It took a week for everything to go back to normal, although Diana was still on her bed and she hadn't moved during the whole week. Frank and Letitia took over Justice and Order Law Firm in her presence, and everything was going smoothly. They had clients coming in with varieties of their cases and they solved them continuously - they had to hire another two lawyers as interns to help them deal with the cases at court.
All this time Diana ignored everyone and she was always on her on, show after show she binged watch everything with snacks all over her bed. Her friends came and go, they tried to cheer her up but none of their methods did a trick. Marcus felt ignored and so lonely in that whole week unlike he's never been before. His mainly place to stay was the nearby apartment close to Diana's, and he gazed at her with agony through the window.
There were times she would stop a show and cry, his heart was broken. He thought killing Jacob would give him a chance but he only made the woman he loved sad and she was hurting.
"You only brought her pain. Just look at her, look at her Martin"
"Sir... I'm gonna need you to be patient"
"Patient? While the woman I love griefs over her dead husband to the point I am invisible to her"
Martin had a glass of whiskey on his hand and he took a sip "Maybe you should comfort her then. Show her that you care"
"Then what will happen when she finds out I murdered him? You did it but I was there... God help us there isn't a footage roaming around, what you did was immature and irresponsible of you Martin" said Marcus but he was unrest.
His hands were on his waist and he went back and forth in circles. Martin was alarmed the moment he felt a sweat drip from Marcus, a sign that he was experiencing an episode.
"Sir, we should go" said Martin placing the glass on the table.
"No, I'm staying. I have to look after her" Marcus placed his hand on the glass window as if he was touching Diana.
"She will be fine, let's go and grab something to eat" insisted Martin.
"Okay, okay... but if anything happens, it's on you Martin. It's all on you..."
Martin agreed and he held Marcus's hand, it was 7pm and already dark outside. They took an elevator, there was a woman inside the elevator - the same woman Marcus met a few days ago when he was stalking Diana in this new apartment. The woman was interested since before and she was even way more interested during that time.
"Mr twentieth floor?" she asked with a smile on her face. Marcus looked at her.
"Last time we met you pressed the button to nineteenth floor, I wonder what were you doing in my floor today"
"Maybe I was looking for you, can't a girl develop a taste on a guy" she said in such flirty tone that sent shivers inside Marcus's body.
Martin was silent all the time but he was observing. Marcus laid one eye on the woman and he suddenly said "Go ahead Martin, I'll be with you shortly"
"Sir"
The elevator beeped, Martin went out but Marcus and the woman stayed behind. The moment the elevator closed Marcus pinned the woman on the wall and he ravaged himself to her. He kissed her roughly and she liked it, they were both high up with desire towards one another. "I'm sorry Diana that I have to do this to you. I don't want to do this, I hate doing this you must believe me. But you are grieving right now, and I'm trying to be a good man and give you a space. A space to feel everything and come out new on the other side, I promise you Diana... after I'm done with this I will never cheat on you again" Marcus thought out loud and at this time they were inside his apartment on the twentieth floor.
Marcus took his trousers and his shoes but he still kept his t-shirt. His manhood was already hard and rigid ready to punish the woman who he barely knew her name.
"Gabrielle, my name is Gabrielle just in case you wanted to know" she said. Marcus pushed her to the bed, pulled out her skirt and bend her over.
"I don't want your name, I only need your butt and I want you to keep it down. Don't say a fucking word" he said and that very moment Gabrielle moaned when Marcus slapped her and even more when she felt his penis penetrating inside her.
Gabrielle was submissive, passive and exactly what Marcus likes. It's like she knew everything about Marcus and intended to give it to him like how he wanted it. The sex was rough, violent and it was Marcus dominating Gabrielle in all sort of ways. "Yes Daddy... fuck me, fuck me...." Gabrielle cried out as she got spanked and fucked in the ass.
She was like a horse and he was the horseman riding her to climax, only he pulled out as soon as he was about to spill out the seeds. "Open your mouth, open your fucking mouth" Marcus ordered Gabrielle while holding his manhood and the moment Gabrielle opened her mouth, he immersed his penis inside her and spill it all. Then he ordered Gabrielle "Swallow it! Fucking swallow it" he said slapping Gabrielle's cheeks and he made sure that Gabrielle swallowed his sperms whole - then he walked to the fridge and took out a bottle of wine.
Marcus poured some wine on his glass and took a sip. Gabrielle was sitting on the bed, she was trying to pull up her skirt and straightening the already messed up hair. She seemed fine, perhaps this wasn't her first time to hook up with a random man and eventually having sex.
"You alright?" asked Marcus.
Gabrielle gazed at him "You serious? Like seriously asking me that?"
"Yeah"
"Well, thank you... I never really got to be asked that question"
Marcus poured another drink for himself and this time he drank it all "So you do this often?" he asked her.
"It's New York... One night stands are like the symbol of the city. You don't do this often?"
Marcus shook his head "No" and Gabrielle was amazed. She went on to put her shoes, and then stood up with her skirt pulled down. "You don't look that type" she said to Marcus.
"How do I look?"
"Like you give dick on numerous occasions, says the hair and the face" Gabrielle walked to the tap water and then she opened. She cleansed her mouth and washed her face, then walked to Marcus who was still standing beside the table with a bottle of wine on top of the table.
Gabrielle reached out for a glass and poured herself some drink. She and Marcus had that moment where they looked at each other.
"Are you blaming my cute face and long hair, you think that makes me a womanizer?" asked Marcus.
Gabrielle chuckled softly "Like I said, you look like you give dick on numerous occasions. Just like how you just gave it to me"
"You threw yourself at me, it was self defense"
"Oh! Self defense... I see"
"What about you, tell me what do you do?" asked Marcus tempting to know more about this mysterious woman she just met.
"Well you go first, I mean apart from fucking like a porn star, what do you do?"
That sent Marcus and he busted out laughing, Gabrielle couldn't understand what exactly he was laughing about but she joined him and they laughed while sipping their drinks.
"A pornstar huh? I guess I should take as a compliment" he said and walked slowly to the glass window and opened it. There he saw Diana laying down on her bed watching another episode of "Law and Order" which was clearly visible even for Marcus who was standing on another building. He thought what was with lawyers and watching criminalized television shows.
Gabrielle joined him and they both stood looking on at Diana.
"Mmh-hmm seems like you have your own secrets to tell" said Gabrielle "Stalking a widow"
"Wait, you know her?" Marcus was amazed.
Gabrielle groaned "Diana Miller? Boy excuse me, everyone at this block know her. A woman whose husband was shot and killed inside an elevator. A private lawyer who graduated at Havard top of her class. Trust me she's a trailblazer..."
"I like it that you are updated"
"So, you have like a thing with her?" she asked and Marcus nodded.
"But I fear she won't feel the same about me. And the last thing I want is to force her. I want her to feel something for me, anything but just... a feeling"
"How sure are you that she isn't, plus the woman is a widow now. I say you confront her and speak your heart out. You may never know... it may be your lucky day" added Gabrielle, and Marcus kept on looking at Diana attempting to speak out his truth.