Chapter Seven
"Aren't we supposed to be resting," Anna asks with a grin.
Robert is kissing her neck and working his way down to her shoulder. "We will rest…after we are relaxed enough to sleep."
Anna giggles as she starts to unfasten his tie. "The way you justify sex is amusing to me," she states.
"Well you have to admit that it does the job."
"You think so huh?"
"Are you denying it?"
He pulls her blouse out of her skirt and rips it open, the buttons flying in the opposite direction.
"I never liked that shirt anyways," she quips.
"I'll buy you another. Hell I'll buy you twenty just like it if you want."
"Oh my," she says, running her hand down the zipper of his pants and squeezing him through his jeans. "Someone is hard as a rock. You want some help there Scorpio?"
"What kind of help are you referring to? Does it include your hands all over me?"
"It might," she says, as she pulls the zipper loose and starts to tug his pants down his legs. "What else do you want all over you," she teases.
"Your lips," he whispers.
"Is that all," she asks, as her hands run down his now bare back.
"I want to taste your juices on my tongue baby," he says. "I want to feel you buried so deep inside me that I don't know where I end and you begin."
Anna bites her bottom lip before taking his erect shaft into her mouth.
"Shit Anna…Shit that feels good."
"Just good," she quips. "I want a hell of a lot better than good. How about this baby? Do you like it when I do this?"
He can feel her fingers dig into his full length as she massages him and his resistance is starting to wane. He needs to have her now.
"Annie please…Please God, I need to feel you…"
"Where do you want to feel me Bobby? You need to be a little more specific?"
He takes her hand and flips her onto her back as his lips cover hers. Passion grows between them until finally he rubs her belly and whispers, "I want you inside me Annie. Next time you Cum, I want you inside me."
"God I love it when you talk dirty," she says, as he plunges deep within her wet folds. She locks her legs around his torso as he slides even further inside her. As they call out each other's names in passion, they ride the wave together, until finally they are both collapse in each other's arms, completely spent. They would spend a few hours asleep in each other's arms before eventually realizing that it was time to get ready.
"We better take a shower," Robert suggests.
"You take a shower. I will wait here. The last thing we need is for Kate to smell sex on us."
"You don't know what you're missing," he quips, as he lets the blanket fall to the floor. Anna's hand instinctively covers her mouth. Good lord that man was sexy.
"Oh I know exactly what I'm missing," she says. "That's the problem."
"I heard that," Robert calls.
"You hear everything that involves sex Scorpio."
She hears him laugh as he shuts the door. "Great, now I'm going to be thinking about you naked," she thinks.
They paused at the door frame and Robert turned to Anna. "Are you sure you want to be here Luv? There is no possible way that this is going to be anything but ugly. I would not blame you for wanting to sit this one out. "
"I already told you that I'm not letting you do this without me. This is something we did together. I am not going to leave you holding the bag. "
"If you insist, "he says.
"I do. Now let's get this over with."
Robert opens the door and Kate turns around. She smiles at Robert.
"Oh Hello Sweetheart, I've been waiting for you."
She throws her arms around him and kisses him before Robert can stop her. He mouths the words "I'm sorry," to Anna after the kiss ends.
"Oh Anna, I'm sorry. I didn't see you standing there."
She hugs her while Anna looks at Robert with pleading eyes. He would give anything to be able to crawl into a hole right now.
"We really need to talk Kate," Robert says.
"Well what a coincidence. I need to talk to you too. How about I go first?"
"Alright," Robert says.
He already feels like he is going to throw up with Kate looking at him like that.
"Maybe I should give you some time alone," Anna says. She hates to leave Robert alone right now but if this was something private, she did not want to interfere. She had already taken enough from Kate.
"Why would you do that now Anna…You never have before?"
"Kate, I…"
"Relax. I was just joking. It's not like there are any secrets between us right," Kate asks.
Anna glances back at Robert, who is trying to avoid her gaze. She understands his anxiety. She feels it too. When she looks back at Kate, she is holding up a black lace bra.
"I'm sure there is a perfectly logical explanation for why Anna's bra was in your desk drawer right? Or are you really going to pretend that it's not hers?"
"How the hell do you know what my underwear looks like," Anna demands.
"You are really going to make this my fault," she challenges.
"Why don't we all just try to calm down," Robert says.
"Calm down? You expect me to calm down. You are the father of Anna's baby Robert…Do not try to deny it. That is why nobody knew that Anna was dating anyone. She was not dating anyone…she was just screwing someone…YOU. I dare you to deny it. "
"Stop it Kate," Anna screams. "Stop attacking him. You don't know the truth about any of this."
