The marriage breaks
Disclaimer: All characters are original to the Once Upon a Time Series. The physical characteristics of the characters in the story are the same as those in the series, but the stories and development of the characters are my own.
This is the edited re-release of this story. Hope you like.
Part four: When the party is over.
Regina remained in David's arms, after having experienced incomparable senses. David knew exactly how to make her feel, to make her happy, and that scared her. She could not like him more. David was taking over her heart. Her breathing, which was already agitated by what she had experienced, became even more intense when she thought that she had just committed the worst of her mistakes. What would she do with David from now on? What would be of her life with him or without him?
She got up suddenly, getting out of the man's embrace. Automatically, she began to pick up her clothes, the one David had torn off in the passionate process and she began to dress. The gentleman looked somewhat bewildered. She didn't even look at him and she began to cry uncontrollably.
"Regina, what happened? What's going on?" The man imitated the routine of the woman, and he began to dress up.
"Excuse me David, I can't talk right now". She could barely pronounce these words.
She finished getting ready, before David's stunned gaze. He began to feel regret coursing through Regina's veins. He did not want to pressure her at all, but he was not willing to lose the opportunity that Regina had given him. He did not question anything anymore. He liked Regina like no one else had ever liked him. He was fascinated by her.
She opened the door very carefully, to make sure that no one saw her leave the room, and so that no one noticed her infidelity with the neighbor. Before stepping out, she felt him take her by the arm. She could not turn around. She could not look at David in the eyes, not after the intensity with which they had made love. She was afraid of making a bigger mistake, but the damage was already done.
He seemed to understand her. So, he did not force her to look at him. He approached her and hugged her tight but briefly. David took a deep breath to smell the scent of her hair.
"Come back to me, Regina". He whispered and released her arm, just to see her running off in the direction of the elevator.
David finished getting ready, left the sauna. He stayed exercising intensely, while some tears escaped from his blue eyes. He was alone in the gym, and he was afraid to think that Regina would leave him like that, after what had just happened.
Regina had done the worst damage herself, hurting David. She wanted him, of course she wanted him. She prayed that the elevator would not stop on any other floor, because she would have to hide her crying and she was not sure that she could hide her sadness.
She had left him alone, after how special those hours had been, she had left him alone and she had no decency to look at him in the face. Regina felt like the most miserable of cowards. She came to her apartment and closed the door, laying on it. She felt so weak about leaving David and so bad for having committed that indiscretion.
Regina went straight to her room and went into the shower. She had to restart. But the problem was that she had lived it. She had enjoyed her encounter with David; had wanted it since they kissed in his apartment. But why did it feel so good and so bad at the same time. Why did Robin appear to make her feel bad about herself. How many infidelities had she omitted from him.
"If only you had loved me like he started doing today!" She spoke to that absent Robin, the same one who was refused to stop being in her heart, but who seemed to have his days numbered there.
The brunette managed to calm down and try not to think about what happened. She could not help but think that she was becoming a hypocrite. Regina had to concentrate on the party that night. Robin was ready to be on time and she would have to look perfect by his side. She made a face mask and placed a couple of slices of cucumber in her eyes. By lunchtime, her son Roland was still at home from his neighbor temptation, playing with Emma.
She ate a light salad and received the stylist who would do her makeup and fix her hair. She knew that her neighbor had invited her to lunch and that now they would be eating pizza with the babysitter. Regina had to think clearly about what she was going to do. Seeing David was inevitable, as she had to pick up her son so that he would dress for the party.
When the stylist had finished with her, Regina looked spectacular. An additional brightness made her look like an angel. She looked beautiful in excess. It was that feeling of being alive again, the one that had made her look like never before. She stared at herself in the mirror, remembering the kisses that had made her crazy that morning. In that instant, a message on her cell phone brought her back to reality.
It was Robin. He said that maybe he would arrive a little late. A little late again. That meant he was going to make her wait. Robin was not going to change. That sudden annoyance made her feel worse about leaving David all alone.
"You are the one who doesn't learn Regina Thomson". She looked at herself in the mirror, feeling a terrible desire to run away. "You need a vacation. A break from this hell, from this fake marriage". She smiled with malice. She took the keys to the apartment and went down to look for her son, as a potential excuse to see David.
She stopped at the door of the apartment her son was in, feeling very anxious. She did not know how to look David in the eye. He had behaved like a gentleman, and it had been her who had given rise to that romance.
At that moment, the door opened, and the young nanny was speechless at the beauty of the woman she was crush on.
"Mrs. Regina!" The girl could hardly talk.
"Violet". She nodded to her in greeting.
