Illegal Moves

Chapter 23

Up here is Synthia! She's really pretty but she wears a lot of makeup and looks fake and Iona just has a natural beauty.

I wake up when I feel the mattress dip, signaling that Daniel was getting up. I yawn and put my arms above my head stretching, causing the covers to move and reveal my breasts. I don't bother to pull it back up. "Morning," I say sleepy.

He stands at his dresser putting clothes away, his back turned to me. He doesn't say anything. I frown and pull the covers back up around my chest. "Daniel is something wrong?" I ask him. He keeps ignoring me. Ok obviously he was mad at me for something. I get out of bed, not bothering to cover myself at all. I walk over to him and touch his arm. "What's wrong," I ask. He turns to me and stares for a second, apparently not knowing that I would still be naked.

He rolls his eyes and moves his gaze away from my body. "Iona put some clothes on," He says annoyed.

"Not till you tell me what's up," I say, pressing my body up against his. I knew that if I did this it would make him cave in. He sighs and goes to sit on the bed. Before I follow him, I get out one of his t-shirts and slip it on. It fits me like a dress. I go and sit with him on the side of the bed.

"Tell me what's bothering you," I say smoothly. He sighs and looks away, like he's embarrassed.

"You kept calling out His name all night in your sleep." he says bitterly.

"Who's name?!" I ask quickly.

"Aleks'," He spits his name out like its fire coming out of his mouth. Oh boy, this isn't good. Why would I be calling for him. I guess I knew deep, deep, deep down that I still wasn't over him.

"If you still love him, what are you doing with me?" He looks me straight in the eye. I scoot closer to him.

"I know I told you I still love him, and I won't lie, I do. But I need to move on, because I think he has already," I tell him the truth. Before waiting for his answer, I climb on top of him, my legs straddling his hips. I cup his face in my hands.

"And, since you explained everything to me about why you left, all of my feelings have rolled back. I..." I hesitated, not knowing if this is what he wants to hear. "Still love you," I admit shyly.

He doesn't smile but I see it in his eyes, it's what he wanted to hear. I need a smile out of him. So I lean my face down to his and kiss his lips lightly, barely a kiss. Still no smile. So I think of the next thing that could make him smile. I pull his t-shirt off my body, revealing my nude self and then I kiss him a little harder. I pull back looking to see if he smiles. Before I can see, he pulls my head to his and kisses me. I feel his smile on my lips. "That's more like it," I say laughing. I climb off of him and put my clothes back on.

As I get dressed, I ask him, "So what's the plans for today?"

"Um, I'm going into town for the day, and I think you have a client coming," He replies.

"A client already? I just got back!" I haven't even worked with a horse in about a year. I was so not ready for this.

"I'm sure you'll be fine," He says heading for the stairs to go down to the barn. I walk over to him. I place my hand on his shoulder.

"So are we good?" I ask with sad eyes.

He kisses my cheek. "Always," his smile reaches his eyes. I loved seeing him happy. He heads down the stairs with me trailing him.

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Aleks' POV

"I'm coming!" I shout at the person pounding repeatedly on my door. I swing it open annoyed. Daniel Johnson stands on my doorstep.

"Daniel? What are you doing here," There was no hatred in my voice, just curiosity.

"You son of a bitch!" he shouts angrily at me and then his fist collides with my left cheek and nose. Pain shoots up my nose and to my head, causing an instant headache. My cheek hurts for a second then goes numb. I hadn't seen the impact coming, so I stumble and hit the ground.

"What the hell?!" I look up at him holding my nose. He steps into my house, hovering over me.

"That's for making Iona leave, you bastard!" He pulls his leg back to kick me but I grab ahold of his ankle, twisting it and sending him spiraling to the floor beside me. I roll on top of him and put my forearm to his throat.

"You don't want to do this Daniel, it will end badly for you," I say it all kindly. "I'm going to give you one last chance to get the heck out of my house before I call the police, or worse, handle you myself," saying it in a calm voice made it sound more deadlier. I pull him up by his shirt and push him out of my house. I watch out of the window, as he pulls out of my driveway. Crazy freak!

I go back into my bedroom and Synthia is asleep the covers pull up and around her naked body. Daniel had interrupted us! I look into the mirror that is above my dresser and see that my nose is bleeding and I have a bleeding cut on my cheek. I exit my room and get a towel from the kitchen and wet it. I go back to my mirror and start to clean myself up. I hear Synthia get up and come to me.

"Let me do this," She says soothingly. She gently takes the towel out of my hand and starts dabbing it on my cut. I watch her in the mirror. I stare at her for so long that in my vision, she turns into Iona. Crap! Was I hallucinating? Did Daniel's suckerpunch affect my brain too? Why was Iona coming up in my mind all the time? I turn and look at Synthia who looks like Iona. Looking at her instead of her reflection didn't help. I was still seeing Iona, smiling her big dazzling smile that showed off her perfectly straight white teeth that I missed running my tongue on.

"Iona?" I whisper. I reach out to touch her face.

"What?!" Synthia says. She was no longer Iona. I was touching Synthia's face. "Why did you just call me Iona?" She asks disgusted. I look at her confused. I slowly move to the bed and lie down.

"I don't know," I say holding my head. "I think I was hallucinating. I need to sleep," I say closing my eyes. I hear her huff and she throws the towel at me, it lands on my chest. She storms out of my room and seconds later, I hear her car pulling out of my driveway. I didn't care that she left. It gave me time to dream about Iona.

A/N

-Sorry these have been shorter but they keep ending at the write times so I can't help it! But don't forget to Vote and Comment. I want your feedback. Give me ideas too, I'm kind of in a writer's block.

-Millie!