Tristan is close behind them as they pull to a stop by the front door. It doesn't take long for Lawrence to get out of the car and go around to open Sharon's door. Seeing this just makes Tristan grit his teeth in anger. He's never opened her door for her. He has always had the chauffer do it. Then he's never bothered to escort her on his arm, the best he's ever done is stay by her side.

It doesn't take Sharon long to shake hands with Lawrence and go on into the house. Only then does Tristan get out of the car.

He completely ignores Lawrence and follows his wife inside. There he finds the butler being rude and snide to her.

"That will be enough of that Reynolds. You will not talk to her like that ever again. Do I make myself clear?" Tristan demands of the butler. The butler turning white at finding Tristan home this early stammers out a yes, of course, before taking their outer wear and putting it away.

Sharon keeps the snort she feels from coming out before she turns from Tristan and goes on up to bed. Too little too late. Three years of hell she's put up with and he's just now saying something to the butler.

"Sharon," Sharon startles as Tristan gently grabs her arm. She hadn't heard him come up the stairs behind her. She turns to face her husband. "I would like it if you would join me tonight in my room."

"You spent the night flirting and chatting up your ex and now ask me to spend the night with you? I have to say, Tristan, you really do have balls to ask me that after shaming me in front of your elite brat pack."

Tristan pulls her to him and gently kisses her and when she doesn't fight it he continues to kiss her and deepens the kiss.

Sharon has never been lost in a kiss like she is in that moment. She forgets everything, her name, any reason she shouldn't keep kissing him, everything. She finds herself going into his room.

As they continue to kiss she doesn't even notice as they start undressing each other all she knows is she wants to get closer to him and the clothes are in the way.

The sunlight is what wakes her the next morning. She looks around confused. This isn't her room. The morning sun doesn't shine in her room.

That's when she realizes that she's naked in bed with Tristan next to her. She moves and finds herself sore. She holds in the horrified gasp as she remembers just what they did the night before.

She works her way out from Tristan's arm. In desperation she looks in the room waste basket and the bathroom waste basket, but there aren't any condoms in either. She resolves to go to the doctor as soon as she can to be tested for STD's. She hopes and prays that one time isn't enough to get her pregnant.

She cleans up in the bathroom before putting on Tristan's robe.

"Where are you going?" Tristan asks slightly slurring his words due to sleep.

"I need a shower and-" Tristan interrupts her.

"You can shower later. Come back to bed and get some more sleep."

So saying Tristan falls back asleep. Sharon shakes her head and makes good her escape. She can't believe she had sex with Tristan. That was so on her not to do list.

After she cleans up she calls Penny and is nearly hysterical. "Tristan seduced me last night and he didn't use any protection. I am not on anything either since he was very firm about the idea of never having sex with me."

Penny just listens and blinks. Tristan was so adamant about not having sex with Sharon, what could possibly have changed his mind?

"What brought that on?"

"I have no clue. He was busy all night flirting and chasing Angelina, his ex and completely ignoring me. That is until he was ready to leave. That's when he noticed that my lawyer was with me."

Penny sits back and thinks. "Could it be possible that Tristan is jealous of Lawrence?"

"Why in the hell would he be jealous of Lawrence? He doesn't give two shits about me. He's cheated on me almost the whole marriage, has ignored me and allowed his staff to treat me like a bloody slave for the last two years. Last night he actually caught the butler telling me off and told him off, but that is the first time ever. There are only three months left until our anniversary. I have no doubt that he'll be presenting me with divorce papers, likely on the morning of the day."

"Perhaps or perhaps not. Maybe things will change between now and then between you two." Penny says with her fingers crossed. She would love to keep Sharon as her granddaughter-in-law.

"Please, Penny, he was flirting and all but kissing his ex at the society dinner last night. He has no desire to stay with me. I think if she asked him to that he would present divorce papers to me even earlier."

"He won't do that. He does know that he won't receive the stocks fully until at least three years of marriage. He won't risk losing them."

"You mean he'll stay with me for another two years?" At this thought Sharon nearly hyperventilates. It's taken everything in her to stay this long. She doesn't think she can handle another two years.

"Calm down, Sharon. Let's just see what happens once he wakes up. See if his behavior towards you changes any."

"Very well." Sharon manages to say before hanging up. She then makes an appointment with her gynecologist. The soonest they can get her in is in twelve weeks. Sighing she accepts  this appointment. She just hopes that everything comes back normal.

But as the days turn into weeks she knows that it isn't. She's in so much pain daily that she can barely stand it. The day of her appointment, falling just two weeks before her third anniversary, finally comes and she's nearly in tears and she climbs into the cab that takes her to the doctor.

Nothing had changed between her and Tristan once he woke up. He was still just as cold and aloof with her as always. It was almost like he didn't remember having sex with her the night before. Sharon nods to herself. She will have no problem going along with the tone he's setting.

That is until she gets the results from the doctor. Staring at him in shock she asks him to double check.

"I did every test twice. It's a good thing you came in when you did. Chlamydia isn't something to just brush off. Hopefully there will be no serious birth defects and we'll have it taken care of before the birth of the child."

