After Jessica proposed a solo weekend with Larry and a friend, Greg got really upset. She got the lecture of her life!
Jess was startled and a little afraid. Greg was really steamed at his wife’s modest proposal of a weekend in New York City with Larry. Maybe Larry’s hint of another male in the bed was what pushed him over the edge, into his denial of her request.
Her husband issued an ultimatum, that if she accepted Larry’s invitation, their marriage was over.
Jessica was taken aback at the fierceness of her husband’s reaction. Surely, he had some culpability for their threesome two weeks ago. Greg had let Larry into the house Saturday night. Greg had accepted and consumed the proffers the guy from Costco brought. Greg had willingly, albeit high, allowed his wife to lead Larry up the stairs to the marital bed. Greg had been on the bed during Larry’s first fucking rounds with the wife. Greg had then allowed the interloper hours alone with his wife, while he prepared a gourmet meal for the three of them. When the couple finally descended the stairs to the dining room, Greg dutifully played host. Greg, Larry and Jessica conversed as if nothing unusual had happened, with dinner conversation covering current topics and life stories. Greg had enjoyed reclaiming his bride a few nights later and all seemed right with the world: everyone got more than a little something out of the experience.
So why was Greg so upset? He ticked off his salient points.
The spark, of course, was her response to his question, “What happened to the sexy outfit Larry brought you? Where is it?”
Her self-incriminating response, “It’s in my hope chest.” damned her. That sentence revealed that the outfit was not a treasure she cared to share with her husband. It was for her lover. Furthermore, Greg felt betrayed by being blindsided, surprised by Larry’s visit. Wife Jessica, the scheming spouse, engineered a threesome with the guy she met at Costco. Jessica had dined with Larry, shared intimate details of marital foreplay, role-playing and drug use. The two plotted the best time to put their plan in motion. The final insult was that Greg’s wife changed her name for her prospective lover, from Jessica to ‘Jess’. Greg maintained from the start that she hated the handle Jess, yet she allowed Jess with her new beau. She would be a new woman in her own eyes as well. Greg read that implication immediately but did not act on his premonition. Instead, he let himself be manipulated by Larry’s hash and good whiskey. The New York invitation to continue the affair, sans Greg (yet with another third man), was the last straw. In short, a prosecutor would tell the jury that Larry and Jess had motive, means and opportunity!
Let’s look at each spouse’s errors. Issuing ultimatums drives the other party to dig his/her heels in deeper, accepting the dare. Even if Jess stayed home, she would stew. Making a lover’s intimate present a talisman reveals a level of affection no spouse can tolerate. Neither understood that a threesome requires absolute trust between the connected couple and the interloper. Secrecy feeds the fear of loss.
The only way back to normalcy was to start rebuilding that trust.
Jessica got high marks for catching on quickly. She started, “Greg, I am so sorry. I had no idea you would react this way. Of course, the New York thing is off.”
Greg retorted, “Forever, I expect.”
Jessica continued, “Until you can trust me and I can trust you. Larry was right about one thing, though.”
She took his hand, kissed each knuckle, lowered her head a bit, looked him in the eye and announced, “Larry said that once we begin this journey of threesomes, letting someone else into our sex life, we won’t want to stop. I could tell how hot you got, especially when I was fucking Larry’s face. You want to do it again. Am I right?”
“Yeah, Jessica. I was turned on and off at the same time.”
She answered, still holding his hand, “You trusted me with Larry upstairs, didn’t you? You knew that whatever happened, I was still your wife, your lover and soulmate forever.”
She asked, “Can I trust you now? If we do this again, will you always be there to reclaim me?”
“Of course,” he whispered while kissing the palm of her outreached hand.
Another two weeks passed. The married couple had fucked that evening and made love two more times hence.
In the afterglow of sex that last time, Jessica announced, “Larry called.”
