Right After dark_

AMARIS💮

''Damaged people are dangerous. They know how to make the deepest pits of hell feel like comfort''.
-Toxic Cherries.

'I told you they have the best steak here'. Darrien bragged again about the steak in his friend restaurant that just launched.

'Yeah it's really nice', i said barely touching my meal whilst playing with my cutlery absentmindedly.

'Babe I'm sorry for acting like a caveman', he pleads again, i have lost count of the apology and vows already.

'I talked to Charlotte about it and she told me about how pleasure is supposed to be 50/50, i swear i know better now', he explained as i stopped listening to anything he has to say since he mentioned his boss name.

'Hold up!', i raised my palm up to halt whatever gibberish he wants to pour out next.'you are telling your boss about our sex life', i frowned.

His mouth slightly opened forming an O as if realizing he is spilling too much of information. 'Babe it's not like that', he stretched his hands to cover the fist I'm balling on my left hands over the table.

'It is like how Darrien! What slimy explanation do you want to give that will justify you talking about our sex life to your fucking boss', I said steadily to my surprise.

'She noticed how i was down during our work trip yesterday and i felt she will relate more since she is married', he explains and I'm finding it hard to believe.

He is always with this said boss 70% of the time, he spends time with his 32 years old boss more than he does with me.

Anita once suspected there is something going on between them but I didn't take it to heart because Darrien has never given me any reason to doubt him in our years of dating.

'It's embarrassing for me, do not divulge personal issues to your boss again', I told him calmly dissipating the anger building within me.

It's not worth it to get angry over such trivial issue when we just finish settling another issue.

'I'm so sorry babe, i felt really bad after calling you that night hearing your voice shaking because of me', he said innocently and i squirmed on my seat.

Recalling the phone call event when Malachi was inside me. I'm such a bad person, i was busy cheating on him but all that mattered to him was my wellbeing.

He was worried that i was crying because of the issue we had but i was back at home not caring about how my fiancee would have reacted if he caught us in that compromising situation.

I was screaming and moaning like a dollar whore for my married brother's best friend, hurting my fiancée feelings.

'Are you okay, babe?', he touched my fingers lightly concern wriggling his handsome face, guilt envelope me whole.

'I'm okay babe', i said calmly. 'We really need to improve in the other room', i smile sweetly at my adorable husband to me. The man that won't shatter my heart into a million pieces.

'My D is a better man for you now', he says flirting with me. We shifted conversations to another topics till 3 hours passed and we didn't know.

Spending valuable time with Darrien is always fun, he tends to know how to make his company therapeutic for me.

What i have for Malachi is just a sexual attraction that would eventually destroy me if i don't put an end to whatever it is that is growing again between us.

This right here, caressing Darrien hands, looking at him as he continues to tell me about his work. This is pure healthy love that I don't have to be afraid of him breaking my heart in any way.