Dawn and AJ got dressed then went to sit on the back porch, both of them were still reeling from what had just happened. AJ sat down on the bench and Dawn sat next to him. He pulled out his pack of cigarettes and lit one. Dawn took it out of his hand and took a puff from it. They looked at each other then laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" She asked.
"Us,” he began. "Look at us. We’ve known each other forever, now we have no idea how to act towards each other.
"Well, a lot has changed”.
"Yeah,” he looked at his watch. "About an hour or two ago we were yelling and screaming at each other.”
"And a little while ago we were just screaming,” she joked.
"Yeah...wow,” AJ replied, laughing.
They stopped laughing, then there was an uncomfortable silence.
"So, what now?" Dawn asked, turning to him.
"That’s up to you,” he replied. "I told you how I feel, now the decision is all yours".
Dawn thought for a minute.
"I’m supposed to meet Anthony for dinner tomorrow night,” she said. AJ got up and turned his back to her.
"You’re still gonna go?" He asked coldly. He felt his blood pressure begin to rise.
"I don’t know….I have to talk to him eventually, regardless of what my decision is,” she answered. "I do owe him some kind of explanation,” her voice trailed off.
AJ turned around to face her.
"You’re kidding me, right?? After everything that he’s done to you, you don’t owe him a damn thing".
Dawn got up and put her arms around AJ’s waist.
"Please, let’s not fight. I don’t want this night to end like this,” she looked up at him.
AJ sighed and placed his hands around her waist.
"I know...you’re right. I don’t want to fight either,” he said as he stroked her cheek.
He leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He noticed she was shivering.
"Let’s go in the house,” he said as he took her hand and lead her inside.
Once they got to his bedroom he walked over and lit some candles. He walked over to Dawn, stood behind her and softly kissed her neck, making his way down to her shoulder.
He slipped her jacket off and it fell to the floor. He placed tiny kisses down her back to her shoulder blades. It sent chills all through Dawn’s body.
"You don’t get enough, do you,” Dawn gasped, barely able to form a complete sentence .
He took her hand and held it out to her side. He continued to place sensual kisses all the way up her arm, then he walked around and stood in front of her, giving her a passionate kiss on the lips. She finally broke from him.
"Do you have any idea what you’re doing to me?" She asked.
He just looked at her and gave her a sly smile as he cocked his eyebrow.
“Why don’t you show me,” he challenged.
Dawn smiled at him as she pushed him down on the bed so he was sitting on the edge. She stood between his legs. He placed his hands around her waist and kissed her stomach, his tongue darting in and out of her pierced navel. She knelt down in front of him, unbuttoned his jeans and pulled them off, along with his boxers. He went to pull her down on top of him.
"No touching,” she commanded. She pushed him back on the bed so he was lying down. "Don’t move".
She got up and walked over to the closet, pulling out two scarves.
“And what do you have these for, Alex?” She asked, as if she didn’t already know.
She slowly walked back over to him, laying on the bed, awaiting her next move.
“Do you trust me?” She asked softly as she brushed the scarf down his chest, down his stomach, finally stopping at his already swollen manhood. She lightly grazed it with the scarf then looked up at him as he inhaled sharply and clenched his eyes shut, letting out a soft whimper.
“Well, answer me,” she commanded as his eyes flew open. “Do you trust me?”
She stopped what she was doing, awaiting his answer.
“Yes,” he answered quickly. “Yes, I trust you.”
She smiled as she tied each one of his hands to the bedposts. She got on top of him, straddling his hips, then started kissing his chest, making her way lower.
"Oh Dawn", he moaned as he felt her warm mouth engulf him...
The next morning Dawn woke up in AJ’s arms. She turned to face him as she traced his lips with her fingers.
"You’re so wonderful,” she whispered. "Too wonderful".
"What have I done?" She asked herself. "I don’t deserve him. I’m just getting out of a relationship, what am I doing getting into another one?"
She got up out of bed carefully, so as not to wake AJ. She put on some clothes and put her hair in a ponytail. As she headed for the door, she glanced over at AJ sleeping peacefully. She leaned over him and placed a tender kiss on his cheek.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to hurt you,” she whispered to him with tears in her eyes. "I love you".
With that she walked out of the room, closing the door quietly. She grabbed her car keys off the counter and headed for the front door. She stopped for a brief moment, looking around. Tears were streaming down her face. She closed the door behind her and didn’t look back.
She got in her car, put her sunglasses on and drove away.


Chapter 22
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