Phoebe was recalled to the present by what Jason said that she had missed because of her flashback into her life.

'I'm sorry, what did you say?' she asked smiling winningly.

'I asked if you would like to dance with me?'

There was music playing and alot of couples were already taking to the dance floor. Jason also saw some ladies giving him the eye and knew that they were expecting him to dance with them but he would not have done anything about it except that he suddenly saw Sophie Palmer coming his way.

He knew that if he delayed, he would end up dancing with Sophie and that was not what he had in mind. The woman disgusted him. He knew her type and he had got enough of that type to last him a lifetime because she was exactly the same as his ex- wife.

'I thought you'd never ask', Phoebe smiled as they moved together to the dance floor.

It was walz and Phoebe was a good dancer.

When they had been together, Rebecca his wife, had made sure he perfected the act of dancing since she was the outgoing type and loved partying.

He had learnt it to please her not because of any interest in it but it had paid off anyhow.

He didn't want to think about her because it reminded him of her betrayal.

He didn't know hoe he had been able to survive it because it had been double edged. But life must go on. She must be someplace enjoying her life with her lover or maybe they were already married.

It felt like a stab in the chest but he quickly thought of something else,like the woman in his arms dancing.

He instinctively drew her close as though to shield his heart and Phoebe was glad that he was finally making a more intimate move.

She pressed herself closer to him and in spite of himself, he found himself reacting.

'Can we go outside for some air, this place has suddenly got too hot', he suggested.

Phoebe didn't want anything better. This was going better than she had envisaged it and she didn't do anything to bring it about.

They went out, into the garden and kept walking into the garden to a clear ground where they stood beside a tree talking.

Sally had seen them walk away and was glad that things were begining to move towards the positive.

She would soon leave and go back to her loving husband and children. She was sure they missed her just like she missed them.

She turned her attention to the other guests, the perfect hostess.

Jason did not know what had got into him but he knew that he needed to have a woman there and then. It would divert his thoughts from the hurt he felt when he had remembered his ex wife Rebecca and best friend Terry and their betrayal.

He tipped Phoebe's face up and kissed her. She responded with a vigour that took him by surprise. He had expected some form of resistance but that was not the case. He had no cause to complain.

He deepened the kiss.She moaned.

For for her sex toys, it had some time since she was with a man. After the show down there in London when she had finally confronted Richard and he had revealed to her his knowledge of her affair with her boss.

They both had created a scene but she did not want to think about it now and ruin her mood. She was enjoying herself too much for that.

They both tore of their clothes and fell on each other on the floor. It was dark and they knew that they wouldn't be found out where they were except of course someone had intentionally followed them or come looking for them or some other couple like them who wanted some privacy so that they could be intimate.

They were far gone but before he thrust into her, he hesitated.

'Are you sure?' he asked.

She nodded.

'I don't have protection'. he realised aloud.

'I am on the pill'.

'No strings attached?' he asked. He had to be sure she understood that she should not expect anything from him in terms of commitment.

'Will you talk the whole night? Of course, this is between two consenting adults. Must there be a commitment before we have a good time with each other?'

'I just don't want there to be any misunderstanding'. He said.

She guided his dick into her and the both of them were lost to the pleasure they were giving each other.

It was soon over. As he groaned and she cried out.

It had been efficient, mechanical, intense and perfunctory.

He got up when their laboured breathing had returned to normal. Dusted his clothes and start he'd his hands and helped her up.

She straightened her clothes and dusted some dry grass and sand off them and quickly put on her panties.

Jason put his short back on and buttoned it. It was missing a couple of buttons.

He knew that if he didn't want eye brows to be raised,he'd have to find another route to get into his house and that was through the back door.

He assessed Phoebe and found that she looked passable and excorted her to the front door but she refused going in. She did not know if she could enjoy the party after this.

'I'd rather go home. I am rather tired', she said.

Jason felt that it was a good decision and bade her farewell.

'Alright then, if that is what you really want. The party is almost over in any case and I shall see you soon, won't I?'

'Of course you shall. We are neighbours afterall. Goodnight'. She said walking away with her head held high.

Jason smiled and went back so that he could walk into his house through the back door with his blazer flung carelessly on his shoulder.

He felt that with the understanding he had with Phoebe, he could have a relationship with her with no strings attached. But Phoebe was thinking something else contrary to that. She was thinking how she was going to ensnare Jason so that he would have no choice but to make her his wife.

Phoebe had a contrary feeling concerning the intimacy she had just shared with Jason.

Though she could not sincerely say it was the best sex she had had but it was great all the same and more than that was her desire to make the man she had been intimate with her husband.

She was tired of working her ass off for ungrateful men.

Richard had cheated on her though all that she had ever done was to keep him happy and we'll provided for.

It was true that she ended up enjoying her liaison with her boss but she had gone into it in the first place to get more money to satisfy Richard's ever increasing desires and demands.

