It was so easy to forget Katherine when he was with Elise. It always had been. Afterwards, when he was alone with his guilt, it battered him senseless. When he thought of the man he’d become, he was ashamed and repulsed. He promised himself that he’d put a stop to it, that he’d find the strength to end the second life he had began with Elise. But when he tried—and he had tried—he just couldn’t do it. He couldn’t sever a relationship that had become as important and vital as a limb.
At first, it was the incredible sex that drew him back. Soon, he was addicted to the passion, the chemistry he’d never felt with another person… it was like a drug, and without it, he couldn’t function properly. Eventually, he had realized he was in love with her. And he’d known he was doomed.
He could feel his resolve crumbling piece by piece. As if by their own will, his arms rose and wrapped around her; hers flew around his neck as the first sob escaped her throat. Malcolm was near to crying himself, out of the fear that he was wrong about the woman in his arms, out of grief for the woman she might have killed. But his wife was gone… could he give up the woman who now owned his whole heart because of a suspicion, small and hard in the pit of his stomach, that she was lying?
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Date: 2008-11-12 03:43 pm (UTC)At first, it was the incredible sex that drew him back. Soon, he was addicted to the passion, the chemistry he’d never felt with another person… it was like a drug, and without it, he couldn’t function properly. Eventually, he had realized he was in love with her. And he’d known he was doomed.
He could feel his resolve crumbling piece by piece. As if by their own will, his arms rose and wrapped around her; hers flew around his neck as the first sob escaped her throat. Malcolm was near to crying himself, out of the fear that he was wrong about the woman in his arms, out of grief for the woman she might have killed. But his wife was gone… could he give up the woman who now owned his whole heart because of a suspicion, small and hard in the pit of his stomach, that she was lying?