"what?" Manda whispered, those held off tears finally falling.

Bill continued, not minding the shocked look on her face.

"If you looked downwards, you'd have noticed that Rick was aroused and I wasn't. I'm still not. The truth is that no matter how beautiful or sexy you get, you can never stir me." He said not looking away....insultingly.

And she slapped him then...hard! The tears flowing freely now.

He instantly pinned her down to the bed, when he saw that she wanted to get up and bolt.

"Let me go you bastard!" she screamed. He continued still, not minding her insults.

"That's why Alarick's here. I've perfectly honed my skills at sexual foreplay since I can't exactly do the main stuff. Alarick is a very amazing sexual partner Mand. You'll be with the both of us and honestly, nobody has to know. To the rest of the world, we're having a good time in Paris. Just the two of us. One more person isn't gonna make any difference Mand. It's still going to be just the two of us. We can off the lights or blindfold you if that's what you prefer and we'll both work in sync that you'll think there's only one man with you. You'll think there's only me. Rick has been sworn to a code of secrecy so he won't say a thing. He also wouldn't have any other sexual partner outside you...outside us. And he's been tested so he's perfectly safe. Stay with me Mand. Please. Don't leave me when I need you the most". Bill said softly, with Manda still pinned beneath him.

God please what should I do? Manda thought softly. The tears just didn't want to stop. I really need your patience now oh God!

"Do you even love me? Did you ever love me Bill? Can you hear yourself? You're pushing your wife to the arms of another man, and your excuse is that no one would know? I would! I would know! No matter how you try to portray it, it's sinful! If you really loved me Bill, you wouldn't have married me. You would have let me go when you had the chance, or at least given me a choice. I didn't want this Bill, but you made that choice for me already didn't you? Without caring how I felt!" Mand screamed out, not caring if her voice was very loud or not, pounding her fist on his chest, tears flowing freely.

"I loved you too much Manda. I'm so sorry, but I was too much of a selfish bastard to let you go. And right now, it's killing me that I'm the very one sending you into the arms of another man. Alright forget about Rick. I have everything I need right here in this bedroom. It's amazing, the artificial things they make these days. Including an artificial penis. And if we decide that we're ready to have a child, we can use other means like artificial insemination."

"Hold it right there Bill. I am well aware of other options that are less sinful and admittedly less pleasurable. But that was never the problem Bill, never my problem. You deceived me, I don't know if I can live with that. If I can still spend the rest of my life with you like I vowed on that altar today" Manda bit out.

Bill slowly released his weight from her and let her up.

"I need time Bill, I need time to think about all this" he let her go, watching what she'd do, with a pained expression on his face.

She ran out of the door, out of the hotel and stopped a taxi.

"Taxi! Taxi" she entered.

"Just drive and don't stop. Drive to any other hotel that's very far from here" she said, resting against the seats and pulling off the heels she was wearing.

She must have caused a lot of commotion, running through the hotel's hallways, wearing a sheer lingerie and heels. At that time she didn't even care. Thankfully she grabbed her small purse before she took off. It contained enough money and her phone. She loved Bill yet hated him. She couldn't really decipher which of the emotions was winning right now.

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"Again!" Nonso barked out unrelentingly.

They were in the dance studio, Dance Untamed's dance studio.

Kayla had successfully filled in the role of Juliet in the dance choreography.

She ran and jumped towards him, his face turned away from her but his poise and arms waiting to catch her and when he did, he twirled her in the air, turning 3 times, with Kayla's legs stretched out into slits. When the beat got faster he swiftly threw her up, high into the air and rolled away while three other dancers Jax, Jamie and Connor immediately went into position. In the air Kayla did 3 back flips and landed upside down, being supported by only one palm on Connor's shoulders, her legs in perfect slits up in the air.

Jax, Jamie and Connor had placed themselves in such a way that Jax and Jamie could crouch down on the floor, while Connor knelt uprightly on them, using their both backs to support his knees, with Kayla still, and landing on Connor's shoulders swiftly and accurately.

There were cheers and applauses from the other 2 dancers who were not dancing Romeo and Juliet, because they were dancing another one of their dances.

The music, the rhythm and the dance step, had been professionally written and choreographed by Nonso.

"Men, you are one crazy son-of-a-bitch. But you're even crazier when it comes to dancing. I'm thinking you would have smoked pots before thinking of a dance step like this. My gosh! It is too amazing to have been written by a sane man" Connor rooted out laughingly, addressing Nonso.

The music they were dancing to, wasn't even one song. It was a mixture of carefully blended music. Thanks to Jax, he was in charge of everything electrical needed in the group. Even down to the costumes. The lighting effects, the sound effects it was all taken care of by him and he was damn good at it. It was easy to know a pro when you saw one. Even the best dancers wouldn't look so good dancing to the wrong music and in the wrong light background, not to mention costumes.

Since this was the last stage of the competition, they were going all out, and putting in their best shot. It was putting your everything, or nothing at all. There was no in-betweens.

The music they were dancing to had allowed them to be dancing three different dances in one. First, the romance of Romeo and Juliet, which was done in a fast-paced ballet dance - It was the main dance in the 3 different dances, danced by five persons: Nonso posing as Romeo, Kayla the new Juliet, the identical twins Jax and Jamie were to be the rioting fathers, while Connor was the Priest.

The dance step was very intense and very dangerous and Kayla - Juliet, had the chance to dance with all four boys; their dance steps telling a love story, without any words.

The second dance was the hip hop dance by Jax, Jamie, and Lisa. It was equally as exciting and equally as dangerous too.

The third was the Salsa dance, done by Bea and Connor. It was very funny, exhilarating and equally as fast-paced.

The winner of the competition at Nationals... the team who won, was going home with a million dollars! It also granted them necessary public exposure, which could open good job dancing opportunities all over the globe for them. So no, they couldn't afford to loose, Nonso thought.

His mind briefly went to Chimamanda . His Manda. He wondered how she was faring in Paris. It had been just 3 days now, since her wedding.

When she came back in a month's time, she was going to take back her lead role of Juliet and hopefully be able to fit in and learn fast, before the competition in 2 months time.

Kayla would then go join in the hip hop team's dance. Where she initially was before. Although he sensed Kayla wasn't going to just give up the role of Juliet easily without a fight.

When the cheers and praises had died down, he then spoke up.

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