Zoe had become a trophy wife. She had been married to Charles for nearly three years. She had not seen herself as a trophy wife when they were first together. Yes he had always been a bit of a man's man. She loved the wealth and social status that being married to him had brought her and she thought she could change his womanizing and domineering behavior. Three years in she had given up on thoughts of changing him and only the thought of losing her wealthy lifestyle stopped her from ending the marriage. She was not from a poor background but there was not money in her family.
She had always been outgoing, confident the life and soul of the party. She had always turned heads and usually managed to attract most men she set out to. Often this had led to brief sexual relationships. The one thing that had remained constant and great help to her during her marriage was her friendship with her best friend Cathy and her husband Carl. Carl was a very close friend, more like a brother who would always do anything to help Zoe. Cathy and Carl were her only friends that Charles had allowed Zoe to keep close. Zoe was sure this was for one reason only. Charles wanted to get Cathy into bed. He made this totally obvious to everyone particularly Cathy, Carl and most of all Zoe. He claimed no woman had ever held out against his charms for as long as Cathy.
While Charles was away on a business trip, or at least that was what he called it, the three friends went out for a drink. On returning to Cathy and Carl's house Zoe broke down and admitted that she was very unhappy in her marriage but knew she could not end it. She said that when she had confronted Charles about messages a woman had left on his phone he had told her that if she didn't like him seeing other women it was tough luck. He quickly added that if he ever found out that Zoe had been with another man she would be out on the street without a pot to piss in.
Zoe admitted that there was little she could do but wanted just once to get the better of the man she often now despised. She also wanted to experience some sexual fun. Charles still demanded his marital rights but Zoe did not get much pleasure from these occasions and certainly no fun. Even her orgasms were seen as a victory to the smug Charles. In an atmosphere fuelled by just enough drink it was agreed that the three would come up with a plan that would allow some revenge to be gained by Zoe over Charles.
The first thing that occurred to them was that Charles could not resist a bet. The second thing they thought was that he would bet anything if the prize was to get Cathy into bed. Cathy was initially shocked to think that she might be used as bait, but enjoyed the thought when it was agreed that there never be any risk of the bet being lost. The idea of a straight bet with Charles being able to sleep with Cathy if he won and Zoe being able to sleep with someone if he lost was dismissed as there still had to be a certainty of Charles losing. Charles was also very possessive and wouldn't like the idea that Zoe would consider being allowed to sleep with someone as a prize. The evening ended with all three agreeing to try and come up with a clever plan. Even though Zoe was sure no such plan would be thought up she enjoyed the idea of trying to find one. Carl was a writer of novels and if anyone could think up a plan it would be him.
Carl loved the idea of the challenge. His stories were full of clever plots but this one really would be his greatest challenge. The next day he sat down and typed up the requirements of the plan.
The victim (Charles) must never know he was set up.
There must be no chance of Charles winning the bet.
Zoe must at all times appear totally innocent of any plotting.
Zoe must end up enjoying a sexual experience with someone of her choice without appearing to want this or plan this.
Charles should appear to be the one who "subjects" Zoe to this sexual experience.
His plots were often complicated like this appeared to be. He knew he would have to use the many character flaws of Charles against him. Carl's creative juices were soon flowing at their very best. Charles had no respect for Carl himself so that could be used. Charles loved to belittle almost everybody in his presence. Charles was obsessed about getting Cathy into bed. Charles did not show Zoe the respect she deserved.
As Carl thought through possible plot options something seemed to keep recurring in his thoughts. It was something he had written in one of his early novels. It involved hypnosis. It was something about someone pretending to be hypnotized when they were not. This might be useful in Zoe being able to do things that appeared out of character, things she was not apparently choosing to do. Things suddenly started to fall into place. He now had to share it with his co-conspirators.
The three met up again and Carl outlined the basics of his plan. It was not fully thought through but he was happy to present it to the others. He didn't wait until the first drinks were poured.
"Let me outline a possible plan that might deliver what we all would like to see. Charles taken down a peg or two and Zoe enjoying some good sex. Sorry I didn't mean that we all needed to see Zoe enjoying some good sex. Forget that bit and hear me out. Imagine a situation where I say that I have been working on becoming a hypnotist. Charles would be his usual dismissive self. If I offered to hypnotize him he would be certain he could resist. He would be able to because I have no skills in the area at all. I could then offer him a bet. If I was unable to hypnotize Zoe he would win the bet and his prize would be to sleep with Cathy. If I was able to, or actually appear to, hypnotize Zoe he would lose the bet and I get Zoe to do whatever I wanted under hypnosis. Anything Zoe did supposedly under hypnosis she could not be blamed for. Anything she did under hypnosis would be because he had lost a bet."
