I edged closer to the neighbor's pool, heated and steaming as my heart pounding not with fury, but curiosity. There he was, my husband, broad-shouldered and sun-kissed from his days of carpentry, muscles taut as he moved with a primal rhythm I had never witnessed before.
"Ah, damn, that's good," I heard her moan, the sound slicing through the thick air.
"Like that?" His voice was husky, different. Commanding in a way that sent an unfamiliar shiver down my spine.
I should've been outraged, but instead, a strange warmth bloomed within me. Their bodies glistened with water and sweat, entwined in unabashed desire. She was attractive, no doubt, legs wrapped around him like ivy on an oak. Her husband, some tech wizard, probably never touched her with such unbridled passion.
"More, give me more," she begged, and my husband obliged, his hands grasping her hips, guiding them to meet each thrust.
A coldness had settled between us long ago, our own encounters nothing more than routine. But this, this was raw and alive. It ignited something within me, a flicker of intrigue at the thought of being watched with the same intensity.
"Fuck, yes!" He grunted, and I saw her nails dig into the small of his back.
My breath caught. This wasn't just sex; it was a performance, and I was the unintended audience. Could the sight of me with another bring out this beast in him? Would he watch with darkened eyes, jaw clenched, veins throbbing with jealousy and desire?
"Harder," she gasped, and he drove into her with the power of a hammer driving nails into wood.
The idea took hold, a forbidden seed planted in the fertile ground of my imagination. What if he saw me like this, lost in ecstasy beneath another? Would it rekindle the fire that once raged between us?
"Come for me," he commanded, and she shattered, her cries echoing off the water, a siren's song luring me toward uncharted waters.
As they collapsed into each other, spent and panting, I slipped away unnoticed, my mind alight with possibilities. If watching him could set my pulse racing, what would watching me do to him? A plan hatched in my mind instantly that made me smile.
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The doorbell chimed, and I sauntered over with a calculated casualness, plucking the card from the bouquet of red roses. His eyes, heavy with questions, followed me as I set them in a vase.
"Who's the lucky guy?" he asked, a forced lightness in his tone.
"Does it matter?" I tossed back, my fingers deliberately caressing the petals. He watched, something flickering behind his gaze. The candy arrived next, decadent chocolates that I let melt on my tongue, savoring each bite under his increasingly watchful eyes. Then came the lingerie, delicate and provocative, which I left conspicuously on our bed.
"Someone's been busy," he remarked dryly, but I could see the intrigue, the spark of interest lighting the kindling I had carefully laid out.
Valentine's Day dawned with expectancy hanging thick in the air. He found me in the kitchen, the aroma of coffee mingling with the scent of anticipation. I leaned against the counter, the silky fabric of my robe hinting at the secrets beneath.
"Okay, what's going on?" he demanded, his voice betraying a taut edge.
I took a languid sip of my coffee. "Well, I've been seeing this guy," I began, watching his reaction closely.
"Seeing? As in…?" His hands clenched into fists.
"Seeing," I affirmed, my heart hammering against my ribs. "What? You're cheating on me? With the little honey pot next door, right?" Disbelief, outrage, perhaps even hurt, flickered across his rugged features.
"Is it cheating if it's playing by your rules?" I countered. His jaw tightened, and for a moment, we were locked in a silent battle of wills.
"Double standards don't suit you," I added softly, tipping the balance. Recognition darkened his expression; he knew then that his secret rendezvous was no longer secret.
"Damn," he muttered, the word hanging between us like a challenge.
"Damn indeed," I whispered back, feeling the shift, the beginning of something new, something dangerously thrilling.
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His gaze drilled into me, a mix of anger and something else - something hungry. I could almost see the cogs turning in his head, recalibrating the game we'd been playing separately together.
"Tell me about this guy," he growled, voice thick with barely restrained emotions.
I tilted my head, feigned innocence laced with mischief. "He's… impressive," I said, drawing out the word, savoring the tension. "Bigger than you, but only just."
"Is that right?" His hands found the countertop, gripping the edge as if to steady himself against the storm I was conjuring.
"Uh-huh." I smiled, sweetly venomous. "And when he fucks me… The way he takes my nipples in his mouth… The way he grabs my ass as he shoves it in so deep," I closed my eyes, recalling the image of my husband with her, repurposing it to stoke the fire. "It's like nothing else."
"Jesus," he muttered, jaw working as if chewing on the images I'd painted, the betrayal.