Summary: Sebastian meets a women who knows an awful lot about him. She forces him to make a hard choice.
Chapter 7: Sebastian's Dilemma
"My name is Gwendolyn Jeffries" the attractive blond purred with a slight trace of an English accent. "And I take my scotch neat, no ice."
"That's nice. Now how did you get in here and what the fuck do you want?"
The women chuckled slightly at Sebastian's tone while getting up from her spot on the couch. "You sound so suspicious. You know most guys your age would be delighted to come home and find a beautiful women waiting for them."
As Gwendolyn approached him Sebastian tried to figure out what her deal was seeing as she wasn't telling him anytime soon. She really was attractive at about 5'6, slender, curvy body, topped off with a sleek blond haircut. Her body was clad in a tight, brown suede dress, matching jacket and a pair of knee high leather boots. If he had to guess Sebastian would say she was about mid to late twenties and was most likely at some point a model. Gwendolyn had that sort of arrogant bitch quality that Kathryn also shared. However Kathryn had a certain charm and intelligence to back it up where as this women seemed purely vapid to Sebastian.
Sighing he told her "yeah well I'm not most guys and I have a girlfriend so once again...what the hell do you want."
She clucked her tongue "you must love her a lot."
"Who?"
"Your girlfriend" she smirked "or is there someone else?"
He glared at her "I'm giving you till the count of three to tell me what you want and if you don't I'll thrown you out on your bony ass. So what will it be?"
Gwendolyn hardly flinched at the threat. Instead she smiled and told him seductively "pour me a drink and I'll tell you why I've come here."
Normally Sebastian would have thrown this women out all ready especially given the mood he was in but somehow his curiosity got the best of him. Sighing he stepped behind the bar and poured her a scotch as she took a seat at the bar.
After watching her take a small sip he said "well?"
"Mr. Valmont it seems you and I have someone in common"
"Oh? Look if this is about some friend of yours who I screwed over a million and a half years ago then I really don't-"
"It concerns Christian DeMille" she interrupted him.
At the sound of his name Sebastian whipped around to face her suddenly interested. "What about him?"
Gwendolyn tilted her head back in thought as she told him "Christian and I use to be an item. We were very close. In fact he was on his way to purposing marriage when he broke things off."
"Not that I care, but why?"
Her beautiful blue eyes narrowed in anger as she hissed "it seems he got distracted by someone else. A petite, brown haired little school girl with a nose candy habit." Raising her eyebrows dramatically she asked "sound like anyone you know?"
Sebastian couldn't help but smirk "maybe."
"Christian began acting more and more distant and when I called him on it he pretended it was nothing. Finally though he came clean and told me it was over. Apparently he was in love with little miss trust fund. It hurt like hell. I loved Christian very much."
He rolled his eyes at this as he plopped down on the lounger. "What is it with this guy? Seriously I don't see the attraction."
She smiled "he's handsome, rich and powerful it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Like I was saying I love Christian very much and have tried to move on but I find no one else quite measures up. I've decided to get him back which is were you come in."
"Come again?" Although Sebastian found this whole story mildly interesting (especially the part concerning Christian and Kathryn's affair) he was in no way, shape or form going to help the twit in front of him get her boyfriend back.
"You see in order for my little scheme to work I'm going to need your cooperation. If I want Christian back I have to destroy his relationship with Kathryn and something tells me you're the man who could help me do that. So what do you say?"
Sebastian studied her for a moment curious if she was seriously this stupid or maybe just plain naive. Did she really think that if she told him some sob story he would agree to help her? There was just no fucking way. Shaking his head and chuckling slightly Sebastian asked "are you for real? I don't even know you but you expect me to just help you out because you ask real nice and bat your eyelashes at me?"
Gwendolyn seemed completely unfazed by his attitude. With her sleek smile still intact she sauntered up to him and let her hand glide down his chest. "Well" she whispered huskily "I am willing to compensate you in any way you wish."
Sebastian glared at her coldly as he removed her hand from his groin. "No thanks" he told her as he turned around "now if that's all-"
"Perhaps you'd be more interested if I slipped on a brown wig and told you, you could put it anywhere."
At that oh so familiar phrase Sebastian spun around and asked "excuse me? What's that suppose to mean?"
