The Sweetest Temptation

Chapter 3: Friends to Enemies

(Arya)

       I sat at the island in the kitchen still thinking about what happened between me and Leo two days ago. The way he touched me that day had me missing his touch. I wanted him... I needed him. Mateo has never touched me the way Leo did. Don't get me wrong Mateo was good in bed, but if Leo could get me to think about him everyday just from him fingering me says a lot. Mateo could've  never competed with that.

    My mother enters the kitchen, "What are you thinking about?" She opens the fridge and grabs a bottle of water. "Nothing." I play with the fruit in the fruit bowl in front of me. "You're not thinking about the night at the bar, right?" "No mama I'm not, I was actually about to head to my room." "Hey, if you ever need to talk I'm here there's no need for you to hide your feelings." "Okay" I smile, knowing damn well my mom didn't care as much as she lets on. I get up to go to my room when my little sister Audrey enters. "Oh hi Ari." She waves and smiles. I glare at her, confused. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

    She's usually not that nice to me, but I mean for a fourteen year old I wouldn't expect her to be. After all, I am the oldest and no one really pays attention to me. It's all about Audrey. Maybe it's because I'm twenty-two still living with my parents or maybe it's because she's the youngest and she's my family's top priority. I know that they would never let anything happen to their precious Audrey. My father would kill anyone in a heartbeat if they were to touch a hair on her head. Can't say he would do the same for me. I literally got shot and he didn't even get his "men" to track who did it down like he would do about any bad situation.

     But when Audrey's dance teacher didn't give her the part she wanted he made sure to get her teacher fired and got her private lessons. But when I'm told to do something, I'm expected to do it. When Audrey is told to do something, she can throw a "tantrum" and that would be the end of that conversation.

       Turns out she was only being nice because I got shot. I didn't care though because that's what this family does, they act like they care and then after awhile it never happened. I go up to my room and get in bed. A text comes through my phone but it's an unknown number. *It's Leo. Get dressed. I'm taking you to a club. Be there in 30* I hop out of bed, text him ok and run to my closet. I asked no questions because I really wanted to see him.

      I had already taken a shower when I got up this morning so I put on a natural makeup look. I decided to go with a sexy look. I wore a tight red low v-neck dress with black heels. I brush my hair and straighten it. I get a text from Leo saying he's outside. I grab my purse and head downstairs. "Where are you going?" My father asks, walking out of his office. "Out," I say dryly. "Who are you going with and where?" "Why do you even care?" "Because I am your father." I scoff and walk to the door. "You've never cared so why start now." I open the door and slam it on my way out.

      Leo is standing on the passenger side of the car. He opens the door and holds his hand out. I took it and slid into the passenger seat. Leo's driving is so smooth. The way he grips the steering wheel, makes me want him to grab me like that. He's silent the whole ride and barely looks at me. I couldn't tell if he was upset or if that was just his resting face.

      My eyes trail up and down his body. I could never get enough of this man. He wore the same outfit he wore the night I got shot. He was so handsome. I've never seen him with his shirt off but I could tell the tattoos on his neck ran all the way down to the back of his hand. I wanted to reach over and hold his hand. But of course I didn't. I wanted to break the silence but I couldn't.

      We arrived at the club and I could hear the music from inside. Leo finds us a table and orders us a round of shots. I take one and gulp it down. That was nasty. After many rounds of shots I get up to go use the restroom. I washed my hands and fixed my hair in the mirror. A woman walks into the bathroom with red hair and ugly green heels and an emerald green dress.

       I cringed and I almost didn't recognize her. "Arya?" It's Amber and she's so different. "How are you doing?" She says smiling at me. This bitch has some nerve. I roll my eyes and stare her down. "Wasn't expecting to see you here," She says. "I could say the same." "Who's the sexy man you're with?" Excuse me, what the fuck did she just say. "Why the fuck does it matter to you?" "I guess it doesn't." She shrugs her shoulders and walks over to the sink. She washes her hands and walks out.

       It's sad to say that I had a really close bond with this girl and she goes and fucks it all up. We met in 9th grade and hit it off ever since. She was my best friend and we did everything together. We talked about how we would never get boyfriends and we would one day live together. Until her first boyfriend in the 11th grade. She was all over him and would always talk about him to me. They ended up splitting up because he had to move and they couldn't handle long distance.

       She cried for like two days and then got over him. She started staying at my house most of the time because of problems at home. We would go see a movie every weekend and we would party on fridays. We really had good memories but that all shattered when she betrayed me.

      I go back to the table where Leo is smoking a blunt and on the phone. I scan the club to locate Amber. My eyes land on her at the bar with some guy and I squint my eyes and realize that it's Mateo. I laugh to myself and lick my lips in frustration. Leo looks at me, "What is it?" "Nothing." He follows my eyes and sees that I'm staring at them.

       "Who are they." He turns towards me. Looking disgusted I say, "They're nobodies." Amber catches my eye and gets up and walks over to me. I tap Leo and he holds up his finger to let me know he's still on the phone. I tap him again. He tells whoever he's on the phone with that he'll discuss something later. "What is it, Arya." "Can we go, please." "We just got here." He says looking annoyed.

      I look up and Amber is standing at the table. "Hey Ari, it's so nice to see you." Why is she acting like nothing happened? Leo gets up to take another call but Amber stops him. "Hey where are you going I didn't get to introduce myself." Leo steps back, "I'm not interested." "Aw come on I just want to get to know you." I stood up, "He said he's not interested bitch, take a hint." She laughs and Leo walks away.

      "Why, because he's interested in you?" She asked sarcastically. What the hell is her problem? She was all innocent when I caught her with my boyfriend and now all of a sudden she's so bold. "Actually yes, he is and he's only interested in me." I glare at her. "Not everyone wants you Arya, he's going to play you just like Mateo did." "Why the hell do you care?" "I don't," She laughs.

    At this point she's really starting to piss me off. "Amber I'm going to ask you nicely to please back the fuck off." "Or what?" When she said that I reached over the table and punched her in the face. Leo runs over and pulls me off of her. Mateo comes over as well and he starts cussing me out and saying all this stupid shit. I zone him out and try to get at Amber again but Leo is holding me back.

       "Who the fuck are you?" Leo asked Mateo. "I'm Amber's boyfriend, who the hell are you?" Leo lets me go and walks up to Mateo. "I suggest you and your little girlfriend get going before I kill both of you." Mateo laughs at him, "You think I'm scared of you?" Leo lifts up his shirt to reveal his gun in his waistband. "Try me." Mateo picks Amber up off the ground and they walk back to the bar.

     "Let's go, we're leaving." Leo grabs me by the hand and we leave. The car was silent for a while before Leo spoke. "What the hell was that back there?" "She was talking shit so I hit her." "What did she say to you." "It doesn't matter just know she deserved what happened back there." I didn't want to tell him about the whole cheating thing.

      He takes my hand and kisses it. Holy shit this man knows how to send shivers down my spine. He places his hand on my thigh and leaves it there for the whole ride. He arrives at my house and walks me to the door. "I'll see you later." He kisses my hand again and gets in the car and drives off. I slept good that night knowing that I finally punched that bitch and Leo stood up for me. Me and Amber officially went from being friends to enemies.