Six: Trust in no one but yourself ☆~☆~☆~
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Delilah
I had been nervous about Lilly's video call tonight with my husband Brandon.
I hadn't heard from him all day. He was supposedly working.
I sent him a text.
"What are your dinner plans, want me to cook?"
I was trying to see if he would be home or not.
He didn't respond.
I tried him as Lilly. "Hey, baby got a sec?"
Shoot! I had sent it on the wrong phone.
I quickly retracted it. Damn, that was close.
I did not see that he had read it yet.
I pulled out the other phone.
"I miss you. Can you call me sweety. I don't think I can wait for tonight. I need you sugar." Lilly purred.
Brandon didn't respond to Lilly either.
Brandon was actually working. He was working on a case for his dad.
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Powell Jonas
I was a very successful trial lawyer.
I worked for the major corporate clients.
My damn son has been performing very poorly lately. I brought him out to LA to keep an eye on him during this trial.
I wanted to get him up to speed on the upcoming breach of contract motion.
Even if he couldn't be involved as an attorney on retainer, he could do the dirty work.
But alas, he was a lazy boy. I tried to prevent my ex-wife Milly from coddling the boy. She ruined Brandon for the world.
He had been so weak.
I was done babying the boy. He needed prodding.
When rumors started to circulate that my dumb son was cheating in his dear young wife, I felt it was time to step in.
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Brandon
I was seriously overwhelmed. I had phones going off everywhere.
I had to answer all of these questions for the legal team.
I just needed a small break.
I picked up my phone.
There was a message from my wife.
I sent her a quick response.
" Hey dad has a bug up his ass, he is keeping me here in LA to work a case. I need my black suit from the cleaners, anyway you could come drop it off?"
She texted right back.
"Yes, when and where?"
I was pleased that she wasn't mad at me for the messages I had sent her.
Maybe I had been too harsh on her, she did everything I had asked of her.
My good wife.
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Delilah
I looked at Antonio.
"You up for a road trip. My husband just invited me to his hotel room!"
We jumped up and down. Antonio didn't know why he had to go too.
He did like watching me jump.
I packed all of the items from the attic.
" Let's get a room nearby.
When Brandon gets all worked up by Lilly. I will knock on his door instead."
"You have to come, so he thinks that you are big daddy. Tonight might be the night that I seduce my husband back!" I smiled at him.
Antonio wasn't so excited about that part.
He drove us in his fancy sports car.
LA ..........
Delilah
I checked into the Regency hotel in Los Angeles.
I had my husband Brandon's fresh pressed suit.
I wore a red silky dress, no bra.
"Are you sure I can go out in public in this?"
Antonio nodded. "Its LA, very sure."
He had me turn around.
" If this outfit doesn't stir up his libedo, he doesn't have a pulse."
I nodded, took a deep breath and kissed Antonio's cheek.
He said," I'll be at the bar."
I nodded again, then put on some red lipstick. My hair was long, blown -out. He said that I was a knock out.
I carried Brandon's suit in front of me, embarrassed by my outfit.
I rode up the elevator with a woman and two rowdy boys. The woman pulled the boys close, seeing me.
I got off at the penthouse, then knocked on the door. Brandon came to the door.
He had his phone in his ear.
He motioned for me to come in. He pointed to the closet.
I put the suit in the closet and went to sit on Brandon's king sized bed.
I nervously laid on my side, practicing a seductive look.
I crossed, then un crossed my legs.
Moving my hair to one side, I pursed my lips.
Brandon was still on the phone. He was ignoring everything I was doing.
A young woman walked into the room. "Oh, I'm sorry." She had a stack of papers for Brandon.
I thought he had been alone.
My father in law came marching in now, Powell Jonas was an imposing man.
He was yelling at Brandon.
"If you weren't so worried about your mistress, you might actually get some work done for me, I pay you very well, don't I?"
I gasped. Even Powell knew about Lilly Spark?
Powell saw me now, lying on Brandon's bed. He didn't recognize me, I looked so different now.
He sneered at me.
"Good Lord son, you brought your w***e up here with you?"
