Tough Love

Part 30

A/n: I just want to thank @microwavedmetall for the comments on this story for the past idk month? (I think it might be longer who knows?). The hilarious comments re-inspired me to pick up this project again and work on it. I know not alot of people leave comments because they either don't know what to comment or think they don't matter. But for me personally I look at every comment and try to at least reply to one (if you are binge-reading and leaving alot of comments). So just know that your comments and likes always mean alot to me and  I appreciate you guys so much! (now lets get onto the update!)

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You stared in disbelief at your phone, listening to the dial tone on the other end of the line.

You found yourself pinching your own hand, and feeling the slight pain from it but you weren't walking up from a dream.

What just happened was real and wasn't a dream at all. He had been the one to say the words first, even though you had been feeling the feelings for quite awhile now. And they seemed to get stronger as soon as he left for tour.

It was still a surprise that he even said those words in the first place. You had thought that he never would, considering what he had said about the contract. That they would have to reconsider the contract if feelings got involved. And obviously they had. Or it was just a slip of the tongue and he didn't mean it at all.

Your mind wanted to go to the latter option. That he actually had feelings for you. You knew that it was inevitable to get feelings at some point with a sexual relationship. You knew that dom/sub relationships didn;t typically end in anything other than that. From what you knew. But you thought that you could possibly be the exception.

You looked down at your phone, contemplating if you should call him back or text him. But he sounded dead tired on the phone and probably wouldn't answer either attempts. So you decided that the following day you would contact him about it because you knew you didn't want to let this slide and get an answer either way about his feelings because you knew that you needed to know if he felt the same way as you did.

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You went to work, trying to keep yourself distracted from the thoughts in your head about your now seemingly straightforward relationship now getting into confusing waters.

You looked down at your phone wanting to text him, call him. But you knew that with the time difference that that probably wouldn't be the best idea. You shook your head at the thought, knowing that if the situation was flipped that Paul would probably call you, wanting to know your true intentions. So instead of texting him, you looked up his number in your contacts. You got up from your desk and dialed his number as you went into the stairwell leaning against the wall listening to the beeps as your phone called his.

You were getting ready to end the call when it went through.

"Hey y/n, how are you doing?" he asked on the other end, he didn't sound tired like he did the previous evening.

You checked your watch and he had been up for awhile now at least because where he was in the East Coast, was at least 5 hours ahead of where you were in Los Angeles.

You took a shaky breath before you responded.

"I'm fine, just calling..."you trailed off, hesitating again on if you should ask the question or not.

"You're calling because?" Paul asked, waiting for you to respond. You could almost hear the smile in his voice when he asked the question.

"I'm calling ...uh ... .ok. I'm calling because of what you said last night. I've been thinking about it ever since. And I couldn't help but think about your stipulation that if either of us got feelings for one another that we would have to revisit the contract. And it's been eating me up inside all morning," you said quickly, feeling lightheaded at the fact that you blurted it out. Despite that, it did feel good to say. To let him know exactly what you were thinking.

"Oh," he said simply on the other end, that made your stomach drop as you waited for him to continue, thinking the worst.

"I'm sorry that what I said made you feel that way. It was a slip of the tongue sort of. Just that I've been wanting to say it for a while now and I didn't think you would react well to that," he admitted.

"Oh," you said, relief coming to you as the frown that had been on your face turned to a smile immediately at his confession.

"And?" he asked on the other end, mirroring almost how you had felt when he had responded like that.

"Oh, sorry. That was an 'oh' that was 'oh thank god i'm relieved' kind of oh. Not a 'i'm questioning this entire thing oh'. It's nice to know that we are on the same page. ANd I wish you weren't on the other side of the country right now cause I think I would hug you right now," you replied.

"Trust me, if I weren't on tour right now, I would. But also do other things than hug you." he said, making you bite your lip knowing that your face immediately turned bright red at the thoughts that that statement conjured up in your head.

"Since I have you on the phone. I know you were probably wondering what else I had planned. And since we are both in a confessing kind of mood, I wanted to let you in on more things to anticipate with this long distance thing that we are going to be having for the next two months. Of course this is if you are comfortable with these things," he said, making you suddenly feel adrenaline running through your veins at the possibilities that you hadn't even thought of. You knew there were things that were going to happen considering the amount of sex toys he had bought for you.

"Alright I'm listening," you said, not knowing what he would tell you would have you distracted and wanting to leave your work so you could work out your own sexual frustration that his future plans created.