I'd forgotten my phone.Again.If Marcus sees me coming back home without the groceries I was supposed to buy, he will definitely give me one of his ‘you are such a disappointment’ looks that I am starting to get used to anyways.The house was silent when I slipped through the front door. He'd mentioned conference calls this afternoon, something about Singapore, so there is a chance that you would be in his office right now on a call, so I kicked off my heels and started upstairs barefoot, the marble cold against my soles.Halfway up, I heard it.A rhythmic, unmistakable sound of skin slapping against skin, followed by breathless gasps.My hand froze on the banister. For one stupid second, I tried to convince myself it was the television, maybe the neighbor's music bleeding through the walls. But I knew...God, I knew what that sound was.I kept climbing.The bedroom door stood half-open. Those sounds were louder now, accompanied by a woman's breathy giggle.I pushed it wide and froze
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