July 9^th. 3:00 am. A naked Abel was holding a nude Marlene close to him as they slumbered through the night, still feeling the effects from their sensual intimacy hours prior. Abel wakes up on this stormy night hearing his doorbell ring and banging at his front door downstairs. He slowly turns away from Marlene, not waking her up, and picks up his phone from his nightstand to see who was at the door via camera. He sees Erika outside holding an umbrella looking angry. Abel growled quietly.

“This fucking bitch!” He exclaims under his breath. “I can’t believe this!”

‘Great.’ Inner voice comments. ‘So, does that mean we’ll be interrupted in the middle of night by her now?’

‘Absolutely not.’ He replies in thought. ‘All of this ends tonight.’

Abel slowly gets out of his bed, grabbing his black silk pajama pants and putting them on. He leaves his bedroom and walks downstairs to get the door with Erika was still banging on it. Out of irritation, Abel quickly opens the door for Erika to stop pounding on the door loudly. Abel was angry when he saw her face.

“What the hell are you doing out here at this time at night?!” He exclaims sleepily. “Didn’t I tell you to not come back over here?!”

Erika did not respond and looks over to a car she did not recognize. She then looks back to Abel with a smug look.

“So…” Erika speaks.  “Whose car is that in the driveway? It sure isn’t Autumn’s or Vance’s.”

“Why should you care?” Abel asks.

Erika then realizes the car belonged to Marlene and she becomes angry.

“You goddamn son of a bitch!” She yells. “How dare you sleep with that fucking slut bitch?!”

She tries to slap Abel in the face, but he grabs Erika by her wrists and pushes her from the door and pins her to the wall outside as she screamed in anger. She tries to break free, trying to kick him.

“I’m supposed to be your queen!” She screams angrily. “I’m supposed to be your one and only! You fucking bastard! You choose her over me?! You know I am worth much more than that whore!”

Hearing those words come from Erika’s mouth made Abel twist her wrist. He muffles her mouth with his free hand as she screams in pain.

“If you don’t shut the fuck up, I will break your fucking arm!” He threatens through his gritting teeth. “Now you listen. How dare you come to my house in the middle of the night, acting like a fucking spoiled brat and thinking you’re the queen here? Like I told you before, our partnership is over, and I… never… loved you. There’s nothing about you that I should love. Our history does not matter to me. Get that through your fucking head! Having sex with you made me—no, everything about you makes me sick to my stomach and it felt degrading when I touched you. I’m done being around you. This fling with us is done! You have your money, and you can leave me alone. I have what I need, it’s Marlene. She is my queen and she’s not you, and that’s one of the worthiest traits she has. And she has… what you will never have.”

Abel lets go of Erika who now feels shocked by his words. She wonders if Abel impregnated Marlene which made her feel mortified, because she wanted to be the one to get pregnant by Abel and her only. Something within her snaps.

“Now,” He speaks darkly. “I want you to leave… and never come back.”

As he sees Erika slowly walk away back to her car, still in thought, Abel walks back into his house and locks his door.

.   .

When he gets upstairs into his room, he sees that Marlene was not in bed and sees his bathroom light on. He hears the shower running and slowly walks to the bathroom door. As he opens the door, he sees Marlene’s outline in the shower. He quietly closes the door, walking to the shower door. He opens the shower door, seeing Marlene washing her body, Abel’s eyes glow back to crimson once more. Marlene looks to Abel, making her eyes glow back to silver. She stands in the water, extending her arms, wanting Abel to come in the shower with her.

“Come in, Abel.” She pleads seductively. “Come in and take me once more… I’m ready for you again.”

In a trance, Abel takes off his pajama pants and slowly walks in the shower to have another session with Marlene. He picks Marlene up once again and pins her to the shower wall. As she wraps her legs around Abel’s waist, he puts his manhood inside of her once again, and this time, he did not take it slow. Abel grunts as he starts thrusting into Marlene over and over again. Marlene moans out loud as she felt every stroke he gave her.

“Take all of me… my dear Marlene.” Abel speaks breathlessly.

“Yes, Abel…” She moans. “Give it to me…” Yes. Ah! Oh, God!”

