Life is beautiful.

"Mr. Wilkinson!" Ella called out to him, her voice trembling.

"Wait a minute." He sounded out of breath.

Ella lay quietly, her heart racing with anticipation. What was happening? What was he doing in the closet?

Jasper was frantically searching through the drawer, muttering to himself. "There should be one. I remember stuffing it here. Where has it gone?"

He had been disturbed a few months before, on the day of his engagement to Britney, and had brought a woman with him. He had stuffed the condom box in the drawer at the time and had never used it after that night. He unexpectedly needed it badly now.

"Got it." He finally found it. He emerged from the closet, holding a condom in his hand. "Sorry to make you wait," he said as he removed his trousers, revealing his erection.