Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Mavis was sitting in the passenger seat of her husband's car, watching the road ahead of them as the sun baked the asphalt into crackly" perfection. Her hand was stroking her wedding ring as she thought about their life together and how it had changed since they'd met.She'd always been so focused on her career that she'd barely had time to think about love, let alone actually feel it. Then, when she ’d finally given in to the siren call of love, it had been ripped away from her by her unfaithful husband.It had been a cruel twist of fate, but she had to admit that she'd loved every moment of it. The passion, the danger, the exhilaration had been addictive. Even now, as she stared at the passing countryside, her mind wandered to other places, other men.It had been months since she'd last been with a man, months since she'd felt a man's hands on her, months since she'd felt anything at all. But the memory of those months was enough to make her want another man right now. Not that she would do anything about it. She was married, after all, and cheating was wrong.Yet, she could imagine what it would be like with another man. It would be different, and that was all she needed to make it right. I wonder what he looks like, this stranger I dream about. Does he have dark hair and dark eyes like my husband? Or is he tan from all the sun in California?