The Last Deal
“Please, Aziel, come pick me up. I've messed up again".
After their intense last sex, Loraine waited for Dordrich to fall asleep. Then she sneaked out of the bedroom, got dressed and left the penthouse. But when she got to her vehicle, she saw that it was destroyed. She can imagine who did the damage and how. But what is certain here, is that she can’t drive home with it. The only one who can get her out of this situation now is her faithful friend Aziel.
Without hesitation, Aziel grabs his jeans that he had casually thrown on the floor hours before and puts them on again. He thought he could sleep with Loraine in his arms again tonight, but she had firmly rejected him and left work without even telling him. At home, he got drunk until he fell on the bed exhausted. But now that Loraine calls him in the middle of the night, he is immediately sober again. And of course, he runs to her aid, he will never leave her alone in distress.
"Where are you? Tell me and I'll come to get you right away," he asks urgently. The idea of her lying by the roadside, robbed or injured, pains him. She tells him the address and within fifteen minutes he sees her miserable alone there. Loraine waits for him sitting on the ground in front of the locked garage door. Seeing her helpless figure, he jumps out of his vehicle, picks her up and carries her bridal style to the passenger seat.
Without asking anything, he drives straight to his house. Throughout the ride Loraine continued to sob hard, her face collapsed from crying. When they arrived, he carries her straight to the bathroom, takes her clothes off and put her in the bathtub. As the warm water flows over her body, Loraine slowly gets herself together.
“Ooohhh Aziel, I screwed up big time. Social media will now be full of it, I can't get over this anymore," she moans. “Elena, Dordrich's wife caught us hot during sex and destroyed my car. She said all kinds of mean things about me and that she would never leave Dordrich for me.” Another torrent comes in, Aziel listens silently as he lets the warm water run over her body.
He doesn't want to remind her that he had warned her about this in advance, had urged her to get out of that relationship with Dordrich. As a solution, he had offered to go on vacation to the Caribbean so that she was distracted from that forbidden love affair. But stubborn as she is, she refused to listen to him and so now the moment of truth has arrived. He sighs, but doesn't want to cause her any further pain at this moment of misery.
“What do you want to do now, Loraine?” he asks, looking straight at her.
"I have to get out of here. Out of America. I can't face anyone here anymore, this is a shame I can't handle right now," she says sadly. “And I don't want to be near Dordrich for some time, I'm sure he'll persuade me to continue our relationship and I can’t. Because that will only make things worse.” She now throws herself into the comforting arms of Aziel, who holds her tight. “Let's sleep now, tomorrow we'll think about it again with a clear mind. There is a solution for every problem” he suggests.
He carries her to the bed and lies down next to her with his arms around her as to shelter her from all problems. As usual, she settles against his chest and both fall into a deep sleep, tired of all the emotions in only one night.
The next day, Aziel lets her sleep in until noon and when she finally wakes up, he brings her breakfast in bed. “You have rested wonderfully. So your mind is clear enough to make plans for the future. You know that you are used to comfort and all. Do you still want to leave New York and your settled life?” Aziel asks. Loraine nods in agreement. “Do you already know where to go?”.
Loraine frowns. “You know Archer, we met him in China? He has a house in Barbados that he hardly uses. Maybe I can stay there for the time being until I decide where I want to settle permanently," she says. “And Windrug&So, what do you plan to do with that?” he asks again.
“Asking you to be the new director”, she answers hesitantly.
He looks directly at her. “I can only be where you are, and you know it. If you're in Barbados, I'll be there too," he tells her. Loraine throws herself against him and snuggles back into his chest. "You can travel in and out, it's a short distance," she tries to persuade him.
“Hmmm. I can do it, but there are conditions to it, Loraine.” His voice is serious now and she looks up. She is not used to this attitude of his. “Mention them! Right now, you get everything from me,” she says defeated.
Aziel lifts her face to his and looks her straight in the eye.
“No more lovers. You keep waiting for me until I get there, and I call you every day when I'm not with you," he says with a serious face. There is also an unwavering look in his eyes now. Aziel is not about to give in to her capricious behavior now.
“I don't want any more lovers either. After this experience, I swear off men for a long time," she promises. Aziel continues to hold her. “That's not what I mean, Loraine. What I want is for you to have sex with me alone in the future. I don't want to wait for you any longer. Once you get over this experience, I will be the only man you have sex with and sleep next to. No more escapades.” Loraine hesitates at first but eventually gives in.
“Deal”...