This is a continuation of the story "Ashley," (https://www.literotica.com/s/ashley-10) 5/14/2025. Some of the references in this story will make more sense if you read "Ashley" first.
Ashley and I were on our honeymoon at a cabin in the mountains when, after a particularly satisfying mid-afternoon sexual tryst, she asked, "Lisa wants to know if you still want to fuck her."
Aside from the inappropriate timing, we'd only been married for two days, I was in a post coital bliss and not mentally prepared for a question about my intentions concerning another woman.
"You've discussed it with her?" I asked.
"I have," Ashley admitted. "I avoid the topic but Lisa keeps returning to it. She actually suggested she could come with us on our honeymoon."
"Unbelievable," I commented.
"I didn't take her seriously but she was obviously trying to make a point," said Ashley.
"And that point is?" I asked.
"She wants to fuck you," stated Ashley.
"And you took that request seriously?" I wanted to know.
"Ordinarily I wouldn't," said Ashley. "But Lisa is my best friend after you. I've known her longer than I've known you. I couldn't ignore her."
"So, you told her that you'd ask me about it," I concluded.
"I did," admitted Ashley. "And you still haven't answered me."
"It's not a simple answer," I procrastinated. "Certainly, Lisa appeals to me on many levels. I don't know her well enough to build a meaningful relationship but I can relate to her physical attributes."
"Is that enough to want to fuck her?" Ashley asked.
"Under any other circumstances, yes," I confessed.
"And I'm the only thing standing in the way?" Ashley asked.
"Not you," I differed. "Our relationship. It's bigger than us or even the three of us."
"What if I told you it wouldn't have any effect on our relationship," Ashley explained.
"That's hard to believe," I stated honestly. "Your husband having sex with another woman, no matter who she is, has to have an emotional impact on you, even if you pretend it doesn't."
"Gary," said Ashley. "I love you. I give my real body to you. Relative to Lisa, I can separate my feelings similarly to how I successfully separated my feelings from my work as Mystique. It's not ignoring the facts, just accepting them as they are and placing them in the proper context."
"You could do that if I fucked Lisa?" I asked.
"I could," agreed Ashley. "You're both my friends and I have no concern about how you might relate to each other."
"What if I can't?" I asked.
"You can't what?" she asked.
"You may be able to control your anger and jealousy but I can't ignore the guilt," I told her.
"Guilt?"
"My guilt," I clarified. "I gave my vows to you. Not anyone else. And certainly not Lisa," I added.
"We didn't vow to 'forsaking all others, remember?" said Ashley. "And, if I give you my blessing wouldn't that ease your guilt?"
"It might," I admitted. "But we're working against years of education to always do the right thing. Having sex with someone other than you just doesn't feel like the right thing."
"Would it help if I was with you?" asked Ashley.
"God no," I answered quickly. "Even if I was convinced it was all right, I'd probably get so nervous with you present that both Lisa and I would be disappointed."
"I get it," conceded Ashley. "You and Lisa are on your own and you won't disappoint her."
"I haven't agreed yet," I reminded her. "I need some time to process your arguments although I don't fully understand them. I respect you and I also need to reconcile how not fucking Lisa isn't disrespecting you."
"Wow," said Ashley. "That's deep. Take your time. We won't see Lisa until after we get home in ten days. Meanwhile, could you roll over here and give me some respect?"
Lisa's name came up several times during the next ten days. One day, during a walk in the woods after we left our mark in a secluded glade, Ashley told me that Lisa hadn't had a man between her legs in months and it was driving her crazy.
"Lisa is a beautiful woman," I told her. "If she wants a man, all she has to do is sit at the end of the bar in the nearest pub and she'll have a dozen to choose from."
"She doesn't want just any man," Ashley said.
I left the conversation incomplete and we walked, hand in hand, back to the cabin.
On another day, while we were exploring the lake in a two-seated kayak, Ashley told me Lisa was dreaming about me.
"I assume her dreams include activities usually done with our clothes off," I stated.
"Good guess," confirmed Ashley. "Are you having similar dreams?"
