Page 67 of Her Loyalty

"But that's okay because I expected this."

"Tiana." He called as I began to get dressed, completely ignoring him now.

"Why you tryn' turn this shit into something it don't have to be?"

"No. Don't blame me." I shook my head, feeling tears brewing in my eyes as I looked over to him.

"You did this and you know it." I pointed to him as I got all of my clothes on, now looking for my shoes.

"Tiana." He said as he finally got up out of the bed and made his way over to me.

"Look at me, ma." He went on but I ignored him, still searching the room for my shoes.

"Where are my shoes?" I fussed before he roughly grabbed me.

"Look at me." He spoke sternly, pulling me to him.

My lip trembled as I looked up into his eyes but I refused to cry for him anymore. This was my fault, I should've never put myselfback in this position. He made it clear he didn't want me so I should've never allowed him to touch me.

"Why can't we just let that shit come naturally, T?"

"Why do we have to rush back into some shit?" He asked and I shook my head.

"Because you were quick to rush into sex with me." I defended.

"If this wasn't what you wanted, you should've came to my graduation and then left. Not bring me back to your house and then fuck me."

"But no, Dominic. You're playing with my head and you're enjoying every moment of it. You like seeing me suffer like this." I went onto say and he smacked his lips.

"Tiana, stop being so fuckin' dramatic, yo."

"I'm not being dramatic, I'm being real." I snaked my neck.

"And you know it's true. You're seeking out revenge on me or something, just trying to make me hurt like I hurt you." I went on and he simply started laughing while I rolled my eyes, trying to pull away from him.

"Tiana, if I wan' hurt you I can do that shit without touchin' you, ma. We both know that." He scoffed.

"I ain't out for revenge and I ain't fuck on you last night to be spiteful. I fucked you because I wanted to." He spoke sternly.

"And I wun' try to make this shit work but I'm not gon' force shit because you in your feelings right na'."

"I'm in my feelings because you're not being clear what you want, Dominic!" I snapped out. It was like he'd turned into theperson he was before we got into a real relationship. Unsure of his emotions and afraid to express his feelings. I hated this him.

"I just told you what the fuck I wanted!" He spat back, making me roughly pull away from him as I got my glossy eyes under control.

"Look." He slowly pulled me back to him, placing his forehead onto mine.

"I don't wan' rush, T."

"But I do wan' try and do this with you again but slowly."

"Can we do that?" He went onto ask, while I looked into his eyes.

"Is that what you really want?" I asked and he angrily licked his lips.

"Ain't that what I just said?"

"Fine." I spoke softly, finally giving in as we backed away from each other.

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