The next morning I was awoken by the sound of a shower. Suddenly I realized what I had done, what had happened: I had cheated on Fraza. I felt nauseous.
Kendra walked from the shower after turning it off and looked at me, her face red. “I am so sorry for what happened yesterday,” she said.
I nodded. “It was bad, but it’s mostly my fault. I should have stopped you.”
She shook her head. “I had a crush on you ever since you hired me, and when that man called and told me to meet you here at the hotel, I just thought…” She looked sad. “I’ll go to the office and clean out my desk,” she said as she walked to where her dress was lying on the floor.
“You don’t want to work for me anymore?” I asked her as she put on the dress.
“Well you don’t want me around anymore, do you?” she said. I got up and gave her a hug. “Don’t be silly. I didn’t hire you only to fire you because of this. Look, Kendra, you’re a very attractive girl, and what happened last night was still something amazing. Sure, I want Fraza to marry me, but this is something that just happened. I’ll talk to Fraza and admit it, and you will still be working for me. I am not firing you over this,” I reassured her.
She gave a small smile. “You mean that?” she asked. I nodded and walked to where my clothes lay. “I have to admit I did enjoy it a whole lot,” I told her, “but we will leave it at this, and I don’t want to see you when I am done showering.” As I got into the shower I heard the hotel room’s door open and close. I had let this happen, and as I stood there washing myself under the running water, I was trying to wash the guilt off, too. I had to tell Fraza this hadn’t been just a kiss, it had been more, but how could I tell her? I had betrayed her. I got out of the shower and got dressed, still feeling bad as I looked at my reflection in the window. I didn’t like the woman looking back at me.  

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