"I imagine you're looking for Roland. Please come on into the room while I look for him". Violet gestured with her arm letting her know she was welcome.
Regina entered the apartment, her heart beating a mile per minute. There were no signs of David or the children. She was all dressed up, made up and combed to perfection, but dressed casually. It wasn't time to put on her dress yet.
"You look very beautiful, Mrs. Regina". The girl could not contain her emotion. "Children are watching a movie, it's almost over. If you like, you can sit and wait or do you prefer that I look for Roland now?"
"No, Violet is fine. I can wait for him". She looked at her watch. "It's still early, but I want him to nap so he will not be tired at night."
"Of course! Do you want something to drink?" The girl was happy having the brunette of her dreams for herself.
"Umm… Maybe some water. I'm on a diet". She gave a wink to the girl, and she sat in the main room.
"Right away!" The girl went to the kitchen.
That apartment didn't have two floors like hers, but it did have a large, spacious balcony. Through the windows of that beautifully clear room, and the curtains that moved with the wind, she managed to see David, looking towards the horizon while drinking a beer. That was the reason for his disappearance.
She couldn't avoid it. Regina got up without waiting for her glass of water and she crossed the sliding doors and the curtains. She tried not to make a sound and since she was a few steps away from him, she cleared her throat.
"I'm jealous of the view of your apartment, it's better than mine". She watched him turn around. She didn't know what force drove her to stand in front of him and to pretend as if nothing had happened.
"Regina!" He was shocked to have her there, in front of him. He thought that wasn't going to happen in a long time. Besides, she was beautiful and that gave him to understand that she still wanted to conquer him. "What are you doing here?" He said it in a good way, as if surprised.
"If you prefer, I can leave and tell Violet to take Roland home". She knew that wasn't the intention of her neighbor, but she had to make sure that he wanted to excuse her.
"Of course not!" He smiled at her getting closer. "This is your house, whenever you want". Now he was looking at her intensely.
"Here you are, Mrs. Regina". She carried the glass of water in her hands. The girl had not noticed the tension between the two adults.
"Thank you very much Violet". The woman said, turning without looking at her. She looked back at David and smiled at him embarrassed.
"Can you go to check the kids, Violet?" The man gave a wink to the girl, and she understood perfectly.
"Of course, Mr. David!" The girl withdrew immediately.
Regina turned to see how the girl was leaving the terrace. Then she looked David straight in the eye again. He took the glass with water and placed it on a table with his beer. Then he went to take Regina by the hand and lead them to the chairs. That area of the terrace was roofed.
"What is all this about?" She pointed towards the interior of the apartment.
"Do you think that people don't realize what is happening between you and me? I speak of people who see us in detail, when we look at each other". He was not willing to lose her.
"Does she know about us? You told her!" She was scandalized.
"I would never do something like that! And it offends me that you think so". He got up without leaving the chair, giving the woman the back and placing his hands on his waist.
Another blunder of Regina Thomson against that charming gentleman. She didn't understand that everyone was not like Robin had become. She had crossed a line leaving David in the morning and now another slandering him.
"I really am very sorry David!" She looked down and she sighed. "I know that the way we look at ourselves can't remain unnoticed by everyone forever. It's just that..." She did not know how to deal with her feelings, much less with David ones.
"Regina!" He turned to look at her intensely. "All I know is that I'm falling in love with you and that doesn't seem to turn back". He must confess it. "Don't! Don't say anything!" He saw how she wanted to talk to him, and he did not leave her. He made a gesture with his hand for her to stop. He sat next to her and took her hands. "Regina, I know that today you gave me the gift of being with me. I also know that after that, you still have your life and that this was only a one-time thing. But I want you to know that it is not enough for me. I also don't want we will be occasional lovers. You don't deserve it and neither do I. I want you to be with me indefinitely. It's not my intention to put pressure on you, at all. I never wanted to put you in an awkward position and less if this is something that affects your child, but I need that when the time comes, you make a final decision. Whatever it will be, I will accept it with all the implications and without any objection".
She couldn't believe how different her life with that gentleman would be. David's blue eyes transported her to a future full of happiness and love. A future that seemed to be far from what Robin could offer her and her son. That broke her heart. How could she be happy with that man if she will lose her son?
He did not let her think anymore and kissed her. It was a sweet and passionate kiss. She remembered the early caresses and she began to feel the heat running through her body.
"David, stop!" She pushed him away with her hands.
"Sorry!" He smiled at her. "It's no longer easy for me to control myself in front of you"
"And what happens if the children see us?" She got up and she was observed in the reflection of the glass door, which was behind them.