"That is fucking brilliant. There is one question that it does not quite answer. Who does Zoe get her great sex with? Right at the moment I can only see me, the bait, Charles the victim and Zoe the victor. Do I assume that you Carl are the lucky recipient of Zoe's sexual attentions? Great plan but you do seem to be a big winner in this plan."
"It is a flaw in what I hope you all think is a rather clever plan. Zoe I will always love you but like a sister and this plan does not involve you having sex with me."
It was Zoe who then interjected with.
"I have who would be perfect for my sexual liaison. Charles has an important business contact visiting us next week that Charles has always been very uncomfortable with. He does not want to upset this man, Josh, but he is not happy how forward he is with me. Josh is a hunk and would be the perfect person. I would love to have sex with him in front of Charles and Charles would be gutted if we could engineer it so that it looks like he, Charles, is responsible for forcing me into having sex with Josh. All we have to do is set it up so that the five of us can have an evening together and a little drink is involved. Carl you are a genius."
Zoe appeared to be being the perfect wife as she set up an evening with the five of them together. She would produce the food and her friends could put into place the most devious of plans. The plans that would get her laid in front of her controlling husband who might even feel guilty for putting her in this most embarrassing of positions. Perfect.
Cathy did have a huge smile when Zoe introduced Josh to her. He was a big man, tall, broad muscular but carrying just a little extra weight. He immediately came across as very confident with a little less conceit than Charles. Cathy had to admit that he was very striking (not the words she used to Carl later when describing him). Josh had held onto Zoe a little longer than strictly necessary when greeting her and everyone noticed how his hand was more on Zoe's bottom than her lower back.
The dinner went perfectly with Zoe taking credit for the food that had been produced almost completely by the chef she had employed for the evening. Josh was often center stage and didn't restrict his flirting to just Zoe. Plenty of wine and a few beers had been consumed when Carl raised the issue that he had been studying hypnosis and was confident that he would now be able to put somebody under. Charles was immediately dismissive of Carl and said that no hypnotist would be able to put him under and in particular Carl who was a novice.
Carl asked Charles if he could experiment by trying to put him under. Charles was so confident in himself and dismissive of Carl he just said.
"Go on then bring it on."
Carl had read enough to pretend to try and hypnotize Charles. After five minutes Charles declared that Carl would never be able to hypnotize anyone. Carl acted hurt and said he would enter into a bet with Charles that he would be able to hypnotize Zoe. Charles straight away jumped at the idea of a bet he was sure he would win.
"Okay I accept your bet if we can agree the stakes."
Carl pretended to back down a little as if lacking confidence. Charles then struck with his proposal of the stakes.
"Okay if you are so certain of yourself I suggest that if you loss I get to spend I night with Cathy."
At this Cathy protested loudly asking whether she had a say in this bet.
Carl ignored this protest and asked Charles what he was offering as his stake in the bet.
"If you succeed in hypnotizing my beautiful wife I will allow you to get her to do whatever you want while she is under hypnosis."
It was now Zoe who protested as loudly as Cathy asking exactly the same question.
As if trying to placate Zoe, Carl said that a hypnotist could not force anyone to do anything that they would not do if not under hypnosis. Charles seemed to ignore that if he lost the bet it would be Zoe who would pay the price. Showing his normal disrespect towards Carl he said.
"I always knew you wanted to get into Zoe's pants but you will not win this bet."
"I promise that as lovely as Zoe is I will not touch her in any way if I win the bet."
Charles heard this but just laughed it off.
"Do you really want to risk what Carl might want me to do under hypnosis? I know you want to screw Cathy but are you sure you want to expose me to the risk?"
Charles had taken the bait, hook line and sinker. Nothing was going to get him to back down now. Zoe had voiced her disapproval of the bet and therefore could not be blamed for anything she did under "hypnosis".
Carl now set things up to pretend to hypnotize Zoe. Eventually he counted her down telling her she was going to go into a deep sleep and that she should only listen to his voice. She would do everything he told her to. When she went limp he told her to do a number of very basic things including raising her arms, scratching her nose and pretending to brush her hair. He then said that she could wake up. When she did he asked her what she had just done. She told them all what she had done. Carl asked her why she had done the things she had. Zoe looked puzzled at this and said she wasn't sure but she had just wanted to do them. Carl then put her back into her deep sleep.
Charles was a little surprised but said that what had happened did not prove that Zoe had been hypnotized. Carl said that he understood Charles's doubts and said that he would now try something more challenging. He told Zoe that she should cross the room, straddle her husband's lap and give him the sexist kiss ever. She had never been particularly fond of long kisses with Charles but knew she had to do a good job. It certainly looked a great kiss to the three observing and Josh gave a little clap when the kiss finished.