When she had returned the next day as she had promised Richard in her disguise, she had come back with her travelling bag.

He had welcomed her with open arms.

'You are back again,my love' he had said.

'Yes I am'.

'Now what can I get you?'

'You do not have to bother yourself. I do not want anything but you'.

Phoebe under her disguise had seen the elation in his eyes and her heart had been filled with hurt and bitterness. She had been unable to sleep the previous night, planning how she was going to confront him and had decided to go back in her disguise and give him the shock of his life.

'Wow, I like you. I like you so much. You are not one of those girls who like to play hard to get. You know what you want and you go straight for it. Your straightforwardness pleases and have endeared you to me. There is no way I can let you go because you are a girl after my heart'.

'Oh, you don't know how true that is'. She said smiling at him.

He was shocked at her utterance.

'What did you say?'

'Nothing, I was just saying that I want you to love me'.

'Oh, you already have it. My love, that is'.

He had drawn close to her, drawing her into his arms and kissing her passionately.

Phoebe had almost forgotten about her mission and had given herself up in his arms, enjoying his kisses and returning them with fervour.

Then she recalled all the girls he had seen him with lately and his infidelity and she pushed him away angrily but caught herself and laughed shakily, pretending nervousness.

'You are really going too fast.I believe I will have that coffee now'.

Richard was far gone and his penis was throbbing painfully. He had got himself ready to take this kiss they had started further to it's logical conclusion.

'You mean right now? You want the coffee now? Couldn't you take it afterwards? I thought we had an understanding and we are in the middle of something here but you would like to interrupt it for a cup of coffee?'

'Well, if you won't get it, then I will gladly get it myself or go out to buy it', she said angrily. She didn't need to feign this. She was angry. Very angry with herself for still loving and desiring him. She had nearly allowed him to have his way with her. She had enjoyed his kisses,forgetting his betrayal and had wanted them to continue loving and feeling till they went over the edge. It had been with utmost difficulty that she had been able to push him off and even now in her anger,she was still feeling bereft. She wanted to go back into his arms and enjoy his love making.

'Oh, that won't be necessary. I shall get it for you. I wouldn't want you to feel rushed and afterall, we have the whole of the day to spend together. What's the rush right? Be right back love'.

Phoebe simmered. She hardly noticed his exit.

He had come back some time later with the coffee but of course she hadn't wanted coffee in the first place but had only sent him for it so she could get her acts together.

'Here's the coffee's, he smiled insincerely.

She could see that he had just one thing in mind and that was to get under her pants. He was impatient to get on with it. She could feel the tension exuding from him and her anger increased. She was now incapable of coherent thought and said the first thing that came into her head.

'You have alot of girlfriends. Why are you so anxious to have a go with me?'

she asked before she could stop herself.

'How would you know that?'

'I have been observing you for some time now and I feel that you are not the kind of man I would like to have a relationship with'.

His eyes had gone red with fury but he held his temper in check.

'That I have other girls or not does not stop be loving and desiring you now does it?'

'It makes a difference to me. It shows me that you are not being sincere.

Richard would have gladly raped her to teach her to tease him this way but he wanted her money even more and that was the reason he had kept calm and Phoebe knew this.

'Well, I shall be on my way!' she said.

'No, you don't. You cannot just tease me and leave. See what you have done to me?' he said unzipping his shorts and bringing out his very rigid dick.

Phoebe flushed both with anger and unfulfilled desire and that angered her even more.

He grabbed her and pulled her close.

They had been together since forever and her body had got attuned to his and she just wanted to melt into his arms and take what he was offering. It was with great effort that she pushed him away.

She could not pretend any more. She pulled the wig of her hair removed the contact lenses.

Richard stared on in shock as the realisation dawned on him that he had been talking to Phoebe all these while' and not some random lady doctor who had just moved into town and needed a friend to show her around.

'Phoebe!' he whispered still in shock as soon as he found his voice. 'What are you doing here?'

'The last time I checked, this was my house. Do I need anyone's permission to come into my own house?' she asked enjoying herself and his discomfiture.

'No, of course not. I meant that I did not expect you back so soon. You had told me you would be back tomorrow when we spoke on the phone last night. This could only mean....'

'Finally. You are thinking! I never left in the first place'.

'But why?'

'Why? Are you really asking me why? I have sacrificed everything for you right from the time we met but you never really appreciated me nor the things that I do for you. You carry on with other ladies behind my back and pretend you love me. I do alot to ensure that you are satisfied and comfortable but you do not care about that do you? You are too self-centered and greedy to think about any other person but yourself.

I have watched your activities these past few days and I could not believe that I have been blind by my love for you all these while. I even believed you when you accused my best friend of having her eye on you. That was untill you sent your goons, those gangsters to rape her to death.

They would have succeeded but for some God sent. I suspected that you might be responsible but I was not very sure. So, I decided to investigate and these past days I pretended to have travelled and have kept an eye on you,have indeed been an eye opener. What do you want to say in your defense? You can't say anything to convince me, you know. You really showed your true colours and I can have nothing to do with you anymore!'.Phoebe had said with finality.