"Really? Are you seriously trying to tell me that you and Robert did not have sex? That he is not the father of your child."
Anna was ready or battle so Robert stepped in front of her. "It's okay Anna. She deserves the truth. I know it probably does not matter to you but we were going to tell you tonight."
"Is that before or after you had sex again?"
Kate narrows her eyes at them before a tight-lipped smile forms on her face. "I bet you thought you could wash it all off right? The smell of sex lingers Robert. You reek of it. You both do. "
"What do you want me to say? I am sorry. I am not going to kiss your feet and beg for forgiveness. You deserve better than that. "
"Because you don't regret it."
"I regret that we hurt you. I regret the way I handled things. But no, I don't regret that it happened."
The back of her hand connected with his cheek and Robert could still feel the sting when she stepped back.
"I deserved that."
"You deserved a hell of a lot more than that."
"Then do it Kate…whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better than do it. This is not helping anyone."
"I just want to know one thing Robert…you better tell me the truth."
"What do you want to know?"
"How long? I want to know how long you two have been making a fool out of me. Do you even remember?"
Anna takes a step forward, determined to stand between Kate and Robert. Robert takes Anna's hand, determined to do the same for her.
"Since Hurricane Gilbert, "Robert Responds.
She steps back with wide eyes, for a moment frozen in complete devastation and shock.
"I hate you," she cries. "I hate you so much."
"And I deserve every bit of that," he says.
"Do not patronize me Robert Scorpio. You were my first lover. I guess you have a habit of going after women who are inexperienced that way."
"That's not fair Kate," Anna says. "He didn't mean to hurt you."
"Don't you dare tell me how Robert feels," she yells.
"She's right Kate. We never meant to hurt you."
"And yet you were lying to me from the very first moment we met. You know how hard it was for me to let someone in after my last relationship ended. Hell, Anna was the one who convinced me to give you a chance. I trusted you…both of you. And not one word of it was real. You were screwing her behind my back even before we met. What kind of person are you?"
Robert lets go of Anna's hand and takes a step forward. He knows that in all likelihood, it will not matter one bit but he has to try.
"When Anna and I first got together it was during the hurricane. We were terrified we were going to die and the house caved in around us. We did not plan it. We did not mean to hurt anyone."
"And yet you kept doing it," she snapped.
"That was my fault," Anna said. "The first time it rained after the hurricane, I was scared. I needed Robert to help me feel secure again. I did not go over there to have sex with him. It was just what ended up happening. We needed each other in a way that I cannot explain to you."
"Why didn't you stop doing it then…why, when you swore that you loved me, did you keep having sex with her?"
"Because I did love you. I wanted to move on. I wanted to have the life I promised you. "
"But you couldn't do it could you?"
"I didn't realize how much she was a part of me. I did not realize that it would be easier to stop breathing than it would be to ever stop loving her…craving her…needing her. I did not want to hurt you Kate but Anna was in my blood."
"What if she had never gotten pregnant…would you have even told me."
Robert pauses as he regards her…"It might have taken longer but yes, I would have. What we did to you was wrong and I am deeply sorry for what we put you through."
"But you are not sorry it happened. I get it. Now would you please leave? I cannot be around you right now. You both make me sick."
Robert walks back over to Anna and puts his arm around her and they leave the house. Kate slides down to the floor and allows the tears she was holding in to finally consume her.
"Do you think she will be okay Robert," Anna finally asks.
"Eventually. I do not think things will ever be the same for her again though. I could not lie to her Anna. Not again. After all the hell I put her though…"
"We Robert…We both did this to her…don't forget that."
"I am just saying that she deserved better than what I put her through. I regret how I handled things. I regret that I broke her so completely. "
"I don't regret loving you either Robert. I hate what we did to her but God help me, I love you."
"Don't say that like it's such a bad thing. We cannot do anything for Kate now. We have to try to move on. There isn't any other option."
"We said some things that hurt her but it does not make us bad people does it?"
"We're not bad people Annie…we are just terrible at pretending we don't love each other. Come on, let's go home. I will run you a bath. I think you need to be pampered tonight."
"All I need is for you to hold me."
"I will hold you for the rest of our lives Luv. I love you so much."
"Oh Robert, I love you too."
She wraps her arms around his neck and they kiss tenderly. He then puts his arm around her again and they leave the cabin for the last time. It was finally their time now. Time to be happy. Time to be in love. No matter how badly they feel about hurting Kate, they would not let it come between them or rob them of any more time together. They deserved to be happy too.
