The Price of Betrayal

a corner drinking his whiskey. The people around him laughed, danced, and lost themselves in the nig

felt empty. His wife Evelyn could no longer give him more children and he needed a son to c

the music changed and the spotlight moved to the stage. The crowd went q

in the lights and her dark hair flew down her back. She moved gracefully and comman

so well on the stage that everyone clapped and threw money at her. But there was s

ore leaving the stage. As she walked through the crowd, both men and women tried to g

ed at Richard as though she had something in mind. Richard's heart raced. He

appeared and was fully dressed in a gown. She slid into th

to see me?

straighter. Up close, she was even

she said with

r again. "A bottle of your

n't look like the kind of man who comes to p

"So what kind of man wou

tilted her head. "Rich, po

a bottle of champagne and

lass. "To boredom,"

her glass against his. "To

it and the way she carried herself. Sabrina, in turn, seemed amused by his r

ffocating life. For Sabrina, he was an o

n. Richard knew he had to leave and this should be classified as a mistake.

into his eyes, smiling with mischief. "So, what now, Mr.

gle of desire and doubt. He reached f

eerfully. "Lead t

streets. They didn't speak to each other which made their silence become charged with anticipation. R

of the beautiful environment. The place was lavish. Richard pour

he walked closer to him while staring into his eyes. "

didn't know what he wanted from her. All he knew was that she

connection seemed strong, fueled by desperation and d

ly and moved her hands up his chest. Her red-colored nails grazed through his

er filled the room as Richard moved to unlock the zipper of h

e not," Richard respo

stood before him in nothing. Richard realized Sabrina had no pants under, she

m. "You've been holding back all night,

ghter turned to gasps as he kissed her deeply, his hands exploring her body with admiration and de

passion igniting like fire. Richard was lost in her, in the way

as just the two of them. When they finally fell together, out of

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e wondered if he had been dreaming. But the faint smell of her pe

rshadowed by a stronger sense of longing. He didn't understand why he fe