Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars

Author's note: It has been an insane long time since I've updated this story. I had actually given up on it, but recently I have been getting reviews asking me to continue, so I thought I'd give it another shot! For those who are still reading this story, enjoy!

Ezra felt confused as he heard the words, "I want you to give me a second chance", out of Jemma's mouth. He shook his head as he asked, "I- I don't get it? What exactly do you expect from me?"

Jemma took a deep breath and replied, "I want you to go on a date with me. I really think that what we had is still here and I can tell that you're wondering the same thing, so we owe it to ourselves to find out."

Ezra sighed and said, "Jemma… I'm in love with Aria. What do you think is going to happen? That I'm going to suddenly fall back in love with you and toss her aside? Maybe what we had is indeed still here… but it's nothing compared to what I have now."

Jemma sounded desperate as she pleaded, "Please? Just one date? We were kids back then… Maybe what we had isn't anything compared to what you have now… But what we could have, might be even better than what you have right now… "

When Ezra didn't answer her plea, she closed the gap between them and put her hand on his cheek. As she looked into his eyes, she should see that they were wary and she said, "I promise you, I will never hurt you that way again. We could start the family we were supposed to have."

Ezra still didn't say anything, but his eyes weren't wary anymore, so Jemma took this as a sign and leaned in closer. As she realized that Ezra wasn't going to walk away, she put her lips against his and kissed him.

Aria stretched her entire body with a sleepy grunt, as she slowly opened her eyes and peered over at the alarm clock. She let out a huge sigh as she realized that she was late for her first class. She thought about getting up and getting ready, so she wouldn't be late for her other classes, but she didn't really feel like it. With everything that was going on, she didn't really feel like going on with her life, pretending that everything was fine. She tried that yesterday and that didn't really turn out great.

She turned around and pulled the covers over her head, thinking she'd just stay home today.
Home… yes, that's where she was. Here she felt safe, here she felt loved & here nothing bad could happen to her.

She groaned as her cell phone rang and she reluctantly got out from under the covers to pick up.

"Hello?", Aria answered sleepily.

The person on the other side of the phone chuckled and asked, "Did I just wake you?"

Aria giggled and replied, "Yes, Ryan, yes you did. And I know, I missed class…again."

Ryan laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. Are you feeling okay?"

Aria smiled and replied, "That's okay, I should probably get up anyways… And I'm okay, I guess? I've felt better, but I'll be fine."

Ryan sounded worried and suggested, "Is there anything I can do? I mean, obviously I'll send you notes from classes and all that. But if there's anything else I can do or help you with, you know I'm here for you, right?"

Aria felt a bit awkward, because she had recently realized that maybe Ryan did think of her as more than a friend. She said, "That's very nice of you, Ryan. I'll definitely keep that in mind… Is there a particular reason you're calling me or are you just checking up on me?"

Ryan admitted, "Both, actually. I've been worried about you, because you haven't seemed yourself lately, but that's not really why I called."

Aria was curious and asked, "Oh?"

Ryan explained, "Today in business class they gave us an assignment… a group assignment. And since you weren't there to choose a group, I got you a spot in mine. I hope you don't mind?"

Aria shook her head as she replied, "No, I don't mind at all. Thank you for doing that, who knows who I would have ended up with otherwise."

Ryan chuckled as he said, "Very true. There's four of us now: you, me and two other people. It's some girl named Spencer and her boyfriend, who's name I've forgotten already. I'm guessing we'll probably split the work in two, but we should definitely get together with them to discuss how we're going to divide the work and all."

Aria was rubbing her forehead in frustration as she replied, "Yeah, that's probably a good idea." Deep down though, she hated the idea. Ryan had deliberately put them in a group with two people who were a couple… Did he think of meeting up together as some sort of double date?

Ryan sounded really enthusiastic as he asked, "Any chance you're free tonight? The sooner we can get started, the more time we'll have to work on the assignment."

Aria felt a bit hesitant as she answered, "I guess so?"

Ryan didn't even notice the hesitation in Aria's voice and said, "Great! I'll text you the details in a bit! I better let you get back to your beauty sleep. Bye!"