She smirked "oh I think you know. Now you seemed to be under the impression earlier that I was offering you a choice weather to help me or not when really I just being polite. The truth of the matter Sebastian is you have no choice. You will help me."
He was astounded by her little order to say the least. He didn't care who she was or what she wanted. Sebastian Valmont took orders from no one. "Ok that's it" Sebastian snarled as he grabbed her forcefully by the arm "I don't know what your deal is but I've had about enough. It's time to go."
However before Sebastian could get her to the door she picked up the remote for the TV and turned it on. Immediately the sound of people fucking filtered through the speakers causing Sebastian to spin around to find out who it was. To his shock the people on the video were none other than him and Kathryn fucking each other's brains out in her bed. Kathryn was moaning his name as he tossed her on her back and proceeded to eat her out.
Pulling out of his grasp Gwendolyn watched the video and Sebastian's shocked expression with amusement. "You know I must say you two are quite attractive together. Even more so than her and Christian."
Finally he pulled his eyes away from the monitor and demanded "what the fuck is this? How did you get that footage?"
"Oh I have my ways" she told him as she shut it off. "And this dear Sebastian is what they call leverage. This is my leverage to secure what I want."
Sebastian snickered "actually it's called blackmail."
She shrugged "call it what you will. I'm going to get what I want and you're going to help me because if you don't not only will your sweet, innocent girlfriend get a look at what you've been up to behind her back but so will the entire city."
"Meaning what exactly?"
Gliding closer to him she purred "meaning I'll hand this tape and the still photographs I took to every newspaper and tabloid in the city. So not only will everyone know what a cheating scum bag you are but they'll also discover what a slut Kathryn is. I think all her little society friends should find it quite compelling that she spends her free time screwing her former step brother." She laughed slightly "not to mention Christian's reaction. What do you think he'll do to you when he finds out hmm? Christian as I recall has quite the temper and he loves her so much..."
Sebastian's head was reeling from the shock of all of this. Staring into this psychotic twit's mocking face he could feel his rage starting to build up. He grabbed her once again forcefully and hissed "you will do nothing to hurt either one of the them, understand?"
Gwendolyn pulled away, smile dropping from her pretty face "then you will help me break Christian and Kathryn up."
He shook his head in astonishment "how the hell am I suppose to do that? Do you know Kathryn, do you know what she's like?"
"Afraid I've never had the pleasure."
"Well let me enlighten you sweetheart, nobody fucks with Kathryn. If she wants something she gets it and if someone stands in her way she runs them down. There is no way in hell she would ever fall for one of your stupid schemes."
She smiled "which is why I need your help. You see you're the one who will develop a plan to break them up-"
"What?!"
"You know her best so you know her weaknesses. Now from what I've seen her only weakness is you so I recommend you use that to your advantage. Use that weakness and destroy her."
Sebastian slumped down in the chair and muttered "I can't do that."
"Why not?" Gwendolyn studied him for a moment "oh I see you have feelings for her." Sebastian didn't answer her only stared off in thought. "Well then it's simple really, you have to make a decision. Which girl means more to you? I mean truthfully if it was up to me it would be a no brainier. One girl has stuck by you through everything, trusts and loves you unconditionally and would never do anything to hurt you. The other one however is a selfish uncaring ice queen who screws you over at every turn. I mean what else could she offer you besides sex?"
Sebastian finally looked over at her and commented dryly "you seem to know an awful lot about me."
She shrugged "just calling it like I see it. You know if the shoe was on the other foot exactly what Kathryn would do."
As much as he hated to admit it he knew she was right. If Kathryn had to decided who to hurt there was no doubt in his mind that she would choose him. He adored Kathryn, he might even love her but the truth was he had already made a commitment to Annette. If she found out about how he cheated on her with Kathryn of all people it would destroy her and he just couldn't bare to hurt her that way.
Rising slowly from his seat Sebastian sighed "all right I choose Annette."
Gwendolyn smiled in satisfaction "that's good, you made the right choice. Now what is your plan of action concerning Kathryn?"
Poring himself a scotch he thought about it a minute. He knew Kathryn would never just dump Christian and from the way he tells it Sebastian doubted he would ever cheat or her which left him with little options. Downing his drink he told her "I'll have to taint her in Christian's eyes somehow. Make him think she's not faithful."
"Shouldn't be to hard seeing as she isn't. Though if I were you I'd play it safe and make sure he doesn't know it's you she's being unfaithful with."