'And who said anything about trying to convince you? I do not have time for such nonsense. You think that you are anything special to me? Think again haha haha', he laughed mockingly at her. 'I was just using you but you were so daft that you didn't realize it and who ate you to point accusing fingers at me? You who are no less than a prostitute? Or you think that I do not know that you have been fucking your boss? And you claim that you love me. After being with him and allowing him spurt his cum inside of you, you come to me to do the same to you. How many other men are you fucking that I do not know about? See the kettle calling the pot black.

Oh, you are shocked? You can no longer speak? You were a chatterbox just now but because your secret is revealed, you are dumbfounded? No! Speak on.

Just because I was enduring your presence and touch, you thought I was your fool'.

'Alll I did, I did for you. I had to get more money to satisfy your ever increasing demands and keep you satisfied and happy. I did all that I hated doing!'

'Oh yes!You did it for me

When you go on such trips,you do it for me,not for yourself. When he was thrusting in and out of you and you were moaning in pleasure,you were still thinking about me and my welfare. You say you are fed up with me, that we do not have a relationship anymore? Don't you bother, I have his wife's number and I shall give her a call and intimate her on the things you do for love of her husband and let us see if you are still going to be able to retain your job!' he threatened.

'You wouldn't dare!'

'Wouldn't I? It is obvious that you do not know me. You have been with me for so long and yet you do not know me. Is that not foolishness of the highest order? What do I have to lose, tell me!'

Phoebe could not believe she was hearing all of this and from Richard. She had thought that she knew him but like he had rightly said, she was residing that she had actually known nothing about him.

And now he was threatening to report her affair with her boss to her boss' wife. And from the look on his face, he was very serious about it. What was she going to do?

She decided to call his bluff.

'Get lost. You have been rejected and want to grasp at straws. Go ahead and do your worst. You are lower than the lowest thing alive. I will not be surprised if you sink even lower. Get the hell out of my house!' Phoebe had shouted in fury.

Who was he anyways to threaten her that way after all she had done and sacrificed gor him?

She would rather have him do as he pleased and damn the consequences than stoop low and beg him not to do that or continue with such a fake relationship because he was blackmailing her. He would never stop blackmailing her with t and he was sure to make her life a living hell. It would be foolish going ahead with the relationship just to buy his silence. Let him go ahead. She felt confident that her boss would know what to do. Phoebe thought to herself.

It was with shock that she woke the next day ND prepared for work, only to get there and met her boss' wife already there.

'Good morning, Ma'am', she greeted her smiling.

'And what is good Bout this morning?' She asked her frowning st her.

'You are lucky that the security even let you in. I just wanted to spare you the embarrassment of revealing your shameful true self to the public because I do not want to create a big scene but this office is out of bounds to you from today henceforth. zpsck your things and leave before I change my mind and have the cops throw you in jail!'.

Phoebe was shocked. Even Richard could not have worked this fast now could he? And the woman would have asked for evidence or tried to find evidence herself, definitely. So why was she here this early when she had had that showdown with Richard just in the evening yesterday?'

'But madam,what have I done?'

'You still have the guts to ask what you have done? See?', she said as she threw some pictures at her. It was the picture of her and her boss in different compromising positions. Phoebe could not believe it. Had Richard been keeping tabs on her and having these snapshots taken? And all the while pretending to love her and making love to her? She had really been living with a beast and she hadn't known about that!.

He had been planning all these and she had had no inkling! The guy could kill.

'You are speechless? You no longer want to say anything?'

It was uncanny. This was exactly the same words Richard had used for her last night when they were having the row.

'Get out of here with your dignity intsct and if I ever see you here again, your life would not be worth a dime?'

'But what about my boss? I need to tell h that I am leaving and hand things over to him'.

'You can leave everything on your desk. He will find them there and for your information, he will not be coming to the office today and knows that I am here to quit you. He wouldn't go against me, he knows what the consequences would be and if I ever find you close to him again, you are done for!'

Phoebe believed her.

She packed her personal things in the office and left with the staff looking on. She felt ashamed and humiliated. She knew that the news would spread and didn't think that she could endure that.

Richard had really done his worst and she was going to plot her revenge but she was going to do it far away from him so that when she finally effected it,he wouldn't know what hit him.

She took two weeks to make preparations to leave the town and come to Lake District where she felt things were relatively calm.

Her friend had also supported her relocation and Phoebe was happy for her because she was in a loving relationship with Palmer, one of the guys who had rescued her that night from Richard's goons.

That was how Phoebe had ended up here and now Jason just wanted a relationship with no strings attached with her? It was not possible. Though she was going to pretend that she accepted it and work on him.

She was not ready to be used by any man ever again. With Jason's money and the position being his wife would give her,she could effectively exert her revenge on Richard.