After Aria had said goodbye and hung up, she cursed at herself for picking up the phone. For a second there, she considered quitting college just so she wouldn't have to do this assignment… but that seemed a bit overly dramatic.

"It'll be fine", she tried convincing herself out loud. Then she let out a whining sigh and she put the covers over her head again.

When Ezra got back to his apartment, he was deep into thought. He walked over to the bedroom and thought back to Jemma's kiss. When he walked into the bedroom, his eyes widened as he noticed Aria and asked surprised, "Aria, what are you doing here?"

Aria frowned at Ezra's comment and replied, "I live here, remember? Well, for a few more days at least."

Ezra tried to manage a smile and said, "Of course, I know that, silly. I meant, why are you not at school?"

Aria shrugged innocently and replied, "I kind of overslept? Your bed is too damn comfortable. But now that you're home early… how about we take advantage of that?" Aria threw the covers off of her, revealing herself in lingerie and seductively continued, "How about you take advantage of me?"

Ezra walked over towards the bed and took a seat at Aria's side as he said, "We need to talk…"

Aria sat up, pulling the covers over her body again, feeling a tiny bit rejected. Most of all though, she felt very worried and she asked, "What's wrong?"

Ezra started, "As you know, I went to see Jemma this morning…"

Aria nodded in understanding and continued, "And she said no, right? She won't help me?"

Ezra seemed to weigh his words as he replied, "Yes and no… She'd only help you on one condition. That I break up with you and give her a second chance."

Aria feared the answer as she asked, "Is that why you're being so distant? Because you're breaking up with me?"

Ezra shook his head, took Aria's hand in his and replied, "What? No! I could never break up with you… I couldn't bear to live without you."

Aria was a bit confused as she asked, "Then why are you acting so weird?

Ezra sighed, got up and started pacing in front of her.

Aria got out of bed, went to stand in front of Ezra to stop him from pacing and said, "Ezra… you're scaring me… what's wrong?"

Ezra shook his head and replied, "I don't know how to tell you this…"

Aria felt her fear increasing as she asked, "Tell me what, Ezra?"

It was quiet for a bit, but then Ezra admitted, "She kissed me."

Aria felt a surge of anger inside her and asked, "She did what, now!?"

Ezra started, "I'm really sorry, I-", but he was interrupted by Aria asking, "Did you kiss her back?"

Ezra shook his head and replied, "No… not really."

Aria raised an eyebrow as she asked, "Not really!? What's that supposed to mean!? You either did or you didn't, there's not really a middle ground there!"

Ezra sighed and explained, "I didn't kiss her back, but I didn't stop her either. I knew she was leaning in to kiss me and I let her…"

Aria bit her lip hard to stop herself from crying. When she had calmed herself down a bit, she asked, "Did you want to kiss her back?"

When Ezra didn't reply immediately, Aria said, "Damn it, Ezra! I gave you an out! I gave you an out before I slept with you! How c-." Aria couldn't finish her sentence because she was trying not to burst out into tears.

Aria found that it was getting harder and harder to breathe. She needed to get away from here, from him. She headed over to the bathroom to get dressed, but Ezra followed her. He called out after her and tugged at her hand to stop.

Aria pulled back her hand and snapped, "Don't touch me!" She rushed over to the bathroom and slammed the door. After she locked the door, she slid down it and thought back to the first time she'd been in here, just like this.

Ezra leaned his forehead against the bathroom door and pleaded, "Aria, please… let me explain."

Aria scoffed and replied bitterly, "Explain what? That you want to get back together with your ex, but you don't have the guts to say it? You just said it yourself, that you could never break up with me… So what's the plan here? You hurt me enough so that I'll break up with you!?"

Ezra sounded distressed as he said, "What!? No! I don't want to break up!"

Aria sounded tired as she asked, "Then what is it that you want, Ezra?"

Ezra sighed and replied , "I want you to open this door so we can talk face to face."

Aria reluctantly got up from the floor, unlocked the door and opened it. As she stood in the doorway, she said, "Fine. Talk."

