It's Sunday and like all Sunday's I'm going to my mothers house for lunch as do my siblings. Normally this is the highlight of my week. No stress, no drama and no work related conversation. Just me, my parents and my siblings.

My happy mood is quickly replaced when I get there and see Lisa in the living room laughing and joking on the sofa with LaToya. I make a point of walking straight past them and go straight to the kitchen. "Whats she doing here?" I frown confused "by she i'm assuming you mean your wife?"

"Ex wife" I point out "anyway. I bumped into her the other day while I was out shopping the and we got talking and went for coffee and I invited her for lunch this sunday" she shrugs casually. "But she's my ex wife! The same woman that cheated on me and..."

"And she's truly sorry for all that" she cuts me off "and that makes it ok?"

"No, but she's here and clearly wants you back and to work on your marriage. She left that other man for you that should tell you something"

"Yeah, it tells me the man she cheated on me with had a lucky escape! And why would you even think i'd want her back? I threw her out and divorced her. That should tell you somthing"

"Michael, just talk to her. I know how lonely you've been and how much you miss her"

"Miss- d. And i'm over her and moved on and I don't want Lisa or any woman in my life. Not anymore" I tell her honestly and she sighs "could you aleast play nice while she's here? For my sake?" She asks and I sigh rolling my eyes "fine! But only because you asked" I say giving in, not wanting to argue with my mother.

I go into the living room and sit politely talking with Lisa and LaToya. "So anything new with you?" Lisa asks "nope" I say in neutral tone and LaToya can sense the awkward tension between us. "I'm just gonna go to the bathroom" she smiles walking out of the room, leaving me alone with Lisa.

"LaToya says your more involed with the family businesses these days" she smiles and I frown shaking my head "why are you doing this to me?"

"I told you already. I love you Michael and I want to be your wife again"

"Well forget it! I gave you everything and you still fucked me over" I frown "what is it going to take for you to believe that I'm truly sorry? What ever it is I'll do it"

"There's nothing you can do! It's done. We're over and I'm not gonna give you or any another woman the chance to hurt me again"

"And I won't. I swear to you and..."

"No you wont. Because I'm not gonna give you the opportunity" I cut her off.

She's about to speak when mother comes in the room. "Silly me. I've only forgotten to pick up the desserts from the bakery" she sighs "could you two drive down to pick them up for me?"

"I can go myself" I shrug seeing what she's doing "it's fine. I don't mind" Lisa smiles "of course you don't" I say sarcastically knowing exactly what her and my mother are doing.

"You don't have to keep following me around like a stalker. I've already told you I'm not taking you back" scoff as Lisa and I are driving. "It's not stalking wanting to talk to my husband"

"Ex husband" I point out "do people not understand past tense?"

"Was there somewhere else you were planning to go on your way home? An certain brothel perhaps?" She says sarcastically "No. I just dont want you around. And even if I was it's none of your buisness" I snap "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you" she mumbles and I ignore her.

We get to the bakery and I'm waiting for our order and look around and see both Leanne and Mia from the brothel sitting at one of the tables. Leanne seems a lot more cheerful than last time and I still feel awful about hurting her and making her cry. She said I can book her again and next time I'm gonna make sure I'm extra gentle. I did really enjoy cuddling with her though. It's against their rules to do that so I doubt she'll let me do it again, but it was still nice.

Mia looks in my direction and I quickly turn back around "what's wrong?" Lisa asks noticing my awkwardness "nothing" I mumble and she looks in the direction I was looking. "Are they..."

"Thank you" I smile to the guy behind the counter taking my order and quickly leave, followed by Lisa.

"Those girls you were looking at? Do they work at... that place?" Lisa asks as we're driving back "yes"

"Have you been with either of them?"

"Both"

"Did you see them when me and you..."

"No. I only started going there after our divorce" I sigh, irretated, cutting her off "your better than that. why do you lower yourself and see those women?"

"Because she doesn't play mind games ok!?" I snap slightly "she?" She frowns confused "what?" I glance over confused "you said she"

"I meant they" she's about to ask another question, but I quickly cut her off "can you just quit with the questions!? Who I fuck doesn't concern you!" I snap and she finally shuts up.

The rest of the car ride was awkwardly silent, but as soon as we get back into my mothers house, Lisa acts like me and her were great. Even trying to flirt with me a few times.

Over dinner my parents are talking about their vacation plans and I feel Lisa's leg rubbing against mine and I quickly move my leg away. "Paris is such an amazing place. Michael and I loved it when we went. I think it was our third or second anniversary. Do you remember which one?" She turns to me and I shrug pretending not to know. She knows full well we only went to Paris once and she knows exactly when it was. "I remember now. It was Rome we went to for our second. We went to Paris for our honeymoon" she rolls her eyes pretending she forgot. "you know I still have my wedding dress in my closet" she smiles at my mother "me too" my mother smiles back at her "I have to use the bathroom" I mumble getting up from the table.

