Chapter 1 Her Husband, My Sin (1)

The air in the hallway was thick and heavy with the scent of expensive floor wax. It felt suffocating, pressing against my lungs as I stood frozen in the shadows.

“URGH.” The sound was low, guttural, and it made the hair on my arms stand up.

My eyes widened, fixed on the sliver of light spilling from my mother’s bedroom. Through that tiny crack, I watched her, my mother, screaming and moaning while my stepfather, Dave, took her from behind.

The sight was hypnotic. Her face was flushed a deep, bruised crimson, filled with a raw lust I had never seen in her before. A thin trail of saliva dripped from the corner of her mouth, glistening under the warm glow of the bedside lamp.

She wasn’t just enduring it; she was enjoying it—clearly, desperately. My heart hammered against my ribs, each pulse echoing in my ears as I peered through that slight, forbidden crack in the door.

I knew this was wrong. Every moral fiber in my body told me to turn around, to walk back to my room and bury my head under the pillows.

Peeping at my mother and her husband was a line I shouldn’t just cross; it was a cliff I was throwing myself off of. But I couldn’t help myself.

The obsession had taken root months ago, on the very night of their wedding. I had accidentally stumbled upon them then, and since that first glimpse of Dave, since I laid eyes on his sheer size and the way he commanded her body, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

What started as an accident had spiraled into a dark, addictive hobby. I was a ghost in the hallways, sneaking around in the dead of night just to catch a glimpse of the man who had invaded our home.

The heat in my own body was becoming unbearable. My legs felt weak, and I slowly sank to my knees on the cold hardwood floor, never taking my eyes off the scene.

My breathing was ragged now, a mirror to theirs. With trembling hands, I reached into my top, pulling my breasts free. The cool air hit my skin, making my nipples ache.

I began massaging them, my thumbs circling the peaks as I watched Dave’s muscular back flex and bunch with every thrust. A soft, traitorous moan escaped my throat, and I quickly bit my tongue to stifle it.

I slipped a finger downward, finding the soaking wet heat between my thighs. I was already dripping, my body reacting to the forbidden theater in front of me.

Damn it. The thought looped in my head like a sin. I wish it were me. I wanted to be the one pinned down, the one feeling that relentless pace. My mother’s cries were punctuated by the rhythmic, wet sound of skin slapping against skin—a carnal percussion that filled the quiet house.

Dave’s pace was relentless and unforgiving. He didn’t move like a man in love; he moved like a man claiming what was his. The way my mother begged for more, her voice cracking and desperate, and the way Dave’s low, masculine groans mixed with her high-pitched screams, drove me to the brink of insanity.

I shivered violently, adding two more fingers, thrusting them inside me. I tried to match his rhythm, pushing faster and deeper, my vision blurring as the tension coiled tight in my stomach.

“Ah,” another moan escaped, louder this time. I froze, my heart stopping for a beat. I bit down hard on my lip, the metallic taste of blood grounding me. I had to be silent. If they heard me, my life as I knew it would end.

“Yes, Dave,” Mother gasped, her head tossing back against the headboard. She sounded lost, as if she were the only person left in the world. “Fuck me harder. Please.”

The plea sent a jolt through me. I wanted him. I wanted to feel that power, to feel him ruin me the same way he was ruining her.

Dave withdrew for a split second, the sudden absence of sound making the room feel vacuum-sealed, before he slammed back in with a force that made the bed frame groan. He increased the pace, a blur of motion and sweat, driving her toward the edge.

“I’m cumming,” I heard him growl. His voice was deep, vibrating through the door and into my very bones.

My body trembled, the waves of sensation finally crashing over me as I found my own release. I slumped against the wall, gasping for air, my muscles twitching.

Inside the room, the storm had passed. Dave pulled out, his silhouette still powerful and dominant in the dim light. My mother was spent, her eyes fluttering shut as she fell toward the pillows, falling into an immediate, exhausted sleep.

I stayed on the floor for a moment, trying to regain my senses. I slowly withdrew my fingers, watching the slickness drip from my hand in the dark. It was over. I needed to move. But just as I started to push myself up, I felt it. A prickle on the back of my neck. A heavy, weighted sensation.

I looked up, and through the crack, I didn’t see my mother. I saw a pair of dark, piercing eyes fixed directly on the spot where I was kneeling.

Shit! Adrenaline replaced the afterglow in a heartbeat. I scrambled to my feet, my pulse deafening. I didn’t look back. I dashed down the hallway, my bare feet silent on the rug, and threw myself into my room. I burst inside and shoved the door shut, leaning my entire weight against the wood as if that could keep the truth out.

I was sure. I was absolutely certain those eyes belonged to Dave.

I began to pace the floor, my mind a chaotic mess of “what-ifs.” I bit my nails until they were raw, the panic rising in my throat. He must have noticed me.

He had to have seen the shadow of my head or heard the catch in my breath. If he tells my mother, what happens then? Do I get kicked out? Does he look at me with disgust?

Or worse... how can I ever look at either of them again, knowing that he knows? My little dirty secret wasn’t a secret anymore.