«Yes, to my husband,» Emily confirmed, seeing his face change. Ryan leaned back slightly, and the woman immediately guessed that he might have wanted to try flirting with her, but the news about her husband quickly changed his plans.
«Let me drive you to the station; no need to call a taxi,» Ryan offered, quickly figuring it out. The speaker had just finished his speech, and now they were descending in the elevator to the underground parking. While driving to the station, the conversation between them continued surprisingly easily and naturally.
It turned out they had a lot in common with Ryan. Both lived for work, built careers, and shared similar views on life. Emily felt as if she had known this man for many years, although the meeting was accidental. Ryan, despite his somewhat stern appearance, was charming and charismatic, drawing attention to himself.
When they arrived at the station, Ryan instantly pulled Emily’s things from the trunk and offered to escort her to the train.
Ryan looked at the schedule board and, smiling, suggested:
«You have forty minutes until the train. Maybe pop into a cafe? There’s a good little restaurant nearby; my friend owns it. We could have a cup of coffee if you don’t mind.»
Emily hesitated. She actually objected to this proposal, but she needed to pass the time until departure somehow, and unexpectedly for herself, she agreed. A few minutes later, they were sitting at a cozy table in the restaurant, alone, as if it wasn’t an accidental meeting but a long-planned dinner.
When the young woman returned to the train and it started moving, she couldn’t stop thinking about what happened. Ryan, although practically a stranger, left a strong impression. He was different—interesting, relaxed, and Emily felt a strange attraction to him, despite having a husband waiting at home. But she forced herself to switch to Kyle. After all, he was her family, her real one.
She remembered how he wrote that he missed her. And she planned to surprise him—arrive early and tell him she agreed to have a second child. This thought had been swirling in her head for a long time, but now it had finally turned into a decision. Emily thought a new baby could strengthen their marriage.
She had just started dozing off to the rhythmic clatter of the wheels when her phone came to life. The screen lit up, and she saw a short message: «How’s the ride? Settled comfortably? Not cold?» It was from Ryan. Kyle never wrote such messages, and Emily felt awkward at how much this simple attention from an unfamiliar man touched her.
She didn’t decide right away whether to reply. After all, she was married, and this was just a chance meeting, nothing more. But her fingers already typed the answer: «Yes, everything’s fine, riding comfortably.» When the message was read, Emily blocked the contact. She decided she would remain faithful to her family and never tell anyone that her heart fluttered for a moment. Let it remain her secret only. Time will pass—she’ll forget this man. Arriving in her hometown, the woman called a taxi and headed home.
It was early; Emily was sure her husband was still asleep. And she wanted to wake him with a hot kiss. Smiling, she imagined the meeting with her daughter. When Emily was at work or on business trips, the girl was under the nanny’s care. While the elevator was going up, Emily looked at herself in the mirrored walls and was surprised to find that she looked very good. Even though she was no longer a young girl, her appearance had only become brighter with the years. Emily remembered her new acquaintance again and immediately felt ashamed of her thoughts.
Stepping out of the elevator, the woman took out her keys and quietly opened the front door. The hallway greeted her with dim light. Foreign high-heeled shoes caught her eye, carelessly lying near the shoe rack. This definitely wasn’t the nanny’s footwear; Susan Hayes was an elderly woman who never wore such shoes. Emily’s thoughts were interrupted by Kyle, who came out into the corridor from the bedroom. Seeing his wife, he was very surprised; his eyes darted.
«Why are you here?» he blurted out the first thing that came to mind.
«Indeed, what am I doing here, in my own apartment,» Emily smirked.
«I… I didn’t mean that.»
Kyle hesitated, instinctively blocking the bedroom door with his body. Further events unfolded quickly. Emily was just about to ask her husband what was going on when the bedroom door opened noisily, and a very young, half-naked girl appeared on the threshold.
«Kyle, baby,» she said in a thin voice, «you said your hag would come back only in two days.»
Emily couldn’t stay silent anymore:
«Kyle, bother to explain what’s going on?» It was hard for her to hold back her emotions.
Kyle mumbled something, and Emily repeated her question, only louder. And then she suddenly remembered her daughter. Without taking off her shoes, the woman rushed to the nursery, but the crib and playpen were empty.
«Where’s my child?» the woman growled. «Answer, where’s Ava?»
«Kyle, baby, you didn’t say your wife is such a hysteric,» the annoying voice of the girl sounded nearby.
Kyle silently watched as his wife turned into a real fury. And he had already opened his mouth to say something, but his young mistress boldly told Emily:..
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