Andrew smiled awkwardly. "You know it's an unclad portrait right?" He asked her for confirmation. "I didn't imagine it. I had to look at the person posing to draw and paint it. Right?"Natalie nodded, "Of course I know that and I like the picture so much" she looked back at it. "I'd like to have one as perfect as this and I'm sure you're the right painter for this job. So, would you want to do it?"Andrew nipped down on his lower lip. He felt his insides shift. Painting Sophia's step sister was not such a good idea if Sophia ever came to hear about it. How would she feel?He was still in his thoughts when Natalie reached out her palm and held his arm. "Come on, you're a professional painter. This is not for pleasure. I'm not asking for you to sleep with me. Or anything, I'm just asking for you to give me a nude painting of myself. Don't think too deeply into it, besides, no one has to know" she added while she traced the insides of his palm.The hand thing made Andrew felt a little
Andrew pushed his chair a little backwards. He wasn't getting the angle he needed."Would you rather I shift?" Natalie asked him with a smile. She was on his modeling couch, posing. Her legs were crossed together, she had a bright smile on her face with her hair drawn to the back. Her glittery blue eyes were focused on him as she blinked at intervals, licking her lips, her fingers draped down her fingers."No, I think I'm fine. Just try not to move. I'll begin now" he said to her with a nod. Natalie smiled deeper, "Thank you"Andrew gave her a high thumbs up and bent forward as he landed his brush on the board.He stook a deep breath and exhaled as he started to drag him hand lightly on the board, creating light strokes with his brush. He was steadily focused."How long would you require me to stay this way?" Natalie asked. He could hear her tiny voice from over the board. Usually, he didn't like his clients talking. It always distracted him."Well, it'll have to be a while. That is,
Sophia's hands felt weak as she opened the door. The plates were already shaky and unbalanced.She thought of carrying the food one at a time but she was hoping she could carry it all at once. She got in and closed the door when she turned with the tray in her hand to look search for Andrew. Her eyes scanned the entire room but couldn't find him when she realized someone was actually seated, their back to her.She tilted her head a little to have a clearer view. That back looked familiar. Sophia took once step forward, leaning to her left to see perfectly, who had his back to her. Then, she realized… .It was Andrew. And… it looked like he was preoccupied with something.. or someone.Sophia leaned further. She saw a head.Actually, it was her sister's head. She gasped."Natalie!" Her hand felt even more weak as she saw them. With the shock that ran through her body, Sophia had unconsciously let go of the tray to cover her mouth. The plates and ceramic tray broke into pieces and fel
Sophia caught her sister by the arm, dragging her backwards."Wait. What's wrong with you?" Natalie halted. She looked back at her step sister's face and then the hand that held her. She furrowed her brow. "What is it?""Listen, I am not holding anything against you and Andrew. For goodness sake, I don't even know what's going on between you too." She slowly released her grip on Natalie."You say you want to go have a word with my husband, why? What did I do? What did you find out? What will you say?"Natalie shifted in her stance. She faced her step sister, glaring at her."You don't know what I found out right?!!! Tell me you don't know the reason Andrew left me all naked in his room and chased after you!!! While he and I were in the middle of making out. Tell me you have no idea why he could have done that!!!"Natalie's eyes were becoming filled with tears. Sophia could see her breaking down."I have no idea what you're talking about. Stop insulating things. It is not what you mean
Sophia knocked again but no one answered. She waited to a few minutes but no one opened the door.She started to feel inpatient."William and I need to start having sex so I can pin this on him before I start showing signs." She whispered to herself, "This can't wait," she said as she knocked on the door again. Sophia stood there knocking for a while waiting for William to open but he still didn't, maybe he wasn't home, she didn't care. She was going to wait there.Out of curiosity, she pressed down on his door handle and surprisingly, the door creaked open. Sophia stuck her head inside to check if William before opening it wider to see what was going on.William wasn't home, and she couldn't wait. Out of curiosity and impatience, Sophia entered inside and sat on the bed."I'm going to have to wait here for William" she said to herself.Sophia sat quietly, waiting for William, letting her eyes roam around his room. She noticed the beautiful wallpaper on the roof for the first time.
William opened up his door slowly. He stood by the side of his door frame, fidgeting on his phone. He was looking for the phone number of one of his men. They were supposed to help him clear the dead bodies he had left.William walked in with a sigh of frustration. Business for him had not been going too well so far.His drug shipment had been intercepted by the feds. He had his men missing and those he could find, they were betraying him. William felt like going somewhere to throw a punch somewhere but he couldn't, he was barely guarded. His guards were missing."Listen here, Maximilian. I can't afford this nonsense. Find the men I need and bring them to me. I will be waiting for your call!" He hung up immediately. Nipping on his lower lip, William walked to his bed and placed his phone on his bed. He turned to study the room for a bit before walking into the shower.Locking the door shut, he turned the shower on.Sophia stuck her head out first to clearly check if William was out
Sex was over in a few minutes and Sophia was laying on his bed, worn out and stressed. There was a reason she always hated sex with William. He had a way of making the moment that was meant to be intimate seem like a sport. With the way William thrusted into her forcefully, commandeering every part of her system, leading her to scream and cry, she wondered if the child inside her was not dead already."I enjoyed tonight. For the first time, I do not regret marrying you. You're actually good for something" he said with a satisfied smile. Sophia forced a smile too. It was only going to take that and a few more nights of it to pin the pregnancy on William. Her plan would work, she was sure of it."I'm glad you liked it. I decided to make love to you today. To repay you for all you did for me" she said.William smiled again. He was excited."It was fun what you did but I need you to get out" he pointed to the door as he stood up. "I have work to do, leave"The smiley expression on his
Sophia's heart did a backflip. She already had her suspicions about William but the images that were displayed on the screen of her laptop took her suspicions to a whole nother level. Sophia could not believe her eyes. Her gaze hardened. A feeling of hatred came upon her. She had wanted to be sad and devastated but something inside of her commanded her to be angry. "This bastard, how could he?" Her forehead wrinkled. Sophia stood to her feet without breaking eye contact from the screen. She pushed her chair backwards and slowly moved away, her face hardened with anger. She was feeling a turmoil inside of her. "Father worked for William. He worked all those years for William and yet he killed him over money. That wasn't enough for him, he planned and hurt my sister. William is the cause of our misfortune" she said slowly in realization. Not only had he caused pain to her in their marriage, he also caused pain to her family as well. Tears rolled off Sophia's face. She tried so hard