Tina had broken his heart by leaving and Aria had an inkling it wouldn’t be easy for him to be around her.
Later that evening as she sat on the chair out on the balcony of her apartment she couldn’t stop thinking about the fact Tina was back. Kay had mentioned she was likely here to stay which meant Aria would end up seeing a lot of her. She wasn’t insecure about her relationship and she definitely trusted Billy, but it was still an uncomfortable situation for her.
She had only met Tina once and that was the day she discovered they shared mutual friends in her extended social circle. She still remembered how striking Tina was. She was the kind of woman who wasn’t just conventionally attractive but actually interesting. She was the kind of woman people noticed for her looks and personality and it hadn’t taken Aria very long to figure out why Billy had been so in love with her.
She trusted Billy and had faith in their relationship, but this was still far from ideal. But there was nothing that could be done about it. They would just have to learn how to deal with having her around now. The good thing was that they didn’t share any close mutual friends. But her return and attendance at larger social gatherings afforded her the opportunity to become close to others.
“It doesn’t matter,” Aria muttered to herself.
She heard the apartment door close and she turned to see Billy placing his car keys on the hook. He saw her out on the balcony and greeted her with a nod and smile before heading into the bedroom. He emerged a couple minutes later in shorts and a tee and walked out on to the balcony to join her.
He sat on the other chair and said, “It’s a nice evening.”
She hummed and continued looking out at the view.
“Listen, there’s something you should know.” She said nervously, swallowing against a dry mouth.
“Uh-oh, that doesn’t sound so good.”
“It’s nothing terrible,” Aria clarified. “I just found out today that Tina is back in town and it seems she will be here for the long run.”
“Oh,” he said with a somewhat downcast look in his eyes. He leaned back against his chair and looked out to the view. He looked to be searching for something but there was nothing to be found out there.
“It doesn’t really matter much, does it?”
Aria sighed and replied, “It doesn’t but you know we will end up seeing her. She’s pretty close to John and friends with a few others.”
“Ah,” he said as if he were being reminded of something he had long forgotten.
Billy tapped his fingers on the balcony table for a bit before standing up and walking to the kitchen. Aria didn’t make dinner that night, but brought some subs from a shop they really liked near her job.
“Are you going to eat yet?” His voice sounded distant but she reasoned she might be looking for something where there was nothing, much like he had been looking at the view from their balcony.
Aria stood up and walked to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water before settling on the couch next to him. He turned on their favorite sitcom and started to silently munch on his sandwich. They ate in silence and neither really laughed at what was happening on the television; they were both too busy thinking about other things.
After they had finished eating and Aria had thrown the trash out, she sat on the couch and leaned back against the armrest, stretching her legs out and resting them on Billy’s lap.
“There’s really no need for this to feel like it’s something awful,” she said tentatively. He placed his hand on her ankle and nodded.
“I know, it just came as a shock. Plus I haven’t really interacted with her much since...” He turned to Aria and shrugged, lips pursed and a sad look in his eyes. She completely understood where he was coming from. Though she had never been in the same position as him she had an idea of what he must be feeling. She pulled herself up next to him and rested her chin on his shoulder.
“I understand,” she said softly. He turned to look into her eyes with something resembling gratitude. She ran her hand down his cheek before standing up and walking to the bedroom.
She sat on the edge of the bed wondering what to do or say. She didn’t want to be insensitive in any way but she couldn’t help but wonder if he needed some time to himself. How could she ask that without sounding like she wanted to get away? Or without making him feel like he would be a jerk to say yes?
She sighed and rubbed her face. She stood up and walked back out to the living room. He was staring at the television but she could tell he wasn’t really watching what was on the screen. She walked over and sat on the coffee table across him, leaning forward and placing her hands on his knees.
“Billy,” she said in as sympathetic tone as she could muster, “Do you feel like you need to be alone?” She asked him in a way she hoped conveyed whatever he needed was okay; all he had to do was speak up. He looked at her and nodded slowly. She closed her eyes and gave a nod before standing up and giving him a peck on the cheek.
“I’ll be at Kay’s,” she said sweetly before heading to the bedroom for a change of clothes.
Once in her car she opened her contacts list on her phone and selected Kay. It rang a few times before she answered.
“Hey,” Aria said, “Are you busy?”
“No. What’s up?”
“Would you mind if I go to your place for a bit?”
“Not at all. Everything okay?”
“Yeah, I’ll explain when I get there.”
“Okay. See you soon.”
Aria put her phone on the passenger’s seat and leaned her head back against the headrest. She let her eyelids close, giving herself a moment before driving off to Kay’s apartment.
Chapter 9
“Tell me what’s going on,” Kay said as she opened her apartment door for Aria to step in.
