Lucas let out a whistle as he settled himself in his bed. He was satisfied beyond his wildest dreams and it had everything to do with the woman who lay next to him. She looked over at him with a smile. Just as quickly as the smile came, it was gone, and she was leaving his bed. He was so confused that he wondered for a second if he hadn’t done a good job pleasing her. He immediately dismissed it knowing that she had climaxed just as powerfully as he had.

“Is everything alright?” he asked as she began picking up her clothes and slipping into them.

“Yah.” She said looking at him as though she didn’t quite understand his question.

“Where are you going?” he asked,

“What do you mean?” she asked, “to my room.”

He scratched his head in his confusion.

“You could stay here.” He said, “I would be perfectly happy to share my bed with you.”

“And what?” she asked, “sleep with you?”

There was a bitterness to her words, the same bitterness he had heard earlier. If she felt that way, then why had she decided to sleep with him. His confusion mounted.

“I didn’t think you’d just get up and leave.” He said, “I was wrong.”

“You were.” She replied, “come on Lucas, what did you think this would turn out to be?”

“I have no idea” he replied honestly, “I still don’t know what it even is.”

“It’s a one-night stand.” She replied, “we both get closure and an amazing night.”

Lucas slid off the bed and walked over to where she stood to redo the buttons of her dress.

“You’re telling me that this is all you want?” he asked gesturing towards the bed.

“With you?” she asked, “yes, that’s all I wanted.”

Lucas was so shocked he had no idea what was happening. Where was his beautiful innocent Scarlet who had fallen for him? Where was the woman he had made passionate love to only minutes ago? He reached out and held her hand to stop her from doing the very last button on her dress.

“What are you doing Scarlet?” he asked, “is this some sort of revenge plot?”

She looked at him and crooked her brow.

“You’re full of yourself.” She replied, “so a woman can’t want a one-night stand with a man?”

“You don’t do one-night stands,” he said, “we made love just now, you can’t tell me that this is it?”

“You don’t know me anymore.” She replied, “you have no idea who I am anymore.”

She wrenched her hand away from him and began walking away from him. He followed, grabbing the robe from the chair by the door.

“Not for a lack of trying.” He said tugging on the robe, “you won’t even talk to me and then you beg to come into my bed and then leave as soon as its over?”

“And what would you say we do instead” she used, “pick up where we left off?”

Lucas realized that they were both shouting, and he knew this wouldn’t lead to anything good.

“No, I want you to talk to me.” He said with all the sincerity he could muster. “why won’t you talk about it?”

“I have nothing to say.” She replied, “there’s nothing here but broken promises, hearts and dreams.”

With that, she stormed out of his room and into the halls. In a fit of rage, Lucas picked a nearby vase and threw it against a wall. He was spiraling and all because of a woman he had banished from his memory a long time ago. How did she manage to wind him up like this and why had he allowed himself to feel anything for her?

Lucas couldn’t help wondering if his father had been right all those years ago when he told him she wasn’t the woman for him. Lucas quickly banished the thought, he couldn’t ever think that about her. She wasn’t the same woman now that she was then and it wasn’t her fault. It was his. Running his hand through his hair again, he went back to his bed and lay down. He began to think about what had just happened. He had held her in his arms and they had made passionate love like they never did before. It was ruined when he thought about the bitterness in her voice only moments later. What could have been so bad between them that she would do this? There were many people who had been through what they had been through but didn’t hold each other in such high contempt. He decided he would let it go. They had to interact for the sake of business. It would be good for him if he recognized where she stood and left her there.