Liliana's abusive ex sees her and approaches her as she is looking through the tea section.
I saw him as he rounded the corner. I quickly returned my attention to the tea and chose to not acknowledge him, hoping he would choose to ignore my existence as I tried to ignore his. Of course, out of all of our outings, my Dom wouldn't be by my side when my ex showed up. I looked down the other side of the aisle and saw my Dom picking something off the shelf. I saw him look up at me and then his face dropped its usual smile. Obviously recognizing my abusive ex and reading the plea in my face, he walked swiftly but casually back to me. He reached me a moment before my ex did and in a display of possession, he made eye contact with my ex while he wrapped his arm around my waist pulling me back into him. He dipped down to mark me with a kiss on the neck before speaking as if my ex didn't exist. "So Kitten, what did you end up deciding on?" I closed my eyes and sighed backward into his chest. I turned to face him and showed him the two boxes I had in my hands. He took a moment to look at them both and offered the shopping basket he was holding for me to put them in. "Looks good to me. Good job." I put the two boxes of tea in the basket as he placed his hand gently on the top of my head with a tap of approval. My ex looked at the display of affection in confusion for a moment until my Dom acknowledged him. "Can we help you?"
Shaken out of his thoughts my ex addressed me directly as if my Dom wasn't there," Hey Liliana. How have you been? You look good." Without turning around I looked up at my Dom with pleading eyes. Please take me away from here. I wanted to either run away or throw a punch I wasn't sure.
"She's doing well Michael." The smile on his face was fake but cordial. Like being nice to your boss's wife when you definitely don't like but have to be nice or you lose your job.
"I'm sure she can speak for herself. Do you mind?" My Dom smiled viciously. He raised his empty hand and showed it to me for a moment before motioning with his index and middle finger downward. Instantly my gaze went downward as I dropped to my knees in the submissive pose he commanded of me. With my hands placed on my knees, I kept my eyes on my Dom's shoes making sure to keep my back straight. The floor was cold on my legs as I was wearing the miniskirt my Dom had chosen for me to wear on our outing but even though the cold was uncomfortable, I knew better than to move or shift too much.
As I settled on the floor, Dom placed his hand on top of my head in another act of possessiveness and continued to stare at my ex. "No, I don't mind. While yes she can speak for herself, she doesn't want to speak to you as she has told you plainly before. So, therefore, you speak to me. Do you mind?"
After a moment of silence, I heard my ex say, "Whatever dude" and then saw out of the corner of my eye my ex walk past them. After a moment my Dom's hand appeared in front of my face. I looked upward at his face and saw a kind smile resting there. I took his offered hand and stood up, my Dom briefly leaned down to brush the dirt from my legs. I looked past him to see my ex look back at them before rounding the corner. The last thing he would see is me placing my hand on my Dom's shoulder to steady myself.
When my Dom rose to his feet my hand slid to his chest as I looked up at him. My forever hero. My King of darkness. It was moments like this that reminded me that he was as much mine as I was his. He took my face in his hands and brushed a piece of hair out of my face. "You okay?" I nodded and smiled at him in appreciation. "Alright then. Look what I found." He reached into the basket and showed me a box of Boba.
I laughed at the box. "They have Boba at Walmart?"
He laughed with me. "Apparently."
I took the box from him and looked at the instructions on the back. "It says we need Tteok-bokki."
He took the box from me with an eyebrow raised and looked at the ingredients. "Really? I thought it said we needed sushi." He smiled at me as he put the box back into his basket. "Looks like I'll need a few more ingredients then." My eyes lit up as I bounced up and down in happiness. "Mochi for dessert?"
"Mochi! Mochi! Mochi!" He laughed at the sudden child he had in front of him as he placed his hand on my head.
"Mochi it is."