"Thank you for agreeing to come here in the first place. This really means a lot to me... more than you'll ever know."
Dr. Joseph Chan beamed behind his spectacles. "That's never a problem, Anita," the man said. "I'm only doing my job, like any other doctor would."
"Maybe so," she replied, "but without your constant support, I don't think it would have been easy for me, especially when my own husband didn't even come to visit me regularly..."
The man winced when she mentioned about the matter again. "Look, he is a business man, and you know how one is - always running here and there," he tried to rationalize.
"And you're always defending him!" she objected, and took another swallow of the Japanese beer. However, she apologized almost immediately, holding her head.
"I'm sorry, doctor. This is supposed to be a celebratory dinner."
"Where is he, by the way? Why didn't you invite him together tonight?"
Once again she looked bitter. "Well, I didn't really tell him about this. I only said that I was going to see you tonight. Anyway," she added, "he's out of town until the day after."
The Chinese doctor raised his brows, but did not pursue the matter further. He sort of knew that the Lims were not in the best of terms at the moment, and did not want to interfere.
Anita pressed her temples again. "I have this headache, doctor," she complained.
He looked at her. "I think you've been having too much to drink, you know that. I don't want you to be alone with that condition, especially when you're still recuperating."
Looking at his watch, he decided to call his wife at home on his mobile phone.
"Hi honey... yes, I am... I think I'll be home a little late because I'll be doing some paper work tonight," he spoke, out of Anita's earshot. "Don't wait up for me... yes, I'll be reachable through this number. Bye!"
Chan looked at his patient. "I suggest you take a rest at a hotel nearby, will that be all right? Don't worry. I'll give you something for your headache."
After checking into the Sheraton Imperial, Anita was already groggy from the drug that her doctor prescribed, and once he helped her onto the double bed, she was out like a light.
Watching her sleeping soundly, the man loosened his tie. He actually was not sure why he had decided to do what he had done. He knew that she was emotionally vulnerable at the moment, and wondered whether he was consciously aware that he was taking advantage of the situation.
Lifting his leather briefcase up onto the table, he took out a clear folder and his laptop. There was a report to be done, and he might as well do it now. After all, he told himself, although a little unconvincingly, that was what he had told his wife he would do, and he intended to keep his word.
Switching off all the lights except the one at the table, he went to the stereo set and tuned on to his favourite radio station. The songs played were sentimental and dated back to the early sixties when he was in secondary school in his hometown.
Smiling, he went to the mini bar and chose a Campari. He needed something to soothe him as he took off his long sleeves and sat at the chair, and was soon engrossed in his work on his PC.
He was a little startled when after a few hours of concentration, he heard Anita sigh. Looking at the bed, he saw that she had opened her eyes and was looking back at him in a daze.
"Where am I?"
Quickly, the man got up and went to her, switching on the bed Chanp. "You are at a hotel, Anita. I brought you here because you complained of a headache earlier, remember?"
The woman took a few seconds to digest what he said, and then nodded. "Yes, yes..." she managed to say.
Chan put his hand on her forehead gently. "How's your headache now?"
Holding his hand, she stroked it gently. "I feel very much better now, thanks..." She realized that the man was not wearing his shirt, as all this time she had either seen him in his white medical robe or dressed immaculately with a tie. Her eyes stared at the strands of hair growing around his dark nipples.
Slowly, she touched his chest and caressed the pale skin tenderly, and the man did not flinch at her action. They looked into each other's eyes with an unspoken desire that had secretly developed between them for the past couple of weeks.
Without saying a word, the man lowered his head and kissed the other's lips softly. His hands were also tenderly squeezing her breasts underneath the beige blouse, making the woman sigh.
"Let me take them off," Anita offered, as she clumsily reached for her back to reach for the zipper, but the man was faster. After undressing her top half, the doctor was once again fondling her breasts, kneading the large crimson nipples as he lay beside her.
Anita just closed her eyes while the man pinched and sucked her protrusions with interest, something she was missing in her own marriage. She could also feel her panty being removed slowly, giving the other access to the most private part of her body.