Let's Talk About It
Dordrich and I live in our own cocoon.
It's like paradise on earth. We meet at least four times a week in our penthouse and stay one overnight until the next morning. I've been there more often, I've made it a habit to drive to West Village after work and have my dinner there. In the late evening, if Dordrich hasn't arrived, I'll drive back home. Oh yes, and he also gave me a Rolls Royce Sports of the same model as his, in the same gray in color.
He requested that I always drive this car to our penthouse. I feel so happy with this arrangement, I now see my beloved as often as I want.
And Danner. Our relationship is going downward. I can't sleep next to Danner anymore, Dordrich fills my whole being. Just the idea of lying next to another man, letting him touch me fills me with disgust. Dordrich never asks about my betrothed, just as I don't talk about his wife and children. We are both mature and know our obligations to each other.
Danner has called me almost every day for the past three weeks to remind me that we have an agreement. And today I'm meeting him to back out of the deal. I know it won't be an easy operation, but I don't have a choice. We can't go on like this and Danner isn't a man to mess with for long.
I step back into his penthouse after almost a month. I knock on the door, I have lost the house keys he gave me. Danner opens the door with a cloudy face. “You have your own keys, remember? Why don't you use it?" I shrug and walk inside. “To be honest, I don't remember where I put them. I will ask Kaylah to look out for them tomorrow," I answer him. He ignores the subject and we sit on the couch.
“Loraine, I haven't seen you here for almost a month. And when I went to visit your house you aren't there either. What have you been doing all this time that I can only speak to you by phone?”, Danner begins. "I don't need to remind you again that we have an agreement and are also engaged."
I sit more comfortably and look him straight in the eye. “Listen, I want to cancel both the agreement and the engagement. I'm in love with someone else and I don't want to string you along. I'll leave it up to you how we handle this in the media, but I'd like to leave it unnoticed. With time no one will remember that we were engaged,” I say honestly.
“You are in love with someone? And why am I only hearing it now? Who is it?".
Danner can hardly contain his jealousy and anger. “We want to keep it quiet for now until we are sure of our feelings. I'm counting on you to respect my privacy," I tell him. “Is it Aziel, that snake? He has had a crush on you for years. Did he finally manage to get your attention? I should have fired him instead of leaving him to hang around you!", he yells angrily now.
What was I thinking?! This isn't going to run smoothly.
“Whatever it may be, let's remain friends. We were good together and I don't want to be your enemy, Danner," I say softly. He holds his head in both hands desperately. “I saw this coming. You never wanted to marry me. And that just means your feelings for me weren't genuine enough. I suspected something happened in China because when returned you were suddenly different, less affectionate, and more distant," he explains with his face in the palm of his hand. “What am I to do without you? I really love you, Loraine. I had hoped that we would share our lives until the end.”
I let the beautiful engagement ring slide from my finger and land on the glass table with a sharp tap. Danner looks up from the sound. He grabs my hand tightly and places a kiss on each finger. “I'm sorry, Danner. But I'd rather admit it than have you hear it elsewhere. Again, I hope we can remain friends.”
Hearing those words out of my mouth, something in him seems to snap.
Suddenly he sits next to me, his lips on mine in a deep kiss. Slowly he lowers me to the couch, his lips now moving down my neck to the opening of my shirt. He yanks the buttons off and my full breasts jump out to the open. As usual, I don’t wear a bra today. When he brings his mouth to my nipples, he unexpectedly jolts back.
“Loraine! Your whole chest is full of love bites. What have you done?! Did you have sex with your boyfriend? Have you lost your virginity?”. Danner jumps up, pulling me along. When I’m on my feet, I see bewilderment and pain in his eyes. “You have refused me your body for years, but gave it to someone else in a few weeks? You are such a cruel woman!”
Before I know it, he pulls me by the wrists to the door and pushes me out of his penthouse. "I never want to see you again! You Jinx! Stay out of my life!”. And with that, he slams the door shut.
I more or less expected such a response. Actually worse.
In any case, I'm glad to have this behind me.
Now I can fully focus on my new relationship, without making up all kinds of lies to avoid Danner. I turn and walk to the underground where my car is parked. Before driving away, I silently sit in the car for a few minutes to get rid of the image of the enraged Danner. When I have calmed down, I start the vehicle and quietly drive to Dordrich and I's house.
And when I turn into the private garage, I see his car already parked there...
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