No Mercy, No Forgiveness

Seeing her return, he didn’t look up, kept turning pages, but his mind. was already elsewhere.

Maureen walked step by step to stand before him.

“I’m back, saw the flowers outside, they’re beautiful.”

She’d seen the flowers that morning, only saying it now to flatter him at the right time.

Geoffrey closed the book, looked up slightly, his handsome face facing Maureen: “Mm.”

His voice was magnetic, but his eyes were full of mixed feelings.

Maureen sensed something was wrong with him, but didn’t know what was the matter.

“I passed a nice Japanese place on the way back, got you some.”

She placed the takeout bag on the coffee table.

Geoffrey rarely ate late–night snacks, but she figured it was worth a shot.

True to form, he pushed it away. “Not hungry.”

His voice was flat, yet felt like cotton stuffed in his chest.

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Only he knew why-

his mother’s phone call, Maureen’s child with another man!

“Alright then, I’ll wash up and rest.”

Maureen turned toward the stairs when his hand clamped around her

wrist.

She froze, meeting his questioning gaze as he asked, each word deliberate.

“Did my child really die at birth?”

For the first time, pain etched Geoffrey’s features.

The lie stuck in her throat, impossible to voice.

When she stayed silent, he stood and pulled her into his arms.

hate

stiffly in his

she shook her head. “I

She meant it.

at those words, his palm cradling

feel Maureen

had come. Tilting

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let her lips land on his Adam’s

mouth.

she kissed burned

matter how strong his self–control, it

the back of her head with one hand, claiming her mouth in a possessive

motives tonight, he

whispered between breaths, “I’m nervous. Could

“Fine.”

gaze, Geoffrey

from the cellar, slipping the drug Katherine provided into Geoffrey’s

success, one encounter wouldn’t suffice–she needed to collect

would never

wine into the glass, she handed it to him. To set his mind at ease, Maureen

“Cheers,”

and

in one go.

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feeling a distinct burn in

get Tequia. The bottle you picked isn’t suitable

Geoffrey knew Maureen had chosen a bottle with

low–alcohol drink, not very harmful

“Okay.”

pour Geoffrey

she had to keep it within limits, not too

wary.

amount she’d added earlier should

impressive – a large glass of strong liquor downed without his face

loosened his tie, took a breath, then scooped Maureen up and headed

Maureen nervously clutched his clothes

“I’m sorry.”

paused, thinking she was unwilling.