New Beginning
More and more intimate photos of Loraine and Dordrich spread across the table.
My PI delivered a thick envelope and every photo that comes out makes my blood boil even more. I take a double whiskey from the cupboard and add some blocks of ice. Good enough to calm my nerves.
I look out the window of the penthouse.
I arrived here last night, a new plan to get Loraine back to our residence, bombard her with memories of our good times spent here. But yesterday she was missing and also this morning the staff of the hospital did not find her in the rented apartment. And now I get these pictures of where she was and with whom. I can't believe it, if these photos weren't in front of me as proof, I'd dismiss the report as being gossip. But I can't get around it, it's hard on the table right in front of me now.
I walk to the couch and now check them one by one.
In Dordrich's arms on the patio of the penthouse, dining in love, kissing heavenly in a restaurant parking lot and with Dordrich strangled between her legs on a lounger on the secluded beach. This last one is especially maddening me. They were clearly having steamy sex. But she withheld her body from me for years because she wanted to keep her virginity before marriage. But yet she gave it away to Dordrich without any legal standing.
But there are also some pictures with Aziel, that idiot at her workplace!
So many times have I told her to stay away from that man. I know that Aziel is crazy about her, tolerates everything about her, is willing to lick her feet, crawl to her. The two had a brief sexual relationship until I found out and forced her to end it, which she immediately did. But Aziel kept hoping, I've often caught him with deep hunger for her in his eyes. What he doesn't know is that Loraine respects him highly, in fact she is in love with him. He is the first she always turns to with everything that concerns her. She's just too emotionally immature to see how deep her feelings for him go, she's actually terrified that he's leaving her life.
The deep emotions between the two do not escape me, but the utmost I can do is forbid her to have any contact with him other than business. There is a professional slut in that workplace that I paid a hefty sum to seduce Aziel and keep his attention away from Loraine, but she too fails after many attempts.
There was plenty of opportunities to fire him or delegate to an affiliate of her company, but I know full well that doing so would awaken a deeper side of Loraine. Permanently banishing Aziel from her life would create a rebellious Loraine, one that I would not be able to handle myself. Putting heavy pressure on her can have a boomerang effect, Loraine is really able to trade me for Aziel. But for now, she always chooses a solution to keep us both in peace, so she bows to my demands.
But after I put Dordrich out of sight, I definitely need to come up with a strategy to deal with this Aziel as well. He just gets on my nerves. He has to be out of the picture. And then Loraine will be so dependent on me that she won't avoid marriage between us.
At all costs, Loraine must be my wife.
I've invested too much emotionally in our relationship, I can't stand by and watch other men own her while I have to make do with the crumbs. When I have her back in my bed I will love her so deep that she will never think of any other man again, she will realize what she has been missing with me all these years.
All that oral sex with her really frustrated me, always drove me into short-lived secret relationships for my physical relief. Although she satisfied me, it wasn't to the extent that real sex could. But that will soon change, I can't wait for that moment.
I drop those horrible photos on the floor and take a long gulp from my glass.
Bad idea. My throat burns like hell and I have to cough as the liquid draws to my stomach.
I take my phone from my back pocket and press Loraine's number.
“Honey, where are you? I am back in the penthouse, the walls of the hospital suddenly choked me enormously. I can't stay there any longer," I greet her. "Come and bring some food, I'm starving."
I hear her sweet voice that I can't get enough of after years. “Danner, why didn't you tell me beforehand? Now I have to vacate the apartment quickly. I'm already starting to order food online so they'll deliver it to you soon. Then I will arrange my stay.”
"What do you mean? I thought we lived together in this penthouse? I see your stuff everywhere. Come back here, I'm waiting for you." I end the conversation without waiting for her answer. I'm used to her always doing what I say and don't expect anything different now. Here with me in the penthouse, she is where she belongs and tonight will be unforgettable.
Now I press the telephone number of the florist and order the most beautiful Lily’s and red roses available. I intend to raise the mood in the house considerably, ready to conquer her again. My so-called amnesia gives me the perfect opportunity to start over. I grab the envelope with the horrible photos from the floor and keep it in a bottom drawer, where I know they're safe. One day I'll need them, I'm so sure.
Not long after, the doorbell rings. A large box of Italian food is delivered. I sit down at the dining table and start eating something while I wait for my woman...