So, i've decided to go ahead and just give you guys the fairytale ending that you wanted (No, this is not the last chapter, the last chapter should have been chapters ago! lol) But there's no way in hell that I can give this story the ending that I planned from the beginning with the way i've been writing it from chapter 12 on up. Chap 12 is where I started to cave in and did what you guys wanted (to make him a nice husband) and that just screwed the whole damn story up. So in order for me to do the this story the way it was originally planned from here on out, I would have to go on at least another 6 or 7 chapters and I don't have it in me to write that because I already hate the story as is.


"So have you even tried talking to him Stephanie?"

I looked up and rolled my eyes. "Of course I have mom, but it seems to go in one ear and out the other. And if i'm honest, I do him the same way when he tries to talk to me as well"

"Why?"

I shrugged. "I don't know, I guess I want him to feel the same way that he makes me feel sometimes."

"Revenge isn't always the best thing honey, especially in a marriage that isn't doing too well right now and when you two have a kid together and plan to have more"

I gave her a look as if she were crazy. "What do you mean by plan to have more?"

"Well, I just thought th-"

"well you thought wrong" I said cutting her off "Bringing Aiden into this world with all our problems was a mistake enough as it is. Its what I used to tell Alise and the girls all the time. I wanted Paul and I to have our shit…sorry, things together before we even thought about having a child, but-"

"But Aiden came early for a reason" my mom said cutting me off

"and that reason was?"

"well if you'd let me finish, I was going to say to help you to bring you two together again. A three year old shouldn't be able to pick up on the things that he does. He is clearly giving you signals and signs that you two need to work things out and-"

"mom" I said looking up "are you serious?" I said chuckling "you really think my three year is here to fix things?" I asked as I shook my head

"yes" she answered sternly

"he doesn't even understand whats going on"

"he might not be old enough to know whats going on, but he's smart enough to know that something is clearly wrong between his mom and dad. It's never a good thing when kids can sense the tension and problems between their parents, ever"

"okay, so i'll talk to him"

"No. Don't give him false hope or fill him with lies by saying everything is okay when it's clearly not. You two just need to work on yourselves first and then on one another as a whole. i'm pretty sure Patricia will find nothing wrong with co-babysiting with me while the two of you hash things out" My mom said as she grabbed her purse off the counter. "Think about it Stephanie, think about your son and his future before you throw it away, because he deserves happiness too" she said before walking away.


"Oh here we go with this shit again" Paul said as he loosened his tie and flung it across the room before unbuttoning his shirt.

"Well, you spend more time with her then you do with me so what do you expect me to think?"

"for the last time, she's my assistant Stephanie, and nothing more. And gee, funny you mention that because you never wanna spend time with me anyway. Whenever I try and talk to you or try to hold you, you avoid me like the plague."

"thats not true" I said softly as I crossed my arms over my chest

"yes, it is" he said calmly as he stood up and removed his shirt, placing it in the dirty clothes hamper as he walked into the bathroom.

"How so?" I asked as I followed him

"I don't think I have to explain how, you already know how" he said as he took off his belt and let his pants fall to the ground. He turned around and turned on the shower.

"Well if you can't tell me how then it's a lie"

"I shouldn't have to" he said again as he removed his underwear and stepped in once the water got hot.

I walked over to the chair in the bathroom and sat down, arms still crossed as I crossed my legs at the ankles. I said nothing as I watched Paul place some shampoo in his hand before rubbing it in and placing it into his hair. For the next few minutes I watched him bathe and enjoyed the view as I watched the soap slowly slide down from his chest, to his torso, and then down his legs. My glaze was interrupted when I saw him pick up my conditioner.

"Thats mine"

He said nothing as he looked at me and poured it in his hands, he rubbed it in his hair and turned his head towards me before saying "So what? come do something about it then" and then winked at me

I said nothing as I rolled my eyes and stood up. "just don't use it all" I said as I got up and started walking towards the door.

"See, thats what i'm talking about" he said as he turned around to wash it out of his hair

"what?"

"i'm trying to play with you to lighten the mood and you're still acting like a...nevermind" he said as he turned off the shower and grabbed his towel.

"Like a what?" I said getting defensive as I folded my arms across my chest once again.

"nothing, just forget I ever said anything" he said as he walked past me.

"Paul" I said as I grabbed his wrist. At that moment our eyes connected and I don't know what it was but it was an overwhelming feeling that just seemed to run through me and it seemed to have done the same to Paul. We said nothing as we deeply stared one another in the eyes, I don't know what was causing this, but I wanted him and I wanted him bad. And I think he wanted the same thing.

He immediately wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close, bringing me in for a long, torrid kiss. My hands slowly roamed over his massive wet back and I moaned as he began to suck on my tongue. He pulled me closer and I could feel his erect member poking me through the towel. This was the first time in a long time that we had kissed and it actually meant something, just being this close meant something. Like I said before, we had had sex and everything but it was missing all the passion that this kiss was currently bringing, there was no feeling of closeness, no feeling of need, just want. He lifted me up in his arms and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me back towards the bed, never breaking our kiss he sat down as I slowly began to grind on him.

He squeezed my ass with one hand as the other firmly held onto my hip, making me grind on him harder. I pulled back, finally breaking the kiss as I leaned forward and moaned against his ear. "mmm, you so feel good" I said in sultry tone.

