Prohibited: an erotic novel (18 page)

Michael always hid out. I think he was afraid I would put him to work.

He’s right!

Here I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off and he was relaxing in the basement. His parents were here for goodness sake and he was leaving the entertaining of them to me.

The nerve of him!

Since our last therapy session, he has made it his business to avoid me like the plague. That is fine with me. I can deal with that. Yet tonight, his parents are here and so are my friends. Whatever he was feeling, he needed to suck it up and put on a happy face. I will not have him ruin this night for me.

I stayed in the kitchen for a long time watching my kitchen staff work. I finally headed out into the living room with my guests.

Before I could get out of the kitchen good enough my son grabbed my hand and led me over to a table that held Lorenzo’s daughter Julia and Mitchell.

“Mom, let me introduce you to someone.” He said leading me over to this beautiful African American young lady sitting at the table.

She looked familiar. I believe she was at Mikey’s wedding. She was easy to spot. She was the only African American there.

She stood from the table and smiled. It was a strange smile. She appeared to be uncomfortable. I had a feeling I knew why.

If memory serves me right Mikey told me he had a long outstanding crush on this girl even while he was pursuing a relationship with Stacey. He never brought her here for us to meet and I assumed it was because he was sleeping with her.

I was afraid he had inherited a roaming eye like his father.

Maybe now that she is here, they are no longer involved.

“Nice to finally meet you Maxine.” I said extending my hand.

“Yes, it’s nice to meet you too.” She said in my opinion nervously.

“My son speaks very highly of you. He claims that you are close yet this is the first time that we are meeting. I find that strange.”

“I guess it is strange.” She replied.

At that moment, Jared announced dinner was ready.

I headed for the table next to my in-laws and stopped dead in my tracks. I had forgotten that the seating chart put Selena at my table. I panicked for a second and then I pulled it together and took my seat next to my mother-in-law.

I could feel her eyes on me but I ignored her.

Michael and Lorenzo joined our table after a few minutes. Dinner was served and we all dug in until our hearts were content. I was very proud of the menu I set up. Everyone seemed to love all the food. I could not help but smile as I got praise at our table.

“Maria, dinner is so lovely and the settings are beautiful.” Shannon said leaning lovingly against her husband Mark.

“Thank you so much.” I answered not completely sure she was being genuine.

“I helped her pick them out.” Selena pointed out taking a sip of wine.

Shannon leaned across the table and looked at my husband smiling. Her red dress was rather low cut in the front and when she leaned forward her breasts were practically falling out.

I looked at Michael and he seemed to be quite aware of the situation.

“Michael you must be proud to have such a gorgeous and talented wife.”

Michael looked slightly annoyed and also intrigued.

“Yes, I am proud of her.” He answered.

Once dinner and dessert were completed, Margaret and the staff began removing dishes from the tables. I excused myself and headed to the kitchen. I was hoping to get away and hide out.

I saw the way Selena was looking at me through dinner and I was afraid I would give myself away. I wanted her to stop staring at me yet when she wasn’t I craved her eyes on me. It was all so strange.

I did not want to face Selena. I was hoping she would get the point and just leave early or something.

I was wrong.

Not long after I entered the kitchen did she come in right after me.

I looked up and immediately I was struck by panic. I had to keep my cool. If I let her know she had me so worked up, she would assume I liked the kiss.

I’m still confused as to what the kiss meant.

“Can I help you?” I asked.

She came and sat at the kitchen table with me.

“Maria, we really need to talk.”

I sighed.

“No, I don’t think we need to talk.”

She reached across the table and placed her hand on mine.

“I really think we need to talk. You have been acting so cold to me all night. You barely look at me and you have hardly said two words to me.”

“That is because I have nothing to say to you.”

She looked taken aback.

“Why are you being so mean to me?

We kissed and-”

I raised a hand and looked around the kitchen. Margaret was standing very close and I was praying that she had not heard anything.

“Look,” I whispered leaning in closer. “We are not going to talk about this now. I have guests I have to entertain.”

I stood from the table and headed out the door.

“Maria!”

I did not pay attention. Right now Selena was poison and I needed to stay as far away from her as I possibly could. Just having her touch me made my pussy throb and I really needed a release.

I needed to calm myself so, I took to keeping my mother-in-law company. I noticed Selena would not stop looking. It seemed as if she wanted to burn a hole through me. I focused on my conversation and struggled not to look her way.

