The Writer's Mistress

Chapter 11 -Eli | All or nothing-

Chapter 11

Eli

"All or nothing."

I've been with many women, but Anais is someone different. Apart from the other women, she craves me. Her desperation and hunger that she harbors for me is nothing short of arousing. I can do anything and everything to her. She'll do whatever I tell her. She is mine, even if she belongs to him.

I gather myself together while Anais enters the bathroom. I take another look around her home. It's clean and cozy, a real family home. By the looks of it, I can tell she takes care of it very well. The realization hits me; she's a housewife; a stay-at-home mom. I don't happen to see her in that light, I can't quite picture her cleaning the house, caring for the children and running the household. She's much more than that.

I imagine what our lives would be if it were just her and I, she'd be there for the book tours, making love every chance we'd get, dressing her in fine clothing, fine food and trips around the world. A life of lust and luxury. I stare at her wedding picture once again. I feel jealousy and anger building up in my chest, the pearl white frame that holds the memory of Anais's past love. They look happy, I know those days are no longer here.

I hear her footsteps behind me as I look on. "What are you looking for?" Anais with worry in her voice.

I turn to her and wrap my arms around her waist. "What's his name? Your husband."

She looks over my shoulder and pans over to the large wedding photo on the wall. "Edmond."

I smile and look over once more to the photo, I press my lips into a line and nod. Edmond... this is the name of the man I'll eventually destroy. With time the truth will reveal itself and it'll just be a part of our story, someday soon our past.

Anais runs her fingers through my hair and looks me in the eyes lovingly. She brings her lips to mine and kisses me. I pull her in closer to me. Breathing her in, knowing I'll have to leave her soon. "Spend the night with me, I'm only in town for 2 more days before I go back to London."

She hesitates before she answers, I can tell she's scrambling through her head for the words. A moment passes when she suddenly looks me in the eyes as if for the first time and smiles. "Yes. I'll have to get a sitter, but I'll figure something out." She says softly.

I break away from her warm embrace, not wanting to leave her here. If I had my way, I'd ask her to disappear with me right now, start a life for us in London. Selfishly taking her away from everything. I kiss her once more before I turn to leave. "I'll text you the details for tonight just wear something sexy..." I give her a wink and a smile and get into my car.

The drive back to my hotel, I can only think about Anais. I think about how her life was simple before I entered the picture. If I asked her today to come to London with me, would she? Would she leave it all behind? Her husband, the kids, her home? My intense thoughts are broken when my phone starts to ring, I quickly glance at the screen and see it's one of my former conquests. I swipe away the phone call. I can't be bothered with her right now. Like the other women I've been with, I only reach out to them when I'm bored.

Another thought begins to form, will I get bored of Anais? I can't imagine so; With Anais it feels as if I've kissed her before, touched her in many ways before. I've loved her in another life and somehow lost her along the way. Now that I've found her once again, I can't lose her.

She is all that I crave. She is familiar in the short time we've known each other but all while something I've been searching for in this life.

I won't let it go so easily.