Adultery Life After We by xleglover-COMPLETED

[Ramesh_Rocky]

Mike kept one eye on Jen. She was bopping around, laughing and talking with everyone. She hadn't changed at all, she was still the bubbly social butterfly he'd always known. She looked happy, and he was glad for that.

As was his nature as a loner, Mike wandered off from the group. He thought about leaving but he wasn't ready for that yet. Sometimes he wanted to be AROUND people, even though he didn't want to be WITH people, if that made sense.

The bar was big. He found an area with TVs playing the World Series. He ordered a scotch and settled in to watch a while.

Sometime later he heard a voice behind him. "I thought I'd find you here," the voice said. He turned and saw Jen's pretty, smiling face. She sat down next to him. "Is that your Highland Park scotch?"

"Yeah."

She took his glass and took a sip. It was strong, but smooth. She liked it.

"You drink scotch now?" Mike asked surprised.

"Sometimes," she said. She took another sip and handed it back to him. She asked "Are you seeing Jasmine this weekend?"

Mike shrugged. "Honestly I'm not sure where I am with Jasmine."

"Oh why?"

"She wants me to be someone I'm not."

"Sorry," Jen said. They were silent as they watched the game.

"Happy hour's over?" Mike asked breaking the silence.

"Not quite," Jen said. "People are figuring out where to go for dinner." After a moment Jen asked "How do you feel about Jasmine?"

"I'm not sure," Mike said with an uncertain laugh. "Are you seeing Clint this weekend?"

"In a little while actually," Jen said. "He just flew in. He's meeting us for dinner."

Mike nodded. He noticed Jen hadn't invited him to dinner, but then why should she? She was with Clint now. She wanted to be with Clint when she was out to dinner with her work friends.

"So I want to thank you for all your help with Anna," Jen said. "It's nice having you around. Things ended so ... I mean ... there were a lot unresolved things. I feel like --."

"Closure," Mike said giving Jen a melancholy smile.

"Yeah," Jen said, her smile melancholy too. "It's a good thing, right?"

"Yeah, definitely," Mike said giving her a more cheerful smile.

They heard a lot of enthusiastic hellos and excitement from the happy hour crowd. "That must be Clint," Jen said with a laugh. "He really plays up the Clint Eastwood thing."

"It's amazing how much he looks like Clint Eastwood," Mike said.

"I know right?" Jen said with another laugh. "You want to say hi?"

"I think I'll make a graceful exit," Mike said forcing a grin.

"Okay," Jen said with an understanding smile. "I'll see you Monday morning?"

"Absolutely," Mike said. They hugged briefly then parted.

Jen had fun at dinner. A lot of fun! It felt great to be out with her work friends again. Clint was outgoing, upbeat and fun. He was great company, he even laughed at himself when people told stupid lawyer jokes. Everyone always had fun around him, including Jen.

Clint and Jen's sex later that night was extremely intense and passionate, like the last time. Their sex life was really improving, and Jen was enjoying sex (and Clint!) more and more. She purposely avoided thinking about Mike fantasies while they made love. Yet, she still came twice with Clint! She felt so happy about that, she definitely was feeling like herself again!

"God that was incredible, you're gonna kill me!" Clint gushed as they lay next to each other in bed, panting from their incredible sex and orgasms.

"I'm not done with you yet mister," Jen teased, running her hand over his well-defined chest and arms.

"Is that a threat or a promise?" Clint said with a smile, repeating her joke.

Jen smiled and kissed him.

"You seem more relaxed," Clint said. "Happier."

"I think I am," Jen said nodding. "Mike and I have so much baggage. It's good having him around, talking through things. I'm not proud of things I did. Talking with Mike, I can live with it better, y'know?"

"Yeah, I understand," Clint said. "Will you tell me the things you're not proud of?"

"I'd rather not," Jen said with an embarrassed laugh. "I'd like to make a new start, concentrate on getting better."

"A new start with me?" Clint asked hopefully.

"You're the one in my bed Mr. Spaghetti cowboy," Jen teased. They kissed again.

"Thanks for being so understanding about Mike," Jen said a little later. She looked into his eyes and said "You're an amazing man."

"I just want you to be happy," Clint said pulling her into his arms.

"I am happy Clint, happier than I've been in a long time," she told him. They kissed and snuggled.

After leaving the happy hour, Mike called Jasmine. "How are you?" he asked.

"I'm okay," Jasmine said sounding sad. Then she admitted "I miss you."

"Can I come over?" Mike asked.

Jasmine paused, then said "Yeah, okay." Thirty minutes later he was in Jasmine's bed, fucking her.

Afterwards Jasmine said "You were barely there."

"What?" Mike asked not understanding.

"You were fucking me, but thinking about Jen, right?" Jasmine said accusingly. "Right?"

"I'm just helping with Anna," Mike insisted.

"Don't bullshit me!" Jasmine cried. Tears welled up in her eyes.

Mike felt terrible. He was acting like an ass, a player like Colin, Scott and Drums. "There's something about Jen," he admitted. "She gets inside my head."

"Then why do you keep seeing her?!" Jasmine cried.

"I don't know," Mike said. "We ended badly. I need to work things out with her, to get on with my life."

"God," Jasmine said, putting her hands in her head. After a moment she looked up "Have you slept with her?"

"No Jasmine," he said. At least that was the truth. "My new job starts soon. I think this'll all work itself out."

"Your new teaching job?" Jasmine said, not able to resist a dig. Realizing it was a bitchy thing to say, she quickly said "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. If teaching makes you happy, that's what you should do."

She sighed. "I guess I'll have to wait for you to get this out of your system. But don't sleep with her Mike. I can't handle it if you cheat on me."

"I'm not going to do that Jasmine," Mike said, running his hand up her very long, very shapely leg.

"You don't really think you're getting more tonight do you?" she said with a laugh.

"I guess not," Mike said with a laugh back.

Jasmine smiled, her tone softening. "I've got a thing tomorrow, at the Met. You'll go with me right?"

"Of course I will Jas, I want to," he assured her. He snuggled her and she fell asleep. He dreaded going to the Metropolitan Opera, he hated Jasmine's networking functions. But sometimes you had to do things you didn't want to.

Jen was with Clint, they seemed serious. He didn't know if he was meant to be with Jasmine. But he liked her, their sex was good. Jasmine was incredibly sexy and beautiful, he was the envy of every guy he knew. There were worse places to be.