"Violet wouldn't let that happen". He assured her. He felt the woman's questioning look. "Don't look at me like that. She has this crazy idea that you and I should be together, that we make a beautiful couple". He got up and took her by the hips, bringing her closer to his body. "And I agree with her"
Their looks were sought with the same need that love had made in the morning. Regina was falling in love with David, she could not deny it anymore. She was feeling David's touch through her floral dress and that was exciting her.
"I have to go!" She smiled at him, taking his hands off her hips. "You can't mess me up anymore. I have my parents' anniversary party and I must arrive looking like a queen". She was now joking with him, trying to disguise that she was very attracted to him.
"I know!" He raised his hands in surrender. "You are going to save yourself today, Regina Thomson, but tomorrow…" He threatened her lovingly, approaching her while she fled slowly from him.
"Tomorrow, we'll see each other in the gym at the same time! It´s understood?" She seemed confident about what she said to control herself. "I go for my son, because if I'm not, I'm going to do crazy things and sorry but no". She placed her finger on the man's lips. "Don't say more please. I must go, David". She looked at him pleadingly.
"Regina is fine". He returned his hands in a sign of surrender. "We are going to look for your son".
They walked to the television room where the children were. The adults shared teenage smiles and furtive glances. The children were already playing because the movie finished a few minutes before.
"Mom!" Roland got up and went to hug his mother tightly, pushing her a little in the process.
"Okay! I must believe that you missed me?" She smiled at him, and she grabbed his little face.
"Wow! Mrs. Regina, you look like a princess". Emma was approaching towards the woman.
"Like a queen!" David added.
They looked very intense. Thank God the kids did not share the malice of their nanny. They could not realize that their parents had started to love each other.
"My mom is very beautiful". He still held her tight, and he said these words with pride.
They managed to make the kids stop fighting and after a few minutes Roland agreed to go for a nap, on the condition that tomorrow he would play with Emma. When they were saying goodbye, David kissed Regina on the cheek for a few seconds.
"I'll be waiting for you at gym tomorrow". He commented to her in a sensual way.
"We will see each other there". She answered something nervously and cleared her throat.
They arrived at the penthouse, and Regina could barely hear Roland's voice telling her how amazing Emma was. She left her son napping in his room and she went to her room to try to rest a bit. She could only smile thinking about David. Very carefully, she lay down on the bed to rest. She did not know when she was asleep. She woke up scared at five in the afternoon.
Happily, she always placed the alarm on her cell phone two hours before her departure time for an event. Regina loved punctuality and always being perfect.
She went to wake up her son with a lot of sweetness. She asked him to take a shower and the boy obeyed her. While Roland bathed, she adjusted her hair and makeup and looked at herself in the mirror.
"What a pity that the stylist couldn't come later". She thought out loud. "Not only would I not have to fix myself a little now, but I could have allowed David to mess me up". She smiled wistfully.
She proceeded to put on her dress for the party. It was a black dress with shining stones and transparencies in Regina's skin tone. This dress had been specially made for the brunette by a famous designer. This was adjusted in the body to the hips, and then it fell loose with a kind of small tail. The dress dragged lightly though she put on her silver mirror-effect heels. This had the long sleeves, straight cut on the chest and shoulders and a back neckline quite pronounced and suggestive. And to complement, a slit on the front of the left side.
Regina looked ready to kill. She was divine. Her hair arranged naturally, and the makeup highlights her beautiful chocolate brown eyes, and her mauve mouth. Everything was a lethal combination. She finished giving the final touches of her outfit by putting on her diamond jewelry. Regina went to her son's room, and he was shocked to see his mother.
"Mommy, you look so beautiful!" The little one smiled. "Emma is right: you look like a princess... Well, David is right: you look like a beautiful queen"
"Mr. David". She cleared her throat at the name of her neighbor and her son's affirmation. "What have I told you about respect, Roland?" She approached to button his son's shirt. The boy stood on the mattress of his bed.
"But David, well, Mr. David told me not to tell him Mister". The child explained himself with all confidence, while his mother knotted the little tie.
"Well, but I am telling you: in front of other adults, you should call him Mr. David. Only in his house you can call him David, if there are no more adults around. Do you understand me, honey?"
"Yes Mommy, I understand you". The boy was thoughtful, while his mother put the jacket of the suit. "Violet is an adult?"
Regina stared at her little one meditating on her response. Of course, Violet was not an adult at the age level, but her mentality was. She went to the bedside table and took Roland's comb. While she was combing him and she was putting gel in his hair, she responded.
