Chapter 21
The Business Trip
Paul and Nancy celebrated their one-year anniversary with a romantic river cruise and Nancy remained glowing for two weeks after they returned. Over the past 18 months, since she met Paul, she re-discovered sex as both part of making love and also a way to enjoy others. She had never known the deep, abiding love like she shared with Paul and very clearly saw how broken her first marriage was from the very start.
She first became sexually active in high school, when she began to masturbate. Boys tended to ignore her and was only invited out on a few dates. She limited her dates to nothing more than kissing and playing with her immature breasts, and quickly discovered that all they wanted was to get in her pants. She overheard two girls talking in the locker room one day as they compared the sexual performances of boys they had been with. They clearly had no interest in the boys other than sex which shocked Nancy. She had always believed in remaining a virgin until her wedding night.
Nancy dated Ben for the last two years of school and convinced herself she was in love. By then, her sexual activities had grown to include oral sex, but she insisted on remaining a virgin until her wedding night. When Ben proposed to her the week before they graduated from high school, Nancy finally relented and immediately got pregnant. They kept everything a secret from their parents until she started to show and then had a quick civil ceremony with only the parents in attendance.
After they had sex the first few times, Nancy's sex drive was in high gear, just as her husband became less attentive. Nancy tried to regain his interest, but he first used college studies and later, his job as the excuse to not engage with her very much. In private, she blamed herself for not being as desirable as he wanted, particularly when her figure changed after childbirth. She had tried losing weight and changing her appearance to become more attractive to him, but he never seemed to notice which further fueled her insecurity and low self-esteem. Nevertheless, she remained faithful to him for 28 years before finally accepting that there was never going to be the love in her marriage that she dreamed about. She divorced him and struck out on her own with support from her younger sisters, especially Ann.
She was not interested in trying to find another man, but did go out on a few dates that were usually set up by her friends. Nothing ever developed past the first date with any of those men and was content to dedicate herself to her work. She had lost all interest in sex many years before and became celibate, without even the occasional masturbation that she relied on for sexual relief during most of her marriage. All of that changed literally overnight when she met Paul by chance and they immediately clicked.
She initially had difficulty accepting that he was attracted to her, especially in a physical sense, but as they spent more time together, her sex drive became reenergized. She found herself wanting more and more sex and Paul was a willing and fully engaged lover. He introduced her to new sexual activities and helped her become more comfortable with her body and her sexuality. A visit by her sister and brother-in-law opened her eyes to the swing lifestyle and with some prodding by her sister, Nancy was convinced to try it. After she got past her initial modesty and fear of rejection, Nancy was surprised by how much she enjoyed it. As her self-confidence grew, she became more willing to try new activities which led to discovering more about herself in the process.
Nancy had always known that she liked her breasts played with and enjoyed some degree of roughness with her nipples. However, she quickly found out that she had a large streak of voyeurism in her and would often watch other people have sex while she masturbated from a distance. Since opening herself up, she also discovered she enjoyed having sex with another woman, but did not consider herself bi-sexual.
Paul noticed it the changes in her as well, and he enjoyed helping her along as she became more and more adventurous in her bedroom activities. They made love three to four times a week; most of the time, it was a leisurely, tender, and very emotionally connected bonding. However, there were times when one or both of them wanted to be more energetic, lustful, or playful, and those times provided more spice to their life together.
He was truly surprised by how fast she got into the swinging scene with her sister and other friends they had met along the way. They would usually attend a large party once a month of like-minded couples and those gatherings led to other nights with just one other couple who they had met and enjoyed. Nancy had known Jeanne and Craig for years in her running club, but she had only recently discovered they were all part of the same swing group. That led to spending an entire weekend at their home and coming to view her friends in a completely different light. They hooked up at some of the monthly parties and later hosted the couple at Paul's house for another weekend of sex which was interrupted by a surprise drop-in visit by Nancy's sister, Ann, and her brother-in-law, James who ended up joining the two couples for the rest of the day.
Paul's job required him to travel and he was usually gone two to five days every other month. He and Nancy kept close with frequent phone calls and text messages during the day, and video chat in the evening. They would occasionally engage in cybersex during those evening chats, but Nancy found it a poor substitute for physical sex. When Paul would return home, he always knew that his wife would have something special planned and she didn't always wait until evening.
She picked him up at the airport one time wearing a long trench coat and nothing underneath it. He was amazed she walked into the airport that way and when they got in her car to leave, she drove to an isolated spot not far from the airport and made love. Another time, he came home to find her naked on the dining room table. She was on her hands and knees with her ass facing the door and her legs apart to give him a clear view of her wet pussy. "Dinner's ready!" she had announced, and Paul dropped everything to dig in.
Paul's current trip was scheduled to last a week, but problems developed at the site and he was extended at least one more week. Nancy had never been separated from him that long since the first day they met and when he called to break the news of his travel extension, she tried to take it well. However, that night as she lay alone in their bed, all she could think of was having at least ten more nights just like it and she grew more distraught.
The next day when they spoke on the phone, she tried to get him to tell his boss that he had to go home, but she knew it was an unfair request. That night, they tried to engage in cybersex, but she couldn't get her mind engaged and it went nowhere. She shared her frustration with her sister who was sympathetic, but had only one recommendation. Ann asked Nancy to consider talking to Paul and getting his permission to have a man over for sex one evening.
Nancy was opposed to the idea from the start. She and Paul had never engaged in sex outside their marriage unless they were both present. Anything else would have seemed like sneaking around behind the other spouse's back. Ann could understand since she and James had the same understanding, but they both knew of couples where permission had been given to engage with others when the spouse wasn't there.
After two more days, Nancy was tired of masturbation and wanted a man inside her. She spoke to Paul of her conversation with Ann and her sister's idea, and was flabbergasted when Paul said okay.
"I wasn't telling you that to ask you indirectly," she said.
