''What room did you put my new wife in?"
"The one besides yours, sir."
"Good. You're dismissed."
There was a virgin bride waiting upstairs for him, he couldn't wait.
When he got into her room, she was asleep. "Aurora," he whispered.
He climbed into the bed and started caressing her cheeks.
"Get your hands off…"
"Easy, it's me, your husband."
"You finally came home, wonderful." She said sarcastically and lay down to go back to sleep.
"I did, I'll never forget about consummating my marriage now, will I?"
"I'll prefer it if you do forget about that. I'm really sleepy, I stayed up waiting for you to come home so we could talk."
"I'm here now aren't I?"
"The least you could do was give me a call so I don't bother."
"I don't have your number."
"Then you should have called Adam."
"Doesn't matter."
He kissed her long and hard. "This is what matters. Me, you, this bed, tonight."
"I…" He smelled of alcohol and a feminine perfume. She assumed it was all in her head.
"shhhh, don't speak. Let your body do the talking. He squeezed her boobs. "Do you feel it? Then he kissed her neck. "Tell me, do you like that?"
"Yes."
"Do you want more?" She nodded her head.
"Don't nod, tell me. I can make you feel more, just tell me if you want it."
"Yes! Yes, I want more."
"Good girl."
He stripped her bare and began to fondle her boobs. He trailed kisses from her lips down to her belly button. He stopped to look at her, he could see the need in her eyes. Then he went down even further.
"Nicholas! What are you doing?"
"Stay put."
"No! you can't do that."
"I can and I will, trust me, you'll enjoy it."
He parted her legs and buried his head in between them.
"Oh my god! Nicholas.."
"Like that?"
"Yes, a lot. Argh!"
Waves of pleasure hit her and she didn't understand what it was. It felt so good and so strange.
"Let it happen, baby, let it happen."
At his command, she let it happen. Waves after waves of pleasure flowed through her. She shuddered, the pleasure too great.
"Is it always like this?"
"No."
"Aurora, I can't wait any longer, I have to take you now."
With one hard stroke, he plunged into her. The pain rocketed through her body, forcing her to scream. He caught her screams with a kiss.
The wait was driving him crazy, but for some reason, he didn't want to hurt her.
"Does it still hurt? Can I move now?" She nodded her yes.
He began to move. They both moved with the rhythm he created.
Moans, groans and ecstasy filled the room.
"That was beautiful." Aurora said, smiling.
"it was." Nicholas stood up from the bed, dressed up and was ready to leave.
"where are you going?"
"I'm leaving the room. I'm done here."
"I know we're to sleep separately but just this once we can sleep together."
"No."
"Why? Did I do something wrong?"
He wanted to say no but he couldn't.
"Do not question me Aurora. I can do whatever I please. Get some rest."
"At least tell me what I did wrong?"
She stared at his back while he walked out. When he closed the door, she let herself cry.
"Was it that bad? I've never been with anyone so I didn't know what to do. But he said he'd enjoyed it, I know he did, then why?"
She decided to go downstairs like Nicholas. She was still very sore and exhausted but she couldn't stop her self from going down stairs.
She didn't know where to search so she decided to go into his room whether he liked it or not.
"Nicholas! Nicholas! You can't just…"
He wasn't there but her eyes caught a journal, it looked important.
"Does he write as well?"
When she opened it, it was no journal, She couldn't fathom what she was seeing.
"What is this?" she kept flipping, page after page. Pictures of young girls, all marked as virgins, each ticked like a completed conquest. The last page was a picture of her, it wasn't ticked yet.
"What is this? Lord, what have I gotten myself into?"
Here she was fantasizing that one day he might love her. She was just a conquest. She meant nothing.
Aurora no longer cared about what he could and could not do. She set her fears aside and hurried out to go give him a pieces of her mind.
"Shouldn't you be with your wife tonight, Nick?"
"The marriage has been consummated. I don't need to spend the night with her. I can't deny, I had a nice time with my virgin bride."
"Be reasonable for once Nick. When are you going to put an end to this nonsense obsession with virgins? End this already."
"That is none of your business Stanley, you have no right to tell me what to do."
"Don't ruin your life my friend. I've seen the girl once, she seems like a nice person. According to what you told me, she's been through a lot already, don't add to it."
"Oh please! She'll be compensated. I'm sure she'll be more than satisfied with what I have in mind. Let's stop talking about this girl, she doesn't matter, she's another virgin I conquered."
The pain of these words hit her deep into her bones. Just when she thought she could start afresh, everything comes crashing down all over again.
This wasn't a home, it was a prison and she was a victim of a man's silly fetish.
A sob escaped her lips.
"Aurora…"
"Don't say anything, I've heard enough. Good night Mr. Hale."
"Mrs. Hale, wait!" Stanley felt bad for the girl and wanted to soothe her but she didn't stop to listen.
"My name's Aurora, I'll prefer it if you address me by my name next time. I need rest."
The shame and embarrassment could only be masked with false confidence and nonchalance.
What else could possibly happen? At this point, nothing could shock her. Seattle's darkest Billionaire, now she understood.
What more was he hiding?