The Sinful Affair

Chapter 10

Tristan hummed to himself as he sat at the hospital in the waiting room. Nikki's water had broken this morning and Isaac of course had called him first thing when they got to the hospital. Isaac had needed the support and now almost ten hours into labor Isaac was doing well and able to handle everything though he had threatened Tristan on leaving. He had said if Tristan left he'd cut his balls off and make sure he and Anne had no more children thus making Carl the baby.

Usually Tristan would call his brother's bluff but today Isaac just sounded so serious and so Tristan now sat in the waiting room bored out of his mind. He had texted Anne numerous times and he had even called her once but she hadn't answered. The text had went unreplied too and the call had went straight to voice-mail.

It was after that, that Tristan resorted to final measures and thirty minutes ago he had called Natalie asking her to come and keep him company. He hadn't seen her since their talk on the porch where she had basically admitted to still liking him and he had kind of distanced himself in fear that she'd try something but now he was just desperate for some human contact since Isaac was busy with Nikki and his parents refused to show up until there was a baby here to actually see.

"Tristan," Natalie spoke as she entered the waiting room of the hospital and walked over to him. "Sorry it took me so long. You kind of called me in the middle of cleaning," she said as she shook her head.

"Are you still anal about finishing the cleaning before leaving the house?" Tristan asked her as he looked up at her and smiled. He was teasing her and he figured she'd know it. He was also glad to see someone else and have someone to talk too and keep him company even if he had preferred his wife being here but it seemed like she was ignoring him which made him scared that she was slowly slipping away.

Laughing at Tristan's words Natalie fake glared but nodded to confirm his question, "Still am," she said knowing that when they had been dating she'd usually refuse to leave the house if she had started cleaning her room when she lived at home with her mom and then once she got her own place she'd refuse to leave the house until it was clean. "I find it funny you remember that."

"How could I forget?" Tristan asked as he raised an eyebrow. "Do you know how many of the times I wanted you to come over just because I was horny and you wouldn't until you finished cleaning," he laughed before blushing. "My hand and I became good friends then."

Natalie rolled her eyes at that before feeling her cheeks warm some, "But I did eventually come over," she said as if to defend herself. "After you and your hand had became friends."

Tristan nodded, "That is true," he smiled as he looked at her. "And I was still able to get it up again for a round of what I actually wanted."

"You always did like s*x," Natalie muttered as she blushed more at her own words and the memories that came with them. How it had felt to make love to him and just be in his arms. It was a shame she had ever let that go. "I bet you still do which makes your wife one lucky woman."

At Natalie's words Tristan felt himself blush, "Our s*x life has seen better days," he said knowing they had, had more s*x before having two children and before he got his own studio. They had, had more s*x when it was just John because somehow it was easier and he was around more.

"Guess that happens when you get married and have kids. Things just change," Natalie nodded as she looked down. A part of her wondered what it'd be like to be married with children. She had thought she would have that chance. Hell she had thought she'd have that chance with Tristan but then Anne had came in and ruined every darn plan she had made for herself if her dreams of acting had failed.

Frowning at Natalie mentioning things changing Tristan thought of their marriage lately and the fact that it had changed. It had changed and somehow in that change it seemed they had lost what they once had been and he had to believe they had been something. Yeah they may have married because of John but in some ways he knew he probably would have married her eventually anyway. She was the person who made him complete and their life together was what he lived for some days. It had been what had gotten him through his years of his failed dreams until he finally made it.

Maybe he had neglected her after he had made it though and for that he was sorry. He was also sorry that because of him she hadn't got to experience her what-if's she had mentioned in her rant to him. He could remember still during the time before she had gotten pregnant that she had dreams of going off and going to school. She had wanted to be a painter and live in some fancy apartment in France. But then he had gotten her pregnant and those dreams had been squashed though Tristan had to admit he was kind of happy they had been because he wouldn't have the life he lead now if she hadn't gotten pregnant. If her father hadn't insisted they get married before John was born. If she hadn't decided to keep John in the first place.

"You know Anne once considered having an abortion with John," Tristan spoke up as he came out of his thoughts. "She found out she was pregnant and she never told me at first. I had to find out through a pamphlet about abortion accidentally falling out of her purse. She confessed everything then and said she had even went to a clinic but then she chickened out and left."

When Tristan confessed what he did randomly Natalie just went silent knowing he probably just needed to talk. She knew Anne was still gone as she still hadn't seen her car in the driveway nor was Anne here in the hospital as her sister-in-law gave birth. "Do you wish she had went through with it?" she asked him as she raised an eyebrow.

Tristan shook his head no at Natalie's question, "No but I don't think I would have faulted her if she had. She was only a child compared to me being in my mid-twenties," he said before scrunching up his face. "She had to give up everything by keeping John and I think over time I have somehow forgotten that. I took for granted that she'd be happy while I did my own thing."

