Tom and Desai are brought together by circumstance, friendship, and understanding of what each other really need from the other. A monster threatens their happiness, but they rise above to reach the pinnacle they both want and need. True love always...
***I added in the Prologue since it was so short***
This Chapter deals with verbal and physical abuse -- the after-effects can and often do last a lifetime. (Yes, experience is talking)
I plead with any of you who are in an abusive situation to seek help. No one deserves to be treated less than humane.
I also ask for forgiveness in advance if I've used your writings in the process of this work. Many of the 'Hello Darling's' have no reference as to who wrote them and neither does Loki's Dirty Whispers. I give the credit where credit is due to those who are wittier than I and I thank you for the ideas.
*** I wanted to add that the only real person is Tom Hiddleston, and his family. The other characters are fiction and any resemblance to real people is only coincidental.
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Prologue
January 2017
He felt bad for the lady. Tom knew in his heart that she was doing everything possible to not only defuse the situation but to keep from crying. He could hear it in her voice; see it in her expression. And the man, he supposed, her husband was not allowing her to do either.
"Do you think that losing weight is going to fix you?!" he drunkenly screamed at the woman with such force that it blew her hair. "Woman you are crazy! I mean you're like a box of chocolates – you never know what you're going to get!"
"Andrew, please," she pleaded quietly knowing that yet another lunch would be ruined by his temper.
"Andrew, please," he mockingly sneered. "No other man will want you. I mean have you looked at yourself. You don't take care of yourself. You wear baggy clothes –"
"I've lost some weight. My clothes don't fit like they used to."
"Then buy you some goddamn clothes that will! Are you trying to find another man," Andrew hissed into her face as he grabbed her neck then noticed Tom and pointed at him. "There's your man! He's the one you're so fucking hot for!" He released her neck as he paused grabbing her by the arms lifting her into a standing position, shaking her hard enough to give her a headache.
Desai was saved from anymore embarrassment by her husband as police officers removed Andrew Alexander from the restaurant. She looked at the gentleman her husband had pointed to and moved over to where he was sitting. "Mr. Hiddleston I am so sorry. My husband is ..."
"A bastard," he said as he stood and took her hand in his as he lightly kissed her knuckles. Her eyes were like emeralds with gold flecks and her voice was soft and gentle with a soft Southern drawl. He glanced at her lips, they looked full and soft and oh so kissable. "No one deserves the treatment he gave you. You are a true lady and I wish you the very best of life. Please, do not continue to allow him to steal your light. You were meant to shine."