Ezra motioned to hold Aria's hands into his, but she pulled them away. He started, "Aria… I love you. I don't want to lose you."

Before Ezra could say anything else, Aria interrupted, "So you keep saying… So what is it that you want from me, exactly? You wanted her to kiss you… Are you looking for a free pass to sleep with her? Is that why you're telling me all this?"

Ezra shook his head and continued, "I'm telling you all this because I want to be honest with you. If I hadn't told you about the kiss, I'm pretty sure Jemma or my mother would have tried using it to drive a wedge between us. Though I guess I might have done that myself now."

Aria shook her head in disappointment and said, "But you're not being honest with me. And if you yourself believe that that is the only reason why you told me… then you're not being honest with yourself either. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a shower and get ready, because I'm meeting up with some classmates later."

After Aria had gotten ready, she checked her phone and noticed that Ryan had texted her the address where they were going to meet up later tonight. A pizza place on campus, that didn't sound too date-like, so that was good. In the meanwhile, she still had some time to kill and she wasn't going to spend it here. She gathered her things and made her way to the front door.

Ezra was in his office as he noticed Aria passing it and he got up to follow her. When he had reached her, he asked, "Where are you going?"

Aria turned around and replied matter-of-factly, "Out."

Ezra sighed in exasperation and said, "That's not what I meant. We need to finish our earlier conversation."

Aria mouthed off by saying, "Oh? Was that a conversation? I was under the impression it was a fight. My bad." Then she turned back around and headed to the front door.

Ezra grabbed her arm to stop her and turned her around. As he did that, Aria pulled back her arm forcefully and slapped Ezra's cheek as hard as she could. She continued walking as she said, "I told you not to touch me. Just let me go, Ezra."

Ezra rubbed his cheek as he walked after her and pleaded, "Aria, please… don't do this to me. Don't walk out on me. I know I made a mistake."

Before Aria opened the door, she turned around and asked, "And what mistake would that be, exactly? Letting her kiss you or telling me about it? Or maybe the biggest mistake of all was not giving her that second chance…"

Ezra shook his head and replied, "The biggest mistake I ever made was contacting her in the first place. I knew the only reason she was back was because of my mother and her schemes. I should have just left it alone."

Aria shrugged and explained, "But you obviously couldn't leave it alone for some reason… It's okay to still have some lingering feelings for her, Ezra. That is something that I could understand. What I don't understand is that you're lying to me, saying that you don't…lying to yourself even. Because you clearly do still have some kind of feelings for her, but you led me to believe that that wasn't the case and I believed it… I wanted to believe it and because of that I let my guard down… I guess that's my mistake."

Before Ezra could say anything else, Aria walked out the door.

Aria didn't really know where to go to now. She couldn't go to her apartment as it was still off limits due to the police investigation, so the only place she could go to was campus. She didn't feel like going to class because she wasn't going to be able to pay attention anyways, so she decided to go to the library and maybe do some research for her group assignment.

When she got to the library, she sat down at one of the tables and got out her laptop and started it up. The first things she did was check her emails…which were a lot of emails, almost all from Ryan. She decided to catch up on his notes some other time and started researching on the topic of their assignment. After she had looked up which books she needed, she got them and then copied the relevant pages from it. As she went back to her seat, she noticed that someone else had taken a seat across from her.

When she sat down, the particular boy noticed and with a British accent, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I hope you don't mind, but all the other tables were already taken."

Aria tried to smile, but it took a lot of effort because she just wasn't feeling okay. She replied, "It's okay, I don't mind."

The boy sounded relieved as he said, "Oh good! I'm Andrew, by the way."

Aria felt a bit annoyed because she just wanted to be left alone, but she didn't want to seem rude, so she politely replied, "I'm Aria."

Andrew seemed way too cheery to her as he said, "Nice to meet you, Aria. Please stop me if I step out of line, but I must say that you are absolutely gorgeous and it would be an honor if I could buy you a drink sometime."

Aria laughed and replied, "Wow! That was way too cheesy. You seem like a nice guy…"

Andrew interrupted Aria, "But you don't want to get a drink with me… that's okay. You've probably got a boyfriend anyways, how could you not? I just had to ask on the off chance you'd say yes."