"Violet is not an adult, my sweet Roland. She is bigger than you, enough for her to be your nanny, but not enough for her to be an adult. She can take care of you, but she is a teenager"
"When will I be a teenager?" He was wondering this.
"Well, when you're Violet's age". She had to get out of that predicament fast. She fitted his son's shirt inside his pants, and she adjusted the strap to him.
"Okay!" The little boy sat down in the back of his room while he put on his black party shoes, with a funny accent. "I'm ready!" He got up suddenly and took his mother's hand. We can go mom.
"You look so handsome my love! I love being escorted by such a handsome gentleman". She bowed to her son. "We are going to wait for your dad in the living room and then go with him". She took her purse and her phone in the other hand.
"Mom!" The child stopped her by pulling her hand. "He's not coming". There was sadness on his face.
She couldn't longer hide from her son a truth that he knew very well. She smiled lovingly and kissed his hand.
"Let's go! We'll wait a while, and if your father does not arrive, we'll leave. Do you think it's okay?"
"Yes mom. It's okay". The boy accompanied her down the stairs.
She had not seen her cell phone before. There was another message from Robin on the device, assuring him that he was delaying. They waited for him for about an hour but there were no signs of him. So, Regina took her wallet and her phone and called the limo driver who was going to pick them up.
Regina entered the elevator without saying a word. Her son seemed calm, so that gave her strength to continue as if nothing were happening. When arriving at the entrance of the building, David was entering something distracted, until he saw her facing her.
"OMG! Regina, you look stunning". He was hypnotized with the beauty of the brunette.
"Thanks, David!" She blushed and she pointed to her son, so that he would not commit an indiscretion in front of the child.
"Oh! And Roland looks like a man!" He added by understanding the woman.
"Thanks, David!" The boy reminded himself of what his mother had told him about adults. "I say, Mr. David!"
"You can call me just David". He bent down to be at the child's height. He looked somewhat sad, and Regina noticed.
"He can call you David, when you are in your house and there are no other adults around". The woman clarified, something worried about the sadness that she noticed in the blonde.
"Okay!" He got up and looked at the woman again.
"Roland, honey. Look who is there! It's John". He was the driver of the Dempsey family, and he treated little Roland very well. They always played ball in the park. "Why don't you go with him, while Mom says goodbye to Mr. David?
"Okay Mom! Goodbye, Mr. David!" He extended his hand, and the older man shook it as a goodbye. Then he ran out and they watched him hug John, who was standing next to the limo.
"What's wrong with you, David?" She brushed her neighbor's hand slyly.
"How do you know there is something wrong with me?" He smiled sweetly
"I really don't know. Maybe we have got to know each other thoroughly in a very short time". She saw him intensely.
They were silent for a few seconds, they just looked at each other. David was sad, that was a reality. But Regina believed that she had left him happy in the afternoon.
"I can't concentrate when you look so beautiful. You are truly a Queen, Regina Thomson". He smiled again. "I will tell you by message. Now go, they are waiting for you".
She saw him leave without even waiting for her to leave. That man must be having a bitter moment, because he was always all bliss. His smile always was light on Regina's day, even when they only saw each other in the gym, and he did not dare to speak to her.
Regina went to the party with the feeling that something bad had happened to David. For some strange reason, that worried her more than her husband's absence at his parents' anniversary party.
When they arrived, the party had already started, and they had been waiting for Regina for the toast. So, her mother Cora, was not so happy. The party was in her parents' mansion, in the great main hall of that huge house on the outskirts of the city.
Regina had managed to get the attention of everyone present by crossing the threshold. She looked stunning. Her mother came out to meet her.
"Why do you arrive at this hour?" She said to her between teeth pretending happiness. "You were supposed to help, and you would be here for the toast".
"I'm so sorry Mother! I was waiting for Robin, but he never arrived, so we came alone".
"What a crazy thing!" The woman smiled, pulling her by the arm.
"Grandma!" The boy was trying to attract Cora's attention.
"Oh! Roland. Hello! Why don't you go to play with the other kids? I must talk to your mother".
"Yes Grandma!" He went straight to the children's section where there was a large inflatable castle and other attractions.
"Why do you treat him like that?" She was upset. "He is your grandson!"
"No, he is not! You would do well to treat yourself and have a child of your own". The older woman walked by holding her daughter's arm, while she smiled falsely.
"You're impossible!" Regina rolled her eyes and then she pretended to be happy.
"Regina!" His father seemed very cheerful. He seemed quite drunk. The man hugged his daughter tightly. Then he took her by the shoulders. "I'm so proud of you, my dear Regina!" A few tears escaped the man.
