**THIS STORY HAS THE BEGINNING OF A HOTWIFE/CUCKOLD THEME - IF IT"S NOT YOUR THING THEN PASS ON BY**
David hadn't seen Samantha Ruiz since Emily's funeral when he walked into the cafeteria at the hospital. Blue scrubs that didn't hide her sultry curves and a smile that would melt steel. She was glowing, the kind of glow a bride-to-be wears effortlessly.
She stood when she looked up and saw him walking towards her with purpose. She hugged him - a hug he tolerated but felt uncomfortable. "What brings you to my neck of the words on a Tuesday afternoon?
David offered a small smile and sat across from her. "Sam, I need a favor," he said simply.
Sam looked puzzled but quietly said, "Not sure what I can do but I'll try."
"I need you to sit Dr. Hart and his wife with Mandy and Tasha."
She looked up sharply. "With Mandy and Tasha?"
"Yes."
Sam hesitated. "David... they're not exactly discreet. And Claire..." She trailed off, her brows knitting. "Is that really a good idea?"
He met her gaze, unflinching. "They'll be fine. Besides, you wanted Emily there in spirit? This'll do."
Her frown deepened. "I don't understand."
He took a slow sip of his coffee, letting the silence thicken before he spoke. "Jonathan and Emily were fucking."
The words hit her like a slap. She blinked, once, then again--processing, rejecting.
"No," she said quietly. "That can't be true. Emily adored you. I saw the way she looked at you."
He smiled, but there was no warmth in it. "She also looked up at Jonathan. On her knees. On her back. Bent over the passenger seat while he was still wearing his wedding ring."
Sam paled. "David..."
"I saw the autopsy report. Seminal fluid in the vagina, rectum, and oropharynx." He didn't flinch as he said it, didn't soften the blow. "She died with pieces of him still inside her."
She stared at him, stunned. "Jesus Christ. Jonathan? Coming home from the conference."
He leaned forward then, lowering his voice until it coiled like smoke around them. "I want Mandy and Tasha at that table because I'm going to fuck one of them before your wedding. And we both know those two can't keep a secret if their lives depended on it."
"Why?" Sam whispered. "What do you want from this?"
His gaze was steady, calm. Too calm.
"I want Jonathan to know what it feels like. To wonder. To hurt. To unravel. I want Claire to hear whispers she can't unhear. I want them to rot in the same silence I've been living in for the last year. Because, as I've already told Dr. Hart - I am going to fuck his wife like he fucked mine."
Sam sat back slowly, her fingers trembling against the edge of the seating chart. Her voice was barely above a whisper.
"You told Jonathan? You actually told him you were going to fuck his wife?"
David's jaw flexed, his lips twitching with something close to satisfaction. His eyes--the same soft green that once made Emily melt--flashed with something far darker now.
"I told him exactly that."
"You..." she shook her head, breath catching. "You looked him in the eye and--"
"He knows," David said, his voice a low rumble. "He looked like he'd swallowed a live wire when I said it. Didn't even try to deny what he did. Just stood there in that smug little suit, that surgeon's arrogance, and confessed."
He leaned forward, his voice dropping to something almost seductive.
"He told me Emily loved him. That he never meant for it to happen. That she couldn't stop coming back for more. That he was going to leave Claire."
Sam blinked, stunned. "Oh my God."
David's mouth twisted. "She died before he had the balls to do it. And now? He gets to go on with his life like nothing happened. Smiling at galas. Fucking his wife. Playing the good husband, while I'm left with a bed that still smells like her shampoo."
Her breath hitched.
"That's why I want Mandy and Tasha at that table. I don't need to whisper a word. Once they've had me, the rumors will do the rest. You know how they are--loud moans, louder mouths. And Claire will start wondering. What did I do? When did I do it? How did I do it."
Sam's cheeks flushed, her thighs shifting in her chair as something wicked moved through her, uninvited.
"I can't believe I'm saying this," she murmured. "But I think I get it."
David studied her. "Do you?"
Her eyes lifted to meet his. She swallowed, heart hammering.
"You're not doing this out of lust."
"Nope," he said simply. "I'm doing it because justice doesn't always wear a robe. Sometimes it wears lipstick and heels. Sometimes it moans my name loud enough to haunt him."
Sam sat there for a long moment, biting her lip. Then she reached for her pen and drew two tight circles around the names Mandy Croft and Tasha Bell on the seating chart.
"Table Eight," she said quietly. "Game on."
Two Saturdays later, the string quartet played something light and forgettable as champagne flutes clinked and laughter fluttered through the hall like perfume. Table Eight was tucked near the dance floor, close enough to be seen, far enough to be forgotten.
Jonathan Hart adjusted the cuff of his tailored suit, visibly annoyed as he looked around at the sea of teal dresses and hospital-issued inside jokes. He leaned toward Claire, his voice low.
"Nurses? Really?"
Claire didn't look at him. She took a sip of her champagne, red lips kissing the rim of the glass.
"Jonathan, shut up. Do not ruin this evening," she said smoothly.
He stiffened, face pale.