If her husband had a problem with her reaching back out to her ex, he didn't say anything. She had been lying in bed with him when she got the text message. Richard was reading next to her.
She glanced at her husband as she often did throughout the day. She thought that he was so handsome, with his well kept beard. She had noticed the gray hairs in it but she had never mentioned them to him. She thought that they made him look more distinguished and she figured like someone's weight, you didn't need to tell them. That they knew what they knew where they were at.
He had kept himself in good shape. The two of them made frequent joint trips to the gym. She looked at his hands. The strong veins rising out of the back of them. The hairs rising out of the back of his arm up to the forest of chest hair under his shirt from some kind of team building trip his work had taken.
She picked up her phone and glanced at it.
"Hunh," she said.
"What's up?" Richard asked looking at her over his glasses.
"Kyle's in town."
"Hunh."
"Exactly."
"What does he want?"
"He wants to meet up."
"Do you want to meet up with him?"
"Would you be okay with that?"
"I trust you. I don't care. Besides, you always have your hall pass."
The hall pass. They had half joked about it. That they would each give other one off flings so that they could know that they were still desirable to someone outside their marriage. She had never expected to use hers. She didn't expect to use it now.
The text from Kyle had been innocent enough. There was nothing suggestive about it. He had simply asked her how she was doing and whether or not she would like to get dinner while he was in town. The idea was one that she had thought about. They usually didn't communicate. She wasn't sure if he was following her on her social media accounts. She just knew that she was curious. Curious to see him again. Somewhat hopeful that her life had turned out better than his. They had ended things amicably enough in college but there was still that little part of her that wanted to win.
"Are you sure you're okay with it?" she asked. "Do you want to come with me?"
"Do you want me to come with you?" he asked.
"He wants to meet up on the eighth."
"I'm going to be out of town."
"I don't have to meet up with him."
"My love, Jen, I trust you. You can meet up with him or not depended on how you feel about it. But I don't want you to meet up with him because of me. It should only be your decision."
She looked at him.
"I love you," she said.
She leaned over and kissed him. She let her phone fall away from her hand. He tried to put his book on his nightstand but couldn't find it and eventually whipped it across the room. She reached her hand down and into his sweatpants. He grabbed her wrist and pulled it out of his pants. She felt him smirk as she kissed him.
"You first," he said.
He pushed her back down onto her side of the bed. He climbed on top of her. He turned her into his toy. Touching her wherever he wanted. He pulled her shirt up, which allowed him to get at her breasts. He suckled on her nipple and played with the other until she let out a longing gasp.
He left her there and kissed his way down her stomach. He yanked off her shorts and opened his mouth wide. He closed it over her pussy and began to suck on her clit. It didn't take long for her to come. When she did, she arched her back off the bed. He moved quickly so that he could get at her neck to kiss and suck on it. He kissed her and she grabbed at his pants.
She pulled down his pants and his erection came forward to greet her. She stroked him once, twice and then pulled him into her wet pussy. She spread her legs to give him room. He thrusted into her like a man possessed. Whatever exhaustion he had been feeling before this, it was gone.
He pulled her off the bed so that she was sitting in his lap. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. She worked her lower half on him. Driving him wild. Driving them both wild. Eventually, he started to get near and she jumped off of him.
She brought her mouth down to him and began to suck on him.
"I'm going to finish," he gasped to her.
She pulled her mouth away and kept pumping him with her hand. He came in her hand. The white liquid spurting over her fingers. She smiled, got up and went to the bathroom to was her hand off.
She straightened herself out as her husband collapsed on the bed. She picked up her phone and texted Kyle.
Jen: Yeah, cool, it would be great to see you.
She collapsed onto the bed with her husband. The two of them falling asleep, sweaty and satisfied.
She didn't know what the first mistake was, maybe it was dressing to impress, maybe it was the drinking, maybe it was not seeing the possibility that he was attempting to hook up with her by eating at the restaurant in his hotel. it could have been a number of things.
But when she saw him, she thought that he looked good. His hair was still blonde and wavy. He had his easy going smile and he had kept himself in shape. He was wearing a buttoned down shirt and slacks standing at the bar waiting for her. She hugged him hello. They sat down at the table and their waiter brought them their menus.
"It's good to see you again," Kyle said.
"You too," Jen replied.
"You look the same since you were in college."