Tristan

The wiser decision would have been to obey him and talk it out to avoid future problems. But I have never claimed to be wise. So I settled on giving him a dirty,defiant look and marched into the house making sure to slam the door on purpose.

He didn't follow me. I was both thankful for that but also a little disappointed. But above all I was very confused. Damien had never ever talked to me like that. Ever. He was always this sweet guy who did crazy things to make sure that I was happy. He had never tried to order me around. Hell he had never even spoken to me in a loud voice.

This new version of Damien was certainly new for me. It was one thing to see him as a Dominant in some club but to see him be one right in front of me was unnerving.

I went up to my room, suddenly feeling very exhausted. The entire day had consisted of me worrying about Damien's whereabouts and now all this drama had drained me. I did not want to ponder on how awkward our next meeting would be and what he would say. For now, all I wanted was to sleep.

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I slept longer than ever. The curtains were open and sunlight was streaming in but it still did not wake me. I slept until a loud slap on my arm jolted me awake. I rubbed my sleepy eyes and yawned.

"Good sleep?"

"Yeah. The best. Good morning to you btw," I muttered. Beth gave me a dirty look and pointed at the wall clock.

"Its 12:30 brother mine. It's freaking afternoon now."

"Oh so good afternoon then," I shrugged while looking for my slippers. I have this weird dislike for walking barefoot. I just couldn't tolerate the feeling of the cold floor on my feet.

"Why the hell are you so sleepy anyway? You slept most of yesterday too. I am getting married! Married Tristan. And all you can do is sleep," she pouted and looked at me accusingly.

"Okay okay I am sorry! I promise I won't sleep anymore. I will be up all night if you want. It's just that my life kinda sucks now and sleep is an escape from all the drama. But it's not fair to you. So I promise it won't happen again. Okay?"

She sighed and smiled. "Okay. I understand that you are stressed and all bro. I would be too if I suddenly found out that Harry is a Dominant. Did you tell him that you know?"

I grimaced. "Yeah I did. But I really could have done it better. It was abrupt and unkind. And now he is mad at me. This is exactly why I didn't want to tell him. "

Beth looked surprised. "You mean Damien is mad at you just because of the way you said something? Thay doesn't sound like him at all. I think you are wrong about him being mad at you. He would never be mad at you for something so trivial."

I kept quiet.

Beth furrowed her brows and looked at me suspiciously. "Unless something else happened?"

I still kept quiet.

My silence convinced her. "Spill. Now."

I hesitated. Beth knew the entire deal with Kieran. It was likely that she would be as mad as Damien if she found out that I had willingly gone down to talk to him.

"Now!"

And there it was. The no bullshit voice which meant that she would get me to talk one way or the other. It honestly seemed like I was surrounded by Dominants.

I ended up telling her everything. She already knew my past with Kieran so I just had to recount last night's events. I watched as Beth's face took on an expression of anger and annoyance as I told her how Kieran had talked to me. She became even angrier when I reached the part where Damien had spoken to me like he was my Dom and I his Sub.

She high fived me when I told her how I had disobeyed him and even slammed a door on his face.

"You rock brother! Show that pretentious piece of doctor poop that he can't control you. He may like spanking twinks in his club but you ain't one of them. But honestly Tristan you have got to stop making such stupid decisions. Kieran was a bad time in your life, a time when you were weak and vulnerable. But you aren't now. You are so much stronger than you were. So why talk to someone who never valued you?"

I sighed and gave her a sheepish look. "Sorry sis. I am a bit stupid. I won't do it again."

She pouted and reached forward to hug me. "You aren't stupid Tris. You are just extremely nice and gullible. That's why I worry about you so much. Now come on. I am starving. Let's go get something to eat."

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The restaurant we went to was an old favourite. It was quaint and not too loud. It reminded me of the times I had dinner with Marly and made me miss her. She didn't know everything about me but she was a damn good friend.

The food was so good and I ate like an elephant. Beth laughed at me as I stuffed my mouth full of tacos. I don't know what it was about tacos but I was obsessed with them. I didn't usually eat much. But when there were tacos I just couldn't control myself.

We talked and laughed for almost two hours. It was do pleasant to sit there with my little sister and catch up on her life. I told her about my work and my office, about Marly and my bitchy boss.

Suddenly Beth's smile disappeared. Her eyes were fixed on something outside the restaurant and her expression was grim. I followed her gaze only for it land on Damien. I cursed. He was definitely the last person I wanted to see right now.

"Oops," Beth whispered." I am guessing by your face that you don't want to talk to him."

"Of course I don't," I hissed." After all I am not his plaything. He can't just leave and come back whenever he wants. This time I will talk to him when I  am ready and I am definitely not ready now. "

"I get it bro but what choice do you have? We clearly cannot run away. He is right outside and I know you don't want to create a scene in public."

Damien was already inside and was making his way straight for our table. I groanedin despair. Looks like I would have to talk to him, ready or not.