"And you think her unhappiness is why she hasn't came back yet?" Natalie asked keeping her eyebrow raised. "Excuse me if I am overstepping myself but I think your wife is just being selfish," she admitted honestly as she locked eyes with him. "There are a number of women who would kill for a happy family. A husband who is loyal and two beautiful babies on top of that," she said knowing she had seen pictures of John and Carl on Tristan's desk at his studio. "She's being selfish and it isn't fair to you or those boys."

"Partly maybe," Tristan confessed as he listened to Natalie call Anne selfish. "She isn't selfish," he defended as he looked away from Natalie's stare. "I think she's just reacting the way anyone in her situation would react."

Natalie just shrugged as she heard Tristan defend Anne. "And what if she decides to date someone else during her not being selfish moment Tristan?" she asked her tone coming out almost stern. "I mean it's happened. People during times like these end up turning to someone else."

Going silent at Natalie's question Tristan couldn't help but feel sick at the thought of his wife with someone else. Of his wife turning to another man for all the things he could give her still. "I think I'd be hurt that she didn't respect our marriage but Ave...she respects our marriage and she respects me enough not to do that."

"If she respected you and your marriage she'd be home already Tay," Natalie told him as she frowned slightly wishing he could see that his wife seemed not to care. "She'd be here right now instead of me. She'd be doing things to make stuff better not just creating more space between you."

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Anne chewed on her lip as she pulled into a parking space at the hospital. She hated to admit the fact that she had just gotten Tristan's texts and voice-mails now..hours after he had sent both but when she had arrived at Kobe's she had cut her cellphone off and left it in the car. She had only cut it on after leaving his house to go get ready for their night out. That of course had been after they had made out for most of the day only to be interrupted when his mother had returned home.

Anne had left his house red-faced and nervous that his mother would think horribly of her since his mother knew she was a preacher's kid but maybe his mother didn't know she was married. Maybe she had no idea. Though even if she did she was sure that his mother knowing she was married couldn't make her feel more guilty than she already felt now as she sat in her parked car.

She almost wasn't sure she could go in and face Tristan. How could she look at her husband after knowing another man had kissed her. That another man's hands had went places that only Tristan's had ever been. That she had allowed Kobe to get her off through her panties.

"I can do this," Anne told herself as she opened the door of her car. "I can face Tristan and not feel too guilty," she nodded as she unbuckled and then stepped out. Shutting the door she pocketed her keys and took a deep breath before heading inside of the hospital.

Making her way towards the maternity floor she eventually came to a stop when she reached the waiting room there and saw Tristan sitting in a chair next to Natalie. They were both reading a magazine and she knew it was wrong but the sight of Natalie by her husband made her mad and jealous and she knew that had mad her a hypocrite given the fact that she had just gotten semi-fingered by m*********d by another man not too long ago.

Clearing her throat Anne watched as Tristan looked up from his magazine and she smiled as he laid it down and walked towards her. "Sorry I'm late," she apologized when he reached her. "I didn't have my phone on today," she lied feeling more guilty for her lie on top of the transgressions she had committed.

"I didn't think you'd come at all," Tristan said honestly as he pulled Anne into a hug squeezing her some as he did so. He was happy she was here at least even if a part of him didn't believe her words on not having her phone on. She usually always had her phone on except at night when they were in bed or if they had wanted privacy to do other things. There had been numerous times during the early days of their marriage that she'd cut off the phone just so they could have s*x and not be interrupted by calls or texts from her sisters. Though even then it was a chance on not getting interrupted as John had still been a baby and sometimes his crying would ruin any chance of their s*x plans happening.

"Well I did," Anne smiled as Tristan hugged her. It was during their hug that she looked over at Natalie to see the woman glaring at her. Doing her best not to glare back she pulled away from the hug and looked at Tristan. "How long has Nikki been in labor?" she asked him as she raised an eyebrow. She knew Nikki was a week away from her due date but Anne also knew from experiences that babies came when they wanted to come.

Pulling away from the hug Tristan shrugged, "Since sometime this morning," he nodded as he looked her over, his eyes landing to a spot on her neck which made him cringe slightly. "C..can we go somewhere else for a minute?" he asked as he turned to look at Natalie before looking back at her.

Anne nodded but felt confused. After she had nodded she felt Tristan grab a hold of her neck and lead her off. It was when he had taken her into the bathroom off the waiting room that she raised an eyebrow watching as he looked the door. "What's the matter?" she asked not sure why he wanted to take her somewhere else.

"What's the matter?" Tristan asked his voice coming out harsh. "What's the matter is the fact that you have a hickey on your neck. A hickey that I know I didn't leave on you Thursday night."

Swallowing hard Anne turned to look in the mirror, her eyes widening in horror as she saw the mark on her neck. She knew she had lost herself in the things Kobe was doing to her but she had thought she had been aware enough to know if he was leaving a hickey but in the end she guessed she wasn't.

Looking down after Anne looked in the mirror Tristan knew from the look on her face that she had been caught in a situation she hadn't wanted to be caught in. The shock in her eyes was apparent to him. "So," he spoke up as he finally gathered the strength to look back up at her. "Who left you that hickey? Whose the man you cheated on me with?"