"Yes," I admitted. "But it's always with you."
"That's sweet," cooed Ashley. "But I don't have Lisa's problem."
I pointed Ashley toward a brown bear on the beach and the conversation died while we watched the bear.
We got home late Saturday afternoon and we had sex for the first time as a married couple in our own bed.
Lisa's name didn't come up again until Tuesday after work. "I'm having lunch with Lisa tomorrow," said Ashley.
"That's nice," I said. "Say hello for me."
"What can I tell her?" asked Ashley.
"Tell her what?" I asked before I figured it out.
"When she can come over and have sex with you," Ashley reminded me.
"I haven't agreed to have sex with her yet," I insisted.
"Will Saturday work?" asked Ashley with a smile.
I couldn't answer her. The weight of her insistence made speech difficult.
Ashley invited Lisa to an early dinner late Saturday afternoon. She told me midafternoon on Saturday.
"What?" I asked hastily. "I haven't committed to anything."
"We know," Ashley said. "I thought talking to her might make your decision easier."
I took her hand and started for the bedroom. "Not now," Ashley said. "You should take a shower and shave," she suggested.
I showered, shaved and dressed in gray Dockers and a blue Polo shirt.
"Nice," approved Ashley. "Dressed to impress."
I hadn't thought about it consciously but now I was wondering if I had made a subconscious decision.
"Grab a beer and find something to watch on the television while I finish dinner preparation," suggested Ashley.
Ashley was still busy in the kitchen and the late game was about to start on the television when the doorbell rang.
"Will you get that?" asked Ashley from the kitchen.
Lisa was at the door. She had a bottle of wine in one hand and a bouquet of carnations in the other. Her hair was up in a ponytail, her makeup was light and she was wearing a bright yellow sundress with a square neckline and a skirt that flared from her waist to just below her knees. The neckline exposed her lightly tinted skin and just a hint of cleavage. "Hi," she said.
"Hi," I said. "Come in." Ashley arrived drying her hands with a kitchen towel. "Hey, girlfriend," Ashley said to Lisa. "You look incredible."
"I try," said Lisa. She handed the flowers and wine to Ashley, put her arms around me, gave me a hug and kissed me lightly on the lips. The three of us headed for the kitchen and dinner. Dinner was a shrimp salad with lemon vinegarette dressing and the wine complemented it perfectly. I thought that the women had somehow coordinated the meal.
Ashley had prepared a chocolate mousse with raspberries for dessert. While Ashley was assembling the dessert, Lisa stood up. "Excuse me," she said. "I need to use the loo."
"Through the archway on the right," directed Ashley and Lisa left the kitchen. She had something balled up in her hand when she returned and sat back at the table. She put her hand on the table next to me, opened her fist and withdrew her hand, leaving a pair of bright yellow panties on the table.
I suppressed my surprise. "Interesting," I said.
"I try," Lisa said.
We finished our mousse in silence. Ashley cleared the dishes, put them in the dishwasher and looked at her watch. "Look at the time. I have to go," she declared.
"Go? Where?" I asked.
"I promised Margo I'd go see the latest Ryan Reynolds movie with her," related Ashley.
"Tonight?" I asked.
"We made the plans weeks ago," Ashley said. "I told you at the time."
"I don't recall that," I said. "But you're going to leave me alone with Lisa."
"You'll be fine," Ashley said. "Lisa came to see you anyway, not me."
"But..." I tried to say.
"Don't worry. You and Lisa need time to get to know each other better. I'll be back in no time," Ashley called over her shoulder as she headed for the door.
Lisa and I sat at the kitchen table with her yellow panties on the table between us. I didn't know what to say and, if Lisa had any thoughts, she wasn't sharing them. I pointed to the panties. "Is this some kind of an invitation?" I asked.
"You could interpret it that way if you want," Lisa said.
"It's unusual," I commented. "It doesn't usually happen this way."
"I could put them back on if you want to take them off," Lisa said.
"No. That's fine," I said, thinking that everything I said and every response from Lisa was leading in only one direction and I wasn't avoiding it.
"You can touch them, you know," prompted Lisa.