I
Having an understanding and great friends really makes someone’s life light and easy. When Atty. Garette, discussed with his three friends the wishes and conditions of his father, and they agreed to the arrangement that he would visit the office at least once a week and attend the hearings of the crucial cases he handled.
So, before they returned to Cambridge the next day, Atty. Garette had made up his mind already.
“Dad, I accept your offer. Just give me at least a month to settle everything in our law firm,” he said as he sat on the couch in their living room, in front of his Dad.
A warm smile suddenly flashed all over the face of Raffy O’ Brein. “Good son. Alright, I will see you here then, a month from now,” he replied with joy in his voice.
“But Dad, I cannot totally let go of my profession. I need to be in the office at least once a week and I need to attend the hearings of the crucial cases that I am currently in charge of,” he explained to his father, to which his father simply nodded and agreed.
“That would be fine, son. I know how much you love being a lawyer. So don’t worry, you can still practice your profession, although it will be limited somehow.” Don Raffy said, with a full understanding of his son’s working conditions too.
The truth is, Atty. Garette could just easily refuse his father. He does not need his father’s wealth actually. He is wealthy in his own right. But what made Atty. Garette decides to accept his father’s challenge. He did not know yet, but something was pulling him to stay; he wanted to be close and to find out more about her soon-to-be stepmom.
He might be putting himself on fire but he did not care; all he knew was, he needed to be with her, no matter the circumstances.
“Brod, tell me, do you feel something for your stepmom? I could notice the way you looked at her, it was as if you wanted to devour her.”It was Atty. Greg, who asked Atty. Garette. They were inside Atty. Garette’s office.
It had been two days since they left their ranch in Texas, but Atty. Garette could still feel in his skin the softness of Dianthe’s skin when it touched his. He would always reminisce about her before he would go to sleep, no matter how tired he was.
“I don’t know. I might just want to bed her. That’s all.” Atty. Garette replied.
“Are you sure? You know, Brod, this is the first time that you sacrificed your own interests because you wanted to be with a woman.” Atty. Greg said in a dramatic manner.
“Shut up Greg. I just need to bed her once and I will be satisfied, just like my other women before.” Atty. Garette said, but deep inside he really wondered if he would be satisfied once he had s*x already with Dianthe.
“Beside Brod, she is your soon-to-be stepmom, goodness!” Atty. Greg even raised his eyes upward like rolling marbles.
“Stop, you are hitting my conscience. I am just thinking, Brod, by the way, I know Dad can’t have s*x already; so you know, it is as if I will be my Dad’s representative.” Atty. Garette chuckled.
“Shuckkks Garette, your father will kill you once he knows that you have lustful desires for his soon-to-be wife.” Atty. Greg’s facial expression was comical.
“Something is actually bothering me Greg; if my father could not make Dianthe happy when it comes to s*x, I am darn sure that she will find someone else who could fulfill her needs.”
Atty. Greg fell silent and seemed to be in deep thought too. “Hmm, it is for you to find out Garette. If she would succumb to your advances that easily then she can do it most probably with other men. Well, that is just my opinion, you know?”
II
Days ran fast. Atty. Garette has only a week to finish everything that he needs to do before returning to their ranch.
“Garette, we have a very persistent woman who wanted you to handle her annulment case. We have already told her that cases as simple as that are only being handled by our Junior Lawyers, but she does not want to give up. She requested a meeting with you.” Atty. Hector told Atty. Garette while they were having their lunch in a restaurant near their office.
Atty. Garette furrowed. “I don’t want to handle cases like that. Tell her, I will be busy and will be in the office only once a month.”
We already told her that. “She said you met before.” Atty. Hector said again grinning.
“Goddamit. Assign Drew to her. Maybe she just wanted to be f*cked! I am not interested.” Atty. Garette said, laughing. Atty. Drew is their youngest, handsome lawyer, who, like them, is the epitome of playfulness when it comes to women.
Atty. Hector laughed out loud. “Don’t you want to see her? Well, maybe just meet her, then after signing our Engagement Agreement with her as her counsel, you can pass on the case to Drew. What do you think?”
“I don’t have time for her. I need to relax before going back to my father’s ranch.” Atty. Garette said while shaking his head.
“What if she can give you that relaxation you need hmmm?” Atty. Hector was persistent and trying to test all his patience.
Atty. Garette looked at his friend and asked, “Do you have a picture of her? Unedited, okay?”
“Of course, I do. Wait.” Atty. Hector opened his mobile phone and scrolled. After a while, he showed her a woman wearing a two-piece red bikini swimsuit, standing by the pool in a Santorini type of resort.
Atty. Garette looked at the photo but he just smirked.
“So, not your type?” Furrowing, Atty. Hector asked Atty. Garette.
“Not quite. She seemed to be in her thirties already. You know me, I want younger women.” Atty. Garette stated while shaking his head.
“But look at her, she might be in her thirties, but goodness, her bo*bs, her body, and maybe her t*ts are still looking so delicious.” Atty. Hector still tried to convince Atty. Garette.
“Gaddamit Hector, why not just f*ck her?” Atty. Garette was laughing at this friend, who suddenly grinned and looked at him playfully.
“If I know, you cannot take any other women now because of Dianthe.” Atty. Hector whispered that made Atty. Garette suddenly fell silent.
Atty. Garette had abruptly been drowned in his thoughts. He also noticed that another woman had no effect on him, unlike before when he had not met Dianthe yet. To be honest, the woman Atty. Hector showed him, was actually still alluring and hot but he could not find that excitement to bed her.
“So, was I correct, lover boy?” Atty. Hector was in teasing mode now.
Atty. Garette just laughed at Atty. Hector and then his eyes suddenly grew wide. Someone is heading to their table, which he is so familiar with.