"I love you so much, father!" She responded to the hug and then she saw him stand next to his wife. Suddenly, Regina felt someone grab her by the waist and she felt her breath in her right ear.
"You look beautiful. Why do you always manage to steal all looks?" Her masculine voice was heard behind her, and she immediately felt a kiss being placed on her neck.
"Robin!" She turned around, surprised to see him. "What are you doing here?"
"Was I not invited?" He smiled at her with superiority, the way he always joked with his wife in the past.
She stared at him for a few seconds still in shock, and then she understood that it was a joke.
"Of course!" She smiled, lowering her gaze. "Of course you were invited. You've just arrived? We were waiting for you!" She was somewhat angry. "My mother claimed me for it"
"I'm so sorry Regina. But I had to take your father home because he wasn't fit to drive over. And once I got there, I had to help Henrry so that Cora wouldn't kill him". He was amused watching the elderly couple take the glasses for the toast. "Then my cell phone discharged. Cora sent for my suit then and here I am. Zelena had to text you to let you know! I assume she didn't".
"Don't!" Regina sighed impatiently when she heard her sister's name and she had not told her that her husband was already at the party. "We are already here that is the important thing!"
"How is Roland?" He looked for his son with his eyes.
"He went straight to the games". She smiled. Then she felt her husband take her by the waist and hug her. What was happening with Robin?
He asked the waiter for two glasses of champagne, and he gave one to his wife while holding her by the waist. He began to caress Regina's bare back, while she was paralyzed at the gesture of her husband. Then they made the toast and Robin hugged her again. She could only smile to cover appearances, but she was very surprised by everything that was happening. It had been many years that her husband had not that kind of gestures with her.
All offered to the health of the elderly couple and their Fifty-five years of marriage. The dance started and Robin barely let Regina put her things on the table designated for the family and then, he took the brunette dancing.
Regina forgot David and the sadness she had seen in the blue eyes of the charming gentleman. She could only look at Robin. He looked so happy, so renewed and especially he seemed to pay attention only to his wife.
Her sister, Zelena, was always bitter. She was sitting at the table watching them dance with envy. While her parents were happy watching them and dancing with them.
Even Roland danced with them. The couple took the child's hands, and they enjoyed the evening. Regina could not remember the last time she was so happy, but now she was so happy.
She was talking to some friends of the family, when she finally noticed that Robin wasn't there. Regina found it strange because all night her husband had been inseparable. Then he saw Robin carrying Roland who had fallen asleep. She did not avoid smiling. Then she apologized to go to accompany her husband and her son. Most likely, they would stay to sleep in her old bedroom. When she arrived at her husband's meeting, he was already back, and he was arguing with Zelena.
"Are you very much in love with your wife now? After you have been with all the secretaries, interns and new workers of the company! How many love affairs have you had this month?" The redhead claimed him with disdain.
As a reflex, the brunette hid so they would not notice she was there.
"That's not your problem, Zelena! Why don't you pay attention to your affairs? Oh! Of course, you still think that I may like you, but that will never happen!"
"You wish! My sister is the only one who wants you to notice her, despite all the infidelities you have committed. Everyone talked about how silly Regina is and how well you pretend to love her!"
She decided to enter the scene. She cleared her throat, carefully wiped away her tears, and walked past them:
"Regina!" Said the woman shocking.
"Regina, I can explain!" Robin looked disoriented. Clearly, he did not want her to feel bad.
"Goodnight!" She told to both. "You can say goodbye to my parents, and you can go to the house, Robin. I will stay with my son here".
Regina turned and walked into the room that was once hers. She wiped away the tears that were running uncontrollably from her eyes. Regina closed the door. She looked for some old pajamas that she had there for those occasions when they stayed over. She couldn't believe how stupid she had been to believe in Robin's performance that night. She was sure that most of the people who were there that night knew about her indiscretions.
She tried not to make noise so as not to wake her son up. When she was ready to sleep, she checked her cell phone to ignore messages and calls from her husband and saw all the messages David had sent her. She only managed to feel worse. Not only she had not responded to him, but she wouldn't make it to their appointment in the gym for sure.
In the messages, David explained how his daughter Emma was going to leave the city. He couldn't see her every week anymore. He explained how he would stay in that city for her, because he was falling in love with her, but that he was very sad for her daughter. The last message ended up breaking her heart:
"I see that you don't answer. You must be busy at your parents' party. My only consolation is that tomorrow I'll see you at the gym. Enjoy it a lot! I'm falling in love with you, Regina Thomson, more and more!"