When Aria heard Andrew mention the term "boyfriend", she immediately thought of Ezra. Was he still her boyfriend? Is he still going to be? Were they just headed towards an inevitable break-up? She didn't feel like thinking about it, she just wanted something to take her mind off it. Aria smiled and said, "Actually, that wasn't what I was going to say… I wanted to suggest we go out for a drink right now?"

Andrew looked surprised but excited at the same time as he replied, "Really? Uh, yeah, that sounds great. Where do you want to go?"

Aria thought for a bit and then suggested, "Well, I'm meeting up with some people later, not far from here. I think there's a bar around there, so you could keep me company while I wait?"

Andrew nodded with a big smile and then said, "Alright! Let's go."

When Aria and Andrew arrived at the bar, they ordered some drinks and started talking about school. Then Andrew all of a sudden changed the tone of the conversation by asking, "I must ask… how come that a beautiful, smart and sweet girl like yourself, does not have a boyfriend?"

Aria, who was a bit tipsy by now, replied by asking, "Well, let me ask you this… how come that a handsome, smart and sweet guy, who also happens to have a British accent, does not have a girlfriend?"

Andrew laughed and said, "I only moved here a few months ago from England. The accent doesn't really work over there."

Aria giggled and replied, "Yeah, that makes sense."

Andrew looked deeply into Aria's eyes as he admitted, "And maybe I just hadn't run into the right girl yet…"

As Andrew leaned in closer, his eyes shifted between Aria's eyes and lips. Right before his lips touched hers, she leaned back and said, "I'm sorry."

Andrew felt uncomfortable as he replied apologetically, "No, I'm the one who should be sorry. I shouldn't have assumed anything. I apologize for rushing into things, I shouldn't have tried to kiss you."

Aria smiled, put her hand on Andrew's arm and reassured him, "No, please don't apologize. It's not you, you're…pretty much perfect. Any girl would be lucky to be kissed by you. My life's kind of complicated right now and I just don't want to drag anyone else into my mess."

All of a sudden, Aria heard a voice behind her that sounded very familiar, asking, "So this is what you had to do? Go to a bar with some other guy? Is this your way of getting even with me? Hooking up with someone else?"

Aria got off her seat, turned around and replied, "Excuse me!? What on earth are you doing here? How did you even know where I was? …. Did you track my phone!?"

Ezra shrugged and said, "So what if I did? I called you like twenty times and you ignored me! Excuse me for getting worried that something had happened to you and wanting to find you!"

Aria replied angrily, "You had no right to do that, Ezra! My phone was on silent because I was at the library. If I had known you'd called twenty times, I would have texted you to tell you to leave me the hell alone."

Andrew stood there awkwardly watching Ezra and Aria fight, then said, "I think it might be best if I go."

Ezra gave Andrew an angry look and replied, "You think!?"

Aria shoved Ezra's shoulder and said, "Hey! Don't talk to him like that, he did nothing wrong. If there's anyone that should be going, it's you."

Ezra was taken aback by Aria's behavior and he looked hurt as he said, "Aria, you don't mean that."

Aria tried to fight her tears as she admitted, "But I do… Can't you see? This isn't working. No, actually, it's too much work… I just can't do this anymore. I'm done… We're done. I'll have someone come pick up my stuff tomorrow."

Ezra stood there, unable to say anything, as he heard Aria say the words he'd been dreading to hear.

Aria turned to Andrew and said, "I'm sorry you had to see that. It was nice meeting you." Then she turned around and headed out the door.

As soon as Aria got outside, Ezra followed suit and stepped in front of her to stop her. Aria gave him an annoyed look and tried to go around him, but he stopped her.

