Chapter 4.

Thorne's P.O.V

Sitting up in bed while resting against the bedhead, I glance down at a sleeping Caroline. She looked so peaceful and beautiful, irrespective of the fact that our marriage isn't what it used to be. There were happy times, times when we used to be madly in love, when it was just I, Caroline and our son. But things went downhill so quickly it's difficult to pinpoint when it all began.

 I notice her stirring awake and not wanting to be caught staring, I head into the bathroom to freshen up. 

The day's relatively normal with me overseeing the affairs of the hospital and soon enough I was back home getting ready to meet Cooper and his girlfriend.

"You clean up nice as always." I hear Caroline speak from behind me, causing me to look at her. She looked stunning as always.

"As do you." I say walking up to her, taking her hand in mine and bringing it closer to my lips for a kiss. "You look beautiful Care." I see her eyes soften for a moment, the wall built between us cracking but it was just for a brief moment as she steps away from me clearing her throat.

"We shouldn't be late to the dinner, Cooper wouldn't be happy." Nodding stiffly, I follow after her out of our room as we head out of the house and into the night on our way to the restaurant. The ride to the restaurant was fairly silent with either of us not speaking, a normality I had gotten used to. 

Soon enough, we pull up to the restaurant but just before we step out Caroline speaks. "I want tonight to go as smoothly as possible Thorne, whatever's going in between us shouldn't affect our son. For his sake, we're gonna go in there and keep up the façade of being the happy couple, that shouldn't be too hard or should it?" Her tone is cold and sharp as her eyes stare at me without the slightest flicker of emotion, clenching my jaw I exhale lowly.

"Fine, let's get this over with." 

Sitting awkwardly for the past few minutes waiting for Cooper and his girlfriend to arrive felt like the longest hours of my life, struggling to keep myself together I was a second away from calling Cooper who luckily for me had just arrived.

"Oh there they are." Caroline's voice turns sickly sweet with a cheery composure as she hugs Cooper and then his girlfriend. I blocked out the cheery greetings, not quite able to get a proper look at the girl's face yet.

What I wasn't prepared for was the shock I'd get as I set my eyes on her. It was imppossible, I mean what were the chances?

"It's a plea-" She definitely recognized me judging by the slightly horrified look on her face.

"Babe are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm sorry, I just uh...it's nothing. My apologies, it's a pleasure to meet you Sir." Her obvious struggle didn't go unnoticed judging by the curious looks on everyone's face.

"Same Aurelia." Her tongue darted out to wet her slightly parted lips and even though I'm sure it wasn't intentional, my cock reacted to it slightly hardening at the thought of her lips wrapped around it.

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I couldn't be more thankful when the dinner was over, feeling Aurelia's eyes flickering to stare at me quite a number of times, with me remembering the feel of her and just wanting to touch her skin.

Shortly after Cooper and Aurelia left, Caroline and I followed suit. The façade had dropped and we were back to our cold usual routine of ignoring each other. Upon reaching home, Caroline didn't waste a second more in the car as she stomped into the house. 

Entering the house, I watch her fetch a glass of water with her back turned to me.

"What was that all about Thorne?"

"What was what all about?"

She scoffed, setting the cup down harshly as she turned to look at me with folded arms, "At dinner with your son and his fiancée."

"What are you talking about Caroline? Nothing happened at dinner."

"Lies, all bloody lies. But what should I expect? You lie and sleep around." She chuckled bitterly as my jaw clenched in anger.

Walking up to her, I look her dead in the eye, "For the very last time Caroline, I never did what you accused me of, I remained faithful to you. What would it take for you to understand that after all these years?"

"Nothing, because I would never believe you for a second. I loved you Thorne, we were happy, our family was happy but then you just had to ruin it by kissing her didn't you?"

"I swear to you Caroline I did not, how many times do I have to say it? She came onto me and I was just about to push her away when you saw it happen." I burst out angrily.

"Can you hear yourself Thorne? You're trying to tell me that you never noticed that she had feelings for you and she threw herself on you? That's rich coming from you." 

"I'm not doing this with you tonight Caroline." I say calmly, heading up the stairs to my room, there was no point trying to convince her otherwise as she'd never believe me.

"Sure, do what you always do, run away from your truth like always. But we both know what you truly are, a disgusting lying cheat. I regret the day I met you Thorne Mikaelson" Her words cut through me like a knife, but they weren't true. I hadn't cheated, or well at least I hadn't done what she had accused me of at the time but she was convinced I had even though I had tried to convince her time and again that I hadn't. Without saying a word I head for my room.

As I stood under the shower head with the water drizzling down my body, flashes of that night play in my mind. How her lips tasted, the feel of her skin, how it felt being inside her. I wanted badly to snatch her up right there and then at the dinner table and have a repeat of what transpired between us that night and I could see that she wanted same. These thoughts were forbidden, she was my son's fiancée but my body didn't seem to recognize that as it craved her still.

My hand wandered downwards, taking hold of my cock in my hand. Caressing it and moving it up and down whilst picturing her with me, watching me as I touched myself at the thoughts of her.

My hips bucked a few more times as my hand movements quickened as I shut my eyes. Spurts of cum splashing everywhere as I found my release while calling out her name and slowly opening my eyes.

 As the aftereffect calmness of my release washed over me, I had thought that my body would crave her less but that wasn't the case, it wanted her more.

With my hands resting against the wall and my head hanging low, I exhale lowly

"Aurelia, what are you doing to me?"

 I knew I was testing dangerous waters but damn it to hell if it meant I could have her one more time.