A/N I am so sorry it has taken me this long to update. Between all of the kids being sick and the holidays I just couldn't find the time. I will be updating my other story soon I promise. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year! Happy reading and don't forget to review!

Breakfast

Draco woke up to sunlight streaming through the bedroom window directly in his eyes. He rubbed them and realized that Hermione was still curled up next to him. Her wild hair spread across her pillow. He thought he must still be dreaming to have her there when he woke up. He leaned down and brushed a curl from her eyes. As he bent down to kiss her forehead he knew that she was actually still there. Her eyes fluttered open to meet his and she smiled.

"Morning." she said yawning.

"Morning to you too." he said kissing her lips softly. "Did you sleep well?"

Hermione nodded.

"Did you?" she asked.

"Yes. Are you hungry?"

"I am, but I'm cooking for you this morning." she told him.

"I won't deny you that." he smiled.

"I make killer pancakes." she said.

"The kitchen is all yours."

Hermione got out of bed and strolled into the kitchen. Draco's mouth hung open as she walked by him. She hadn't bothered to get dressed.

"Do you always cook in the nude?" he asked. She gave him a sly smile and continued on into the kitchen. Draco followed suit, dropping the sheet covering his torso and walking behind her.

Hermione rooted around for ingredients. And after finding them she began mixing the pancakes. Draco stood there watching his nude mistress making him breakfast. He couldn't resist coming up behind her and stirring the batter with one hand and stroking her bare shoulder with the other. His lips found the crook of her neck and he began kissing her skin and making little red marks.

"If you want to eat you had better stop that." she smiled.

"I'll starve." he smiled wickedly rubbing his chest against her back. She dropped the mixing spoon and turned around to kiss him. His mouth was on hers instantly and he grabbed her around the waist to pull her closer to him. She felt his erection throbbing against her stomach and Hermione knew that she wouldn't deny him. Quick as a flash he picked her up and placed her on the smooth, black granite countertop. The coldness sent shivers up her spine as he ran his mouth up and down her stomach and thighs. Taking his time to kiss every exposed inch of her body. He climbed up on the countertop next to her, throwing several pans onto the floor as he did so. His body fit against hers perfectly as he kissed her neck and ear. She moaned softly into his ear, kissing him back just as passionately. She lifted her knee and Draco kissed along her leg as well before entering her body smoothly. She was aroused enough that she felt like silk against his erection. She tilted her head back and moaned loudly as he slid in and out of her, moving painfully slow. An intense orgasm was building up inside of her but it seemed he was purposefully taking his time.

"You are killing me." she whispered into his ear. He smiled and winked at her before thrusting hard and fast nearly knocking the two of them off of the counter. Hermione held on to the open cupboard door handle to keep her balance. She screamed out as her orgasm finally hit her. It washed through her taking any remaining stress with it. He came seconds later collapsing on her body, trying to catch his breath.

"Now I'm really hungry." he said panting.

"You said you'd starve." she joked.

"I will if I could have you every day." he said, instantly regretting that. Hermione pretended she hadn't heard him as they climbed off of the countertop. She headed to the bathroom quickly and cleaned up. A silk robe hung there and she threw it on so as not to tempt him further. Draco, still nude sat at the small bistro table in the kitchen. Hermione finished the pancakes and sat across from them to eat.

"Good?" she asked him as he took a bite.

"Yes, it was." he laughed. She tossed a fork at him.

"I'm going to get dressed and see Hugo and my parents after breakfast." she said. "Then I'll swing by the office and get the books we need for your employee's contract and the details of the spell."

"Alright." he said not looking up. He wondered if she would stop by her house and talk to her husband.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

"No, of course not." he lied. He needed to rein in his emotions.

Hermione finished her breakfast and put the plate in the sink.

"You cooked, I'll clean up." Draco said to her.

"Thank you." she said leaning in and planting a kiss on his forehead. "I will see you later. I'm going to apparate to my parents."

Draco nodded as he sipped some orange juice and finished his breakfast. He heard her getting dressed and then the small pop of apperation from the other room. Somehow he felt empty once she was gone.

Richard Granger was not surprised to hear the popping noise coming from their sitting room He was used to the odd things that happened when your daughter was a witch. Hermione found her way into the kitchen where he, Katherine and Hugo were eating breakfast.

"Mummy!" Hugo cried, running over to her and hugging her around the waist.

"Hello love. Are you having fun with grandma and grandpa?" she asked him.

"Yes, but when can we go home? I miss daddy."

Hermione's heart wrenched.

"Soon honey, very soon. I have a lot of work to do, and so does daddy. I thought you might have fun visiting. Maybe they will take you to the zoo." she said looking her father directly in the eye.

"Oh, yes…the zoo. We should go there tomorrow." Richard said immediately.

"Can we?" Hugo asked. "Oh boy. I love the muggle zoo!"

"Thanks." she mouthed to her dad.

"Hugo, can you go upstairs so I can talk to your mum?" Richard asked. "Why don't you color her a picture that mummy can hang up in her office?"

"Will you?" Hugo asked.

"Of course." Hermione said bending down and kissing him on the top of his head.

Hugo ran off and up the stairs to start his masterpiece.

"Thank you." Hermione sighed sitting down at the table.

"Are you hungry dear?" Katherine asked.

"No, I already ate. But some tea would be nice." she said. Hermione knew her parents wouldn't buy the bullshit story of having a fight over nothing. She would have to tell them at least part of the story.

