When trust is questioned
Chapter 10
In advance- English is not my mother tongue, I often use the translator, if there are text and sentence structure errors, I apologize in advance
... I need to clear my head again... What's wrong with me?
Angela walks over to the small café across the street, orders a cappuccino and sits outside at one of the small metal-covered tables.
She watches the people walking by, that's not her style, but it distracts from the current situation she's in.
If the matter with Tony were clear, she wouldn't be in this misery right now.
... What am I supposed to do..?
She takes a bite of the small caramel biscuit that lies next to the cappuccino cup.
... I have to be clear about what I want..., I should clarify and talk to Tony or Roger... Or not? Or should I just look at myself? I don't want to hurt anyone.
Her thoughts become more and more confused.
... what if Tony finds out that I kissed Roger again? Ok, he kissed me, but that doesn't matter! And what can I say to Roger? That I almost had sex with Tony in the kitchen..?
She ponders, but can't find an answer to the many questions that are buzzing around in her head.
Time passes.
40 minutes later, she's still sitting at the small table. She completely forgot the time.
Angela looks at her watch..."oh my god!". She gets up quickly and runs over to the agency.
"Sorry, it took a little longer." Angela says quickly.
Roger looks over at her for a moment, Angela takes off her coat, Mona gets up and walks over to her, she grabs her lightly by the wrist "Angela, I almost wanted to file a missing person's report... Where have you been for so long?"
"Mother, I was outside having a coffee" Angela releases her wrist from Mona's grip. She turns away from her and walks straight into her office.
Mona follows her, closing the door behind her.
"Angela! What's wrong with you?" Mona insists.
Angela sits down at her desk. "Mother it's nothing, I still have a lot of work to do!"
Mona looks suspicious, walks over to Angela and puts her hand on her shoulder.
"You can tell me what's going on, I can tell that something is wrong with you. You're behaving really strangely, Now speak to me!"
Angela responds: "All right, MOTHER, I'm standing between two men, this is going on! I almost had sex with Tony in the kitchen and Roger kissed me for the second time today. So, satisfied?!" she says in a serious voice.
Angela turns to Mona, Mona laughs: "HA Angela, that's something... that almost sounds like my own life! Ahahahah... OK... you almost had sex with Tony? Why almost? What's wrong with you two that you'll never be able to do that?!
And Roger, huii ok, but what about Tony? Ok, Kathleen got in the way, but now she's gone and he's free again" she says enthusiastically and claps her hands once.
"yes mother, he's free again, he just hurt me..." Angela lowers her head.
"Oh Angela, don't take this to heart anymore, he's just a man and it's over now. He loves you! You love him, you can't miss that, so what's the problem?"
Angela replies: "It's complicated!"
Mona back: "That's always it, but that's life! You don't get anything for free, you have to fight for what you want... But it's also nice when two men are interested in you at the same time, one prime, finally!" Mona laughs cynically.
"Mother!" Angela hisses back.
"Well, if you need someone to talk to, I'm here, ok... I'll leave you alone again for now.
"yes thank you" Angela smiles at Mona. Mona leaves the room.
Angela takes a few sketches and edits them.
6 p.m.
There's a knock on Angela's door: "Yes, please," she says.
Roger enters.
"Angela, I'd be ready for today and would call it a day, should I drive you home?"
Angela politely replies: "No thanks Roger, I'm going with my mother".
"Oh, Mona's already gone, she didn't want to push you again!"
"Oh yes... good" Angela rolls her eyes. "Then I'll go alone."
"Angela, you really don't have to, not after a day like this, I can really drive you, it doesn't make any fuss, you know that. If it's because of today that you'd rather ride alone, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you, that was absolutely not my intention!" he says charmingly.
... Don't act like that Angela, maybe I just need to get to know him better...she thinks to herself.
"It's good, I'm still packing my things," she says with a smile.
Out of the agency, they both get into his car, Roger holds the car door open for her gentleman-like.
They drive for a while.
It's a quiet ride, not like the first time…
Angela stares petrified out of her window.
"Angela?"
She looks at Roger: "yes Roger?" she answers.
"I just wanted to praise you for how you manage it all with the agency and your son, very remarkable, you are an incredibly strong and great woman!" He smiles at her, but then concentrates on the road again.
"Thank you Roger" she says embarrassedly, look at him for a while... She's getting warm...
Again she feels this tingling. That excitement, that dizzy feeling. The unknown, which simply fascinates her...
He takes her hand. She turns red.
Her two hands are on Angela's thighs together.
She is aroused, his hand on her thigh, so warm, her heart is beating up to her neck.
... should I allow more... Maybe I should just loosen up...
She crosses her legs, her skirt slides higher. She takes her hand away so that his hand is right on her thigh.
... He gets warm, his heart beats faster.
... Oh my god she's so sexy! I love her legs... I would love to feel more of her...
Roger looks at her, their two eyes meet. He looks at her insistently and longly, but then looks back at the street.
They both arrive in front of Angela's house.
"Thank you Roger!" Angela unbuckles her seatbelt, and so does Roger. She gives him a kiss on the cheek, he also turns around so that their mouths meet, both suddenly feeling this desire, this heat.
He kisses her passionately, she kisses him back passionately. They hug and he pulls her close to him. He caresses her thigh, Angela shivers down her spine. His heart is pounding wildly, hers too, so that both of them can feel their heartbeats.
He kisses the back of her neck, she lays her head back and moans softly.
"Angela..." He whispers "you are an incredible woman, ... I want you...!"
"Roger..." Angela moans softly... he kisses her on the mouth again. Their tongues touch. He starts to tie on her blouse... Kisses her on her neck again and is about to wander further down.
"Roger," Angela says excitedly, ".. I... I can't"
"... It's ok..." He kisses her once more fleetingly on her tender lips.
Angela breaks free from his arms and ties her blouse back up. She herself is totally surprised by her spontaneity.
Roger gets out, goes to Angela's door and opens it.
Angela gets out. She stands there for a moment, looks at him with a fierce smile, but then quickly looks down. "Good night Roger..."
He says goodbye, gets into his car and then drives off.
Angela unlocks the front door and enters. She closes the door behind her and leans against the door for a moment.
She puts her hand on her chest, her heart still beating strongly. She smiles and shakes her head.
She straightens her hair, takes off her coat and goes straight to the kitchen, where you can hear Tony whistling a song...