Standing in your way

Chapter 23

I finally have my car again, I couldn't stand asking for rides or calling an Uber anymore.

The parking lot is strangely empty, is it possible that no one has arrived yet? I park and get out of my car, today it is very cold so I also brought a scarf with me

"Morning Francesca" I greet her, she was standing there in front of the door alone, perhaps she was waiting for someone

"Good morning" she greets me , I go to the concert hall to get ready.After a couple of minutes I hear someone arrive, it was Lydia.
Luckily she doesn't enter in right away as Francesca stops her on the spot and tells her a few things.

As I hear her footsteps approaching I panic, I don't know how to behave, what to do and above all if I should talk to her. I quickly get up from the chair and go out the secondary door so as not to cross her, I head to the bathroom

"Why the hell did I put myself in this situation" I whisper holding my face in my hands, then the bathroom door opens

"Were you running away from me?" she says smirking as she approaches, I feel my blood starting to boil in my veins

"Go away" I tell her sourly, she raises her eyebrows

"What, have you regretted it yet?"

"The one who should regret it is you, not me" I blurt out approaching her threateningly, she doesn't move remaining calm and impassive

"What are you talking about?" she asks me, I burst out laughing in her face

"Fuck you Lydia" I push her off of me and walk past her to get out of the bathroom, but obviously I don't get off that easy

"Don't you dare talk to me like that" she grabs my wrist making me turn towards her, her eyes were full of anger

"Why don't you talk normally instead of throwing a tantrum?" she asks me, getting closer and closer, I swallow the lump in my throat

"I don't think there's anything to say, your girlfriend already thought of it" I catch her off guard, she looks at me confused not understanding what I was talking about, I take the opportunity to free myself from her hold and finally leave the bathroom.

After a few minutes she also comes back into the room, she looks around but doesn't even look at me for a moment, is she angry? I don't give a damn

"Everyone" commands attention

"Let's get started" she waves her hand and we begin.

After about an hour she decides to take a break, which is unusual given that she almost never takes breaks. I'm calmly talking to Kristine when I feel someone touch my shoulder, I turn and see Francesca

"Lydia wants to see you in her office after rehearsal" I nod, she smiles and returns to her seat

"What's going on between you and her hm?" Kristine asks me in a curious tone, I scoff

"Absolutely nothing" I tell her, she looks at me laughing

"Come on, you always go to her office after rehearsals, you can't tell me there's nothing there"
she tells me in a low voice so as not to be overheard by the others and moving closer

"We're just seeing each other to try out some of my pieces, that's all" I shrug my shoulders, she looks at me not very convinced

"I'll believe it" she tells me, readjusting herself in her chair, I smile

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I'm heading to her office, the last place I want to be right now.
I knock on the door before entering

"Come in" she replies, I open the door and quickly close it behind me, remaining standing without approaching

"Let's solve this quickly, why did you want to see me?" I cross my arms over my chest looking at her, she is sitting on her chair, her arms resting on the handles and her legs slightly apart

"Sit down" she says

"I'm busy, I don't have time to waste" I reply quickly and closing my eyes, nervousness is getting the better of me. She gets up from her chair and walks over

"I said you have to sit" she points to the chair in front of her, I look into her eyes for a few seconds, then I understand that I have no other option so I walk over and sit down in an inelegant way

"Close your legs" she tells me sternly, I roll my eyes at her

"And don't roll your eyes at me honey, otherwise I'll give you a reason to actually do it" her voice suddenly drops, I'd be lying if I said her words don't turn me on..

I press my legs together to do as she tells me but also to relieve some tension

"Because I'm rightly only good for that, for a fuck and that's it, or am I wrong?" she frowns at me

"Again, I have no idea what you're talking about" she tells me calmly, I stand up and we find ourselves face to face

"And I repeat that your girlfriend told me everything" I squint my eyes

"But which girlfriend? I'm not engaged" she asks me perplexed, is she taking the piss out of me?

"Oh come on, the woman you were with yesterday" she raises her eyebrows slightly upon hearing my words, but then the confusion returns to her face

"But she's not my girlfriend" she tells me, I furrow

"She came to me after you left and told me to absolutely stay away from you, because you told her that I was only good for a fuck. And she told me that you have an open relationship" I bite my lip waiting for her response, she lets out a laugh

"What? Did she really tell you that?" she moves away from me a little

"Yes"

"That woman is crazy, forget her, don't believe what she says" she passes a hand over her face to calm down

"Why did she tell me that then?" I ask her confused

"Because she's jealous" I look into her eyes

"Jealous of what exactly if you're not together?" I ask her, I feel my stomach closing, is she trying to hide something from me? She exhales

"Look, me and her have a physical relationship, in the sense that we just fuck, nothing more. We're not together" she explains to me

"And she is an extremely jealous person, for fear of losing me she tries to push you away from me" she starts again. She approaches me, I remain impassive

"Don't believe her Helena" she places a hand on my forearm.

If they were together it would be a big problem, but they're not, so fuck it.Plus I haven't fucked anyone in a long time since I broke up.

"About yesterday" I say, moving my face closer to her, she smiles

"Yes?" she replies, her hands gently resting on my hips bringing me even closer.She leans on the desk behind her, I'm practically throwing myself on top of her

"Do you regret it?" I ask her with our mouths an inch apart, she shakes her head

"No, not even a little" I smirk and close the gap between our lips.it's pure magic, her lips are so soft but at the same time so strong and firm against mine. A hand leaves my hips to cup my face and deepen the kiss, but I decide to break away, just to tempt her

"Don't play dangerous" I smile and look at her innocently, her eyes become even darker full of desire. As I move closer to reconnect our lips I hear someone knocking on the door

I widen my eyes, we quickly move away from each other and recompose ourselves, she sits on her chair behind the desk and I on mine

"Everything ok?" she whispers to me, I look at her and smile seeing that she has a bit of my gloss on her lips, I get up and quickly approach her.I run a thumb over her lips to clean them, she winks at me

"Thank you darling" I sit back, I nod

"Come in" Lydia says to the person standing outside at the door. Francesca enters the room  

"Sorry, I hope I didn't interrupt anything" she says calmly, I see Lydia's eyes rest on me for a second, I smile

"Don't worry, what's going on?" she asks, Francesca shows her the letters in her hand

"These arrived for you, I wanted to leave them on my desk but I was afraid you wouldn't see them" she approaches Lydia's desk, puts the letters down and then looks at me, I smile at her and she smiles back

"Thank you" Lydia thanks her picking up the letters, she heads towards the door

"No problem" she walks out and closes the door behind her.We stay still for about a few seconds, then I turn to Lydia and laugh, she smiles

"Well"

"We were almost there" I say, getting up, she passes a hand over her face dropping the letters on the desk

"Even if she knew, don't worry, she knows a lot about me by now" I nod. I look at my phone and see that it's getting late, I should go home

"It's getting late, I have to go" I take my bag and put on my coat, also heading towards the door with my back to her. I hear her get upI feel her hands on my hips again, I turn around and she instantly presses our lips together

"See you tomorrow" she says caressing my cheek, opening the door for me, what a gentlewoman

"Bye" I go out the door smiling, I feel my cheeks coloring red. Francesca was sitting at her desk, she looks up hearing me and looks at me with a confused face

"Are you okay? Your cheeks are a little red" she says frowning, I run a hand over my cheek

"Yes, don't worry, it's just that I put on the coat and scarf now and I feel warm" I smile at her, she raises her eyebrows and nods

"Ah yes of course, well see you tomorrow" she waves at me

"Goodbye" I tell her as I leave.

I think I'm the happiest human being on this earth