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Monday, a workday and there was no time to laze in bed. I left Veronica to go about her toilet and dress and do all that other feminine stuff like putting on her makeup while I went into the kitchen to put together a breakfast and brew coffee.
I was pouring the coffee when she walked into the kitchen. She was beautiful, I smiled and I complimented her by saying, "Good morning .... Wow, I envy the men in your office, they will get to gaze at your loveliness all day today."
She laughed as she walked over and kissed my cheek. "Flattery will get you everywhere. That little comment is just one of the reasons that waking up in your flat is good for my well-being."
Veronica sat down on the opposite side of the kitchen island and inspected the breakfast I had laid out in front of her. She took a sip of her orange juice, gave a nod of approval and said, "Dougie, that was a fun night last night, I liked relaxing with you."
I nodded. "I liked it too."
She looked at me. "It's a shame, I'm going to miss you tonight."
I sighed. "Yes."
She picked up the coffee I had poured and as she sipped the cup she looked at me knowingly.
I stared at her, I knew what I wanted to say but I was nervous, afraid. This was difficult, years of failure and rejection with beautiful women like Veronica had left me timid and apprehensive.
Veronica continued to stare back at me as she sipped the coffee. It was obvious that she was waiting for me to take the next step.
The thought of just taking her to work and to say goodbye when she got out of my car was unbearable. I didn't want her to just walk out of my life when I dropped her off in front of her office. I knew what I wanted; I wanted Veronica to stay here in my apartment with me and I didn't want it to just be for tonight. I wanted her to stay in my apartment with me forever.
I took a deep breath and said, "Veronica you don't have to go home tonight; stay here with me, please stay here with me."
Veronica put her cup down on the counter, studied my face and after a moment said, "Dougie are you asking me to live with you?"
I nodded, "Yes I am. Veronica please stay here in my apartment, please live with me."
Veronica laughed and came around the island and threw her arms around me to give me a hug. She cried, "Right answer, Yes Dougie, yes please. I want to stay with you tonight; I want to stay with you tomorrow night; I want to stay with you till the end of time."
I turned in my seat and we kissed for what seemed forever. When she finally released me she said, "We need to figure out how we're going to make this work."
I looked at her, puzzled by her switch to a matter-of-fact way of speaking.
Veronica laughed to see my expression,. "Don't be worried, Dougie if I'm going to live with you I have to have my things."
She paused to think and then continued. "Hmm, so many things to sort out. I need to give thirty days notice to my landlord which should give me enough time to get everything done. Then I shall need to get some of my things out of my apartment right away. Tell you what, why don't you pick me up after work and take me there so I can get some of my things to bring over here?"
The speed with which she had agreed to make the move had left me flustered and embarrassed. I shook my head and stammered, "No I'm sorry, I can't. Monday's and Wednesday's I teach an evening class on eighteenth century English Literature. It starts at 6:00 and doesn't finish until at least 8:30."
I'm not sure why I gave her so much detail, it's just something I tend to do whenever I'm embarrassed, I babble. I babbled on, "It meets late in the day; it's very popular with adult students."
Veronica grinned at my babbling, "Dougie, that sounds interesting, I would love to take that class."
I looked to see if she was making fun of me but, no, she seemed quite sincere so I calmed down and said, "I think that can be easily arranged. Would you like to come tonight, shall I enrol you?"
Veronica shook her head. "A nice idea but, no, I think I'd better spend my evening sorting out a few things to bring over to your apartment. I'll manage on my own and see you later."
I composed myself and attempted to regain control of the situation and said, "Yes, of course; you're absolutely right, good idea," before walking to my little office to find a spare key to my flat and an entry card for the gates to the complex. I handed them to Veronica. "These are yours. The card will open the gates and you can park out the front of this building, I'm allotted two parking places ... and this is your key to our apartment."
Veronica took the card and the key and then stared at me quizzically.
I stared back at her. After a moment I asked, "What?"
Veronica whispered, "Do you know what you just did? You just called this 'our' apartment. Dougie, do you really mean that?"
I smiled at her, "Yes, yes I do."
She put the keys into her purse and left me to go 'powder her nose' or something. I leaned back against the counter and took several deep breaths. What was I getting myself into?
Veronica had already made it quite clear that our relationship would be one where she could do what she wanted and that I would, quite literally, have to suck it up without complaint. Is this what I really wanted to do? Fantasizing about seeing a woman you're falling in love with having sex with another man is one thing; seeing it in real life is something else. She had already said that she was presently seeing that Ron character who's car we had seen parked outside Zizi's
I stood perfectly still with my eyes closed and my mind was filled with an image of Veronica kneeling next to Ron with his cock in her mouth. I squirmed with excitement at the idea but at the same time sensed anger, hurt, upset and humiliation.
As I stood there the old images of my ex-wife and her boyfriend from the gym and their humiliation of me forced their way into my mind and I wondered if I actually wanted to go back and relive those times; whether this time I might have the guts to storm back into my bedroom and throw the cheating pair out of my apartment. Then I paused and remembered on that fateful night when I had walked in on my ex wife and her lover that it had been so much easier (and pleasurable) that I'd just gone into another room, sat down and allowed myself to relax and wank as I listened to their love making.
Gradually my pulse rate and blood pressure began to drop so I sat down at the kitchen island with a smile on my face. Unlike my ex-wife, Veronica hadn't been deceitful or dishonest. In fact, she'd made it very clear to me that she was going to do this.
I chuckled, my deepest fantasies were actually coming true. I really was going to become what I had subconsciously enjoyed being. I was a cuckold.
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The following week was a mad exhausting whirl as we adapted to actually living together. We both had our own day time schedules to follow, her work, my teaching, and in between the times when we weren't working there was the reality and logistics of moving Veronica's possessions from her old address to mine. There was little time to relax and indeed, come bedtime, there was little interest in doing anything other than sleep. So it was that come the weekend we both looked forward to having some relaxation in our shared abode.
My suggestion of us having a quiet night in on Saturday night rather than going out to celebrate our 'married status' was enthusiastically accepted, especially when I said that I would cook us a meal that would demonstrate my prowess as a chef. She laughed at that claim and said, "Prove it."
She then went on to say that her friend Ron had texted her in the week enquiring after her, having heard that she had a new address, "He said he had some of my stuff and I hope you don't mind but I invited him to visit and bring it over and also give him the chance to appreciate what a nice situation I had moved in to."