After a very long and boring conversation with my mother-in-law about food preparation, I excused myself and headed to the restroom. I thought that maybe I could avoid everyone in the bathroom.

I reached the bathroom and opened the door. No one was inside. I started to walk in when I felt a hand on my back and someone shove me into the room.

I turned and watched as Selena slammed the door shut and locked it. It took a minute for me to find my voice.

“What are you doing?”

She leaned against the door folding her arms across her chest.

“I am trying to get you alone so I can talk to you. You have been ignoring me the entire evening.”

“There is a reason why I am avoiding you.” I replied trying to move her out of the way so I could open the door.

She slapped my hand off the door knob and we partially tussled for a few seconds. She was a lot stronger than I thought. She grabbed my arms.

“Maria, you’re not getting out of here until you talk to me.”

“Selena let me out of here.” I demanded.

She smiled.

“No.”

I looked at her. It seemed she was determined to keep me in here. I sat down on the toilet crossing my legs and folding my arms across my chest.

“Okay, fine.” I said very defeated and anxious about what she had to say.

Accepting my resolve, her body relaxed.

“Maria, I am not sure why you have been avoiding me?”

I could not believe it. Did she forget that she kissed me in Shannon’s driveway? I was confused.

“Well, you kissed me.” I replied.

She smiled.

“No, Maria, we kissed. You were just as much a part of it as I was.” She responded.

I was appalled.

“I did not kiss you. You kissed me.”

She walked over to where I was sitting and crouched down in front me. It made me feel uncomfortable and slightly turned on at the same time.

“Are you trying to tell me that your tongue didn’t play with mine?”

I didn’t have anything to say to that. I wanted to deny it but my mouth would not let me tell such a lie.

“Maria, there is something between us. I have felt something for a long time and after we kissed, I knew that you felt something as well.”

I stood from the toilet and in the process knocked Selena over. She fell backward and hit her head on the floor. I knelt over her intending to help.

“Selena, I am so sorry.”

I reached and grabbed her hand trying to pull her off the floor. In the process, I slipped on the bathroom rug and fell right beside her.

Before I could move she wrapped her arms around me. I tried to get up but she held me tighter. She rolled over placing herself on top of me.

I looked into her eyes.

She leaned down and kissed me.

I could not help it. I kissed her back letting my tongue play sensually with hers.

I ran my fingers through her blonde hair and never felt more alive in my entire life. Every inch of my body was on fire and ready for whatever came next.

But what would come next?

I did not have to wonder for long as Selena moved her hands under my dress and rubbed my pussy through my panties.

I moaned into her mouth. Her lips never left mine. She began to grind her thigh against my pussy. I felt so much pleasure I could not believe that I was so close to coming.

“Maria, touch me.” She whispered.

I didn’t know what to do. She grabbed my hand brought it to her breast. I gave her breast a squeeze and I felt my orgasm coming closer and closer.

Then there was a jingling of the door knob and I was snapped out of my euphoric trance.

I pushed Selena off me. I pulled myself off the floor and tried to straighten my clothes.

“You need to leave now.”

Selena looked hurt by my tone of voice.

“Maria, don’t act like you didn’t enjoy what just happened.”

“Selena, you trap me in bathroom and practically forced yourself on me. How am I supposed to enjoy that?” I retorted.

She looked horrified.

“I forced myself on you?” She said walking to the door and unlocking it.

“Fine Maria, I am leaving.” She stormed out of the bathroom.

I felt some guilt. I knew that I was being mean to her but I was so angry with her. Why is she trying to ruin my life? I have hidden this part of me for years and she just can’t leave me alone.

I tidied myself and made my way back into the party. Quite a few people had gone. Lorenzo wasn’t there anymore and my in-laws were preparing to leave as well. I was thankful Selena had actually left the house.

I walked my in-laws to the door.

“Buonanotte
mamma,”
I said kissing my mother-in-law on the cheek.

I watched as my in-laws pulled out of our driveway and I went back into the warmth of the house.

After the guests were gone and returned to their respective homes, I laid in bed alone.

Michael wasn’t here and I was grateful. I needed to be by myself with my thoughts about Selena. I could not stop thinking about what she said and what happened between us in the bathroom. I could not believe that it went that far.

My clit was throbbing and aching from the memory of her touch. I moved my hand slowly down my body and reached for the gushing wetness between my legs. I rubbed my fingers against my clit causing the friction I needed for release.