When I get to the bathroom, I close the door and begin crying and there's a light tap on the door and Lisa walks in "why are you doing this to me?" I sniffle and she smiles softly walking over to me "I wasn't saying those things to hurt you. I was saying them to remind you of all the good times we shared together" she says softly rubbing my shoulder "we can have those good times again and make even more good memories. I meant what I said about doing anything for us to be together again" I don't say anything and she sighs "I'll even let you still go to that place" she mumbles "what?" I look at her confused "the brothel. If you want to still see those women, then you still can and I wouldn't hold it against you"

"I wouldn't do that to you" I mutter and she moves closer and kisses me softly and I break away "please stop this"

"It's ok" she says softly wiping the tears from my face and kisses me again and this time I kiss her back deeper lifting her up onto the counter, moving her underwear to the side and she moans onto my lips as I thrust hard and fast into her.

Moments later I feel myself getting close and quickly pull out of her and turn away from her, stroking up and down my shaft until I cum. "you didn't have to do that baby, I'm on the pill now" she reassures me as I'm cleaning myself up "like I'd trust a word you say" I frown adjusting myself. "that shouldn't have happens" I sigh disappointed in myself and go to leave, but she pulls me back. "yes it should. It happened because we still love each other and I know you still love me. I could tell by how rough and passionate your were and..."

"leave me alone" I mumble pushing past her and go back downstairs to join my family.

Since we came back down stairs, Lisa has been smiling and cozing up to my mother while I've been sitting quietly feeling completely ashamed of myself for letting Lisa get to me and I can't believe how stupid I was for allowing myself to let that happen. It didn't mean anything to me I was just upset and caught of guard and I'm not gonna let it happen again.

"of course I'll be there!" Lisa says excitedly to my mother after she invites her to A business event we're having next week and I glance over and my mother can see how pissed I am about it, but gives me a stern look not to say anything, which I don't and get up and leave the room to join my brothers in the back yard.

We're all standing around talking and the conversation changes to the event next week and Tito says he's going to book one of the girls from the brothel to be his 'date' and my other brothers say their gonna do the same "we can do that?" I frown confused "sure, lots of men do it for social events" Randy says "I think it's only until like 11 or something though" he adds "I'm gonna do that too then"

"isn't Lisa going?" Jermaine looks at me and I nod "yeah, but not with me" I frown "Soo.. You weren't upstairs fucking her earlier?" He smirks. "yup.. And now I remember why I was so miserable being married to her" I chuckle slightly and he does the same thing. "well if we're gonna do this, we should probably head down there now so we can book the best girls" Tito cuts in "wonder who Mike's gonna take" Randy giggles sarcastically, already knowing the answer "oh, like you don't have a favourite there?" I say in the same tone as him.

"what are you boys talking about?" Lisa smiles walking out into the back yard "none of your damn buisness!" I frown "well this is our que to leave" Jermaine says walking away with the others "don't be too long. We're gonna go soon" he adds then goes back inside with the others

"so I was thinking we could go shopping sometime this week for our outfits"

"why would I go shopping with you?" I shrug confused "well we wanna match at the event, silly" she giggles slightly. "I'm not going with you. We're not together anymore. Why would I" I frown and she looks at me confused "but what about earlier? In the bathroom?" She frowns confused. "what about it?" I shrug "what about it? Michael we made passionate love and..."

"no. I fucked you!" I cut her off "you were messing with my head and I stupidly let you get to me and I fucked you and it was a mistake. Just because my mother invited you to this thing doesn't mean shit for us"

"your taking one of those women aren't? Like your brothers" she sighs "so what if I am!?" I shrug "it's fine. I'm not going to hold it against you. I mean I did cheat on you and I said I would let you still sleep with those women" she shrugs. "let me!? I don't need your permission to sleep with other woman. Me and you aren't together anymore and never will be"

"but..."

"but nothing" I cut her off "your not gonna do this to me again. I gave you chance after chance and you still kept hurting me and I can't take it again and I'm not gonna let you. And you can't make me feel guilty for going to see those women, because I haven't done anything wrong. So I pay someone to have sex with me, so what?"

"and do your parents know about this?" She raises and eyebrow. "If your not doing anything wrong or have nothing to be ashamed of then you'd have no problem them knowing what you spend their hard earned money on. Because I'm guessing your using the company money to pay for the women"

"are you threatening me?" I frown "because if you wanna go in there and tell them that's fine, but I'll just deny it anyway and your really not in a position to be laying out threats. Have you forgot about all your little secrets that your family doesn't know about?" I raise and eyebrow and she quickly shuts up "and for your information I don't take money from the company to pay for private things. I use my own money" she's about to speak and Randy comes outside "yo, Mike! You coming or not?"

"yeah! I'm coming" I yell back to him and go to walk away and Lisa takes my arm "where are you going with Randy?" She asks and I move my arm away from her and walk off inside with Randy not answering her.

