A few weeks ago, I ca to Miami with the full intent of having the ti of my life. In a matter of days after arriving, I found out how true that statent was going to be.
Jas Valentino ca back into my life like a hurricane and changed everything.
The erotic way he touched caused my body to co to life, and every mont spent with him was intoxicating—however, it was short-lived and bittersweet.
The taxi pulled away from the house, and as it did, I didn’t bother to look back. I had no idea where I was going, but with my phone in my hand, I knew of soone who might be able to help.
“Hello?” the familiar sweet voice said on the other end of the line as tears finally fell down my cheeks.
“Allegra... it’s Becca. Can I co stay with you for a few days?”
“Of course, babe. I’ll text you the address,” she replied while hanging up the phone.
I barely knew the woman, and yet she had been kinder to than most. She had told back in the Bahamas if I ever needed anything, I could reach out to her.
Perhaps she knew this might happen... like a seer who could tell the future.
Allegra was far wiser than she appeared, but from what she said, she was just observant.
“Can you take to the River Edge please?” I asked the driver as I wiped my tears.
“Of course, ma’am.” The driver turned down another road and headed straight towards the ocean until a large black building ca into view. The large bay windows of the building glistened in the Miami sun.
This woman had more money than I’d realized, and from the looks of it, she was living it up in Miami the way most people dread of living.
“Here we are.” The driver ca to a stop. Pulling cash from my purse, I handed it over to him, saying thank you as he got out to help with my things.
Walking into the building, I followed the directions Allegra gave , and before I knew it, I was standing at her front door, forcing back my tears as she opened it with wide arms and a shocked face.
“Oh, honey. What happened to you?” She ushered in and closed the door. “I don’t know what happened, but I have alcohol and food on the way. We are going to sit here and talk about this, because if you’re leaving Jas’ house, it ans sothing bad happened.”
Tears stread down my cheeks as I laughed, nodding my head. “Thank you for letting stay here.”
“Oh, sweetie. You don’t have to thank . Go put your stuff in the room down the hall with the blue walls. Co out when you’re ready.”
Giving her a small smile, I turned down the hallway, feeling her eyes on the entire ti. One may think that being here with her was weird, but since the night at the club, the two of us had beco close—and not sexually.
She was like a big sister to , minus the weird idea of it, considering what we had done. She was just really close to and helped clear my mind with a lot of things.
Not to ntion she put in contact with a friend of hers who could help with my dissertation. I had never had a friend like her before, and now with Tally hating ...
She was the only friend I had.
Stepping into the room, I sighed, looking around at the lavish beautiful set up it had. It was simplistic, but it reflected Allegra’s nautical appeal. She loved the ocean and boating, and this was a highlight of her true loves in life.
Forty-five minutes later, and one amazing hot shower, I exited the room to find her standing at the bar, scrolling through her phone with an array of food in front of her and one huge pitcher of margaritas.
“You weren’t kidding about the food and drinks,” I chuckled as she looked up at , laughing.
“I told you I had you. Now, let’s pour you a drink, and then you tell everything that happened.” Allegra didn’t waste ti with preparing things. She pulled a tall, clear glass from the counter and filled it to the top, popping a tal straw inside before sliding it towards .
Her eyebrows raised to tell to start talking.
“Jas and I got into an argunt earlier—” I sighed.
“Is that what happened to your face?” she asked with a cautious glance.
“My face—oh, no, no, no. This was soone else... my ex, Chad.”
Her eyes widened, having rembered what I had told her in the Bahamas. “The super dick did that to you?! Did you call the cops?”
“No,” I replied, taking a long sip of my drink. “If I had, it could have destroyed my future. His family is too powerful, and his dad is good at ruining people’s lives.”
Scoffing, Allegra rolled her eyes, shaking her head. “I hope Jas taught that little f*ck a lesson, then.”
“Oh, I’m sure he did. He ca ho covered in blood.”
“Honestly, Becca... it doesn’t surprise . I have known Jas for a while, and he isn’t the kind of man that takes kindly to won getting beat on. He may seem sweet, but sweetie, he has a side to him you don’t know. He can be dangerous.”
I knew Allegra was trying to make feel better, but it scared to know he could be that way. Violence doesn’t solve problems, and he took it upon himself to take care of sothing that didn’t pertain to him.
“Yeah, I’m realizing that. We argued about it and then had amazing sex...”
Allegra choked on her drink after hearing my comnt and laughed at my exaggeration of amazing sex. “Oh, well, I’m glad to hear it was amazing, but then what the hell happened for you to leave if you guys stopped fighting?”
