Adultery Consequences by xleglover-COMPLETED

[Ramesh_Rocky]

Consequences Pt. 10

The next day was a lazy Sunday. We slept in late. Then we went to our favorite bistro in SoHo for brunch.

We were sipping coffee and reading the newspaper. Well, I had the newspaper in my hands but I wasn't focusing on the words. My mind was elsewhere.

"Jen, can we talk about what we talked about last night?" I said.

She put the paper down. "Sure baby," she said smiling at me.

I didn't know where to start. Finally I blurted out "How will this work?"

"I've kinda thought about it," she said. "I wanna do it so we both get what we want without putting our marriage at risk."

"I think that's a good idea," I said saying the obvious. A big smile came to my face. I felt so relieved hearing that! I'd agreed to give up control. That made me feel ... well, out of control. Her words relieved alot of my anxieties. "So what are you thinking? Do you have someone in mind?"

"Actually I do," she said with a smile. "You remember Alec, our IT manager who moved to London? I've seen him a few times on my trips."

"You said you haven't been with anyone!" I said immediately, my insecurities flaring up.

"No baby, I've seen him, talked to him," she said rubbing my arm. "He's helped set up some of our presentations with the Memphis companies in Europe."

"Oh okay, sorry," I said grimacing and feeling like an idiot.

"It's okay baby," she said rubbing my arm.

"So you're thinking of hooking up with him again?"

"Well yeah," she said. "I'm thinking a longer term thing."

"He'll be your boyfriend?" I said.

"That's what you call it," she said with a laugh. "I'm thinking more like a friend with benefits."

"A fuck buddy," I said grinning.

"That's what Allie would call it," Jen said with another laugh.

"It would just be physical then?" I asked. "You wouldn't get close to him?"

"I might," she said. "You know how I get. That'll be up to me and Alec, how far we want to take it. But you don't have to worry Mike, I'm not going to fall in love with him.

"Okay," I said uncertainly.

She heard the uncertainty and anxiety in my voice. "Mike I won't," she assured me. "I know that worries you. Part of the reason I picked Alec is because he's married."

"He is? I didn't know that."

"Yeah, he's married and has 2 little kids," Jen said. "He just wants a little romance and sex with no commitments, and that's all I want."

"Okay, yeah," I said thinking. "That does make me feel better."

"See baby?" she said reaching over and squeezing my hand. "This won't be so bad."

"Yeah," I agreed squeezing her hand back.

"I was thinking of someone else too," she announced.

"Oh," I said surprised.

"Yeah, you know," she said. "Jaime."

"From Cancun?" I said surprised.

"Yeah," she said smiling. "You know I've been going to Atlanta a lot? Miami's just a short hop from there."

"Okay," I said processing all this. "You already talked to Jamie about this?"

"Sorta," she said. "He's staying in Miami after he graduates. He got a job at the Delano in South Beach. He majored in hotel management."

"Okay," I said again. I didn't know what else to say. I was processing all of this.

Again she squeezed my hand. "You won't be worried about Jamie, right?" she said. "You can't think I'd ever fall in love with someone so young."

I thought about it. "Yeah, I get it, you're right," I said. I didn't say anything more as I tried to process all of this.

"Are you okay Mike?" she asked. "How do you feel about this?"

"It's a lot to digest," I said with a laugh. "Two boyfriends?"

"I thought two would be better because then I wouldn't be spending all my time with just one guy," she explained. "And I tried to pick guys you wouldn't be threatened by."

"Of course you're attracted to them," I said with a knowing grin.

"Well, yeah," she said grinning back. "But you know what else? They don't live here. So when I'm home it'll be just us. It won't be like before with Ricky or Tom when they were always trying to get me to come over."

"You've really thought this through," I said a bit stunned. I was alarmed by how much time she'd thought about this.

She seemed to read my mind. "Sorta yes, but not really," she said. She took my hands again. "Baby, I don't want you to think I think about other guys all the time. I like the game, it's exciting. But I'd stop playing right now if you wanted. If we're gonna keep playing though I wanna do it so it's exciting but doesn't hurt our marriage. Our marriage is my number 1 priority. You're my number one priority Mike."

