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Black tango

Hans and Ilona are a natural couple, and they make a pair. The couple respect, love and understand each other.

By QaboosPublished 2 years ago 7 min read
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Hans and Ilona are a natural match, and they make a pair. They respect, love and understand each other. But when Ilona inherits an unexpected inheritance one day, their lives are completely changed. Hans expanded the size of his own small china shop, and Ilona simply quit her job as a salesperson to concentrate on building a splendid new house. A year later, the villa was built and the facilities were complete, and Ilona had nothing to do and was bored. Now she has a house and garden, but her husband is not around because Hans is away on business all day. Whenever she needed to speak to him, the answer was: "Baby, I have to expand the company and make it prosperous."

  "Yes, but for what? We have enough money now."

  "You have, I don't. I have to work."

  On this day, Hans suggested: "Ilona, I have a great idea to help you pass the time. You go to a dance class. Tango is one of your former hobbies, and you are very talented in this area. It will definitely bring you happiness and solve your so-called problems. One of my classmates has opened a dance center, and I will sign you up early tomorrow morning."

  Despite Ilona's strong objections, Hans did not change his mind, and Ilona really had nothing better to do, so she came to the newly opened dance center with no interest the next day, Alexander received her. He was blond, tall and thin, with dark skin, and his blue eyes covered up many wrinkles on his face; he was quick and suave, and Ilona had a crush on him from the beginning. Ilona soon noticed that because he took so much time to take care of her, many pretty ladies were jealous and impatient to take his class again, but he turned a blind eye to it. Although Ilona didn't like Alexander's efforts to flatter her, she was still a little intoxicated.

  They agreed to meet tomorrow morning. "That way it's just the two of us and no one else will bother," Alexander said in a charming tone. Ilona should have been wary of this, but she didn't.

  After 24 hours, she came to dance again. She wore a tight training suit that made her even more attractive.

  "You're so beautiful today," he admired from head to toe, and then said, "We call you here. You can perform first and see what you can do?"

  She didn't learn much, he kept correcting it, and the body touched from time to time. Sweat soaked her clothes, and that's when she realized it was just the two of them. She disappeared into the shower with Alexander, an adventure she would never let slip away, all moral doubts and loyalty to her husband Hans had been left behind, and Ilona just kept saying to herself: Only once, there will be no second time.

  But this warning did not work. Since then, she has attended morning dance classes three times a week, and three times a week Alexander is her lover, and he is actually her husband's classmate. Still, she doesn't want to change the relationship.

  Hans seemed to know nothing about the relationship. He was satisfied with being relieved of her accusations, and he didn't care if she danced or not.

  Ilona developed strong feelings for Alexander, and felt that the arrangement in the morning was far from meeting her needs.

  "Alexander, I want to see you tonight," she demanded.

  "Ilona, this won't work. You know, I'm married, and as far as I know, so are you."

  "Of course, but my husband doesn't care."

  "My wife cares. She loves me very much and is very jealous. See you tomorrow." After he finished speaking, he left, and Ilona also left the dance center angrily.

  "Hans, we have to hurry, Ilona is too demanding. If my wife knew about this, I really don't know what would happen."

  "Okay, Alexander, keep calm, you need money to pay off the dance center's debt, don't you? It's you who should hurry, not me. The faster you do things, the sooner you can get money from me."

  "What would you do if I..." Alexander didn't go on.

  "Me? I'm on a business trip. I need proof of alibi. As for what to do with Ilona, that's your business, just hurry up. I've told you this a hundred times." Hans finished and put down the microphone. He wanted Mrs. Ilona's property to be the sole owner of the china shop, which was his dream. To achieve this, he needed Alexander's help, which he thought was a good arrangement. Both men needed money, but Alexander had to act.

  When Alexander's wife, Ulrik, suddenly appeared in front of his husband in the dance center, Ilona was clinging to Alexander's chest and twisting her waist. This time Ulrik could no longer tolerate the ambiguous relationship between his husband and the female student. He borrowed all the money from her and invested it in the dance center, but that didn't stop him from approaching the female student without scruples. Ulrik regretted his stupidity.

  Alexander must not break up with his wife, which would inevitably lead to his immediate bankruptcy, but he cannot immediately leave Ilona - a key to his money and financial independence.

Ulrich had asked a friend who had been a detective for many years to follow Alexander for the past few weeks. She vaguely felt that he had not only deceived herself, but also had the same ulterior motives as his old classmate Hans. Once overheard them on the phone, apparently planning something secretly.

  Ilona was serious about Alexander, and she had developed a love for him since their first affair. "Listen." She threatened one day, "If you suddenly don't have time for me, I'll kill myself, understand?" This made Alexander feel a sense of urgency.

  Alexander knew that, like it or not, he had to do it now. He held Ilona in his arms and loved her so that she could forget her anger as soon as possible. He led her under the shower. She felt strange, why is she alone today?

  "Where are you, dear?" she cried as she washed. She stretched out her arms comfortably, letting the warm water flow all over her body, and she soaped carefully, when suddenly she was hit with a fatal blow, twitched, and then lay motionless on the ground, the sound of rushing water overshadowing the sound of hurried footsteps.

  "Madam, please get your bath towel. Be quiet and everything will be fine." Detective Rudolph said, admiring her flawless nudity. Ilona had no idea that someone was looking directly at her, and she was unconscious.

  "What happened? Why am I unconscious? My God, Alexander, where are you?" Ilona stammered in confusion, unaware that she was lying in the bathroom.

  Rudolph helped her stand up and slowly put on her bathrobe. "You were hit by an electric current, ma'am, nothing else," he said. He was sad because she was still in the dark.

  "I don't understand at all." Ilona rubbed her temples, "Where's Alexander? What are you doing here?"

  "Alexander can be said to have slipped away, but don't worry, he will come back. As for me, I'm here to help you." Rudolph introduced himself seriously, "You have to listen to me quietly now, do you hear? Are you better now?"

  Ilona nodded. When Rudolph told her the truth and introduced her plan, she stared at him with wide eyes in horror.

  "Do you agree, ma'am? We can prove what they want to do to you."

  "Then do I have to take off my clothes again?" she stammered.

  "No, you don't need it," the detective said with a smile.

  "You hide behind the shower curtain and wait, I need your witness, understand?"

  "Understood." Ilona whispered, her body trembling a little.

  Alexander did appear a few minutes later. As Rudolph estimated, he didn't look at the rushing bathroom, and went straight to the lighting, trying to do something.

  "You have been arrested for the murder of Madame Ilona." Rudolph's low voice suddenly came.

  Alexander turned around: "What did you say?" He was clearly startled. Rudolph repeated it again, and Alexander shouted at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you see it? It was an accident! Electricity accidentally came to the bathroom, and I don't know why."

  "It was you who directed the current to the bathroom, Mr. Alexander. It wasn't an accident, I saw you put the lighting wire in the bathroom with my own eyes, but it's your luck, I lowered the strong current in time, otherwise Ilona would have died long ago, Just as you planned."

  This is Ilona's voice. She came out from behind the shower curtain. Alexander swayed slightly, wiped his eyes with his hands, and roared loudly as if he didn't know who was in front of him.

  "He won't gain anything. My colleagues from the police station will be here soon." Rudolph said.

  A few days later, Ilona and Ulrich sat face to face, and when Rudolph finished talking, the two turned from initial hostility to mutual sympathy.

  "My husband is responsible for planning the murder," Ilona said feebly. Urik added: "My husband should be sentenced for attempted murder, all out of greed."

  "What will happen if I dance again?"

  "Black Tango," Rudolph replied.

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