As soon as she’d said it, she thought, “Oh fuck! What bad timing! But I just spurted it out. I know why, too. Despite Greg’s best efforts, just now I wanted another fat dick, a different pole fucking me. Maybe it showed? Oh, well. The cat is out of the bag!”
“He wants another go with you?” Greg asked.
“Another go with us. We talked for a while, about his businesses, politics and wines.”
“And fucking you?” was Greg’s response.
“Probably,” Jessica said. “But he is going to need you to invite him this time, so there is no confusion or doubt that you are just as much into this as I am and as he is.”
Jessica continued, “I told Larry that if our marriage was going to last an eternity, you and I had to trust each other completely.”
Greg surprised his wife with, “I’ll text him and invite him over next weekend.”
Jessica countered, “Larry wants to treat us to a stay at The Royal Hotel. He wants to rent a suite for a weekend so we can be free. Also, this time it won’t have the emotional baggage of me fucking somebody in our marital bed. It’s his treat and we can stay in the rooms all weekend, order room service, get massages, relax by the pool and take advantage of any amenities we care to use.”
She concluded with, “He didn’t say he was rich, but he has a lot of money to burn and really likes both of us.”
It would be another two weeks until the tryst. Two weeks of body-toning, exercise, diet adjustments, sexual mental imaging and shopping. At the end of that time, Greg and Jessica took the hour-long drive to the posh hotel, setting parameters as they traveled.
The wife had only one surprise, “Larry really likes to call me Jess. Do you mind that much if he does?”
Greg answered with a question, “How many times have Jess and Larry talked or texted since we set this up?”
“Not every day, but maybe every other day,” she answered.
“And?”
Jess was becoming wary with that line of questioning. She resolved to stay true to her word and not lie, overstate or diminish the texting and chatting. She would not be the one to talk about their sexting like teenagers.
“He wanted to know how you were doing. Larry wants to make sure we are all on-board, with no recriminations.” Left unsaid was Larry’s cautionary advice that neither she nor Greg would start to refer to these liaisons as ‘B.L.’ and ‘A.L.’: Before Larry and After Larry. Setting that kind of milestone would mean death to their arrangements, perhaps their marriage.
Greg planned to arrive at four in the afternoon. “If we show up at the three check-in time, we might appear too eager. Let Larry sit and fret for a while.”
Our married couple showed a little after four. Larry had already tipped the bellman and the porter, in exchange for a whisking of the couple through the lobby and into the bar area. Baggage was on its way to the penthouse suite.
Greg gentlemanly let his wife enter the cocktail lounge first. Jessica had had no time to really ‘powder her nose’ after the car ride. Larry spotted the couple and levitated himself to the pair who were waiting at the hostess podium.
“You look wonderful, beautiful, and gorgeous!” were Larry’s words as he swept her up and led her to a table.
He turned to Greg and said, “Look at my date! You are a very, very lucky man to have this bride to yourself most of the time. I am so, so fortunate to have her, at least for the weekend.”
That stunning statement overwhelmed Greg and he considered turning and walking out, with or without his wife.
But Greg had no time to think, because Larry leaned in close, reached out his hand to greet the husband (before he could bolt!), looked him in the eye and said, “I guarantee you will not be disappointed this weekend. We have enough woman here to keep us both happy for a long time. I want this to be as good for you as it will be for me.”
Just as the threesome sat, the first round of drinks arrived. “To us.” Larry raised his glass as a toast. All three downed their first shots of Irish whiskey in one swift movement.
Polite chatter ran on for a while, across two more shots each and a craft brew chaser.
Everyone loosened up. Jessica was the first to allude to romance.
Larry asked, “Did you bring that special outfit I got for you?”
She answered, “Of course I did. But I want to wear it for my husband. But he might have to wait a while before he sees it.”
Jessica, to Greg, “Sweetie, I am going to go to our room now, with Larry. I need to wash the road dust off me. I want some private time with Larry first. Remember, that was one of the things we talked about: each of my men takes me privately before you both have your way with me as a pair of skilled lovers.”