"Please listen," Ezra pleaded. When Aria didn't try to leave again, he continued, "She was pregnant, that's why she took the money. She went to my mom for money, to get an abortion. She was carrying my child… and she got rid of it. This morning I found out that there had been a child, that was mine and hers, and then seconds later I had to deal with losing that child. I know that it might sound crazy, because it seems crazy to me, but for that reason this morning, I felt connected to her somehow and I allowed her to kiss me. Now I know that telling you this in no way excuses that, so all I can do now is just hope that you'll give me yet another chance. I realize that I don't deserve it, or you, because you've given me plenty of chances so far, but please don't give up on me now? "

Aria's face softened and she said, "Thank you, for being honest with me…"

Ezra looked hopeful as he asked, "Does this mean you'll stay?"

Aria looked away for a bit, then looked at Ezra again and replied, "I don't know… I love you, so much… too much. Sometimes because of that, I stop thinking clearly and I overreact. The kiss shouldn't have happened, but I should be thankful that you were honest to me about it and your feelings. But that is my rational side speaking and to be honest, when I'm with you, that side tends to lose. Right now, on the inside, I'm absolutely livid that you let her kiss you. Not to mention that what you just said hurt me a lot, because it means you're able to connect with her on a level that you and I will never be able to. It makes me jealous. I'm happy when I'm with you, but once other people start getting involved, everything turns into a mess and I end up getting hurt or I end up hurting you… The last thing I want to do is hurt you."

Ezra looked at Aria with fear in his eyes and asked, "So what are you saying? Are you talking yourself into staying, or out of it?"

Aria shrugged and answered, "I wish I knew… Right now I have all these conflicting feelings. My head is at war with my heart."

Ezra nodded and said, "Then I will give you all the space you need. And when you're ready and you've decided… then I'll be there. Whether it is to hold you in my arms again… or whether it is to let you go. You are my princess and the most important thing in my life is your happiness, so if you want me to let you go… I will."

Aria put her hand on Ezra's cheek and said, "Thank you." Then she kissed him softly on the lips, turned around and walked away.

Aria was standing outside of the pizza place, waiting for Ryan and her two other classmates. She was checking her phone, to see what time it was and noticed the missed calls from Ezra earlier and some texts.

Just when she was about to open them, she heard Ryan call out her name. She put away her phone and looked up at Ryan and said hello.

Ryan looked at Aria a bit worried and asked, "Everything okay?"

Aria shrugged a little and replied, "As good as can be, considering."

Ryan was looking even more worried now and inquired, "What do you mean? What's wrong?"

Aria thought to herself, "Oh, I don't know… maybe the fact that I'm the prime suspect in my ex-boyfriend's murder. And above all that, I think I met the love of my life and we can't be like two seconds together with all these other people causing drama." But instead of saying all that, she just smiled weakly and said, "Oh, just a little disagreement between me and Ezra, that's all."

Ryan didn't seem so much worried as a bit relieved when he heard that. He put his hand on Aria's shoulder and said, "I wouldn't worry about it, you'll figure things out. And if you don't, then it's his loss."

Aria felt a bit awkward replying to that, so she just smiled and nodded.

Ryan gestured to the door as he asked, "Do you want to go inside already? Spencer texted me that they'd be here in like 5 minutes or something."

Aria nodded and said, "Sure."

Then they walked inside, got a table and waited for their classmates to arrive.

Aria handed her research to Ryan, so he could take a look at it. When he took the papers, his thumb lightly stroked her hand, which made her very uncomfortable.

She was relieved when Ryan announced, "Oh, they're here." Ryan waved them over and they walked over to the table.

When they got to the table, she got a good look at them both and was shocked to see that Spencer's boyfriend was Andrew.

She looked Andrew in the eyes and he looked as startled as she did.

Ryan hadn't picked up on anything and cheerily introduced everyone, "Aria, this is Spencer and her boyfriend Andrew. Guys, this is Aria."

Aria snapped out of it and gave them both a big smile and said, "Nice to meet you guys." When they replied, she noticed that Andrew no longer had a British accent.

When that awkward moment was over, they ordered some drinks and started working on the project. After they had divided the work, they ordered some food and talked about school.

Spencer was rambling, "… and I actually only have to pass this course and one other and then I can graduate early. Which is great because I've already locked down my internship."

Ryan looked excited and asked, "That's amazing! Where exactly are you interning?"