Brandon turned around and saw a woman on his bed. He didn't recognize me at first either as he hadn't really looked at me, when I came in. I had been holding his suit in front of my silky dress. He thought I left.
I stood up, totally humiliated and quickly ran out of the hotel room door, letting it slam behind me.
I felt so embarrassed. I ran for the elevator. Humiliation!
Everyone knew.
Powell then saw it was me. He held up his hand and motioned to the door.
"Go after your wife son!" Brandon hadn't wanted to, but he did as his dad said.
Brandon ran after me."Delilah wait up, you heard my dad?" he was caught.
I shook my head and couldn't speak.
I pushed the elevator button with the palm of my hand frantically.
I turned from him and hit it over and over. The doors slowly closed as Brandon got closer.
He could see that I was mortified.
He put his foot in the door, stopping it from closing.
I turned to face the wall. He touched my shoulder. I put my head down.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there." feeling bad for her.
He trailed off. His phone beeped. It was work.
He looked back out of the elevator doors.
I decided then I would move, I only had this one chance.
Be brave, fight for him.
I turned toward him. I grabbed him and kissed him hard.
I hadn't kissed him like that in a very long time. I pressed my body against his, and rubbed him intimately.
I did everything to make him love me. He did not.
His phone rang. He pulled away wiping red lipstick off of his mouth. Confusion.
He stepped out of the elevator. I shrank back into the corner and sat on the floor.
The doors slowly closed.
He didn't even say goodbye as he took the call.
I told myself I wouldn't cry.
I walked down to the bar and saw my friend Antonio there.
He was sitting closely with a beautiful woman.
I heard him call her Bella too as he kissed her hand, the woman gave him her room key.
I asked for a shot of whiskey and then another. I went back to the room.
Sitting on the bed, I decided to just go home.
I called myself a cab. Taking off the makeup and changing back into a pair of Levi's and a pull over pink hoodie. I was feeling very, very dark.
I put the hood up, and got a text. It was the cab. I grabbed my bags and walked out.
When I got to the front of the hotel I saw Powell standing there. He was smoking a cigar.
I put my head down and ran right passed him. He didn't seem to notice me.
Invisible, alone.
I took the cab to the ocean and got a hotel there. I decided that I needed to really think about life.
I wondered if I just took off, would anyone really care.
Running down to the water, I ran into the crashing waves. They were so cold. I waded in as far as I could go.
No one came to save me, there were no knights in shining armor. I wanted death.
Slowly I walked back out of the water and sat on the warm sand as the water came up and touched my toes.
The large orange sun dipped into the Pacific ocean. I sat alone, in the dark.
My phone pinged. It was mom, messaging me.
"Thinking of you, are you okay?"
I laughed saying to myself, "Yeah, I'm going to be fine, I thought. I am strong, I am titanium!" Liar!
I text mom,"Yes, how are you mother?"
Slowly dusting the sand off of my jeans, and walked back to the hotel room. I would stay a while.
Lilly got a late night text from Brandon.
" Sorry about earlier."
I thought that maybe he had meant to send that text to me, not to Lilly.
He said he meant to text her- Lilly back earlier but work was too hectic.
I need someone...
I understood now, he was responding to Lilly's earlier text to him.
I was too numb to respond.
I sent two thumbs up.
I fell asleep when my phone beeped, waking me. It was Antonio texting.
"What happened, the suspense is killing me?"
I told him that I was at the ocean, "you two enjoy yourself in the room. It's paid for."
He didn't text back. Another man letting me down.
I knew he was a player, but it hurt to hear him use the Bella line on another woman.
I should have expected it.
I mean really, all that s**t about meeting an actress and his wife.
I thought maybe I needed to make a real change in my life.
I would let Brandon move on. I had a thought now.
I wanted someone to love, what my friend Seraphina has. I want a baby of my own. I hugged my belly.
My own baby...
I hatched a new plan now. I needed Brandon to give me a piece of him.
Just one small, little piece of his DNA.
I sat up and looked up ovulation calenders on the internet.
Yes, I should be ovulating next week or so. My cycle is pretty regular. I need to seduce him just one more time before I cut him loose.
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