Forbidden Attractions (18+)

2. The Morning After

Cover in multimedia by Krazy_Kiran

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Ashley woke up to an annoying sound of her ringtone. Who was calling her so early. She opened her eyes to see a unfamiliar room and very handsome naked man sleeping besides her.

Memories of last night came to her mind and she blushed. Her phone started ringing again. She took a blanket which was lying around and dashed towards the room where her purse and phone were. She saw the caller id, it was Deb.

"Where are you?" Deb screeched before she could utter a word. Ashley did not like her tone. Friend or not Ashley did not like when people screamed at her for no reason.

"Somewhere" Ashley muttered. Deb should have known for setting her up with someone as smart as Josh that she was going to end up in his bed.

Deb or Deborah was Ashley's best friend or any word that came close to that. Deb moved to Seattle when both of them were 15, naturally they hit it off when they met at her housewarming party. That summer they had loads of fun. Ashley couldn't forget that summer. It was the one where she had fallout with her younger sister Pearl, nothing was fine between them ever since.

Pearl was younger than Ashley by two years, when they were little, Pearl used to worship her. She was not used to share her big sister with anyone. That what Ashley thought was the problem. When Deb came around she started spending more time with her. They couldn't include Pearl, according to Deb they were having big girl talk.

Pearl started lashing out at everybody. Even Ashley which she never did. Many such things happened and they were never the same again.

"Are you listening to me? Where are you? Why didn't you meet Josh yesterday?" Deb screeched.

"What are you talking about. I met Josh yesterday, I am with him right now" 

"Don't lie to me. You find everyone I set you up with boring. You could have just met him once. You didn't have to ditch him"

"I am not lying. I am at his place right now, near the club"

"What are you talking about, Josh is from New York. He is staying at a hotel. Ashley who did you go home with last night?"

What was Deb talking about?

Ashley replayed last night in her mind. She had approached him. He sounded baffled but he didn't deny. He didn't remember who Deb was at first but it could have been coincidence or not. He told his last name as Kostas.

"Deb what is Josh's last name"

"Hemingway"

Oh no.

What the fuck.

"Listen Deb I will call you later okay"

"Don't you dare put the phone down Ashley" but she said it too late. Ashley had already put the phone down.

How could she be so stupid. She came home with the wrong guy. She had hot sex with the wrong guy.

She entered the room with anger in her eyes and stance not caring about her state of nudity. She grabbed the jug of water from the table and poured it on fake Josh's head.

Fake Josh woke up with a shock. He had been dreaming about a blonde. He was more shocked to see the very same blonde standing naked in front of him with expressions that could kill him. He felt something shift in him. How did he not recognise her yesterday.

He remembered Ashley giving him the same expression she was giving him now ten years back. She changed. Her whole body had changed. Gone was her chubby cheeks but were replaced with high cheekbones, just like her mother. How did he fail to recognise his first crush, his first true love, his first heartbreak.

It seemed like she didn't recognise him too. Now looking at the shocked expression on his face, her mind began racing. Did I know him from somewhere? She pondered over that for five seconds. Because five seconds later she found his eyes roaming all over her body. The one she liked to hide. The one she thought was too imperfect to show people in broad daylight.

"Don't look at me like that" She gasped pulling the blanket which was lying on fake Josh's body and wrapped it around herself only to realise that her actions had let him showing his body around now.

"Getting back at me for my roaming eyes are you" His statement made her blush.

"You are not Josh are you?" She knew the answer but she wanted herself to be wrong.

"No, I am not" He replied.

"You knew I was looking for someone else " She  accused him while she was trying to find what's left of her clothes.

"Yes, I did" He said casually.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She glared at him. Actually it was her own fault. Why didn't she ask Deb for his number? Oh! Because she was sure that he would bail on her or she would actually chicken out last minute or he would be too boring making her leave.

Yes! Her dress was still intact. Unfortunately she couldn't say the same for her bra and panty. She pulled it up and wore it.

"Didn't feel like" He said casually, basking in his naked glory. She looked at his baby suit with perverted eyes. He was actually sexy. She was regretting it a little less now. Confidence oozing out if from everywhere. She admit that he was the best shag she ever had. Could she admit something like this to a person who she wrongfully had one night stand with?

"You motherfùçker" She mouthed.

"Nope. Today you can call me AshleyFùçker"

She threw a nearby book on his face.

"Owww, it hurt" He said rubbing his forehead. Actually it didn't hurt. He just wanted to be melodramatic.

"Good. Serves you right" She said with a satisfied smirk on her face.

"Oh, come on Ashley don't tell me you don't recognise me" he said getting up and walking towards his wardrobe. He pulled out a boxer and wore it.

"I do recognise you" She said and his heart skipped a bit,"You are a nut job who sleeps with women by faking to be someone else"

So she didn't recognise me. "Nope, you are the first one" He said. She was now at the door of his apartment. "You don't seriously recognise me?" He asked in a bit serious tone.

"I don't" She bit her lips and stepped into the elevator.

"You broke my heart once more"

He said in a soft voice but till then she was gone

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