I'm sitting in the pub with a few of the girls from the evening class I go to. My husband Peter is there too; he's come to give me a lift home. The girls have never met him before. Then this other guy comes and sits next to me, starts chatting me up. He looks early 30s -- I'm 25 - and really fancies himself. Nice looking, and a good line in humorous banter; wedding ring on his finger, but...I know I should just tell him to piss off; but it's always quite flattering when this happens, and Peter doesn't seem to have noticed. I know it's wrong of me to flirt with this interloper, with my husband sitting right next to me, but I just can't help myself.
After about half an hour the guy -- he tells me to call him John -- leans right into me, his lips nuzzling into my auburn hair, and whispers that he wants me to come home with him. I giggle nervously and flutter my eyes away from him. "I can't," I whisper, "this is my husband here." Some of the girls are giving us odd looks, but Peter still seems oblivious.
"I don't care about him" John mutters, his lips practically brushing my ear. "I'll make it worth your while." I giggle again, really quite embarrassed. When he reaches into his trousers I wonder for a second what he's going to pull out; but my eyes widen in surprise as he deposits a wad of bank notes on the table in front of me. "A thousand pounds to come home with me, just for one night."
I glance at the others out of the corner of my eye: Maggie is nudging Lucy and pointing, Julie is staring with her mouth hanging open -- but Peter still apparently hasn't noticed what's going on. A nervous tremor in my voice, I say, "I can't do that; not with my husband sitting right next to me. Look, why don't I give you my 'phone number?"
John reaches into his pocket again. "Not good enough. All right, two thousand. Just for one night of sex." I stare goggle-eyed at the money -- so much money. I'm vaguely aware that Peter has finally noticed, and has asked John what he's up to. John ignores him entirely.
"I'll sleep with you for two thousand pounds." It's little Julie, her eyes swivelling between John, the money, me, Peter, who's sitting with a stunned expression of disbelief on his face, back to the money.
John snaps "I don't want you." His cool blue eyes never leave my dark brown ones; he reaches into his pocket a third time, scoops out more notes. "Five thousand. That's it. Take it or leave it."
Peter finally comes to life, and asks the guy what the fuck he thinks he's doing. Cool as a cucumber, John says, "I'm offering your wife five thousand pounds to spend the night with me. It's nothing to do with you - unless you want to make something of it?" Drinkers around us have gone quiet, sensing the drama unfolding at our table. John stands, his hands bunching into fists. He's a big guy. Peter stares at him, going pale, swallows...and hangs his head, shaking it. No, he doesn't want to make anything of it. John holds his hand out to me. As if in a daze I take it, scoop up the money with my other hand.
Maggie stares at me as if I've just shit myself in public. "Alison, for Christ's sake, you can't be serious."
Peter raises his head, his eyes rimmed with red. "Ali, please, don't do this. You can't. I love you."
Tears prickle in my eyes as I say, "I'm sorry Peter, but...five thousand pounds. Look, I'll see you tomorrow darling, okay? I love you too." As I walk out of the door like a zombie, John's hand gripping my elbow, I glance back once. Peter is openly weeping, his head sinking to Maggie's chest as she wraps a comforting arm around him, staring at me with murder in her eyes.
We don't speak in John's car. He occasionally glances at me out of the corner of his eye. I sit staring sightlessly through the windscreen, my face reflecting pain for the man I've left sitting in anguish in the pub, and uncertain anticipation for the man now sitting beside me. It doesn't take long to reach John's apartment. It's stylishly decorated, clear signs of someone with real taste. There are also signs that he doesn't live here alone -- presumably his lady's away for the night. I drop my raincoat and shoulder bag in a chair and he guides me, a hand in the small of my back, to the bedroom. Once there he hugs me tightly to him, thrusting his tongue between my lips. My arms hang loose at my sides as he continues to rape my mouth with his tongue. "Nice; you taste of Bailey's." He takes a step back, reaches out and rips my blouse open, buttons flying off. I gasp in shock. He chuckles. "Five grand buys a lot of shirts."
My eyes reflect fear now, and John sees it. He places a hand against my cheek, stroking it with a thumb, and says in a soft voice, "Hey, I'm sorry, I'd never hurt you. I want you to enjoy this as much as I intend to." Gentle now, he slips my blouse off my shoulders, reaches around my back to unclip my bra. I feel my heavy pale breasts drop. "Nice tits; I knew they would be." He kneels before me, reaches up my skirt, slides his fingers under the waistband of my pants and pulls them and my tights down in one, slowly, enjoying the slight sigh they make as they slip down my legs. I step out of them and my shoes. Then he unzips my skirt and eases that down. He runs his hands gently up my long, slim legs, wraps his fingers around my buttocks, the tips digging into my flesh. I gasp again as he presses his lips to the shaved flesh of my pubic mound. Releasing me, he stands, a confident leer playing about his lips, and silently nods towards the king-size bed across the room. Obediently I walk towards it, feeling his eyes burning into my back. I lay on the bed, my legs slightly parted. After all, I've sold myself to him, like a camel in an Arab bazaar; for the next few hours I'm his property.
He strips unhurriedly and walks over to join me on the bed. His large, sinewy cock is stiff and stands out from his belly. As he lays beside me he notices my eyes on it and grins. He says simply "Suck it". As ordered I squat between his legs. He has large hairy balls and I cup a hand round them. Then I run the tip of my tongue up the underside of his circumcised cock. It twitches slightly and I hear him growl softly: he likes that. I repeat the movement. Then I take it into my mouth, rubbing my teeth up and down it, biting into it as firmly as I dare, gently squeezing his balls. He wraps his fingers in my hair, grabbing a hank, pulling quite roughly. He groans "Fuck, you're good at this. Your husband's a lucky man." Not feeling like replying I lick my tongue around his shaft, feeling every contour, tasting the light sheen of sweat that has built up. I feel it twitching more regularly as he gets closer to coming. When he does the head bucks against the roof of my mouth, a jet of hot semen striking the back of my throat. I swallow it, savouring the salty taste. His fingers in my hair relax, he twirls a lock between them. "That was great. You'll do that again before morning."