Aria eyed her and shrugged before walking straight into the bedroom. She promptly kicked off her shoes and flopped down onto Kay’s bed.
“It’s Tina,” she said, Aria’s voice muffled from her face being buried in the sheets. She heard Kay sigh and felt her hand on her back. Aria turned her head to look at Kay.
“It’s nothing big, really. Billy just needs some time to process. She was a really big part of his life for a long time. He really loved her and it took him a while to get over that relationship. It just came as a shock for him that she’s back and he is going to have to hang around her from time to time, you know?”
Kay sighed and nodded. It made perfect sense. “You’re not worried though, are you?”
“No,” Aria replied before turning over onto her back. She stared at the ceiling and stretched her arm upward. She held her hand above her face and stretched it open, wiggling her fingers and focusing on how it looked against the white color of the ceiling. She meant it. She wasn’t worried, at least not about the relationship.
“The only worry I have where Tina is concerned is how it will work out, you know?”
Kay nodded and said, “That makes sense. Let’s just hope for the best.”
A couple hours later Aria’s phone buzzed. It was a message from Billy letting her know he was feeling better and it would be nice if she would go back home.
“Time for me to go,” Aria announced as she pushed herself up off the couch. Kay paused the movie they had been watching and looked over at Aria, nodding. Aria grabbed her bag and put her shoes back on, thanking Kay for having her over and listening before leaving.
It was only a few minutes later when she walked through the door of her apartment to see Billy sitting out on the balcony, a cold beer resting on the balcony table. She noticed there was another cold beer set out for her. She placed her keys on the hook and dropped her bag on the coffee table before going out to join him. He smiled and handed her the beer.
“Thanks. I feel a lot better. I really appreciate how understanding you were.”
“Of course,” she said as she took a sip from her beer and watched the last of the sun disappearing behind the horizon. “There’s
a party on Saturday,” she told him. He took a large gulp of beer before turning to look at her.
“I had already said we would probably go before I found out about Tina.”
He nodded and took another drink. “That’s fine, we should still go.”
It was Friday evening and Aria had just gotten home from work to an empty apartment. She thought Billy would have already been there, as he usually was, so she sent him a text asking if he was working late and if she should whip something up for dinner. He replied he would be home soon with food so not to worry.
She walked into the bedroom and undressed, putting all her clothes away carefully. She took off her bra and dumped it in the hamper before jumping onto the bed and stretching out. The gentle glow of the setting sun filtering through the shutters lit up the room nicely and she enjoyed the subtle warmth on her skin.
She heard the front door open and Billy announce, “I’m here.”
“I’m in the bedroom,” she called out not wanting to move just yet. She was far too comfortable. What she didn’t expect was for him to enter the bedroom and, upon seeing her, climb on the bed right over her and kiss her eagerly. His hand ran up her torso until he cupped one of her breasts and started massaging it.
She arched her body up into his touch, sliding her leg back and forth to rub against him. He dipped his head into her neck and kissed it before biting down her shoulder, making her cry out in pain. His tongue darted out to lick the outline of his teeth marks, her skin red from it.
He kissed down the middle of her chest and stomach until he reached her hips, where he licked down in a straight line with his tongue pressed flat down against her skin. He hooked his fingers under the waistband of her panties and pulled them off, tossing them carelessly onto the floor behind him.
He stood up and right when he was unbuckling his belt his phone started to ring. They stared at each other until the phone suddenly stopped ringing. He shrugged and was about to continue when his phone rang again. He let out a sound of frustration as he buckled his belt and walked out of the bedroom to answer the call.
“Hello,” he answered rather gruffly.
He was silent for a long time prompting Aria to walk out to the living room, wondering what was going on. There was a strange look on his face, one Aria couldn’t exactly pinpoint, but she could tell it was not a good expression.
“I have to go,” he said quietly before pulling the phone away from his ear. He ended the call and tossed his phone on the couch. “It was Tina,” he said in a hollow voice as he lowered his body down to sit on the edge of the coffee table.
“Oh,” Aria responded, not quite sure what to say.
As she looked at him just sitting there, a cross between dumbfounded and upset, she started to feel anger bubble up within her.
Exactly why is she calling him, she started to wonder. Does she really think she can just do that after breaking his heart and leaving the way she did?
She wanted to snatch up his phone and call her back, yell into the receiver that Tina needed to adjust her way of thinking. She wanted to make sure Tina knew he had moved on to something better, that he was now in the kind of relationship he deserved to be. Aria had no idea why this phone call was eliciting such a strong response from her but she didn’t like it. She wanted desperately to calm down.
