I asked Vinod one day if he would come late to my house on the pretext to discuss some office matters and I would ask him to stay over. So on the Satu...day evening at 7 he dropped at our house and we started going over office files. Meanwhile Priya was serving us tea and other goodies to eat, at about 9 pm Priya said its time for dinner, Vinod are you leaving today, he said I shall leave now as its late, I intervened and said, don’t go its already late and we have not finished our work, he said. I can't go to Mary, either. It would be too painful, even though she does not know about me and her husband. It might even be less painful if she did.Which brought me to the question I had not asked myself until now. Strange that I had not. It was the question how Eric could know? Only Phil and I knew. There had been nobody else, had there?Phil must have told Eric, the bastard. Just to brag and gloat and triumph. Damn asshole, but who is calling whom an asshole? Of course it was Phil who told. Riley had been polite and welcoming. He complimented the fluffiness of her cat from a picture on her desk, and she invited him to join the office’s board game get-togethers on the first Friday evening of each month. She was undoubtedly young and attractive, her eyes, in particular, were striking in their size and light shade of blue, but the way she dressed and how her long brown hair was tied into a hasty bun in no way spoke of a woman who brought her wild side anywhere near the office.Whether. I returned to New York City eight months later. I called Leah and we met for dinner. We spent the next three days at the townhouse.The relationship had changed. After our first night Leah had asked me if I was satisfied with her as a “free” woman. She said wouldn’t mind wearing the collar when we were together if I wanted her that way. I told her I didn’t notice any difference in her. She wanted to know if I saw changes in her? I said no. She said she felt more confidence and liked making her.