"Tony! How dare you!"
"How dare I? How dare you!"
Angela wrapped the towel around her and stepped out of the tub.
"How dare I what? Take a bath in my own bathtub?" She rolled her eyes.
"You know damn well what I am talking about!"
"No, I don't. Why don't you enlighten me." She opened a cabinet and took out some lotion. She opened it up, squeezed some on her palm and began slathering it on her arms.
Tony watched as she smoothed the lotion on her arms and then moved down her legs.
Her legs. Her long, sexy, and smooth legs that had been wrapped around Christopher as he… He groaned and willed the image to go away.
"Something the matter?" Angela asked.
"Of course something is the matter! Damn it Angela! How could you?!"
"If you're talking about having sex with Christopher I think the better question is how could I not?" She smirked.
"Angela you barely know him!"
"Oh but I got to know him last night. Every delicious and sexy 6 ft and 2 inches of him. Did you know he has a mole on his upper right thigh? And a scar across his chest? Right here?" She traced her chest to show Tony where Christopher's scar was.
Tony swallowed hard.
"Angela you… you haven't known him that long and yet last night you went to bed with him?" He knew he was grasping at straws but he was desperate.
She crossed her arms and glared at him. "Oh, so we're going to play this game are we? So then tell me this Tony, how well did you really know Kathleen before you screwed her in that hotel room?!" She stalked past him and went into her bedroom.
"Oh come on! That's different and you know it!"
"How? How is it different? At least Christopher and I went out for a couple of weeks before jumping into bed. Unlike you and Kathleen."
"Angela, I just don't think he is the right man for you!"
"And I don't think Kathleen is the right woman for you. But you obviously think that she is. Otherwise we wouldn't be here right now having this discussion. It was you. You Tony who wanted this new arrangement, not me!"
"Wait a second! You were the one who said we should explore our options and broaden our horizons!"
"My God are you really that dense?"
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that you had already explored your options and broadened your horizons! So yeah maybe I did say it but you had already done it!"
Tony rubbed his hands over his face.
"Okay, look I think we need to take a step back."
"Fine with me. As a matter of fact you can just keep on stepping out of my bedroom so I can get dressed in peace."
"No, not yet!"
"Excuse me?"
"I said not yet! Look, I can't do anything about last night and what happened between the two of you. But I can stop you or try to stop you from going away with him."
"Oh really? And how do you plan on doing that? Tying me up and locking me in my bedroom?"
The image of Angela being tied to her bedpost completely vulnerable but also in ecstasy while he goes down on her flashed through his mind.
'Damn it! Now is not the time!' He berated himself.
"No, of course not. But seriously I am worried about you. I mean we are best friends."
Best friends. Yeah, that's all they were and what they were ever going to be.
She nodded. "You're right. We are best friends and for a time I thought we would one day become more. And I thought you wanted the same. But I was wrong wasn't I? You obviously didn't. Otherwise you never would have slept with Kathleen and you never would have said you didn't know if it were over with her. But now we're here. I'm dating a man who wants to be with me. In every way possible. And I am going to continue seeing him for as long as I want. And I will go to Athens and have a marvelous time! Now if you don't mind, I would like to get dressed!" She went over to her door and flung it open.
Mona was standing in the hallway.
"Good morning Dear. I hear you had a great night!"
Angela smiled at her. "I had a fabulous night."
Tony growled and stalked out of the room.
"Mona, would you please convince your stubborn daughter not to go to Athens?!"
"Tony, I already told you I'm not going to do that. Angela is a grown woman. If she wants to go to Athens with a hot and sexy man, who am I to stop her?"
"I don't believe this!"
Angela rolled her eyes.
"Are we done here? This is really getting tiresome." Angela said.
I…. You….Fine! I'll let it go. For now!"
"Gee thanks!" Angela went back into her room.
Tony stomped away muttering in Italian.
Mona looked towards Angela's bedroom and then the direction of the stairs.
'Well since I already had a little chit chat with Tony I guess it's time I had one with my daughter.'
She went into her bedroom and closed the door.
"Tony! I swear if you say one more thing I am going to throttle you with my bare hands!" Angela yelled from inside her closet.
Mona plopped down on the bed .
"No need to do that. It's only me." She yelled back.
Angela came out dressed in a pair of jeans and a dark green blouse.
"Thank goodness."
Mona patted the spot beside her.
"Okay, let's go. I want to hear all the details!"
"Mother! Some things are private!"
"Oh come on! Give me something! Who made the first move?"
Angela laughed. "I did."
"You did? That's my girl!"
Angela sat down next to her.
"Well Christopher kissed me first but I was the one who suggested we go into his bedroom."
"Good for you! You deserve this and it serves Tony right!"
"Mother, I didn't do this to get back at Tony. I did it because I wanted to."
Mona elbowed her. "Oh come on, admit it. This was a great way to stick it to Tony!"
Angela threw her arms up. "Okay fine. Maybe a part of me wanted to stick it to Tony. But that's not the only reason. I am attracted to Christopher. I have been since the moment we met. And it's nice.. No, it's amazing knowing a hot and sexy man wants to be with me since Tony doesn't!"
Mona patted her hand.
"Oh that's where you are wrong. Tony does want to be with you. Why do you think he is so incensed about you having sex with Christopher?"
Angela shrugged. "How the hell should I know?"
"Oh Angela! Take the blinders off would you?! Tony is in love with you but can't say it yet or is in some stupid denial. I mean he was livid when you told him that you were going to Athens and this morning when I came here well let's just say he wasn't in the best mood. At first I thought it was because he didn't get any last night. Then I found out it was because you did."
"Oh Mother! Do you have to be so crass?"
"Of course. I got to be me!"
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His lips devouring hers.
His arms wrapping themselves around her body.
Him lying on top of her or Angela straddling him.
The images raced through his mind as he pounded his punching bag with his fist.
DAMN IT! He wanted to scream and punch Christopher in the mouth.
How dare he? How dare he take Angela away from him?!
'Hey pal! He didn't take Angela away from you! You were the one who took yourself away from Angela. You were the one who took yourself away from the relationship the two of you were building when you decided to have sex with Kathleen and then told Angela you didn't know if it was over with her. Christopher didn't take her away. Because of your stupid choices you basically gave her to him!'
Tony collapsed on his workout bench and put his head in his hands.
A cold realization coursed through his body making him shiver.
He had lost her. And all because he had chosen another woman over her. Over them. And now Angela was going to go to Athens with another man. Unless he figured out a way to stop her.
But how? How?