Painful Deception

Jacky traced her fingers around Harry’s chest, she rather liked it. It wasn’t overly-muscled or fleshy. It had a quiet strength about it, the fine sparse hairs that led down to his groin. She looked up and grinned at him when he started squirming, “Are you ticklish, Harry?,”. He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, love”. She chuckled, than leaned over onto his chest, running her hands in his hair which had grown longer, “You have grays,” she said smiling. He glanced at her, “Yes, I’m old man, turning forty you know,”. She raised an eyebrow, “Could an old man do what you just did?,”. He smiled and kissed her again, “You flatter me”. They sat cuddled up on his bed for another half an hour, until her stomach started grumbling. “Do you have anything in your fridge? I can make something for us,” she said getting up the sheet wrapped around her. “Yes, I happened to go to the Market yesterday. Do you want one of my old shirts to wear?,” he asked looking up at her wrapped in his sheets. She rather reminded him of Venus, long hair flowing down her back and covering her breasts, her body round and fertile. “If I can actually fit in it, sure,” she said frowning. “Nonsense, you’re really not much bigger than you were. You’re the same with a little beach ball in front of you,” he said rummaging in his drawers, pulling out an old gray shirt from his college days. He handed it to her, kissing her neck before he went into the kitchen. Jacky pulled the shirt over her head and was happy to see that it fit completely, covering her arse, she even had some extra room around her belly.

Walking into the kitchen, she glanced over at Harry who was reaching into his cupboards for something clad in his black boxer/briefs. “Ok love, I have sirloin in the icebox and a lot of vegetables,” he said turning to face her. She thought for a moment about what she could make with those things before she thought of something, she would make Sirloin with a Butter Garlic Sauce. She proceeded to get out all the necessary ingredients which took up at least of foot of counter-top and starting preparing the mushrooms, butter and onions for sautéing. She felt as peace with Harry standing next to her, helping her cook, they were having a conversation. There were no forced replies, threats of a beating, insults or dominance; it was just them in a kitchen preparing a meal together for themselves. She was starting to think about how good it would feel to runaway with Harry, just like he proposed.

Mark pulled his trousers on while; Selene stared at him from the bed. “What?,” he asked while he pulled on his undershirt. “Are you leaving again?,” she asked pulling the sheets up her body. “Well, I would think that was obvious,” he said getting annoyed with her. “No, I means London, are you leaving again to go and be with her,” she said bitterly. Mark scoffed, “Let me make something clear to you Selene, Jacqueline is my wife and you are my mistress. Of course I’m going to go back to her, we’re married. And she’s pregnant now; I need to keep an eye on her. But while I’m here on business, I can enjoy your company for the week,” he said buttoning up his shirt. It seemed both women he had in his life were giving him problems. Jacky was acting out since he told her he wouldn’t punish her for her disobedience and Selene had become extremely attached to him. It was annoying really; the reason why he was drawn to her was because they were having a no strings attached relationship. Now she was always calling him and asking him to visit her. “Well, you have another pregnant woman to deal with now,” she said resting her eyes on him. He stopped fixing his cufflinks and turned towards her, “Excuse me?,”. “I’m pregnant Mark, two months. I found out two weeks ago, when I was calling you and you wouldn’t answer,” she said bitterly. Mark sighed, another problem he had to deal with. “Well, get rid of it. I cannot have a bastard of a child, not in my position,” he spat at her. He saw her eyes well up with tears, “No, I’m not going to get rid of it! I will not get rid of my child. How could you say such a thing? Do you not care about your offspring”. Mark sighed, “I thought that you were on the pill”. She looked around guiltily, “I was. You know it’s not fool-proof, only 99.9 %,”. He scoffed, “Yeah and you just happened to be the .1%. Look Selene, if you thought trapping me with a bastard would work your wrong. If you don’t get rid of it, I’ll make sure you do. And I assure you, it will be much worse than if you just did it yourself. Now, I’m going into work, when you have thought things over, you contact me. You will see things my way Selene,”. He threw his suit jacket on and made his way to the door, opened it and walked out. As he drove down to his office, he thought about things. A woman like Selene was just good for a fuck, not good enough to have his children. That’s why he got a good, proper girl like Jacqueline, so he could carry on his line through her. He didn’t know why he felt so strong towards her now, just something about the way her round body held his child made him want to make sure that she wasn’t hurt at all. For some strange reason that he couldn’t explain made him feel protective towards her. He was uncomfortable about the fact that he couldn’t explain his feelings, he didn’t like them that was for certain.

A/N: Sorry if the ending of this is so weak; I said I would get this chapter out tonight (well actually its morning now, 3:12 pacific/standard time to be exact). So after I scrubbed the ceramic tile bathroom floors (work was done on my bathroom and it was disgusting when the workers left) on my hands and knees and organized all my towels, I wanted to make good on my promise. Next chapter, I will do much better at explaining everything and showing more of Mark’s reaction to Selene’s news and explain more in-depth why he has these new feelings about Jacky. After that’s said and done, I’d like to thank my loyal readers for their support and constructive criticism and ideas. Btw, Cade(my email is on my page) it would be wonderful if you would beta for me and Ashley thank you for the help!