A feeling of disappointment swept over Serena when Christian said he had no plans for Saturday, for once she wished he had brought some work home with him. With her husband being at home Serena wouldn’t be able to simply hop in a cab and meet up with Nicholas. She felt unable to leave Christian alone tomorrow, after all, she was the one who regularly commented on him not spending enough time at home. This was another opportunity for Serena to abandon the planned meeting at the mall, but instead, she racked her brain trying to come up with a reason to slip away alone.<br/><br/>As Christian dished up the pizza, Serena’s mind conjured up another deception. She took another mouthful of wine, emptying her glass, before replying to her husband. “Er...The thing is Nikki kinda invited me to go shopping with her tomorrow afternoon...She doesn’t visit the city that much and I said I’d show her around…”. She knew Christian would at the least be disappointed so before he could object she added, “We could go out in the evening...How about going to the Hamilton, we could have a meal and catch a band?...”. Serena hoped that suggestion would appeal to Christian.<br/><br/>The pair headed to the den to eat the meal and watch a film on Netflix. It was only late afternoon but it looked like that there were settled in for the evening. As Serena chewed on a mouthful of food and scrolled through the Netflix menu she thought how right Nicholas’ had been about her life being predictable and mundane. This was more or less the very same thing she and Christian did when they had some time together. Serena knew how the evening would play out; She would pick a film that Christian didn’t really care for, he would fain interest for about half an hour and then fall asleep. He would wake about an hour later they would watch some show on TV followed by the evening news and then go to bed before 11:00 pm.<br/><br/>Serena scrolled up and down the film menu, unable to see anything that caught her interest. Christian had finished his pizza and snuggled up next to her, placing his head against her breast. She looked forlornly at her husband wondering where the passion had gone from their marriage. Did her husband no longer find her desirable? Would he be acting the same if the buxom Amanda was next to him? Finally, Serena clicked on a menu option at random and watched the film start without any real attention to what was happening.<br/><br/>