Opening my mouth, I closed it again, trying to find the words I needed to let her know what had happened. My heart was shattered, but the argunt with Tally and Jas kept replaying over and over in my head.
“Tally walked in on us,” I whispered as a small laugh escaped .
Allegra’s eyes were wide as she stared at . Her mouth was agape, and the wheels in her mind were spinning. “Oh, f*ck.”
“Yeah, oh f*ck is right.”
“What did she do? I an, like I thought she was with her mom.” Allegra said in disbelief, and that comnt alone made want to cry.
“She was, but she called Jas and let him know she was coming ho early, and he knew she could catch us. But instead of talking to about it, and us talking to her normally, he just let her walk in and catch us having sex.”
“Damn,” Allegra exhaled. “I bet she was f*cking pissed about that. Never did care for that girl. She always acted like she was better than everyone else.”
Allegra wasn’t wrong with that observation. Tally thought she was better than everyone else, and that was her biggest downfall. She didn’t care about anyone else’s feelings, and it didn’t matter how many tis she hurt you... if you hurt her, you were done.
“I didn’t want it to happen that way.” I tried to hold back my tears. “She flipped out, called nas, and I even think she called and told her mother.”
“Did Jas not say anything?” she asked as she took my now empty glass and refilled it. “I an, I can’t see him just standing there doing nothing.”
“Actually, he told her we were nothing, and I was just soone he was f*cking. That we were consensual adults or so shit. Then, when I told him I was leaving, he tried to get to stay, and said he only told her that to get her to stop flipping out.”
The entire ti I had known Allegra, I had never seen her get upset about anything. She was a carefree spirit who lived life to the fullest. Everything was spiritual to her, and the world was hers to explore.
However, the mont I told her what Jas said, her happy persona disappeared.
“Are you f*cking kidding ?” she asked with narrowed brows. “He acted that way?”
“Uh–yeah. I an, he stopped Tally after she hit when she caught us, but other than that, he did nothing. He didn’t even co outside with when I walked out of the house. Instead, he stayed with Tally.”
Standing from her seat, Allegra walked around to where I was sitting and wrapped her arms around . The tears I was holding back cascaded down my face as I cried on her shoulder. “I’m such a fool. I went in knowing it was just sex, but then when he started acting like he cared, I thought maybe it could be more.”
“It’s not your fault, sweetie. Allison f*cked him up, and he obviously can’t see a good thing if it slapped him in the face. Sotis I swear I don’t know whether to smother that man or beat his ass.”
Laughter escaped as I pictured Allegra beating Jas’ ass. He was a very well defined man, and Allegra was a tall, blonde, bubbly supermodel who maybe weighed one-fifteen soaking wet.
“Allegra!” a voice yelled from the front door, followed by pounding. I knew that voice. It was Jas, and after everything he had put through today, I wasn’t sure why he was here.
“I’m not ready to see him. Please don’t let him in,” I begged her with wide-eyes and tears streaming down my face.
She was silent for a mont before she nodded. “You go hide in the back room really quick. I will get rid of him, okay?”
Moving towards my room, I stood behind the wall listening, and my heart dropped when I heard him. “Where is she?”
“She isn’t here, Jas,” Allegra replied.
“Yes, she is. I know she is here,” he snapped. “I need to speak to her.”
“She WAS here,” Allegra emphasized. “She left about an hour ago. She dropped so things off here, but said that was because she didn’t want to have to carry a bunch of stuff around. She left after that, and I have no idea where she went.”
“Shit!” Jas swore. “If she cos back, will you call and let know?”
“No, I won’t. Not after what happened. I’m not getting involved in this, Jas. You are going to have to figure this out yourself. I an, I love you to death, but you f*cked up.”
Allegra’s skills at lying impressed . She would have had believing what she was saying had I not already known the truth. With the shutting of her door and the sounds of footsteps, her head popped around my door with a smile.
“He’s gone,” she said softly as she gestured for to co back out.
“Thank you for that. I hate putting you in the middle.”
Allegra’s eyes t mine, and she shrugged with a smile. “I’m entertained with this all, and look forward to seeing how this plays out. Consider it my real life drama show.”
“It practically is with all the shit going on.”
A heavy sigh escaped as I bit my bottom lip, thinking about Jas and how he sounded. Had I seen him, I probably would have fallen into his arms, but after what he did, I wasn’t sure what to do.
“You know—” Allegra said with hesitation, “you’re going to have to see him, eventually.”
“I know.” Oh, god, did I know.
If I wasn’t strong enough, he would end up breaking my heart completely.
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