Tremble For Me

l

the job," I screa

, slow down and te

rom the time I arrived at the house. I didn't leave out

because you made

make my sister's little girl laugh. I calle

cky. Now abo

I mean I was fantasizing about his cock from the first moment I met

he cried e

!" I cri

his up though

ing is, I think he kinda g

d flatly. "Why would you want to me

him, you'd

on having an affair with hi

guess, I'm just being a bit silly. I n

rk. Want me to drop you off

trip might drain away the last remaining bit and even put me into the red. Until I got my first paycheck, I neede

uby said, and disc

er furniture and stuff. I had rented the house furnished and owned almost nothing in the apartment, apart from my

"It would help if you folded the clothes neatly," she s

long that took

lded my clothes one by one and arr

I don't get why you refuse to design clothes for people? Eve

nd sew dresses for myself and Ruby for free but to charge for my designs

d. Is he someone you can have a litt

otally out of my leagu

man is not Stan. He was nasty and you're right to be careful, bu

h Stan for over a year and for the last five months, he had abused me

was allowing myself to be vulnerable. He had manipulated me into a situa

Always in places where no one would see the bruises. At the time, I didn't see how calculated his cruelty wa

ulating people. Making them excuse his inexcusable behavior. It made me understand the

sure I saw him following me from afar. Then one day, he stopped. I found out through a mutual friend he had been arrested for starting a fight and beating a man outside

way to never to get manipulated like that again, was to simply not open my heart to anyone like him

was mine an

h. Ruby had been seeing her boyfriend for as long as I could remember. He proposed every six months and each ti

red, when we closed the su

g with satisfaction. She looked a

t of seeing him again. Maybe the second-time around wouldn't be so intense. Perhaps I'd

was

en Luke stepped out of th

My stomach was already in knots. No, it hadn't

nd a taste of

oyfriend," I

huckle, as she released the latc

came down the steps. He smiled and my

id, reaching inside the

said and stifled a laugh at t

er a smile. The man had gorgeous teeth. His

Ruby said, and licke

mouthed fro

inked

machine in it. "All right then. I'll see you soon. Thanks for the ride," I c

gear and with a cheer

" Luke murmured as we walked up the steps.

up with Ruby," I said. I followed

the dresser top at th

ewing machine b

hing, let me now.

blood pounded in my ears when I realized his gaze was

sually at six. We eat on the deck when it's warm like this

l unpack and take

bli

ch info, I sc

ed me over,

elp it as I pushed m

have a hard

ger. I wanted to feel his admiring glance on my

ead slightly a

de myself unpack my clothes and w