No strings attached

47.

Lando's POV

There was something wrong with Aimée, I could see that even though she tried her best to hide it.
I wasn't blind nor stupid.
She could barely look at me, she was biting her lip to stop herself from crying.

I took her back to my apartment and she walked straight to the balcony.
She was definitely avoiding me, avoiding eye contact, avoiding everything that had to do with me.
Everything was great when I left for Canada, but nothing was the same now.

I walked outside and stood next to her. "Are you gonna tell me what's wrong or do I have to guess?" It came out harsher than I intended but she just kept looking straight ahead without saying a word.
She sighed before turning her body to me. It was the first time tonight that she looked at me.
"I-I did something stu.." she started before her phone went off a couple of times.
She quickly grabbed it out of her pocket and looked at it for a couple of seconds.
"I need to go" she said as she put her phone back and tried to walk away.
But I wasn't gonna let her leave, not now.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "No you're not. What the fuck is going on?" I was starting to lose my patience.
"Can we talk inside?" She asked so I nodded as we walked inside.

We both sat down on the couch. She put her back against my chest so I knew she wanted me to hold her.
I put my arms around her and kissed her shoulder softly. But instead of explaining, she turned her body around and pushed me down on the couch.
"I missed you" she mumbled as she pressed her lips on mine.
Her hands were tugging on my shirt, begging to take it off. So I did what she asked. I took my shirt off and threw it away.
I wasn't in the mood to have sex with her, but on the other hand, we didn't have sex for a week and I was dying to see her naked again.
She kissed my chest down to my pants and unbuttoned them.
She smirked at me as she pulled my pants lower. She probably noticed how ready I was for this.

But I wasn't gonna give in. She wasn't gonna distract me with sex.
I put my hands on hers as she wanted to take my pants off completely.
"You're not getting my dick until you tell me what's wrong"
She chuckled a little before she looked down. She was still sitting on me.
"I thought I could do it all on my own, but I can't" she kept looking down at my chest before she broke down and started crying.
"Help me out of this hell" she put her hands on my chest as she still was looking down.
I quickly wrapped my arms around her and pulled her down against my chest.
I didn't ask anything else, I just let her cry and brushed my fingers against her back.

She stopped crying after a while. "I am sorry" she said as she looked up at me. "This is the second time you see me crying" her makeup was pretty much gone, so her freckles were even more visible right now.
"You don't have to say sorry for that" I put my hands on her face and pressed my lips softly against hers. "Now, tell me what happened so I can see that smile again" she wasn't too excited in explaining it to me, I could see that in her eyes but she still did.

"Liam, my ex, paid for me to get into college. I was so poor back then, I had nothing but I wanted to make something for myself. Being poor but having big dreams is a stupid combination I guess.
He's asking for the money back" she explained. I was expecting that she cheated on me or something so I was actually happy to hear this.
"I committed plagiarism in my first year. I had two jobs, combined with college.
I was so tired all the time, I forgot one essay so yeah.. he wants to tell my school" I shook my head.
This guy...
"So he forced me to go to dinner with him and his boss so he could make a big promotion. I did that, I'm sorry, I had to tell you but I promise nothing happened" she said as she looked in my eyes.
I believed her. I don't know why, but her eyes told me she was telling the truth.
"But now he wants more and more and more" she sighed as she put her head back on my chest.
Once again, she didn't trust me enough to tell me immediately.
I felt bad for her, I had such an easy life compared to hers, but that was about to change now that she had me.

I lifted her up and walked her to the bedroom. She needed sleep, it looked as if she didn't sleep for a long time.
"Take your clothes off" I said while I walked to my closet. I guess she was too tired to make a snarky comment because she just did what I asked.
I held up a hoodie and tshirt and looked at her. "Which one do you want?" I titled my head a little. Her smile almost covered her entire face.
"Both" she laughed, so I gave her both of them.
She put the hoodie aside while putting the shirt on.
I guess one was to keep and one to wear.
"For what company works this idiot?" I asked as I sat down on the edge of the bed. "Dell" she answered as she laid down and closed her eyes.
"Give me his number please" I said as I got up because she was already pointing at her phone.
I loved how she didn't ask why I needed it, she completely trusted me.

I cuddled her until she fell asleep, which didn't take long at all.
I got out of bed when I was sure she wouldn't wake up.

I had a call to make.