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“Well, finally. Something we can agree upon. She is special. She’s very special.” Lukus’s voice was shaking with emotion that even a stranger would pick up on.
Markus’s eyes narrowed at his friend’s words. He stumbled to his feet and shouted in his friend’s face. “What the hell? Did you fuck my wife?”
Chapter Two
Markus
Markus didn’t think he could take any more betrayal. Brianna cheating had almost killed him. The thought of his best friend betraying him too… his heart clinched, the pressure making it feel like it might explode.
The old friends were only inches apart from each other when Lukus shouted in his face. “Screw you, Markus. I didnotfuck your wife… but you know what? I wanted to. I might have even done it too if she would have let me, but she loves you so much she wouldn’t hear of it.”
Conflicting emotions made it impossible to think. Grateful Brianna and Lukus hadn’t done the unthinkable, his friend’s confession hurt. The only thing that tempered the pain was the thought that Brianna still loved him.
Still furious, Markus shoved Lukus backwards with both hands. “Yousonofabitch! I can’t believe I was stupid enough to leave her there with you. I should have known you wouldn’t be able to keep your dick in your pants.”
Lukus rushed back up on Markus and retook him by the collar of his stained shirt. “I’m going to let that one go because I know how upset you are right now, and I’ll be damned if we’re going to let anything come between us again. I meant it when I said you’re like a brother to me, Markus. So… as your brother, I’m obligated to help you, even when you’re acting like a complete asshole.”
Lukus roughly pushed Markus back against the couch cushion where he collapsed, defeated. His friend stepped away, warning, “Now you sit there and listen. Keep your fucking mouth shut until I’m done.” Lukus started pacing and Markus used the time to try to push down the throbbing in his head, courtesy of the mother of all headaches he’d ever had. He was in need of a toothbrush but could tell Lukus wasn’t done lecturing him yet.
Lukus finally stopped pacing, turning towards him and asked, “Did Brianna ever tell you how she met Jake?”
“What the hell does that have to do with anything?” Markus spat.
“Answer the damn question. Did she?”
“Yeah. She said it was at some BDSM club downtown.”
“So, you knew then that she had at least some interest in learning more about the D/s lifestyle?”
Markus paused, worried where this line of questioning was going. “Well sure, but that was before that asshole abused her and made her hate it. He made her afraid of the lifestyle.”
“I know she told you about what he did back then, but did you ever talk about what she’d seen in Jake in the first place? What she was looking for at the clubs?”
This line of questioning didn’t make any sense to him. He snapped defensively, “No. I didn’t want to bring anything up that would upset her. She made it clear in the beginning she was afraid of rough play and I knew if I wanted to be with her, I’d need to give up being a Dom. At first I thought it would be hard, but honestly, she made it easy. She’s so responsive and loving. Georgie always told me I couldn’t be a romantic to save my life. I bet she would shit bricks if she could see how romantic I am…was…with Bri.”
“So, Georgie complained that you weren’t romantic?”
“All the time. But, fuck—I was still going for partner in the firm back then. I was working eighty hours a week. She should have been happy with the great sex, the money, the house, and the trips with her sisters. But it was never enough with her.”
“So, you at least admit that just because a woman wants to be a sub, it doesn’t mean all she wants is to be paddled, tied up, and fucked while being a slave to cook and clean your house?” Lukus’s tone was only half joking.
“Stop being such an ass. You know that’s not how I define a good sub, Lukus.”
“Do I? That’s exactly what I saw you do with Georgie. You didn’t really give anything of yourself to her. You provided for her, sure, and you dominated her sexually in the bedroom. But did you ever think that maybe—just maybe—she needed some of the same things you’ve been giving to Brianna the last three years? You’re right about Georgie wanting to leave you before. I could see it. All she wanted was more of your time, Markus. She needed you toseeher. Toloveher. Tocherishher. All you did well was dominate her and try to buy her.”
This whole conversation was going nowhere. “As riveting as this walk down memory lane is, what the fuck does this have to do with Brianna?”
“It has everything to do with Brianna because you went from one extreme with Georgie to the opposite extreme with Brianna.”
“Bri should have been happy with all she had, too! I didn’t just give her money, the house, and the salon. No. I didn’t repeat the mistakes I made with Georgie. I gave her so much of myself. Why wasn’t that enough for her? Why wasn’tIenough for her?”
Markus’s voice cracked as he swallowed hard to keep from crying as he once again faced the fact that his wife had cheated on him.
“I almost understand why Georgie left,” Markus continued brokenly. “Almost. But Bri, I gave her my heart and she fucking stabbed it.” He felt weak as several tears spilled from his eyes to run down his cheeks.
He hated the pity he saw in Lukus’s eyes as he added, “Listen, Markus. I admire you. I honestly do. I never understood how you could just walk away from the lifestyle like you did, but I know now it’s because you truly love Bri.”
“A lot of fucking good it did me.” He wiped the tears from his cheek, disgust on his face for his own weakness. “You have the right idea, Lukus. You don’t get tied down with one woman who can gut you. I should have followed in your footsteps. I could be fucking a different woman every night at the club like you.”