Spencer enthusiastically replied, "Kingston publishing! I can't believe I scored an internship there!"

Ryan nudged Aria and said, "Look out, Aria! Better warn your boyfriend. Your competition is getting an amazing intern pretty soon."

Aria was pulled out of her train of thought and asked, "What?"

Ryan said matter-of-factly, "You know, Kingston publishing is like the biggest rival of Fitz publishing…"

Aria still didn't realize where he was going, so Ryan continued, "Fitz publishing… Ezra Fitz, your boyfriend. Please tell me you know that Ezra Fitz is the owner of the number 1 publishing company in America."

Aria felt and looked embarrassed that she didn't even know what kind of company Ezra was running. Publishing… it didn't really seem like him… she assumed he was running some tech company or something.

Spencer looked excited as she said, "Never mind that! You're dating Ezra Fitz? Wow!"

Aria felt herself getting even more embarrassed now, so she just replied, trying to change the subject, "Yeah, we only started dating recently though. So how long have you guys been dating?"

Aria noticed that Andrew was tensing up at her question. Spencer didn't seem to notice and proudly announced, "Going on 2 years now!"

Aria looked Andrew in the eyes, realizing he had been lying about everything and said, "Wow, isn't that something!"

After some more conversation, they decided to call it a night. When Ryan went to go pay and Spencer was in the bathroom, Aria and Andrew were alone at the table.

Aria sounded disgusted as she asked him, "What the hell do you think you're doing? Do you make a habit out of pretending to be a British single man? Do you think it's okay to cheat on your girlfriend like that!?"

Andrew replied smugly, "What are you going to do? Tell her? There's no way she'll believe you. Besides, you've just seen how she gets. So sometimes it's nice to meet a girl who's not that… intense."

Aria shook her head and said, "You do not deserve that girl… or any girl for that matter. If you're not happy with her, then you should just allow her to be happy with someone else. The least you can do is tell her the truth, that way she won't be in as much pain over losing you."

Andrew laughed and replied, "Yeah, there isn't any chance of me doing that. I love her, so I'm not going to break up with her. But I'm not going to confess to her that I've cheated on her… If I do, then she won't trust me anymore and there's a big chance she'll catch me next time if she suspects something."

Aria was about to say something, when Spencer returned from the bathroom. Seconds later Ryan joined them again too. Spencer and Andrew said goodbye and then left.

Aria was about to say goodbye to Ryan, when he offered, "Let me drive you home, it's pretty late."

Aria nodded and they walked over to his car. When they got in, Aria asked, "Could you drop me off at Ezra's instead?"

Ryan gave her a nod and said, "Sure, just tell me where to go."

Aria gave him Ezra's address and then they were on their way. After a bit of silence, Ryan asked, "So what's the deal with you two? What was your argument about?"

Aria sighed sadly and replied, "His ex-girlfriend showed up again, asking for a second chance. Then she kissed him…"

Ryan frowned and asked, "That's it? That's what you're fighting about, a kiss?"

Aria replied, "A kiss with his ex-girlfriend. Someone who he cared for very deeply at a point in his life, and apparently he still does."

Ryan shook his head and said, "Look, if he still loved this girl, then he would have given her a second chance. If he was even contemplating about giving her a second chance, he wouldn't have told you about the kiss. Men who cheat or are thinking about cheating aren't honest about these things."

Aria was deep into thought and suddenly thought back to what Andrew had told her a bit earlier and realized that Ryan was right. Maybe she should give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

Ezra was in his office, doing some work, when all of a sudden he heard the door bell. When he went to open it, he saw that it was Jemma.

Jemma looked at him apologetically as she asked, "Can I come in?"

Ezra didn't move an inch, to let Jemma know that she wasn't welcome in his house.

When Jemma realized the meaning behind Ezra's silence, she said, "Look, I'm really sorry for this morning. I shouldn't have given you an ultimatum like that. I also shouldn't have kissed you. I'm truly sorry if I caused any trouble between you and Aria."

Ezra scoffed and asked, "Are you? Are you really sorry? Because as far as I know, that's exactly what you and my mother have been trying to do."

