep my head off of the pictures, but it wasn't working. I don't know how he's handling this better
"I'll get it," Alex announced as soon as the doorbell rang.I tried to stop him and get to the door myself, just in case it is my father, but Alex insisted. "So how long has it been since you two started dating?" Leon asked as he picks up the glass from the table."Not long. We just recently started dating." I replied."Where did you two meet?" He asked."At the hotel, I was staying at, after George died," I replied with a sad smile."I'm sorry about his death, I know how much he means to you." He said as he reached forward to touch my hand."Yeah, thank you. Alex really helped me through. I feel better with him here." I said.Alex suddenly cleared his throat and Leon quickly pulled his hand away. I look over at him and see him carrying a bouquet of white roses. "Who's this for?" I asked."For you, of course. I ordered it before I left to look for you. I wanted to buy you something that could cheer you up." He said as he hands me the bouquet. I took the flowers gently from his gras
"When I asked you to go for a swim, I was expecting more of, you know, swimming laps around the pool, not you clinging to me at the side of the pool." Alex teased."Shut up. I just want to be held." I mumbled in response. "You're awfully clingy. Does it have something to do with my confession earlier?" He teased again.I decided not to glorify the question with an answer so I just did the next best thing I could think of, bite his shoulder. I opened my mouth and bit his shoulder hard, but not enough to break the skin. Alex yelped in pain and pulled away from me. He looked at me in disbelief and I just stuck my tongue out at him. Alex did something unexpected the moment I stuck my tongue out. He quickly grabbed my face and licked my tongue. I pushed him away in shock and feigned gagging. Alex looked at me as if I offended him in the worst way possible. "Hey! You act as if we don't swap spit almost every day." Alex said before grabbing either side of my head and pulling me towards h
I could feel Alex glaring at my outfit for the nth time as I was fixing myself in front of the mirror. He made me change my clothes five times because he said it looked like I was going out on a date instead of hanging out with friends. I finished putting on my clothes and turned to face Alex."How about this one? It's literally just a white shirt, jeans, and sneakers. You happy with this one now?" I asked, already getting annoyed with Alex.Leon and I planned to meet at the coffee shop at nine in the morning, but it was already nine-thirty. I had to call and explain to Leon that I'm not ditching him and lied about having some emergency at work. Alex walked over to the rack of long sleeve tops before pulling out an ugly brown flannel shirt and handing it over to me. I don't even know why I still have that shirt."Wear this." He demanded."Uh, no. Do you not see how ugly that color is?" I asked, making a disgusted face."Exactly. Wear it." He said, pushing the flannel towards me."No.
Alex sat beside me as I cry into his shoulder. I felt taken advantage of and disrespected. I wasn't expecting Leon to kiss me so suddenly. Alex caresses my head as he tried to calm me down. I finally lifted my head as my sobs turn into sniffles. Alex grabbed a glass of water and handed it over to me. I took the glass from him and drank a few sips. I put the glass down and Alex wiped my face off with some tissue, quite aggressively, may I add. I felt like a child whose mother is cleaning their face. He then took another tissue and brought it up to my nose. He pressed on nostril close and instructed me to blow my nose so I did. He then pressed the other one close and ordered me to do it again. He folded the tissue before taking another one and wiped my nose clean. "Thanks, it's not like I can't do that myself," I mumbled. "Shut up, I'm not yet done." He said before cleaning my face again, with a washcloth this time. "Did you have to do it so roughly?" I asked, suddenly feeling ann