Love's Last Embrace

Chapter 6

Lukas  snuck out of the front door to their mansion, before hurriedly clambering into his car. Anna had gone out for the night with some old university friends, and had offered to bring Lukas with her, to give him something to do that evening. However, Lukas found her friends the single most annoying people on the planet.

Annaliese would probably bring along her friend Natalya, who was probably a paid assassin, and would kill him for fun on her day off, especially if you messed with her brother, Ivan. Lukas shuddered in terror as he sped out of the driveway.

The other two were the worst. Not because they were axe murderers, or assassins or anything remotely scary. It was because they were happy. All the freaking time. It drove Lukas to distraction, and whenever Anna oh-so-cheerfully announced that one of them would be coming for tea, Lukas made a beeline for the aspirin.

One was Françoise: and not only did she also smile in a scary fashion and have eyebrows that were constantly waggling, she would read *ahem* 'inappropriate' things aloud. At the dinner table. IN FRONT OF ANY OTHER GUESTS WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE VISITED. Lukas knew his wife was a bit of a pushover, however she was usually able to calm most of her friends down, and call the house to some sense of order. Fran was one of two people she was completely powerless to resist, along with the worst out of all the friends: Isabel.

Not only did she appear to be either constantly high or FAR too untroubled, she took great delight out of pranks and schemes, as well as generally annoying people. She also had an uncanny knack for putting her foot in it.

That was why Lukas had politely declined the offer, and had instead said he wanted to stay at home and practice his violin.

However, as soon as his wife's car was out of the earshot, his violin had gone back into its case and the eyeliner and ripped t-shirt had come out, and Lukas had run for the door.

Underneath his whole austere persona lurked a secret, hidden, punk.

Lukas also had another secret: he was seeing someone else. And that someone was a man.

Mathias was like the sun to Lukas; he was also always happy, but this somehow didn't annoy him as much as Anna's friends did. His happiness made Lukas happy too, and that had to be a good thing, right?

Mathias knew Lukas's position, how he was married and had a grown up son, but Lukas had begged him to forget that, and just love him for who he was.

There was one small problem in their relationship however: what would they do if people found out?