{Delilah}

The last few days have been really draining. With Ben's threats and Frank's impending divorce on the horizon I couldn't help but pace in my room back and forth. When I stopped pacing I ran to the bathroom and threw up.

There was a knock on the door. "Mistress Delilah? You have a visitor. Would you like to see them?"

I frowned. "Who would be visiting me?"

The maid shook her head. "They didn't want me to say who they were."

"Oh, okay then," I said. I followed the maid down the hallway to the living room and my blood ran cold when I saw Ben sitting on the couch with an evil smile on his face. "B-Ben? What are you doing here?"

He tilted his head. "I'm here to kill two birds with one stone."

I paused. "Huh?"

"Actually it's more like three birds with one stone," Ben said.

He stood up and walked towards me. I backed up and before I could run off, he caught me by my wrist and drew me into his arms. "You're going to marry me."

I scoffed. "And why would I do that?"

"Because I have a gun and even though I don't have as much money as Frank does I'm still pretty well off and I will treat you like the Queen you are," He said. "I also have power. Again, not as much as Frank does but enough to protect you."

I scoffed again. "Protect me? What would I need to be protected from?"

"You have plenty of enemies in this house my dear. I wouldn't be surprised if someone wanted to try and kill you right now," Ben said.

"Ben, it's so nice to see you come for a visit!" I heard Frank say.

I looked up at Frank who strolled into the living room and took a seat in the recliner chair as if nothing was wrong.

"Hello there Mr. Randal. Remember what we were talking about the other day?" Ben said as he sat down and motioned for me to sit next to him.

I sat down but not next to him. I sat down on the other side of the couch that was furthest away from him.

Frank smiled. "Oh that's right about the divorce proceedings! I plan on starting them next Monday the 13th. Does that sound good to you?"

Ben nodded. "Yup! That sounds great!"

"Frank, please don't do this!" I pleaded.

Frank raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why? It's clear you love being with Ben. So this is the perfect trade. As I said before you'll get enough money to be set for life. Not to mention Ben's more inclined to protect you with everything he has regardless if you love him or not! It'll be a dream come true for you."

"But-" I started.

Ben smirked. "No but's Delilah. Once everything is final, you'll be mine whether you like it or not."

I hung my head in defeat. If only I hadn't told Frank that I don't love him then I wouldn't be in this situation.

Then I got an idea in hopes that Frank would change his mind. I turned to Frank. "What if I told you that I lied?"

''About what?" Frank asked.

"What if I said that I changed my mind and I do love you. Because that's what this is about right? You're cheating on me because I said that I don't love you. I mean sure I cheated on you as well but that was a mistake," I said, trying my best to look sincere.

Unfortunately Frank didn't buy it. I guess I'm not as good of a liar as I thought I was. Frank shook his head and laughed, "Nice try Delilah, but I think you'll be happier with Ben. And if you ever breathe a word about my affair I tell everyone how you tried to kill your own child. How you didn't go to jail is beyond me. But I'm sure there's a statute of limitations and all that other crap. You're lucky you're not in jail for assaulting Victoria like you did at the art exhibit that day."

My eyes went wide. "How did you-"

"I figured it out. I got access to Victoria's medical records and in them there are three different times that she went to the hospital with life threatening injuries and Issac himself reported that you were the last one to be seen with Victoria," Frank said.

I looked at Ben and he looked at me as if I had grown two heads. I gulped.

Before I could say anything Frank said, "Did you or did you not push Victoria down the stairs when she was three years old? Again, I found out from her medical records that she fell down the stairs and almost died. You were the last one seen with her. Of course, there was no proof that you did it because it's hearsay. So, did you do it?"

I felt my blood run cold and as much as I wanted to lie I thought that maybe if I told the truth Ben wouldn't want me anymore. I squeaked, "Yes."

Ben shook his head in dismay. "Don't worry Frank, I'll make sure to keep her in line and away from her children since she seems to think that children are punching bags. From what I know of there's Victoria, the one Delilah slapped just for being gay."

"She's bisexual," I corrected. "And Jaxon told me she has a boyfriend now."

"Whatever, then there's Jenny and your oldest Jaxon. Who apparently is your favorite," Ben said.

I gaped at him because I couldn't believe he would still want me even after everything that's been said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Why, what?" Ben responded.

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"Why do you still want me? Even after everything that I've done, why do you still want me?" I said.

"It's simple. It's because I love you," Ben said.

"Awww isn't that cute, I knew you'd be better off with Ben. He loves you no matter how evil you are!" Frank taunted.

Ben just shrugged that comment off, "So Monday the 13th, you'll start the divorce proceedings and then Delilah's mine?"

Frank nodded. "Yup! I'll have the maids start packing her stuff now. You two can go have sexy fun times in Delilah's room to celebrate."

My jaw dropped so low to the ground that I could taste it. I couldn't believe that Ben would still like me. I also couldn't help but think that there has to be a catch to this.

Ben and Frank stood up and shook hands as if they just made a business deal. When you think about it, they kind of did. They made a deal involving the rest of my life. Some people would call this karma and some people would call it ridiculous.

Ben turned to me and held out a hand. "Come on Delilah, let's go to your room."

"And do what?" I asked.

He gave me an evil smile. "What do you think?"

I hung my head. "I can't win here can I?"

He shook his head. "No, no you can't."

I grabbed his hand and we went to my room.

***

{Ben}

I couldn't believe how easy it was to not only get Delilah in my bed but to get her to be my lover forever. But you know what they say, if it's too good to be true then it is. Yes, there's a catch for me taking her in but I don't plan on telling her until after I have her at my place for good.

