Eliza loved to see Terrence, but as much as she tried, she could not release certain thoughts about him from her mind. In the beginning, she had not even liked him because he was arrogant and remote with her. Then it was a passionate affair between them, and then there was Lila.
There were things that blemished their rapport.
Tonight was another blemish.
They had both been drinking, neither of them was sloppy drunk, but they had definitely been drinking. He held her hand, and would not release it.
“I need you to be with me more, you disappeared Eliza. And even when I do not see you, I see you. In the newspaper, pictures, mentions of you in the business section. I need more of you. I feel like I had more too…”
He would not release her hand, and it felt like an iron grip even though he was not holding her tightly. She did not know what to say to him, it was uncomfortable for him to say he needed more of her. He knew that she was polyamorous when he met her. She never kept that a secret, because she knew how she had felt when Rafe kept that a secret from her.
“I have never lied yo you, or withheld my time from you Terrence.” she replied stoically, looking in his eyes with a blank—it felt blank to her—expression.
“I never said you lied,” Terrence shook his head. “I am just saying I want more of you. I’ve missed you.”
“Why lament about things past, when I am right here?” she looked at him.
He still would not release her hand.
His phone vibrated, and even without looking she looked and saw Lila’s name pop up on the screen. Terrence was still holding her hand, and not looking at his phone. She was facing the phone, and looked at the picture of Lila. Her eyes bright and soft on the screen, in a way that she had never seen Lila.
A way she assumed, Lila was just for Terrence.
He still would not let go of her hand, and even though it was hours later, and she was home in bed, she could still feel his grip and see Lila’s miniature soft smile on his phone…
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Oh dear, it seems things might go the wrong way for them if he starts to claim her time…
Rebel xox
and Lila too, can’t wait for the next prompt!