Tough Love

Part 10

Your eyes scanned over Paul's screenshots thinking back to what he said before he left your apartment in a rush. You knew he did it to give you time to process everything. And the fact that most of your preferences seem to align, made you almost question the validity of his quiz that was screenshotted and sent to you. Clicking off your phone as things that you wanted to google were running in your head as you moved up in line at the boujee place that Evan had turned you onto. That you were now addicted to, with having to get a coffee and pastry at least once a week. Twice if you were really treating yourself if you had the money.

Ordering your pastry and coffee, you went to the other side of the counter and opened up your phone, snapping a photo of the very aesthetic coffee shop. With its cute decor. And going on instagram to tag the business and put the location on your instagram stories. Clicking away on your phone as your name was called and you walked up to the counter to grab your order, and went out to the tables outside to sit down and have time to yourself.

Putting your bag over the chair and grabbing your notebook from it that had a ballpoint pen crammed into the inside margin opening to the next blank page and starting to write.

You always did this, your habit when you were so full of thoughts that you have to get them out the only way that you know how. Through journaling it out to get your thoughts all in order. Scribblings on the page you let all of your confusion out from the week. The concert and then the start of the breakup with Evan and then going to sleep with Paul in the aftermath as a rebound. And it turned into this.

Which was definitely more than a rebound now. And it was intriguing this whole different way of doing this. It was so unexpected that Paul seemed to lean into being kinky in bed. You never really would have thought that. Then again based on the survey that you took you were down to at least trying somethings.

You shook your head. Thinking about how before you had been with Evan you had tried sites for that. For people that were into kink and it just never panned out well. You had felt awkward on them. And felt like people were only there for sex when you wanted more. Which was what was concerning you. That paul was only doing this to get sex out of you and nothing else.

"Hmmm, that's interesting. I would say no. But considering how the other things have happened," you heard behind you as you spun around and saw that Paul was standing behind you sipping on a coffee, his eyes looking down in the direction of your journal that you were writing in.. Closing the notebook and putting it in your bag, he put his hand on the strap to stop you from getting up and leaving.

"I'm sorry. I just didn't know how to approach you. I wasn't snooping, it was just right there," he said, moving around the table and sitting across from you.

"So what you stalked me here. Or followed me here or something? You realize how creepy that is?" You questioned as he got his phone out and opened up instagram and showed you your own instagram story.

"I'm surprised Evan never told you about sharing your visits to places after the fact and not before you leave. Makes it too easy. But I saw and thought I should meet up and talk to you after some time away. Just want to gauge your thoughts which from what I saw from your journaling are extensive,"

"This isn't my first time around with this. I mean possibly doing anything, yes. But talking with people that could be into this, no. Then again most of them were fake. Or just into sex. And I've been thehre before where I end up being manipulated into making it think that people were into more than sex and--" you said as Paul held up his hand for you to stop.

"I've had those relationships before. With the intentions that were clear in the beginning that it was just sex. And I'm sorry to make you feel so uneasy about it all. I realize I didn't make myself clear. I would like to help you explore the things you want. But I also want to get to know you more. I've been intrigued with you ever since I found out that Evan was dating you. I thought you would be a good fit for him. And well it's a shame that it didn't work out. But I want to learn more about you. And I want you to feel comfortable with learning more about me,"

You thought over his words and were about to reply when you saw a familiar face walk up behind the table, a scowl on their face.

"Oh my dad and my cheating girlfriend out in public? Didn't know it was more than a rebound. But I guess there's still things that will surprise me," Evan said before going inside the cafe, leaving you two. Once the door closed, Paul got up quickly, and he didn't look happy at all, grabbing his drink and getting his keys from his pocket.

"I'm just going to leave. I don't want to get into it with Evan. Over you and just, if you want to text me, text me if you want to continue this conversation. If not I completely understand. I don't want this to be a constant reminder," Paul said as he walked away back to where he parked his car. Leaving you sitting by yourself at the table.

You sat there watching him leave, your eyes moving down to his ass just for a second..

What the hell am I doing? Letting him up and leave? You thought as you got up, grabbing your bag and putting your journal back into your bag and zipping it up quickly. Walking quickly back to the same parking lot. Your mind intent on not stopping him at all since he had a couple minutes on you. And his walking pace was quicker than yours. So he would be already in his car and driving away by now.

You walked quickly back to your car, starting it up and driving in the direction of where his house was. Knowing that you had a 50/50 shot of seeing him there and if not you would be texting him back. And turning the corner to the street where you would have to click through and enter in the code to get onto the property.

Seeing his car behind the gate, you felt a surge of hope and entered the gate code and drove in, seeing Paul get out of the car and looking at your car suspiciously. You put it in park and got out, seeing the surprised look on his face as you walked up to him.

"I get that you want to give me and out, I do. But you can't do that when you throw all these things at me that I find intriguing and want to try with you," you said, pulling his face down to yours and kissing him, taking him by surprise.