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.“Thank you—they are beautiful,” Ashley said with a smile as Adrian leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.While Ashley was admiring how handsome Adrian looked in his suit, she took in the scent of him in her favorite cologne that she loved on him.“You’re welcome.You look beautiful by the way,” Adrian said as he took in the sweet floral scent of Ashley and how stunning she looked.He noticed how she seemed to have a glow to her, which made Adrian yearn for her even more.He felt as if Ashley seemed to be doing well without him, so it sort of made him sad, but he planned on changing all of that before the evening was done.“Thank you,” Ashley responded with a smile before Adrian led them to the hostess to notify her of their reservation.As Ashley followed the hostess inside the restaurant to their table she could feel Adrian’s eyes on her backside, which reminded her to put just a little more emphasis on the switch that she naturally carried in her walk anyway.Adrian told the hostess thank you as he pulled out Ashley’s chair for her to sit down before taking the seat directly in front of her.They didn’t say much to each other while the waiter came and took their orders, but finally Ashley decided to break the ice.“So Adrian, what did you want to say?”“Yea, I guess I’ve danced around the real reason for wanting us to meet,” Adrian said as he grabbed Ashley’s hand.“Here’s the short version of everything I’ve been wanting to say these past few weeks.First, know that there was and is not anything going on with Lila and I.Everything that I had told you about her before was the truth.I just made the mistake of really thinking that she and I could really be friends after all of that went down.I didn’t take into account your feelings and how it may have looked to you—me choosing to try to put on the friend hat to someone who wanted me for more than friendship.It took me talking it out with my sister to see it from your perspective.”Ashley was touched by what she heard and was not ready to speak because she just knew she would get emotional; she was trying to keep her poker face on.Ashley just nodded her head acknowledging that she heard everything that Adrian said.Adrian took her silence as meaning that he had more explaining to do.“Umm, and that night at the party.I just came in at the wrong time and just lost my cool.When I saw that asshole I couldn’t contain myself, and then to know that he was someone you had been with? I just lost it.I hope you can understand that.”“Adrian, I can understand that, believe me I can.Think about it; when Lila showed up at your house, not once but twice, in that one evening and came at me the wrong way like she did—I lost my cool for a minute too but then I trusted you to handle it and went back inside, didn’t I?”Adrian thought for a moment and he had to admit that Ashley was telling the truth.“I guess you’re right.”“So, couldn’t you have tried to let it go and give me a chance to talk him down and then at least explain to you that there was no reason to get worked up about me and him? Really Adrian, when I say that it wasn’t that serious with us when we were together, I mean it.But what I don’t get with you, Adrian, is why after pushing me away after your fight you went to her? You went to Lila—why?” Ashley said pulling her hand away as she began to get upset just from the thought of that evening and finding him at Lila’s parents place.“Baby, I went over there to see if her and that fucker were in on something together,” Adrian responded trying his best to keep his voice down to a whisper.“It all just seemed too ironic to me.”Ashley nodded her head in agreement because she, too, had thought the same thing.She questioned Eric about the same thing before he walked out of her home that morning after they fucked.Ashley had almost forgotten about that unfortunate incident.“Yea, I agree—I even had to ask Eric if this all was some type of setup,” Ashley added after noticing Adrian staring at her as if noticing something was on her mind.“What did he say?”“He denied it.And he seemed sincere about it too.Although, he really does think you and her have something going on.He even admitted he didn’t see anything but what I think he sees is his woman being interested in another man but blaming the other man for the problems.”“So, you do believe me when I say that that I wasn’t doing anything behind your back?” Adrian asked looking Ashley deep in her eyes.“Yea, Adrian—I do believe you.And please accept my apology for the way I reacted and behaved in all of this too,” Ashley said reaching for Adrian’s hand to hold again.He leaned in to give her hand a kiss just as the waiter came back to the table with their dinner.The rest of dinner went smoothly as they both felt that they were back on track after having cleared the air.They stayed at the restaurant for another hour or so before Adrian took care of the bill and then walked Ashley to her car.She really wanted to invite Adrian back to her place that evening but she didn’t want to give back in to him that quickly, even if it was obvious that they were going to be getting back together again.“Well, I don’t want to assume anything here but is it safe to say that we are back on again?” Adrian said as he stood directly in front of Ashley almost trapping her inside her car door
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