*

We get to the brothel and everybody is choosing which girl they want to take and when Mary asks me and I tell her Leanne. "would you like the same arrangements as when your here?" She whispers so my brothers don't hear and I nod. "would she be ok about being someone's date?" I ask and she nods "of course! All the girls are" she smiles "and don't worry. They'll be very discreet. And won't will only speak when spoken to by you" she smiles reassuringly "I don't mind her talking" I shrug "well if she does she won't mention were you know each other from"

After explaining to me about the rules of taking the girls out of the brothel and that we have to have them back by 11, my bothers and I head back to my mothers house.

***

Leanne's POV

After finishing with a client Emma walks over to me. "me and you are going shopping tomorrow" she says in a neutral tone. "why would you wanna take me shopping?" I frown confused "I don't but me and you have been booked for a formal gathering along with some other girls and Mary asked me to take you shopping and go over the rules since this is your first one" she shrugs "so the rules are pretty much the same, but while your out in public with them you keep your mouth shut unless your spoken to, you don't take any business or even hint at what you do and do what the man asks and the rest is the usual smile, laugh at his jokes and stuff like that"

"do we just have to go to the event with them?" I ask "obviously not stupid. Their gonna want sex too"

"And they what? We just leave?"

"No, they'll take back. They have a time limit and have us back ontime"

"But what if they don't?" I mutter and she chuckles slightly under her breath. "It's that what you're nervous about? Mary has watchers all around when we're out shopping. You don't think she'll have them when we're out on jobs?" She chuckles.

"How come they always stay so far away?" I ask, looking around to try an see who they could be. "Duh, why do you think? If a girl tried to run away or a client tries anything  their not gonna do it if we can see them will they?"

"Have you ever tried to leave?"

"No, but I know a few girls that tried it and Mary's watcher, quickly got her and brought her back. And don't you even think about it either. I saw what happend to those girls when they got brought back"

"What happened to them?"

"Trust me, you don't wanna know. So take my and advise and just keep your head down and do your job"

"But what about..."

"Come on. It's getting late" she cuts me off and starts walking away and I don't say anything and follow behind her

I go upstairs and talk to Mia about what Emma said and tell her about my uneasiness about going and she tries to reassure me everything will be ok. "your just nervous because it's your first job, but you were like that when your first came here and had your first client remember? And you got used to it, just like you'll get used to it on this" she smiles and I fake a smile back at her. She keeps saying I got used to things like it's nothing. I haven't gotten used to anything and probably never will. Yes I've excepted this is my life now and I have no choice, but that doesn't mean I'm 'used to it' or happy about anything.

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Michael's POV

"someone seems more cheerful" Tito smirks as we're on our way back. "why wouldn't I? I got a hot date that's guaranteed to put out" I chuckle slightly. "I know what you mean. I got Emma" Randy smiles. It sounds strange that even though this is just a business arrangement and not a real date, I'm actually really excited about taking Leanne to the event with me.

*

We get back to the house after making our excuses that we had to run to the store for something and Lisa comes over to me once I'm alone. "I'm really sorry about prying in your buisness before and I promise I'm not gonna say anything and I'll be on my best behaviour during the event"

"like you have a choice" I shrug. "I understand your still upset with me and if this is what you need to do to get it all out of your system, then I completely understand. So you do whatever it is you need to do and then we can get back to working on our marriage" she smiles. "is that what you think this is about? Lisa none of this has anything to do with you! And we don't have a marriage not anymore"

"but we can and..."

"will you please stop this?" I plead with her "Michael, I love you. I can't just let you go and..."

"but you already did" I cut her off "you let me go the second you went with that other guy and if you did love me then I wouldn't have walked in on you in our bed with..."

"I made a mistake and I realise that now and I do love you"

"if you loved me then you wouldn't be here right now and you wouldn't have been sitting around the dinner table talking about our wedding or vacations and stuff like that. You hurt me time and time again and now you back trying to do it all over again! That's not love that's hate!"

"baby, that's not what I'm doing" she says softly moving closer to me "N-no y-you not doing this" I stutter moving away from her "I'm not gonna let you. Not you not anybody" I croak shakily. "Michael, I...."

"did you not just fucking hear him woman!?" Randy says in a hushed voice coming over to us. "this is a private conversation" Lisa says sarcastically "and the conversation's now over. Why can't you take the hint. He wants nothing to do with you anymore" he frowns "well that's not what he was saying earlier in the bathroom" she smirks "well I'm telling you now" I cut in and she sigh and smiles through pursed lips "ok, you need more time. I understand" she says softly "I'll see at the event" she adds and turns leaving the room.

"are you ok?" Randy asks once she leaves and I nod "don't let her get to you. She's just playing games like she always does" he reassures me "try and think about something else"

"how can I? She's gonna be there next week and.."

"and your gonna have a date" he cuts me off "only because I'm paying her" I mumble "so what? I've never actually had the girl you get when we go there, but I've seen her and she's actually really hot! Way better looking than Lisa!"

"she is pretty" I agree with him "she must be pretty good in bed too of you keep booking her. You should give others a chance to try too ya know?" He chuckles and I fake a smile at him. I'm not sure why, but his last comment really pissed me off.