"I'm going to have a baby." Sharon says woodenly. Then she smiles. Well at least she'll have something to show for this time with Tristan. Then she frowns, unless he keeps the baby.

"Congratulations, Sharon. Hopefully all will be well. Make sure you let your husband know that he needs to be treated for Chlamydia sooner rather than later."

"Thank you doctor, I'll be sure to let my husband know." She doesn't say the rest of what she's thinking, so that he can let his other sex partners also know.

Sharon goes home in rather a daze. She calls Penny to let her know the news.

"I'm going to be a great grandmother?" Penny couldn't be happier.

"Yes, but I'm not sure how Tristan is going to react."

"Why don't you hold off until your anniversary. If he gives you divorce papers then you'll know that he has no intentions of wanting a child with you."

"But what about his sexual partners between now and then? He needs to know so he can tell them."

"If the females are willing to sleep with a married man then they deserve to get the clam."

"You are one seriously angry female, Penny."

"You bet I am. I'm pissed that Tristan has pissed away a perfectly good marriage to chase after other females like a dog in heat. I'm pissed that he not only cheated on you but that he gave you a sexually transmitted disease because he couldn't honor the marriage contract he helped to write. I'm pissed that my grandson is an honorless bastard. 

"I'll tell you right now that I'm changing my will and making you my only beneficiary other than a few charities. You will also be in charge of the family trust once I'm gone. Make sure that Honey doesn't receive much if anything."

"The will, will never stand in court, they will say that I put undue pressure or something else to overturn it and take control of all your assets. They'll say that since I'm no longer family that I have no right to control who gets how much from the family trust."

Penny just purrs at this, "I'm counting on that. Don't worry, love, I'll make sure that you will receive everything from me. I'll have my lawyer get right on that."

Sadly Penny has never fully healed from her hip breaking and is now confined to a wheel chair. Neither Honey nor Tristan bother to visit her, but Sharon does so regularly.

Penny hangs up from talking with Sharon and calls her lawyer and tells him the changes she wants in her will. He assures her that he'll have those changes made and will be out there that evening with  a notary as witness to her signing the new will.

Sadly Penny has a heart attack the next day and doesn't make it. Her funeral is held the day before Sharon's third anniversary. Tristan actually makes the time to go to it but Honey doesn't bother. She has a nail appointment that she just can't change.

After the funeral Penny's lawyer comes up to Sharon and takes her into a private room. "I just want you to know, you are the only beneficiary other than some monetary donations to her favorite charities. The judge will probate the will tonight. He's a friend of hers and is aware that this is what she wanted and the reasoning why she wanted things this way. He doesn't think much of Mrs. Townsend and doesn't like the things he's heard about Tristan either. By tomorrow you'll have equal shares of the family company and if that ass does have you sign divorce papers then you'll have majority shares and can remove him from being the CEO of the company."

From what Sharon has heard having Tristan removed from being the CEO would be a good idea. Things aren't going so well since he's taken over. But since he hasn't honored their contract it doesn't shock her too much to learn about the other.

"He's been trying to get some people to invest in the company but so far they haven't returned any of his calls. At least that's what I've heard." Sharon says as she takes in everything the lawyer is telling her.

"If Tristan does present you with divorce papers tomorrow, what would you like to do?"

Sharon smiles wickedly, "Start the proceedings for breach of contract. There's a board meeting tomorrow from what I understand. I think I'll be attending it and making some drastic changes in the power structure of the company." Mr. Jessop laughs at her plans.

"Sounds about perfect. It's exactly what Penny hoped you would do. Are you planning on taking over as CEO yourself then?"

Sharon looks properly horrified at the thought, "I can do many things, sir, but run a multimillion dollar business is soooo not one of them. The previous CEO is back from his sabbatical. I've talked to him since Tristan has refused to do so. I've left Tristan messages but," Sharon shrugs her shoulders. "I can't force Tristan to talk to him, but I can replace Tristan with him."

Mr. Jessop smiles as they stand and shake hands. "I'll make sure that the transfer of ownership is finalized before the meeting tomorrow. I wish I could be there to see his face when you take the company from him."

"You're so very sure that he's going to divorce me tomorrow then?"

"Aren't you?" Jessop asks her in return.

"Touche, yes, I'm almost positive that he'll be presenting me with the divorce papers at breakfast." Mr. Jessop nods and gently leads her out of the room. 

"I'm sure that Lawrence will have the other papers ready as well."

Sharon smiles wickedly, "Perfect, I can serve him the papers after the meeting where I take the company from him. If you would be so kind as to have the others served at the same time. I believe the wicked bitch will be at the house waiting for the meeting to be over. Once I leave for the meeting I have no desire to return to that house ever again."

"What about the baby?"

"I'll see what he has to say before I leave. If he wants nothing to do with him or her then I won't sue him for paternity, just make it so that he gives up all paternal rights in the divorce."

"I'll make sure that his lawyer adds that in. Tristan has gotten lazy and doesn't fully read contracts any more. Not that he bothers to honor them once he signs them."

Sharon smirks and moves away from the lawyer, "That's what will cost him everything. Thank you sir and good evening."

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A/N we are about to see Sharon in her reality. Is anyone ready?