Forever/Maybe

“We never did sleep well apart. You’ve been sleeping in my arms for almost three hours. We both fell asleep,” Nicholas said. Ashley slowly raised herself off him. She headed to her bedroom. Nicholas followed her. “Stop right there. I don’t know if sleeping together was a good thing or not. It just muddied the waters. Maybe it would be best if you went home. This wasn’t good,” Ashley said. Nicholas was angry now. They had been talking and touching. Now her wall was up again. “What wasn’t good, Ashley?” he bellowed. “I’m not good? Us acting like a husband and wife wasn’t good? Tell me what wasn’t good ‘cause it sure felt good to me?” “You want to know what wasn’t good? You cheating on me wasn’t good! You probably would have never told me about your affair if I didn’t find out about it wasn’t good. That because I agreed to talk to you that you thought it’s okay for you to come into my bedroom wasn’t good. That you think this all will go away because you said you were sorry wasn’t good. Do you want more? Leave Nicholas. I need to work this out. You have no place in my decision. I’m deciding what’s good for me and my children. If it means coming home to you, fine. If not, you will hear from my attorney.” Ashley yelled at him then slammed the bedroom door. Nicholas heard the lock turn. He had such hopes of winning her back but she doesn’t seem to have the same idea. He fucked up royally and destroyed his family in the process. He called Lucas and told him to be ready to leave first thing in the morning. He called his pilot and told him to have everything ready to return to California early morning. He didn’t want to stay and make matters worse. Ashely was right. He probably wouldn’t have told her about the affair.