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responded, never breaking eye conta ct with the object in my hands.
    On one hand he didn’t deserve to be heard out after putting me in this position and on the other ha nd… last night had been amazing. Maybe there was a plausible reason for him not telling, although for the life of me I couldn’t think of one good reason as to why he wouldn’t have told me, or better yet why he would even approach me knowing all along that he was a married man, a man that had been vowed to another.
    With that thought I erased all his voice messages, texts, and cleared my call history, without bothering to listen to or read any of them. All that he needed to say to me now should have been said before and he didn’t deserve an opportunity to lessen any guilt he might have felt, if he felt any at all.
    Suzie walked up behind me and pulled me into her arms, “I’m sorry Em.”

JULIEN
    I had done everything I could think of to get a hold of Emily but she hadn’t pick up her phone or respond to my ten text messages. Apart of me, the man my father had groomed me to be, wanted to just give up and believe that last night meant nothing to me but something inside of me just couldn’t let well enough alone. I needed to talk to her, to make her understand my situation but I didn’t know how, especially since she was obviously avoiding my calls. The woman was stubborn indeed!
    I hadn’t been back into the bedroom since the morning, hiding out in my office instead. I couldn’t stand to look at the bed and not remember our making love earlier that day. She had surrendered herself to me completely, obeying my commands. She was a goddess, my queen to ravish in any way I wanted and that drove me utterly mad. Was I losing my mind to allow one night to affect me in such a way? I wasn’t sure but what I did know was that I couldn’t let this end just yet, not until I had explored all that could come from our… relationship? I need a drink!
    I pushed off from my desk, got up and walked over to the bar, gabbing the scotch bottle, not bothering to pour it into a glass. Placing it on my desk, I stared at the bottle recalling the conversation I had earlier with Charlette.
    I wasn’t really nice to her when she walked through the house, practically singing my name in search for me . My emotions were all over the place. I was upset that Charlette’s text had made Emily run off, that Emily had gotten hurt by my not telling her, but mostly that she didn’t give me a chance to explain… instead she left me… no one leaves me!
    So when Charlette strutted into my bedroom, smiling from ear to ear… I held nothing back!
    “What in the hell do you want Charlette,” I barked at her, glaring at her with what was undeniably a look of pure evil.
    Her smile immediately fell but her annoying attitude was still intact, “Is that the way you speak to your wife Mr. Belmont? What would your father to say?” she said with her head slightly tilted up, showing her snobby ways.
    Wife… t hat one word pushed me completely over the edge as I walked straight up to her, mere inches away from her face, “Call whomever you please Charlette, I don’t care! Let’s get this perfectly clear… this is just an arrangement, you are not my real wife… I just want you to leave me alone! C'est c'que je veux. That's what I want. So unless we have an event to attend… stay out of my life!”
    I knew I was being harsh with her. It wasn’t her fault but at the time I just needed someone to blame, someone I could hurt because of how I was feeling. I had never experienced this type of pain and hurt before and I couldn’t hold on to my emotions. I knew my father would chastise me if he ever saw the way I was behaving but I needed to let this out.
    For a minute I thought I saw sadness in her eyes but she quickly steadied herself and responded, still holding my gaze “Is this about that girl standing in the driveway? Is that why you’re behaving this way?” she asked, puckering