Aria sunk to her knees in front of Billy and placed her hands on his legs, looking up into his eyes. She was searching them for something, but she didn’t know what. Perhaps she just wanted a sign that he was okay. She didn’t stop to think about how affected he was by simply talking to her over the phone.
She let out a little yelp of surprise when he lurched forward, taking her face in his hand, and pressed his lips against hers. He ran a hand down to curl around her neck as he deepened the kiss. She felt he was doing so desperately as if he wanted nothing more than to forget the voice he had just heard on the other end of the receiver. Aria pulled back and looked him straight in the eyes.
“Billy,” she whispered against his lips. He closed his eyes and let his head fall onto her shoulder.
“I’m okay,” he told her, though he didn’t sound entirely convinced. They stayed like that for a few moments in total silence. She could hear his soft breathing and feel each warm breath hit the bare skin of her shoulder and spread. He pulled back and looked into her eyes before kissing her again. This time it was full of passion and a deep need to go further. She pushed her head forward and kissed him back, almost matching the need he felt.
She placed her hands on his shoulders and started pushing him down onto the coffee table. He followed her motions as she climbed on top, straddling him, hunched over so their kiss wouldn’t break. The air around them felt hot. Aria could feel his cock already starting to harden.
She wanted more and she had a feeling he did too. She had a feeling he might even need to take things as far as before, if not one step further. She rubbed her hips back and forth to create friction against his hardening bulge, causing him to break from the kiss and groan. He shut his eyes and rested his head back against the coffee table.
“Do you want?” Aria leaned down and whispered.
“Oh, fuck, yes,” he panted with heavy breaths.
She pulled back to look into his eyes, now alive with the same excitement as the first time.
“I actually got something,” he told her.
Aria cocked her head to the side and raised an eyebrow. He patted her on the butt so she would stand up and he went into the bedroom. She followed him in and saw he was pulling a small, black bag out of the drawer in his nightstand. He handed it to her with a nervous smirk.
She peeked inside to see a long and slim black box. She pulled it out and opened it without a single clue as to what could be inside. Inside was a small item that resembled a sort of tool. It had a long handle made of stainless steel with a spiked wheel on the end of it. Stitched into the fabric lining the box were the words The Wartenberg Pinwheel.
She stared down at it with a look of awe. She had seen these before and had always wanted to use one and know what they felt like. She looked up at Billy with shining eyes and a face flushed with excitement. He smiled when he saw that the gift pleased her.
She lifted the pinwheel and placed the box and bag on the dresser behind her before gently rolling the wheel on the palm of her hand. The sensation made her shiver. It felt like ever nerve in her hand came alive at even the softest prickle of each spike. She felt warmth flood between her legs just at the thought of using it on Billy.
It was even better that he had went out to get it—that he wanted to try it so much he purchased it as a surprise. She placed it at the corner of the bed and took a few steps forward towards Billy.
“You did a good job.” She said, patting the tip of his nose with her index finger.
He swallowed hard and licked his lips, eyes completely dark with desire, as she automatically adopted her low, seductive, and authoritative tone of voice. She ran her hand over his cheek, down his neck, and over his shoulder until she pulled him toward her. She pushed out her chest against him and kissed him with deep appreciation. As much as she wanted to use their new toy already, it was just as important to build up the suspense.
She slipped her hands under the hem of his shirt and curled her fingers upward to drag his shirt off him. She tossed it behind him before moving to unbuckle his belt and undo his pants. She crouched and slid them down his legs along with his boxers. He kicked them off when they were around his ankles. As Aria stood back up, she ran the nail of her finger up his leg until she let her hand rest around his hip.
She ordered him to lie down in the middle of the bed as she walked over to get two of her hair ribbons from a drawer. She got onto the bed on his right side and pulled his arm up from his wrist toward the bedpost. She took one of the ribbons and tied his wrist to the post, making sure it was secure before walking around the bed and doing the same on the side. She walked to the foot of the bed and looked down at his body, ad
miring the way he looked bound to the bed.
She straddled him around the waist at the perfect spot so his hard cock rubbed against the crack of her ass.
She leaned down and, wrapping her hand around his neck asked, “Do you remember what happens if you misbehave?”
He nodded, wincing a bit as she tightened her grip slightly and his Adam’s apple hit her hand. She leaned a bit forward so her breasts were right over his face, just a mere centimeter away from his reach. If he stretched his neck a bit, he would be able to lick them.
Aria stayed in the same spot for some time as if testing his will to stay down as he had been wordlessly instructed. Between that and feeling his cock rest against her ass, he wasn’t sure how long he would be able to hold out from doing something that would merit punishment. She lowered her chest down and he felt her hard nipples touch the skin of his face. Unable to resist, he opened his mouth and flicked one of her nipples with the tip of his tongue.
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