"What the hell do you want?"she inquired firmly.
"We need to discuss some things."
"I'm surprised you have the friggin' audacity to show your face here after what you did to me."
"That's what I came to talk about. Are you gonna make me stand out here and talk or are you gonna let me in?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"You know what I'm capable of Simone. Don't make me hurt you."
"You don't frighten me anymore Alex."
"I highly doubt that. So are you letting me in?"
"You're gonna force me to anyway right?"
"Atta girl,"he replied condescendingly as he she reluctantly stepped aside and let him enter.
She stifled the urge to attack him verbally and followed him into her living room.
"Would you like something to drink?"
"No thank you. This'll be a short visit."
"I'm sure,"she mumbled.
"What was that?"
"Nothing. What do you want?"
"Marie."
"Ah yes Marie. The raven haired girl in the studio with you the other day. She seems to think we're just friends."
"I cleared that up with her. Now about us."
"What about us? There is no us. I'm not even sure there was one to begin with."
"You really don't get it do you Simone? We use each other for our own nasty little fetishes. Admit it. You love it and you know it."
"Not anymore."
"No?"his brow raised suggestively as he approached.
"No,"she said standing her ground but trembling slowly inside.
He discerningly swerved behind her as he approached."Not even the sound of my voice or my breath hot upon your neck as it is now. That does nothing for you?"he rasped.
She knew it didn't do a thing for her because for the first time in two months the thought of his flesh pressed against hers repulsed her. She knew where her heart was. Alex no longer belonged there."Not in the least,"she turned to meet his dark gaze and faltered.
What was this hypnotic power he had over her body? All he had to do was look and she was his. She couldn't be. She loved Kevin didn't she? He was making her doubt the one thing she believed in at this point in time. Why was she so controled by a man that broke her heart over and over without so much as flinching? NO! she scolded herself as she coldly stared him down."Not in the least."
"You know if I didn't know better Simone, I'd think you've been seeing someone behind my back."
"You lose."
"I lose?"
"There is nobody else Alex. After the hell you've put me through, I don't need another man in my life,"she lied with a straight face. Felt good. Is this how he felt every time he did it?
"Oh come on Simone. Surely there's somebody you've had your eye on."
"Not a soul."
"I almost believed you there for a minute."
"What's it gonna take for you to believe there is no one else?"
"When you can look me in the eye and tell me who he is."
She turned away in frustration heading toward the front door. He violently jerked her back toward himself rendering her defenseless by the confinement of her arm behind her back."Tell me."
"There is nobody. I wished to God there was."
"I still own you. I own you the only way it matters,"his breath heavy against her lips.
"You own no part of me."
"You're a slave to your impulses Simone. I know you,"he stated.
"L-l-l-let go of me,"she stammered.
"Yes I do."
"Then tell me who he is."
"Damn you Alex! There is no he. There has been no other since I met you. Can't you get that through your fucking head?"
With her statement he forced her against the nearest wall. She was near breathless as he held her to the imprisonment of his body."Come on Simone. You aren't breathing until I hear his name."
"Then kill me now,"she challenged.
"No,no,no Simone. Then I couldn't torture you like this."
"What do you want from me?"she inquired as he eased up slightly but keeping a firm hold on her body.
