Daisy - Sex Stories

Daisy

... worked for him as if she wasn’t next to him. It stung how cold and distant he’d become, and how quickly. But part of her was relieved. Something had happened on that boat, something she didn’t want to consider. It was best they left it at that.

The plane ride was more of the same. She sat to the front of the plane eating fruit and watching the satellite television feed. He sat to the back, talking on the phone, and laughing at whatever they said. She liked it when he laughed. He seemed more human when he did. Twice, she braved a glance back and each time he was staring directly at her. So she stopped looking. Then he came up the aisle. He extended his hand; it gleamed. She blinked in surprise.

“You dropped it on the boat. Must have fallen out of your bag.”

Daisy had completely forgotten her engagement ring. She nearly burst into tears with shame.

“Thank you,” she said softly, taking Pete’s engagement ring and placing it on her finger. He sat down next to her and she cleared her throat. Trying to think of what to say.

“Aiden?”

“Yes.”

“You told me something about you that was personal and—”

“Let’s not discuss it.”

“I know what it’s like to have something in the past you want to change. I mean I committed such a big sin.”

Aiden looked over at her. Sin? What was she talking about? She sat there with her head bowed slightly, picking at her bottom lip with her teeth. She shifted and looked over at him shyly.

“Remember when I said I had bad ...

... karma?”

Aiden nodded.

“Well, I wasn’t kidding. I mean, I did something really selfish once. I did it solely for me. Pete don’t know it. I was scared and I thought I’d be like my mom and my sisters that I’d never leave the Hollow. My best-friend, Jessiemae, said it was a quick easy fix. The way out, so I did it.”

“What did you do?”

“I had an abortion.”

Aiden didn’t blink. She looked over as if her confession was ground breaking, and when he looked into her eyes he saw it was. “Why are you telling me this?”

“Because I know the kind of man you are. You hate to be weak, and what you told me out there, I guess you think it makes you weak. Now you know my secret. I trust you with it. You can trust me. Stop pushing people away, Aiden. You deserve love too. Maybe you can find something special, like I did with my Pete.”

Aiden smiled. “You can trust me with your secret, Daisy.”

When they arrived at the hotel, Daisy couldn’t hide her relief. She felt like she’d aged ten years. With each step she took away from Aiden Keane, part of her youth returned. Aiden gave her a nod, but that was all. He was swarmed by staff. When she looked back at him, he just stood there staring after her, watching her as the doors to the elevator closed for good. She blew out a deep breath.

“It’s over.”

***

“Mr. Keane, I—”

“You see that woman?” he said, cutting off his security chief. The man turned and saw the doors to the elevator close on an attractive young black woman.

“Yes, ...