I'm actually one of Satan's servants and he sent me on this mission knowing that I would have no problem getting Delilah in bed. That was the first part of the mission. I got Delilah in bed and now the second part of the mission is to prepare Delilah's body for possession.

As soon as I took Delilah to her bedroom, I excused myself to the bathroom. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed Satan's number. — Yeah I know Satan has a cell phone—

He picked up on the third ring. "Hello there Ben, how is phase two coming along?"

I smiled. "It's coming along just fine. Frank is planning on starting divorce proceedings on Monday the 13th and soon she'll be staying at my place for the rest of her life."

"So once she's at your place we'll complete the possession ritual and then move onto phase 3," Satan said. "Good, VERY good!"

My smile turned into a grin. "Thank you master!"

"Alright, call me when you have her at your place. For now, just go have some sexy fun times with your lover," Satan said.

"Yes Master," I hung up the phone and my smile didn't fade. I left the bathroom and before I approached Delilah I made sure to hide my gun in a place where she couldn't find it and try to kill me. Of course you can't kill a demon, so I just didn't want her to find out my secret before it was time.

I saw Delilah sitting on the edge of the bed staring off into space. I sat down and grabbed her hand to snap her out of it. "A penny for your thoughts?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. It just seems too good to be true. You're still in love with me even after everything I've done. Even though I'm cheating on my husband with you and tried to kill my daughter, who loves someone like that?"

"I do," I said. "And there's nothing you can do to change that. What you did was in the past. True, you'll never be able to make amends with your daughter and you probably don't want to."

I leaned over and kissed her. She responded to the kiss but then I pulled away and acted like I forgot something. She frowned, "What's wrong?"

"Just a moment," I said. I had prepared for this moment to make her eager enough to go through with the divorce proceedings. I grabbed the engagement ring that I had for her out of my suit jacket pocket and went up to her and got down on one knee.

Delilah gasped before I even said anything.

"Delilah Randal, would you make me the happiest man alive by becoming my wife after you divorce Frank?" I asked.

Delilah had tears of joy in her eyes when she said, "Yes."

I motioned for her to take her wedding rings off and replaced them with my engagement ring. I stood up and pulled her into my arms and gave her another kiss. This time Delilah's hands went down to my pants zipper and she unzipped my pants. Before I knew it I was on the bed naked.

"Hmm, I'm the only one naked here," I said. I pulled Delilah down the bed and took her clothes off.

I fucked Delilah until she couldn't walk. Once she was happy and stated that was when I got dressed and went home.

***

{Satan}

"This is great! Ben did a good job," I chuckled.

"Really? Then what's so funny?" Cathy said.

"What's funny is the fact that Ben is such a good actor that he convinced Delilah that he's head over heels for her even after everything she's done. Awww isn't that cute?" I said.

"And you say that I'm the evil one," Alastor said. "They don't call you the King of Hell for nothing."

Alastor walked into the room and sat down on the couch. "So things are going smoothly. My niece will be home in no time!"

I raised an eyebrow. "You do realize that Walter and Victoria haven't gone through with the engagement ceremony yet right? I think you're jumping the gun here. Don't worry, soon Victoria will be home and we'll take this one step at a time."

Alastor rolled his eyes. "Okay fine. I'll stop saying I'm her Uncle until after they've gone through the engagement ceremony."

I nodded. "Good. Now we just sit back and wait."

***

{Delilah}

The next family dinner was rather tense because of the fact that I got engaged to someone without completing the divorce proceedings.

We ate our meal mostly in silence until Maverick spoke, "I still can't believe you have the audacity to get engaged when you're not even divorced yet! You are worse than a gold digger! Oh wait never mind you're a gold digger and you're evil! There's a special place in Hell for people like you!"

I thought he was done with his rant but he turned to Frank. "And you! How the hell can you just sit there and be okay with this?"

Frank put his fork down and gave Maverick an evil smile. "It's simple, I already have a plan for my revenge."

Maverick didn't do anything other than scoff and sit back down.

"You know, you're lucky that Victoria's too ill to be here at the moment or I'd ask her to sick her dog on you," Jenny growled. "And I'm glad you'll be out of my life for good after you divorce Frank."

I was taken aback by that statement. I knew Victoria hated me but I didn't realize that Jenny hated me too.

Jenny rolled her eyes. "Don't be so surprised, why do you think I haven't called you mother this last year? Maybe I should just refer to you as Bitch instead? Calling you by your name is way too good for you."

I sat there gaping at her. "Seriously? You hate me that much?"

The look Jenny gave me and the silence that followed spoke volumes. I turned to Jaxon. "Do you hate me too? You've always been the favorite of the family you know."

Jaxon looked up at me as if he were deciding something. He sighed and shook his head. "Yes, I hate you. It's funny because I was the one that would make excuse after excuse for your bad behavior. In my opinion you should never have had kids. I mean thank you for giving birth to me but that's where my respect for you stops as of today.

"And you getting engaged before you get divorced is just the latest reason as to why you are a horrible person! Have you not once stopped to think about how your actions would affect others?"

My jaw dropped because I had no idea what to say to that. I mean I know I did some messed up things but I didn't realize that it would affect my children's viewpoint of me. I abruptly stood up from the table and ran out of the room in tears. As I ran I heard Jenny and Jaxon laughing.

Jaxon called out, "Goodbye and good riddance bitch! There's a special place in Hell for you!"

Little did I know that in the future I would find out how right he was.