"So what is going on Hermione? You said you and Ronald had a fight?" Richard asked.

"Yeah."

"What about? Harry seemed to think it has something to do with stress from a new project at work. Are you spending too much time at the office?" Katherine said placing the cup of tea in front of her daughter.

"It's not work. I am working on a new project with a deadline, but it's fascinating and I'm really enjoying it."

'That is the understatement of the year' Hermione thought.

"Then what is it?" Richard pried.

"I think Ron might have had an affair last night." she finally admitted.

"WHAT?" Katherine shouted. "Are you sure?"

"No, but it's a long story that I'm not ready to get into. I just need some time to think. I'm staying in France for a few days to clear my head. If you can't keep Hugo that long let me know and I will make other arrangements. I don't want him to know anything is wrong."

"Of course we can. Don't worry about it." Katherine said. "I just can't believe Ronald would do that to you, to your family." The disgust in her voice was clear.

"Like I said I don't know for sure. I just don't want to talk about it now. Once I think about it and calm down enough to talk to him I'll let you know. Don't let Ron know I'm not staying here. I can't stop him from taking Hugo home if he wants to, but I'm going to tell him that you are taking him to the zoo and other outings. I think he will be okay with him staying here."

"Alright honey." Katherine said soothingly. Just then Hugo came running down with a picture grasped in his hand.

"Here mummy." he said proudly. Hermione took the picture and looked at it. Her heart wrenched yet again. Hugo had drawn a picture of her, Ron, himself and Rose in front of their house.

"It's beautiful honey." she smiled. "I will hang this up right when I get to the office."

Hugo beamed.

"Be good, I will be back tomorrow after the zoo. Draw me some pictures of the animals you see and I will hang those up too."

Hugo hugged and kissed her.

"Bye mum, dad. Thank you."

The Grangers nodded as their daughter walked into the other room and apparated to the ministry of magic.

Draco had done very little since Hermione left. He showered, put on a casual shirt and shorts and ambled around the villa looking for something to do. He practiced the protection spell on different objects in the home. He put the original gloves back into his safe spot and stood out on the balcony looking into the water. After an hour or so he heard the noise of the floo being used and assumed Hermione was back already. He walked into the living area and was face to face with Asteria and a young man who couldn't have been more than 21. Her face turned a shade he had never seen when she realized that her and her boy toy were not alone.

"What are you doing here?" she snapped.

"This is my family's house in case you forgot." he snapped back.

"You never come here." she said through a tight lipped mouth.

"Well I'm here now so get out." he said looking more at the young man than her.

"I have every right to be here until the divorce is final." she told him.

"No, you don't. This house belongs to my parents. You have no claim on it."

"Philippe, head back to the hotel. I'll be there shortly." she said in her most seductive voice. The man nodded, staring Draco down and stepped back into the green flames.

"I want you gone too." Draco said.

"Don't worry, I'm leaving. I just wanted to pick up some of my clothes." she said dismissing his request.

"I'll send them to you. Now go." he told her. He was getting angry.

Asteria walked into the bedroom and right away she was yelling.

"Who was into my things?" she shouted.

"I was. Fixing to burn them as a matter of fact." he smirked.

"My new suit is missing." she said reentering the room.

"I was starting with the new things. Returning them to the store." he lied.

Asteria stormed back off into the bedroom and he heard her throwing things into an empty suitcase. Then he heard a sound that made his blood curl. Asteria gasped and he knew that she had found her missing swimsuit, wet and crumpled on the bathroom floor. As was her silk robe.

"Who was here?" she demanded.

"No one."

"Someone used my new suit, and my silk robe. Did you bring your little tart here?" she seethed.

"You are a lunatic. Get out of my house." he said coldly.

"Someone used this." she yelled, holding up the damp suit.

"I tried to flush it down the loo." he said quickly. Then he had a horrible thought. What if Hermione showed up while Asteria was still there? He needed his soon-to-be-ex-wife to leave quickly.

"I don't have to explain anything to you. Get out now or I will tell my father to rescind that generous divorce offer and give you what our contract states, which is absolutely nothing."

Asteria blanched.

"Fine. I'll get the rest of my things and go."

"Just go."

She tossed the suitcase on the floor and stormed past him. He folded his arms across his chest and followed her back out into the living room. She glanced into the kitchen and saw the mess of pots and pans on the floor.

"Have you gone barking mad Draco?" she asked picking up the dropped items. It was then that she saw the two dirty plates in the sink.

Draco realized it too.

"So you have had someone here?" she smiled coldly.

"Just for business. A ministry official working on my project." he replied. "Not that it's your business."

"Oh, the glove thing. Right. Well it is my business because I will be getting part of that fortune you are planning to make with those."

"We will see about that." he said knowing she would get nothing. "Now leave."

"Fine." she said marching by him into the living room. "All I wanted was some extra money. All of this was unnecessary. We could just have kept living our lives and not worried about splitting assets and company profits. It would have been perfect." she said grabbing a handful of floo powder. Just then the fireplace lit up bright green and Hermione emerged from the flames. Draco's face froze and he looked from Hermione to Asteria. His signals to Hermione went unnoticed. Asteria's eyes widened.

"I got the books we needed for the spell and contract." she said not realizing they weren't alone.

Asteria inhaled deeply and caught the scent of Hermione's perfume. She smiled darkly at Draco.

"You must be the ministry official my Draco has been working with. I'm Asteria Malfoy. Draco's wife."