LOL! Yeah, I like my Lissa to have a backbone... And in this story, has got one in spades!
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Chapter 10

"So… no more bullshit, right? We're back together." Dimitri said as he watched Rose get the coffee machine going the next morning.

"Right." Rose hadn't been able to wipe the smile off her face all morning, or all night, she was fairly sure she even slept with one too and their activities in the shower only a matter minutes before, had made her smile even more. She shivered as she felt strong, muscular arms wrap around her from behind. "Except for when I go get the next two cars, of course, then it's us against you."

Her sharp wit was one of the things he loved so much about her. "You're getting a little ahead of yourself there, Roza. What makes you think you're going to get either one?" Dimitri had missed Rose's scent, it was his favourite aroma and now that he had her back, he found he couldn't stop from burying his nose into the skin of her neck.

"I don't think anything Dimitri, I know." Rose let out a squeak as Dimitri took a nip at the skin just under her ear, but her eyes started to roll when she felt the tip of his tongue come out to sooth the area. She really loved his tongue.

"So, how much time do we have till you… have to go?" he said lightly biting the lobe of her ear before sucking it into his mouth.

Rose moaned at the sensation until the words actually sunk in, then she started laughing. "I know what you're doing."

"What am I doing, Baby?" He asked smiling deviously.

"You're trying to distract me while pumping me for information and it's not going to work. Now, drink your coffee… I have to leave shortly to meet Lissa." She turned in Dimitri's arms, putting his fresh coffee on the bench beside her before wrapping her arms around his neck. She took a second to look into the warm brown eyes she'd missed so much lately. "I'm sorry I was so stubborn and wouldn't listen."

"Don't be…" Dimitri smiled. "I like you that way. I like your fire, it's who you are. And if I was trying to distract you baby, you'd be putty in my hands by now."

"Whatever." She said with a snort of amusement. But she knew he was telling the God's honest truth.

"So where was Lissa last night?" Dimitri asked as he sipped his coffee. Luckily, Rose had already thought of an answer in case he asked, and she was even going to tell the truth… to a point…

"I would hazard a guess that she's at a guy's place, she told me that she had every intention of not coming home last night. I even got a text last night to that effect."

"So she still hasn't found someone special?"

"Nope, I'm not sure what's holding her back…" Rose said with a shrug of her shoulder.

Bad!

"So, did you get everything done that you needed to?" Rose asked her friend when they finally settled into a table at one of the local cafés.

"Yeah." Liss replied. Even though she hadn't planned to say much more, she took the opportunity to change the subject when the waiter brought their coffees to the table. "So, what's put the smile on your dial this morning? It's been a while since I've seen you like this."

Rose smiled even though she knew Lissa had purposely changed the line of conversation. "Dimitri was at the apartment by the time I arrived."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"And…." She asked with raised brows… Rose's smile widened.

"It went well… But, that's not why we're here." Lissa knew that her diversion wouldn't last long. "Did it take much to make him cave?"

Images of the night before passed through Lissa's mind. "No, not at all."

"Then what went wrong?" Rose knew Lissa like the back of her hand and as much as she tried to hide it, Rose could see that something did go wrong. Lissa stared at her friend as she tried to think of what and how much to say.

"You asked me once why I kept myself so distant from the guys I dated." Lissa started. Rose was confused at her friend's statement but nodded and kept listening to see where it was headed. "I think it was because… no-one ever um… measured up."

"Measured up to who?"

"Christian."

Rose's eyes widened as she let out a soft gasp. "Chris? Since when?"

"Since I was fourteen; from the day I first laid eyes on him."

"Really? Wow… Why didn't you say anything?" She stopped, seeing the look on her friend's face and moved to sit in the empty chair beside her. "You love him, don't you?"

"Yeah…" she whispered. "It was only a crush back then but over time it grew to more... I didn't think being with him last night would change things to the point that they have. I did what I had to do and I'd do it again, but…." She finished in a rush.

"But now something so wonderful has been tainted?" Rose finished for her; she knew her friend well.

"Not so much 'tainted' as… yeah, tainted." She let out a sigh and sipped her cappuccino. "It was everything I thought it would be; being with him, but nothing can come of it when it all started out through deceit. When he finds out why I came to him last night..."

"Oh, I don't know about that," Rose said with a grin, "I know Chris fairly well and somehow, I think the thought of you using him like that will tickle his fancy. Now, stop your worrying, get that hardwired brain of yours booted up and let's go get us a couple of cars."

"What about Dimitri?"

Rose smiled and shrugged a shoulder. "He's goin' down, Sister!"

Lissa's laughter had people turning in their seats.

Bad!

Christian was determined that he wouldn't let on how much what happened between him and Lissa the night before affected him as he walked into the workshop the next morning. He was only too aware of what Dimitri felt for Rose and the pain he'd been through the last three months that they hadn't been together, so he didn't want to rub his happiness in his friend's face.

But happy Christian was… Lissa had been his dream girl since he was a teenager; since he first realised girls didn't have cooties, but back then he thought she was way out of his league. He knew better now though, now he knew that she was as bad and as cunning as he was, so when she came onto him in the club… and she did come onto him… he was not about to let the opportunity go by. He grabbed it with both hands, so to speak, literally throwing her over his shoulder 'caveman' style and then proceeded to have his wicked way with her repeatedly, all night long.

Just the thought of the previous night had him smiling like the love-sick fool he was…. Therein laid his downfall…

"Oh!…. Chris got his rocks off last night! Ata boy Chris, I knew you could do it!" Adrian hooted as soon as he saw his cousin's face. The other men in the room fell into peals of laughter.

"Fuck of, Dickwad." No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't wipe he smile off his face.

"Whoa… you got more than your rocks off, didn't you?" Adrian mused. He'd seen his friend with the same smile that was currently plastered on his face, only a few times over the years and he tried hard to remember what the cause was back then.

Just then, Dimitri walked in… with the same smile. Adrian's eyes narrowed. "Well, unless you both got those same shit eating grins off the same chick last night, I'd say you both got the girls of your dreams…" he tapered off at the end of his speech; things quickly falling into place… "What happened after I left you guys at the club?"

Jesse was quick to fill his boss in. "The girlsshowed up. Rose left pretty quickly after she saw the boss gettin' a lap from Chris' sister. Then Rose's sexy blonde friend walked over handin' the boss' ass to him and then proceeded to haul hi

I know not a lot happens in this chapter, but certain things needed to be said before we move onto more exciting things... Thank you for all of you wonderful reviews. And thanks to my beta Angela and pre-reader Sassy, for all of their assistance! Luv ya guys!
Till tomorrow! Sandy!