His Mistress, Her Nightmare (COMPLETED)

Unanswered Questions

I love Christmas. It's another time where my family gets together and everyone is sooooo happy. I purposely saved about $2,000, just to buy gifts. There's not much I can buy a family who can buy whatever they need. "Girl you are so lucky." Tee says. It's almost five and I'm ready to bounce. "Why?" I ask. "You get two weeks off of work. We gotta be stuck here." She folds her arms. "I agree with Tee." Malik's chimes in. "Don't hate because I'm in school. That's literally the only reason I'm lucky." I put up air quotes. Although I don't live too far, from school and work, it's too far to drive back and forth, everyday. "I need to go back to school then." Tee laughs.

Once my shift ends, we all pretty much dash out of there. As crazy as it sounds, there are some days where we don't want to leave. Today is just my last day of work, until Christmas and New Years. I clock out, after saying my good byes and head to my car. I've been craving grapes all day, so I'm practically speeding to Walmart. My phone rings and it's Marcus. "You didn't even say bye." He says. "Sorry, I really want grapes." I laugh. "I can feed you some grapes." "I'd love that." "Let me come over, tonight. I want to see you as much as I can, before you leave. We're visiting Jasmine's family, for this holiday, so we'll be like four hours out. Two weeks is a long time, not seeing you." There's no way I can turn that down. I've been wanting him all week, since the party. "Sounds good to me." "Good. Jasmine leaves at 6:15, I'll be there by 7:30."

I pull into Walmart and head straight for the grapes. They're on sale for $1.37/lb, so I'm going to stack up. "Charity." I hear someone say, behind me. I basically jump out of my skin. I'm surprised to see Jasmine. She's already in her scrubs, so I assume she'll be heading to the hospital, after this. "Hey, Jasmine. Good to see you again. We're still recovering from the Christmas party." "I know that's not the last place you saw me, Charity." She says, shocking me. I have no words. "You're a sweet girl. I know you want to do the right thing." She smiles almost evilly. "Don't interfere with my marriage. What we do in our spare time, is between us, okay?" Little does she know, I'm already interfering and what he does in his spare time is me. "I have no interest in telling him about you." I say and grab my grapes. It kinda pissed me off. What's the point of marriage if people are just going to cheat?

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I keep checking the clock, waiting for Marcus. I've already showered and cooked a small meal. I figured since we can't spend Christmas together, we could have a pre Christmas dinner. My doorbell rings and I take one last look at my set up. I baked chicken, mac & cheese, baked beans and corn on the cob. Marcus loves corn, for some reason. I have a cake baking, that'll be ready by the time he finishes eating. "Hey you." I say, opening the door. He grabs me and picks me up. He closes the door, while still holding me up. "It smells amazing in here. Did you cook an American dinner, Princess?" He asks. "Just for you."

We scarf down dinner and talk about work, today. It was pretty crazy. Our ratings are neck and neck with his dad's hotel and it's driving everyone crazy. We really want this. "He always calls and tells me what great things they're doing. He's gloating." Marcus says, in between bites. "I can't believe y'all are still doing this. This can't be healthy." I say. I get up, to check on my cake. "It's the way we live, baby." I take the cake out and let it cool. "Well I hope that he's not too upset, when we pass his ass." We both laugh. I come back around, to the table and stand in front of him. "Come here." He motions me to sit on his lap. Thankfully my roommate has already gone home, for Christmas, because I'm sure we'll be having sex on this table, in any minute.

After five minutes of kissing, I wasn't completely wrong. He picks me up and we head to my room. In a matter of seconds, our clothes are coming off. In the moment, I don't think about how wrong this is. I don't think about what Jasmine does and if she knows what Marcus does. I don't even think about Devin. I just think about feeling good and Marcus does that to me. "I love you, Charity." Marcus says, throwing me way off. He has a whole wife. "What?" I say, out of breath. "I. Love. You." He says, kissing me from chest all the way down. I'm shocked but it makes me want him more. This time, the sex is way better than the first time.

When we finish, Marcus is knocked out. All I can think about is him saying he loved me. I don't think i feel that way yet. I'm glad he didn't make me say it but what if he says it again? What would I do? Ughhh. I get up and head for my shower. "I'm coming with." I hear a groggy Marcus. He joins me and lathers me with soap. It's different, when a man is in the shower with you, than sex. Sex, you're not seeing the person, you're just feeling. "This water is hot as shit. How do you bathe in this?" Marcus winces. I like my water at a boiling temperature. "It feels good to me." I laugh. He makes sure that I'm closest to the water. "I'll turn on some cold water, just for you."

After our shower, we lay naked in my bed. I wouldn't rather be anywhere else. "I don't want to drive four hours." Marcus says, breaking out comfortable silence. "Why doesn't she drive half then?" I ask. "Ehh, I can do it. That's not the gentleman thing to do, ya know?" "I guess so." I have a question, burning in my heart. "So why are you here with me?" I ask. It catches him off guard, so he sits up. "What do you mean? I needed to see you." He replies. "Yea but why did you need to see me? Is everything okay...with you and Jasmine?" He sighs. "Yes, everything is fine. What you and I have going on, has nothing to do with her." "But it kinda does. She's your wife." "And I'm here with you. Now that we've stated some facts, where do we go from here?" "What if she cheats on you?" I ask, knowing that she is. "Then I'll deal with that, if that time ever comes. What matters right now, is that I'm here with you, where I want to be." He holds my face in his hands. I almost melt, when brings me in, for a kiss. I guess I'll have to bring these questions up, at a later date. I feel like we're going to go for round two.