Trespass Sweetly Urg'd
Chapter Four
Present day
Unable to sleep Draco had wandered out onto the balcony of the master bedroom. He stared out over his grounds, bathed in moonlight. He didn't want to turn back to the empty room behind him and he cursed himself for being indecisive. He'd just make up his mind to finish things forever with Ginny and go on with his marriage to Darklis as best they could when something would remind him of her. The colour of her hair, the softness of her skin, her laugh, her voice… something. And he knew he couldn't live with never seeing her again.
Earlier that day
This was a dangerous place to be, this was two blocks from Ginny's apartment building and he was not comfortable being here with his wife.
"Draco darling will you please help me look for them. Daddy only likes this certain type and I couldn't find them anywhere else. We'll be late to meet him as it is."
He sighed and began scanning the tins before them, not entirely sure what he was looking for since he was too jumpy to listen properly.
"Draco!"
His heart stopped when he heard Alex's voice behind him and he saw the confusion on Darklis's face as she saw the little boy approaching her husband.
"I have good news…"
Before the boy could finish his sentence Ginny appeared from the other aisle looking for him.
"Alex what are you…"
She froze when she saw the Malfoys and Darklis looked from Draco to Ginny suspiciously.
"Draco… will you listen I have good news."
He forced his attention to the boy tugging on his trouser leg; "What is it Alex?"
"I asked my mum and she said she'd make you pyjamas like mine. You did say you liked them…"
Even the five year old could tell something was wrong and he took a step away from the Malfoys.
"Mum?" He said uncertainly as the three adults continued to stare at each other.
"Ms Weasley?"
A voice joined them in the aisle and Ginny turned to her housekeeper.
"Rosie will you please take Alex and pay for these. Here's the money."
The confused housekeeper nodded and took the basket from her, taking the little boy's hand and leading him away towards the checkout. She was following them awkwardly when she walked straight into a shelf of tins. Her cheek turned a nasty shade from the impact and her lip began to bleed.
"Are you alright Ginny?"
Draco couldn't help himself and the words were out of his mouth before he could contain himself.
Without answering him she fled in shame after her son.
"I want to know right now Draco, are you having an affair?"
Draco rubbed his hands over his eyes, he contemplated denying the whole thing but he didn't think he could live with the guilt if he did. He nodded.
"Bastard!" She hissed.
She continued to pace in front of the fire as her mind churned over things. They had gone to meet her father as promised, they had left early when Darklis pleaded agony from a migraine and now they were in his study having the one conversation he'd hoped to never have.
"Has there been others?" She demanded.
He shook his head; "Of course not, Darklis…"
"Don't you 'of course not' me… how do I know?" She snapped.
She paced for a while longer before looking at him again.
"How long?"
He was silent until she glared at him.
"Almost a year." He sighed.
She flew at him, punching him, biting him, scratching him until he caught her hands in his.
"You bastard… you bastard." She repeated over and over again until she collapsed sobbing in his arms.
He stroked her thick black hair and rocked her gently.
"I love you Darklis… but I couldn't help myself. We both tried to stop, we never encouraged each other."
She shook her head against his chest disbelievingly.
"Something only happened when we ran into each other, and then we couldn't stop ourselves. We never went out of our way to keep this going."
She continued to sob against him.
"Neither of us wanted to hurt you. You don't know how many times I've had Ginny just like this, crying because of how she was hurting you but not knowing how to stop it."
Darklis whimpered and her tears began to slow.
"I love you so much. And Ginny… neither of us are proud of what we've done. Under different circumstances you'd have liked her."
Darklis growled in disbelief and he held her closer to him.
"I mean it, I know there's no chance of that now. I know I'm lucky if you ever speak to me again. But you have to know that from the start we tried not to do it, we went out of our way to avoid each other to stop it but things just happened despite that."
As he spoke Draco wondered where Ginny was and whether she was alright.
"I love you Draco." Darklis whispered. "But I need time, I have to work though this and figure out what I'm going to do."
She stared up at him, her anger was twisting inside her and the fact that he was so goddamn handsome when looked as vulnerable as he did now made a pulse flicker between her legs. She leaned up and kissed him.
He was surprised to say the least but he kissed her back, letting her lead. She was overtaken by her need for him and she rubbed her hand against his crotch, feeling him harden through the fabric of his trousers. He pushed his hands up and under her top, caressing and kneading her breasts until she moaned in helpless desire. He felt her urgent need for him to show her he loved her and desired her and he was only too happy to prove it.
He manoeuvred one hand up her skirt, pushing inside her panties and sliding a finger inside her. She groaned in ecstasy and tore at his belt trying to undo it. Finally managing to unbuckle it she yanked the zip on his trousers down and wrapped a hand around him caressingly. He growled into her mouth at her touch and she shivered at the hand still inside her panties.
Once he was free of the confines of his trousers she released him and lay back on the sofa, drawing up her skirt entirely and he lay on top of her quickly. He gently shifted her panties to one side and pushed into her with a soft moan.
"I love you." He whispered as he rocked against her and she clung to him.
She'd left after that and he didn't know if she was coming back or not.
He turned when the door to their room opened and she was standing in the doorway before him.
"You're here." He managed to mutter.
She nodded and held out a sheaf of parchment towards him.
"It's from Ginny."
He stared at her warily but there was no violence in her posture or her face.
"It says how sorry she is, how much neither of you wanted me to get hurt, and how often you tried not to."
He wrinkled his brow; "That's what I said."
She nodded; "Yes and I didn't know whether I believed you or not. But I believe her."
He crossed the room quickly and hugged her.
"I went to see her. And I told her that she had hurt me but also that I understand. That I'd felt that kind of consuming passion myself and I know how hard it is to resist."
Draco watched her in silence as she spoke, wondering if he was imagining this through all the whiskey he'd drank.
"So I told her what you said about us liking each other and she said from what you'd told her she did like me. And I thought what the hell..."
Draco was dying to ask her what she meant but he waited for her to speak first.
"I agreed with her that for one week of the year…" She sighed. "She can have you."
Draco opened his mouth before he'd processed the words properly; "Excuse me?"
"I know you Draco, you're not unfaithful. You were this time because there's something special about her you can't escape from. And she feels it to. So I'm not going to spend the rest of my married life trying to keep you apart. You're right she is a nice girl and after we'd got past the obvious awkward stage we did have a lot in common. So my only condition is you only see her… sexually… during that one week."
He nodded.
"That is… if you still want to be my husband."
He laughed joyfully and pulled her against him, kissing her over and over.
"Oh yeah one thing…"
He pulled back to look at her.
"I'm not having a three-some."
He laughed and kissed her again. He could see why she wasn't a Slytherin, if she had been she'd have cursed Ginny into oblivion and made sure he could never possibly cheat on her again. It wouldn't be the same as what they had had in the past but that was probably a good thing, no more lies and sneaking around, and he'd still get to see her anyway.
Oh yes he had a lot planned for those weeks. But right now he had his wife to please.