The Price Of Love

Chapter 25

Jay's POV

I stare at the screen, before glancing back at the document in front of me, making sure they match.

It's around one pm and I decided to work from home today, since Talia was in the kitchen this morning blocking my way to the door, and I'm sort of avoiding her this morning.

Surprisingly, I'm actually getting some work done.

That is until I hear a knock on my door.

Less than a second later the door opens, and Talia steps in.

"Going out," She tells me, and I stare at her closely. "Where are you going?" I find myself asking, and she rolls her eyes. "None of your business".

That's fair enough.

I glance at her outfit, relieved to see she's not in clubwear. I guess it is a bit too early for that.

"It was just a question" I sigh, glancing back at my laptop, pretending to be focused on it. "Right, ignore me, I'm in a bad mood" Talia mumbles, and I glance at her cautiously.

"I met this guy at the club last night- I'm going to go fuck him," She tells me blankly, and I scoff, rolling my eyes at her.

She's fucking with me again, I know it.

"Problem Jay?" She asks, and I lean back in my desk chair while I narrow my eyes on her. "Come here," I tell her.

She crosses her arms over her chest, glaring at me for a few seconds before she slams my office door shut and walks over to me.

Without a second thought, she crawls onto my lap, straddling me while she puts her arms around my neck.

"You're avoiding me" She mutters while I rest my hands on her waist. How she knows that is beyond me. But she's clearly not happy about it.

I ignore her words and stare at my hands on her sides. She's wearing cute little blue jean shorts and a simple white tank top.

I sigh and look back up at her, before moving my hand up and cupping her cheek gently, pulling her face closer to me.

"I can't do this Talia" I whisper softly. She stares at me, her eyes studying my face. "Do what?" "This" I reply.

She rolls her eyes. "You're infuriating" Talia mutters, and I scoff. "You say this can't happen again, yet you clearly want to" She complains.

"I've already told you this. It's not that I don't want to it's that- it's just complicated" I tell her, and her eyebrows furrow with confusion. "Then explain it to me. Jay, I don't-..I don't understand" She whispers, her voice trailing off into a whisper while her anger gets pushed aside.

I just stare at her, my mouth moving to try to form words but I can't.

I can't drag her into this. Being involved with me would make her life hell.

I won't do that to her. I like her too much to do that.

"We shouldn't-"

She groans with frustration, before crashing her lips onto mine.

I let out a groan of my own as I kiss her back, weak when it comes to her. I drop my hand from her cheek and back down to her waist before tugging her forward.

She falls forward, her chest now pressed against mine while the kiss turns more heated and rough as we let out our frustration on each other.

Her arms around my neck tighten, and she pulls back just a bit to take a gasp of air.

I lean my forehead against hers as we share breaths, and I keep my eyes closed, not wanting this moment to end.

It's so easy to just give in. Sure, afterwards I'm pissed and regretful and angry at myself- and I know I'll feel like that again the second she gets off my lap. But right now, I just want to keep my eyes shut, imagining a little world where everything was simple.