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Authors: Abigail Stone
Tags: Romance, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Women's Fiction, New Adult & College
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looking around the hotel room for any sign of a condom. When she didn't find one, she turned around to look at him. There was a worried expression etched across her face.
Mily frantically paced towards Leo, pulling the pillow from beneath his head and hitting him with it.
"You stupid asshole!" she yelled, her face contorted in anger.
Leo knew he had fucked up. He sat up, searching the ground around the hot tub for his clothing. When he found it, he sat on the edge of the unmade bed, pulling on his jeans and boots.
He didn't say a word, not even as Mily's tiny fists found their way to his back. She delivered blow after blow to his flesh but Leo wasn't fazed by the assault.
"I'm not on birth control!" Mily yelled.
The reasons why were idiotic ones. She didn't want to deal with break outs or weight gain. But now, she was being faced with a different consequence entirely.
"Is this just what you do?" Mily yelled at Leo, "pick up unsuspecting women in bars and have sex with them without condoms?"
Leo felt a lump forming in his throat. There was nothing he could say to defend himself. He knew how it looked and it wasn't good.
There was a look of betrayal etched across Mily's face. She was upset but she tried her best not to show it.
“You are a piece of work!” she said to Leo, tossing him his leather cut. He pulled it on, stretching out his arms.
"I'm sorry," he said to her as he left the small hotel room. But Mily wasn't letting him off the hook that easily. She pulled on the rest of her clothing and grabbed her purse, following him out into the hallway.
"Where do you get off just leaving?" Mily yelled, following him into the elevator just as it started to close and pressing the big red button to stop it in mid-descent.
She guarded it, her eyes harsh against Leo's. She wasn't letting him go until he talked.
"Tell me," she said again.
She had been with a lot of men over the years but none of them had ever done something like this to her. Leo felt claustrophobic. He didn't know what to say to her.
“It was an accident..." he began.
“No!” Mily interjected, “I don't believe you."
Leo sighed. He didn’t understand why she wouldn't. He tried to reach past her for the buttons to the elevator but she wouldn't budge.
"Why not?" Leo finally asked, "why is it so hard for you to believe that I would forget to wear a rubber?"
Mily sighed.
"Whatever," she finally said, dejected. She pressed the big red button behind her and the elevator roared to life.
"Whatever?" Leo questioned, following her into the lobby, his eyes glimmering.
"Leave me alone," Mily yelled over her shoulder, waving at Louie behind the front desk as she passed him. She rotated on her feet, sticking a finger out at Leo.
"I mean it," she yelled, "back off. I never want to see you again!"
It was then that Louie took notice that something was wrong. He approached Mily, a worried look on his face.
"Is everything alright?" he asked her, his eyes glued to Leo.
There was a slight pause before Mily responded.
"Yes Louie," she said to him, "everything's fine I just...I have somewhere to be."
She pushed her way out the front doors of the hotel in a hurry.
“Have a nice life!” She called out to Leo, making her way into the parking lot where her car was.
“Wait!” Leo called out to her. Mily climbed into her red Toyota, turning to look at him. She shook her head, climbing inside and slamming the door shut behind herself.
Leo watched as she pulled out of the parking lot, her tires burning against the road.
She was out of his life as quickly as she had arrived.
LEAP OF FAITH
☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼
Present
L eo pulled his leather backpack off of his broad shoulders. He cleared his throat, rummaging through it. Layla watched in silence as he pulled out one article of clothing after the next, setting them on her mattress.
Black skinny jeans, a white tank top, converse sneakers. Layla took it all in, looking up at Leo with a confused look
Mily frantically paced towards Leo, pulling the pillow from beneath his head and hitting him with it.
"You stupid asshole!" she yelled, her face contorted in anger.
Leo knew he had fucked up. He sat up, searching the ground around the hot tub for his clothing. When he found it, he sat on the edge of the unmade bed, pulling on his jeans and boots.
He didn't say a word, not even as Mily's tiny fists found their way to his back. She delivered blow after blow to his flesh but Leo wasn't fazed by the assault.
"I'm not on birth control!" Mily yelled.
The reasons why were idiotic ones. She didn't want to deal with break outs or weight gain. But now, she was being faced with a different consequence entirely.
"Is this just what you do?" Mily yelled at Leo, "pick up unsuspecting women in bars and have sex with them without condoms?"
Leo felt a lump forming in his throat. There was nothing he could say to defend himself. He knew how it looked and it wasn't good.
There was a look of betrayal etched across Mily's face. She was upset but she tried her best not to show it.
“You are a piece of work!” she said to Leo, tossing him his leather cut. He pulled it on, stretching out his arms.
"I'm sorry," he said to her as he left the small hotel room. But Mily wasn't letting him off the hook that easily. She pulled on the rest of her clothing and grabbed her purse, following him out into the hallway.
"Where do you get off just leaving?" Mily yelled, following him into the elevator just as it started to close and pressing the big red button to stop it in mid-descent.
She guarded it, her eyes harsh against Leo's. She wasn't letting him go until he talked.
"Tell me," she said again.
She had been with a lot of men over the years but none of them had ever done something like this to her. Leo felt claustrophobic. He didn't know what to say to her.
“It was an accident..." he began.
“No!” Mily interjected, “I don't believe you."
Leo sighed. He didn’t understand why she wouldn't. He tried to reach past her for the buttons to the elevator but she wouldn't budge.
"Why not?" Leo finally asked, "why is it so hard for you to believe that I would forget to wear a rubber?"
Mily sighed.
"Whatever," she finally said, dejected. She pressed the big red button behind her and the elevator roared to life.
"Whatever?" Leo questioned, following her into the lobby, his eyes glimmering.
"Leave me alone," Mily yelled over her shoulder, waving at Louie behind the front desk as she passed him. She rotated on her feet, sticking a finger out at Leo.
"I mean it," she yelled, "back off. I never want to see you again!"
It was then that Louie took notice that something was wrong. He approached Mily, a worried look on his face.
"Is everything alright?" he asked her, his eyes glued to Leo.
There was a slight pause before Mily responded.
"Yes Louie," she said to him, "everything's fine I just...I have somewhere to be."
She pushed her way out the front doors of the hotel in a hurry.
“Have a nice life!” She called out to Leo, making her way into the parking lot where her car was.
“Wait!” Leo called out to her. Mily climbed into her red Toyota, turning to look at him. She shook her head, climbing inside and slamming the door shut behind herself.
Leo watched as she pulled out of the parking lot, her tires burning against the road.
She was out of his life as quickly as she had arrived.
LEAP OF FAITH
☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼
Present
L eo pulled his leather backpack off of his broad shoulders. He cleared his throat, rummaging through it. Layla watched in silence as he pulled out one article of clothing after the next, setting them on her mattress.
Black skinny jeans, a white tank top, converse sneakers. Layla took it all in, looking up at Leo with a confused look
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