The next morning I wake up to find Ellie with my phone in her hands, staring at it. She gives me a sly smile and I don’t even know how to handle this. Sue will be hurt, this was not supposed to happen. What will she think of me? I don’t want her to think that I am a player.

“I will deal with this Sue,” she shouts.

“Please give me my phone,” I beg.

“Nope,” she says and walks to the bathroom and locks the door behind her.

I don’t know what to do. Sue will probably think I am an idiot, allowing my other woman to contact her, it shows disrespect.

I am sure she is sending messages to Sue. Sue will be hurt or maybe she will be happy knowing that she can move on. I hear my ring tone and I stand to go to the bathroom, now seriously panicking. Someone is calling my phone and I don’t know who it is. I am angry and frustrated that a woman who isn’t my wife is acting like one. Doesn’t she know all we are doing is passing time?

“Ellie, give me my phone,” I become serious with her.

I hear Ellie talking and she sounds enraged. She’s speaking to Sue! Oh no… My head is going in circles. What will Sue think of me? I am ruining my chances with her. I put my ear to the door to hear what Ellie is saying but I hear nothing except the tap water. I don’t want to hit her, I am not a violent person. I’ve never laid my hand on a woman in a wrong way.

“You have been contacting my man… Please leave him alone,” she shouts and then there is silence. “Are you desperate? I said leave my husband alone.”

She hits something on the wall and I hope it’s not my phone. This woman! I told her we are just passing time and now she acts as if she is my wife. She should understand this.

My wife passed away a year ago and I have two children at home. I decided to date her and we agreed it was just fun as FWB (friends with benefits). She decided to move in with me without consulting me and now I am starting to think she wanted to trap me by making us look like a married couple.

I decide to go for a walk after grabbing my phone from her. I need to speak to Sue.

She isn’t angry at all when I tell her the woman who answered her is my ex. I’m still lying to Sue, I am not sure if she really loves me but I do love her with all my heart.

“Paul, tell that woman to move on.”

“I will honey.”

“How did she come there?”

“I don’t know how.”

“Tell her to fuck off. It mustn’t happen again.”

“I am sorry. But ndokuda,”

“I love you too,”

My heart races after I see that she feels the same. This is the first time she tells me she loves me. I don’t blame her, she might have been scared to express her feelings, especially since we stay so far away from each other.

Ellie is just a means to an end and I can’t leave her, she always responds to my sexual needs. I always think about sex. I need it, it’s like food and I need to eat every day.

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