He glared at her with contempt and sneered "thanks for your concern. Any other tips?"
"Yes" she said as she ejected the tape from the VCR "I want them broken up by the end of the week."
"Not leaving me a lot of time."
"You shouldn't need it. When you complete your task I'll give you the tape and the photographs and no one will ever know of your involvement in this."
"Fine" he grumbled as he watched her slip her jacket back on. "I suppose it doesn't bother you that you're destroying her life."
She shrugged easily "not really. From what I hear about you two this is nothing compared to some of the stunts you've pulled. Think of this as a case of what goes around comes around."
He glared at her "that's lovely are we done?"
"For now. I'll be in touch." Gwendolyn made her way to the door but stopped before leaving "don't look so depressed Sebastian. If all works out to plan you just might have both girls at your beck and call. Good night."
Wrong Sebastian thought as he watched her leave. Even if everything went according to plan Kathryn would still most likely figure out that it was him who screwed her over. And even by chance she didn't she would still most likely move on to her newest boy toy and he would be with Annette.
Annette, he was doing all of this for her really. Sebastian could give a shit about what Christian would do to him what he really cared about was what it would do to her. He hated the idea of putting her through that kind of pain so he would have to make a sacrifice. Kathryn.
Sebastian already had a plan of attack of course, he always did. He knew exactly how to break them up but it would have to wait for tomorrow or the next day. Now he would get drunk. He would get shit faced and forget about what he had to do and the person who he had to do it to. Pouring himself another scotch Sebastian lifted it in the air and toasted her. "It was fun while it lasted sweetheart."
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Later that week Sebastian arrived at Kathryn's penthouse. He had heard from Gwendolyn that she was back in the city and that she was staying alone which gave him the perfect opportunity to drop in. When he arrived one of her Spanish speaking maids told him that she was gone but should be back soon. He agreed to wait for her.
It didn't surprise him in the slightest that Kathryn's home was gorgeous. Unlike her mother who preferred to show off how much money she had by having lots of pricey crap around, Kathryn's tastes were more subtle. Beautiful furniture and art decorated the large apartment which had a gorgeous view of New York.
Taking a seat in the living room Sebastian noticed a photo of Kathryn and Christian sitting on the piano. They were on one of his boats looking happy as could be. Rubbing his forehead Sebastian contemplated what he was about to do. True he could give a shit about Kathryn's relationship with Christian. In Sebastian's opinion she would be better off without him but she did seem to care a lot about him. It might really hurt her if he left her.
As he sat there Sebastian began to contemplate other options. Maybe he could tell Kathryn about the blackmail and they could figure a way out together. However he knew if he told her she would want to confront Gwendolyn and then the blond bimbo would leak the video to the press in a nanosecond.
Sebastian's thoughts were interrupted when Kathryn came into the room looking over her mail. She looked gorgeous dressed in a simple, white strapless dress with her dark hair whisked up. As she set her mail down she looked up and her eyes went wide in surprise. "What are you doing here? I thought we agreed-"
"I know" he told her as he got up from his seat "but I couldn't stay away. I had to see you."
Kathryn eyed him suspiciously "you had to see me? What happened to we have to end this? I can't bare to hurt goldilocks blah, blah, blah."
Sebastian approached her letting his hands gently caress her bare arms. "I know what I said it's just...god Kathryn I can't sleep, I can't think, I can't even fuck Annette. All I think about is you."
It wasn't really a lie. She was all he thought about even before the blackmail started. And since it had he had been avoiding Annette. Kathryn still looked at him wearily. Sebastian knew she wanted to believe him but was afraid to trust it. "But we can't...this is an unnecessary risk." She sighed and pushed him away "just go back to Annette. I'm sure you'll manage to get your little Sebastian up somehow."
"No" he practically growled as he pulled her towards him. "Don't you get it? I need you, I crave you" he whispered as his mouth brushed up against hers. "I can't wait any longer to be inside you."
Without waiting for a reply Sebastian kissed her with all the passion in the world never letting on for a second that he was deceiving her. However as she returned the kiss he knew in his heart he really wasn't. He did want her, crave her, need her only he was acting on it to hurt her.
Sebastian swept those thoughts aside as he quickly picked Kathryn up and carried her to her bedroom. He would fuck her like it was their last time together. Because after today it just might be.
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