<div style="text-align: justify;">Marie didn't mind talking about herself, or whatever served to put Diane at ease, for that matter.<br/><br/>That was the woman's sole intention, after all. When Diane said that it was nice that she had managed to split her time between work and family, Marie nodded with a kind smile. It was nice indeed, and Marie wouldn't have had it any other way.<br/><br/>When Diane asked if she still had family there, Marie sighed softly. She nodded and picked back up on smiling shortly after. <br/><br/>“Oh, yes. I still have a sister, her husband and children. I myself ended up not having children of my own, and my poor husband passed away a few years ago”, the woman replied. Despite the fact that she obviously missed her husband, Marie kept her cheerful and kind intonation. “Time runs by so fast, and when they go, you wonder about everything you could have done…”, she murmured softly.<br/><br/>After a pause, the woman shook her head. “But you don’t need to worry about that, dear”, she completed, somewhat vaguely.<br/><br/>***********<br/><br/>Pierre decided to enjoy the moment as well. Martin was a handsome man and a generous lover, so it wasn't hard to relax and enjoy their moments together. It did made it a little bit more fun - in a perverse way - to think that he could end Martin's life right now should he choose to, and the Actor would probably not even have the time to notice what had hit him. <br/><br/>For now, though, since he didn't have orders to perform the deed yet, Pierre would let Martin live. Once both men were satisfied, Pierre sighed and rolled on the bed so he could face Martin. He watched the Actor's gesture as he rubbed his forehead and caressed Martin's cheek. <br/><br/>“I hope you’re not thinking that I will cause you any problems”, Pierre murmured softly. “I won’t, promise”, he completed.<br/><br/>Of course he would not get Martin in trouble. He had no plans of ever letting it be known that Martin was having anything more than a conversation with him. At least not for now. With a sigh, Pierre continued, quietly.<br/><br/>“It’s all right if you have to go”, he stated. “I know circumstances are not simple, so don’t mind me”, the French actor completed.<br/><br/>***********<br/><br/>The Lady was half disgusted, half delighted. She was disgusted with how much of a jerk Rich was - not that she didn't know that, since she had been informed of what he had done before she took up her role. But she was delighted by her own ability to deceive him so completely. It was a lot of fun to make promises and act like a bright-eyed and stunned girl to please the Agent, while thinking that it was just a matter of time. <br/><br/>Feeling relieved that Rich should get going - it wasn't easy to pretend to like him -, the Lady smiled and served him a glass of champagne. She had to please him, after all, so he would come back. <br/><br/>Nodding, the young woman served a glass of champagne for Rich and another one to herself.  “To an amazing moment and more to come”, she murmured with a lustful smile. <br/><br/>Once they finished drinking, the Lady would still kiss Rich before helping him get dressed and straightened out properly. “There you go”, she murmured as soon as he was ready, playing the role of the good, submissive woman. “Handsome as ever, and nobody would ever suspect what just happened”, the young woman completed. She would still accompany Rich to the door and close behind him with a smile, before letting out a deep sigh as soon as she was rid of the man.<br/><br/>“What a bastard”, she murmured in Italian, going to take a bath to rid her skin of every vestige of the Agent’s touch.<br/><br/>***********<br/><br/>Colette showed a bit of an awkward smile when Paul opened the door. Paul's question made the chambermaid blush a little. It wasn’t the blushing of someone who was before someone they liked - it was more of an embarrassed blushing. She felt like she was intruding, or bothering Paul, but took a deep breath.<br/><br/>She was already there, Colette thought, so she had to say something. There was this strange feeling that something was off, but she couldn’t really put her finger on it. Call it intuition, or whatever, she had this feeling and couldn’t shake it.<br/><br/>“Oh, yes, of course”, she replied, with a bit of a tense smile. “I just…”, the chamber maid started, and paused. After hesitating a little, the young woman decided to be direct and say what was in her mind. <br/><br/>“I’m sorry, I just… wanted to check on you, after… those events, are you all right?”, Colette asked, her voice kind and friendly. “I just still feel really bad for all of that, and… there is this feeling that something is off”, she explained, falling silent and waiting for Paul to say whatever he had to say.</div>