Jemma looked guilty as she replied, "I know… And I don't expect you to believe me when I say that I never wanted any of this. All I can do is show you that I truly am sorry and that I want to try and fix it. I will help Aria, I will be her lawyer, if you'll still have me."

Ezra looked at Jemma warily as he asked, "And how am I supposed to know that this isn't just another trick? That instead of helping her, you're actually trying to get her to go to jail."

Jemma shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I guess you'll just have to trust me on that."

Ezra was about to say something, when all of a sudden, he noticed Aria getting out of the elevator. As Ezra watched Aria walking towards them, he noticed the fire in her eyes.

Jemma had turned her attention to Aria as well now and wanted to greet her, but she was stopped by Aria, who gestured with her hand to not speak.

There was a moment of awkward silence before Aria spoke up, looking Jemma directly in the eyes and saying, "Get out."

Jemma was taken aback at Aria's reaction, but before she could speak, Aria stopped her again with the same gesture she used before and emphasized every word as she said, "I said, get out."

Jemma looked at Ezra, hoping he would say something, but he didn't, so she headed for the elevator.

As soon as Jemma was gone, Aria motioned for Ezra to go back inside, which he did. As soon as Aria was inside herself, she slammed shut the door, which startled Ezra.

Ezra turned around in shock and wanted to say something, but he refrained as he noticed Aria's look as she strode towards him.

Aria looked firmly into Ezra's eyes and commanded him, "Get down on both knees, now."

Ezra had no clue what was going on, but did as he was told.

As soon as Ezra got down on both knees, Aria grabbed his hair and pulled his head back. She looked down at him as she emphasized, "YOU. ARE. MINE. And mine alone, you got that? You are mine as much as I am yours. I will not allow anyone to come between us anymore, understand?"

Ezra nodded, so Aria let him go as she said, "Good. Now get up and undress me, slowly."

Ezra got up and started undressing Aria, slowly, clothing item per clothing item. When she was completely naked, she started undressing Ezra.

When she was done, she started walking towards the bedroom and called behind her, "You better follow me, or I'll start without you."

Aria's last sentence caught Ezra's attention and he hurried to the bedroom. When he got to the bedroom, he noticed that Aria was holding handcuffs.

Aria motioned towards the bed as she said, "Go lay down on your back."

After Ezra laid down, Aria used the handcuffs to tie his hands to the headboard and then got on top of him. She took his cock in her hand and pumped it a few times to make him hard for her. When he was hard enough, she lifted her hips and then lowered herself onto him. Aria threw her head back and bit her bottom lip as she took him all in.

She closed her eyes in pleasure and started riding him, picking up the pace every now and then. Her breathing was getting ragged as she was nearing her climax. She screamed as she finally reached it and then continued riding Ezra's cock to try and get multiple releases, which she got. After her fourth orgasm, she was too exhausted to continue, so she stopped and opened her eyes again.

Aria bent down and started kissing Ezra passionately. When she was out of breath, she stopped and looked him in the eyes. She let out a sigh and admitted, "I want you to promise me that you will never ever let me go… even if you think that it might be the best thing for me. I want you to promise me that you will never ever think of yourself as not good enough for me, because we are absolutely right for each other."

Ezra nodded and said, "I promise."

Aria smiled sweetly, whispered the word "Good", then kissed him on the lips.

When Aria leaned back, Ezra pulled on his restraints and asked, "Not that I'm not loving dominant you, because I am, but could you maybe uncuff me? I happen to have plans for you that involve my hands."

Aria grinned at Ezra's words and removed the handcuffs. As soon as Ezra's hands were free, he grabbed Aria by the waist and flipped them so that he was now on top of her.

He lifted her hips with his hands and started thrusting inside of her at an increasing speed. It wasn't long before he tipped Aria over the edge again, himself with it. Ezra pulled out of Aria and went to lie next to her.

He gently started playing with her hair and after a while, he kissed her on the forehead and admitted, "You're my happy ending."

Okay, that's it for chapter 15! I hope you liked it! How many people are still reading this story? Let me know by reviewing please :)