Her words blew me away, relieving a lot of my anxieties. Yes, she'd spent time thinking about this, but a lot of it was coming up with a plan to make it work for both of us without risking our marriage. In fact, the more I thought about it the more I realized she was going out of her way to keep me from feeling threatened. Maybe I no longer had control over who she saw or when, but she was thinking about me a lot in making those decisions.

"You're my number 1 too Jen," I told her, squeezing her hands back. "I couldn't live without you. I really couldn't." We hugged and kissed.

I took her hands. "I guess I'm trying to get my head around you having 2 boyfriends," she said. "We've never talked about that before."

"Honey, they're not boyfriends," she insisted. "We can call them that if you want but I think of them as just friends I know in London and Atlanta. We'll get together and hang out sometimes when I'm there, that's all."

"You'll sleep with them," I pointed out.

"Well yeah," she said with a laugh. "That's the point right?"

We both laughed. It WAS the point of course, that was what the game was all about. "Will you sleep with them?" I asked.

She knew I wasn't talking about the sex kind of sleep. She squeezed my hand. "That's up to me baby," she said gently.

"I'm just asking," I said feeling a knot in my gut.

"Yes, probably, sometimes," she said. Seeing the hurt and anxiety on my face, she said "Baby I've got to make it work for me too."

"Getting your brains fucked out isn't enough?" I said sarcastically.

I regretted it as soon as I said it. Jen was the sweetest kindest girl but she also had a quick fiery temper.

"This ISN'T going to work if you're gonna make me feel like a slut," she said with a scowl. "I think I'm being fair Mike."

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," I said quickly. I didn't want to start a fight. "You're right, I can tell you're trying to make it work for both of us."

My apology calmed her down because her anger disappeared and she smiled at me. That was a great thing about Jen. She could flare off instantly like a supernova, but she just as quickly cooled down and she didn't hold a grunge.

"There's just one thing honey," I said gently, not wanting to set her off again. "Last night it sounded like you weren't going to try very hard to let me know what you're doing."

"I don't need your permission Mike," she said with warning in her voice.

"I'm not talking about permission," I said. "But I'm still your husband. I have a right to know where you are and who you're with. It's a safety issue Jen. Also, that way I'll be able to stay connected to you. That's really important to me Jen, I get lonely too when you're away."

She paused thinking. "I get your point," she said. "Okay, I'll do everything I can to keep you in the loop."

"Thanks baby," I said feeling relieved. "There's just a couple more things, and then I think I'll be good with this."

"Okay," she said.

"When you're with your boyfriends, I want you to wear your wedding rings," I said. "I want you to wear them all the time of course, but I especially want you to wear them when you're with them. When you're with them, they'll be your only connection to us. When you look at them you'll think of me."

She moved her chair closer to mine and hugged me. "Baby, I don't need my rings to remind me of you, I think about you all the time."

"I know how you get caught up in it when you're with another guy," I said.

"Even then baby I think about you, all the time" she assured me. "Anyway, wearing my rings won't be a problem. Jamie won't care. And since Alec is married he'll be wearing his wedding ring too."

"Okay," I said smiling at her. "Just one more thing."

"Okay," she said squeezing my arm.

"You said you'll always use condoms," I began.

"And I will," she assured me.

"The thing is, I know how things get," I said. "Anything can happen."

"Yeah, I guess," she said. "What do you think we should do?"

We both fell silent. It was the 800 pound elephant in the room again. She'd put the ball in my court. I could tell her to go back on the pill. But is that what I wanted?

"How about this?" she suggested. "If I ever think I might not want to use a condom with someone, I'll talk to you first. And if I decide not to use a condom, I'll be really careful. Does that work for you?"

"... yeah, that works for me," I said after a moment's hesitation.

Jen's next business trip to Europe was the following week. "Are you going to see Alec?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said. "Our meeting's in Paris and he's part of my team."

How convenient I thought. That gave Alec a legitimate excuse to be away from his family for a few nights. "You worked it out with him?" I asked. "The long term relationship thing?"

"That's not how it works Mike," she said with a laugh. It wasn't a mean laugh, it was more like a "get a clue, you silly goose" laugh. "We'll get together and see where it goes from there. I've told him I'm open to something more permanent."

"Permanent?" I said sharply, alarmed.

"MORE permanent, not permanent" Jen corrected me. "As in, not completely temporary." She rubbed my chest. "This is just fun baby, it doesn't mean anything. It's not gonna last forever."