They moan together in unison as they continue their blissful duet. Wanting to finish, Abel puts Marlene down, turns her around, bends her over, and inserts himself inside Marlene once again while holding onto her upper arms, thrusting into her.

“Yes, Abel... Ah! Oh, God…”

Marlene moans loudly as Abel keeps pounding her tightening walls. Abel’s breathing becomes ragged as he continues his thrusts making Marlene’s eyes roll in the back of her head and her mouth open. With one last scream, she climaxes all over Abel’s member once more. With a few more thrusts inside her soaking rose, Abel growls pleasurably and pulls out, climaxing near the shower’s drain. Abel turns back to Marlene and holds her close as the showerhead covers them with the steaming warm water. Abel gets close to Marlene’s ear.

“Marlene…” He pants whisperingly. “The one that I want to be with… is you. It will always be you. I… need you… to be by my side…”

This makes Marlene tremble when she hears his voice, making her hold on to Abel’s strong arms, embracing him.

.   .   .

4:45 am. Abel and Marlene were laying in his bed in each other’s arms; looking up at the mirror.

“I’ve never seen your eyes glow crimson before.” Marlene comments.

“And it’s a first for me seeing your eyes glow silver.” Abel replies. “I have a theory that our eyes would turn a different hue because of our deepest emotions, and I am not the one to show emotion, to be truthful.

“I’ve noticed. So, who made you that way, Abel? Why do you have this cold persona?”

“Well, I can’t say I have a cold persona, but it is a matter of pride. I had guardians, mainly one that I work under. He taught me to never express emotions. ‘Emotions are a sign of weakness. It will get in the way of your true potential.’ He would say. I lived by that quote for a long time.”

“That’s… a damaging way to raise a child. That affects their livelihood in the long run by not having connections with others, and one of the reasons why some people in the world can be heartless. It’s unconscionable.”

Hearing Marlene’s point made him understand where she was coming from, because he noticed that he has a small group of people that he associates with and trusts and would never associate with others, with Marlene being an exception.

“Besides that,” She continues. “How long has mother been with them?”

“For as long as I can remember.” He replies. “I’d say before she was pregnant with you and your sister, but I never asked. She was the only one who truly cared about me in my eyes. Everyone else, I picked up on what they did.”

Understanding Abel’s mindset, Marlene made a guess that he took up the traits of others to be dispassionate, especially to being raised by businesspeople who never trust anyone; even learned how to manipulate as well. With Natalina intervening in his childhood life, a shred of humanity was implanted within him, but it never developed until he met Autumn and Vance. The humanity then grew more when he met a woman with same powers as he.

“So… the way I see it,” She speaks. “You can be cold to people you don’t know or can’t trust; like Erika and the people there in that organization. But you can be human when it comes to Autumn, Vance, mother, and I.”

“Correct.” Abel replies. “Also, you are the first woman I’ve ever been this close with. You have shown me that… emotions aren’t a weakness; they are a strength in the end. Also, there are things I have and would give to you; things I would never give Erika.”

“And… what is that?”

“What I have given to you… is my heart and soul. What I would give to you as well… is a child.”

Marlene quickly looks over to Abel with a surprised look.

“You… you would?” She asks stunned. “Even though we’ve been together for… a month?”

“I apologize that it’s sudden, but that’s how I feel.” Abel explains. “It is your choice, and I am in no rush. But I wish to grace you, and you alone. Knowing who you are, you are your mother’s daughter.”

Marlene smiles blushingly at his compliment.

“…Perhaps one day.” She replies. “As grateful as I feel, I don’t think I’m ready for that.”

Abel chuckles at her response.

“I understand.” He responds. “Also… that other side of you. I never thought you had that hiding within you.”

“Well… since I was the ‘study first, date later’ type, I had to learn and experiment by different means…”

Abel heard the embarrassment in Marlene’s voice, making him hold her close.

“I don’t see what there is to be ashamed of.” He assures. “Because how else would you know what to do; especially on how to claim me…But we can talk about this tomorrow…”

Abel starts to feel tired and slowly closes his eyes along with Marlene.

“I love you… Marlene.”

“I love you, too… Abel.”

They drift to sleep in each other’s arms.