"I'd feel even better inside of you" he said as he quickly turned me around on my back, planting small kisses on my neck. I wrapped my legs around him again, pulling him closer as I bit down on his shoulder, enjoying the sensations he was causing to run through my body. I closed my eyes and bit down on lip as his tongue slowly traced from the base of my neck to the tip of my earlobe. My eyes shot open as I felt his hand drift downwards.

I started to realize that having sex was not going to fix our problems, that this was just a moment of lust and that we had really gotten no where, we needed to fix everything like my mom said before we started to get physical. I knew that if we had sex now that this would be an on going process day in and out and we would never get to the bottom of anything. So when I felt his hand start to enter my shorts, I slowly removed it.

"What are you doing?" he asked as he continued to kiss my neck.

As much as I was going to hate myself for doing this, it needed to be done.

"We should't be doing this" I said softly

He let out a sigh and lifted himself off of me, he got off the bed and walked over to the dresser and began to dig through it.

"And you're not even going to ask me why?" I asked as I looked at him pick up a pair of red boxer briefs

"Why should I?" he said as the towel dropped from his waist, and his manhood stood at full attention as he slid the underwear on. I could see the huge imprint that was showing through his boxers, standing straight up and curving slightly to the right.

"Its not because I don't want to, we just need to fix everything first."

He said nothing as he walked over towards the bed and hopped in, pulling the covers over him and then turning towards me. "okay then, talk" he said as he propped his elbow up and laid his head on his hand.

"What do you want me to say?" I asked

"whatever is on your mind"

"okay, well, where did we go wrong?"

He looked down at the sheets and then back up at me. "I was going to ask you that, actually"

"Oh" I said softly

"I think our greatest downfall came when we just stopped communicating all together. Whenever we used to fight, we'd give each other sometime to cool down and then talk it over, now we just insult the other and move on like it never happened, which in turn causes more problems."

"True" I said nodding my head

"For me, home life was no longer a joy and I started to indulge in my work more and more which in return made you start to think that I was cheating on you"

"Also true" I said nodding my head again

"But no matter how hard life got at home, I never looked at another woman. I always had faith that we would work it out in the end. Yes, there have been times where I have thought about filing for divorce as i'm sure you have, but I think we both use Aiden as an excuse. If we really wanted to leave one another it would have happened years ago. But we have such a strong connection Stephanie that I think that it is impossible for us to be apart, despite all the shit we've been through together and all the shit I put you through years and years ago when I was..."

"Abusive?" I said finishing his sentence for him.

"Yes" he said softly, barely above a whisper as I placed my hand on top of his. "I've never stopped kicking myself in the ass for that Stephanie, never" he said as he looked up at me. "And I never will."

I said nothing as I rubbed my thumb across the back of his hand "Why did you do it?" I asked. A question thats been at the back of my mind for years.

"Because i'm an asshole who couldn't see the magnificent woman that was always in front of him. Stephanie, If i'm honest, I have no reason for why I did what I did, all I know is that I did it because I could, and because you allowed me to. I guess I thought that was my way of asserting my power, but instead it just made a complete and utter piece of shit and I am so very sorry. Words can never replace or take back what I did, but I want to be the best possible husband I can be to you going forward."

"I believe in you" I said as I continued rubbing my thumb across his hand

"why didn't you leave me?"

I stopped what I was doing and looked at him. "Honestly, I don't know" and the truth is I really didn't, any sane person would have left him after the first time. I guess I just knew that deep down he really wasn't that person, that wasn't the Paul I fell in love with and I knew that if I just waited that the old Paul would eventually come back...and he did. "I guess we just have that connection like you say we have" I said as I shrugged "I'm not avoiding the question, its just I really don't know why I didn't leave Paul, I just knew that that wasn't the you that I knew, or maybe I was doing something wrong…I don't know" I said shrugging.

"Well, i'm glad you didn't" he said as he lifted his hand and cupped my face.

"me too" I said with a smile.

Paul said nothing as he reached up and gave me a long, hot and passionate kiss to the lips before pulling back. I grabbed him by the neck and brought him back down on me as I laid on my back and wrapped my legs around him as I forced my tongue to go deeper into his mouth, making mine brush slightly over his as he let out a soft moan. God how I loved being so close to this man, its so funny how we can go from not speaking, to fighting, to having this wonderful connection. Paul and I were really meant for one another, I don't care what anybody says. Call me crazy for sticking by his side for this long, but some things are just worth the wait.

"You want to do this, or no?" Paul asked as he lifted his head, breaking the kiss.

"I do, I really do, but I think we should fix everything first" I said as I looked into his eyes "what do you think?"

He shrugged. "Whatever makes you happy babe"

"you"

"huh?"

"you make me happy"

A huge grin spread across his face as if he were a poor man that had been told he won a million dollars a day for life. I laughed and reached up and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"Stephanie, I want us to work so bad"

"I do too, but its going to take some effort" I said as I brushed his hair out of his face

"I know, and i'm down for whatever works"

"well, you know what that means then right?" I said kissing his lips before pulling back

He sighed. "counseling?" he said as he rolled over on his back

"yes," I said with a slight chuckle "you know me so well"

"Well, like I said, I want us to work and if that will help us then I'll be there all day everyday." he said turning towards me "I love you Stephanie"

"I love you too"

"even though you do get on my nerves every now and then" he said with a smirk

I laughed as I punched his chest and rolled over on top of him before planting another kiss on his lips.

"I just want us to be happy again baby" he said as he rubbed my back

"And we will be Paul, we will."


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