"I think I have an admirer," my wife said one day.
"Oh? Do tell."
She told. The man was a divorced, highly successful business man who served on the museum board of trustees, as did my wife Jill. I had met him once or twice, very casually, and it took some concentration to remember exactly what he looked like. Nothing impressive came to mind. And that made Jill's fluttery, bubbly response to his admiration all the more intriguing.
They had spent proximity time at the museum, enhanced with private lunches and other togetherness, talking business. He was obviously attracted to her, and had been tossing signals in a civilized and courtly way.
"You know? I had pretty much forgotten how much power that kind of flattery can hold." She said.
"And... are you... attracted to him... in, you know, that way?"
She looked me in the eye, and said, "Yes. I am."
For the very first time I felt a sharp twist of jealousy. In our threesomes I had watched her suck cocks of other men. I had watched her dig her heels into the ass cheeks of other men to pull their thrusting cocks deeper into her as she reached for her orgasm. And I never felt the slightest bit of jealousy. I had no jealousy whatever of the many men who fucked her in her single years. But when she looked me in the eye and said "Yes. I am," sexually attracted to her new admirer, I felt the clinch of jealousy. Crazy!
She read all that in my face, with a very strange expression on her face, which contained - damn it - gentle amusement. "You will like him when you get to know him." She said.
"Are you thinking...?"
"But of course! It's been a long time. We both need it, don't you think?"
"This is a new avenue of approach."
"And a quite exciting one. So... shall I cultivate him? Explore the possibility for our mutual benefit?"
"Hummmm." I stalled. This was different. Cultivating him, exploring the possibilities, was packed with ramifications never present in our previous threesomes. He was not an old fuck buddy of hers. He was a stranger to me. My wife was seeking my approval to unload all her seductive charms on him, all on her own. In many ways, it was like reverting back to our earliest fantasies of another man - do we really want to do it for real? Do we have the nerve? Actually, the question was did I have the nerve to reverse our roles and allow her to select and seduce a man to join us , instead of me choosing a man and giving him to her.
"What's his name again?"
"Roger."
"If Roger really turns you on, then okay," I said. "Cultivate him. Just be extremely cautious about exposing us to scandal."
"Do you really think you have to give me that warning?" She said, genuinely miffed.
Jill began a seduction of Roger. For all her experience in her single years, it was child's play. But she had to play her cards very carefully, calculate odds, manage her bets, cultivate his capacity for adventure, lure him into the jackpot of a threesome. An altogether new excitement gripped her. In many ways it was similar to a married woman having a cheating affair, except this husband was informed of every detail. She was more than flattered by his focused attentions, as they dovetailed with her stratagems, and her desire for him grew exponentially. Especially after their first kiss. And more kisses. Groping hands. Surging blood. Body heat.
"Nice cock?"
"Very nice. I gave it a hand rub in his pants. Big and hard."
"So, when are you going to pop the proposition?"
She laughed. "Damned if I really know. The timing is very delicate. Too soon and it could blow up in our faces. Trust me, Jack. I'm not trying to sneak in an affair under your nose. I don't want to lose him by playing our trump card too soon."
Hmmmmm. Very disquieting, her last statement. A different avenue of approach indeed. She was afraid of "losing" him.
Days later she said, "I'm beginning to suspect Roger doesn't have the mental wiring for a threesome."
"Did you ask him?"
"Much too soon. I have done some exploring of his mind set, feminine wiles and intuition, you know..."
Days after that she said, "I don't know how else to put this, but I might have to fuck him before I dare suggest a threesome."
"Putting it that way is clear enough."
"Well, it's entirely up to you. Would you be okay with that?"
God. What a question. Hell no I wasn't okay with that. At the same time, I questioned myself what would be so objectionable about it? The difference was I wouldn't be there, watching her, participating. And watching over her. A big difference. But everything that had transpired with Roger was a big difference. Their affair (why not call it that?) was a totally new experience for both of us. She had invested serious time, thought, and emotion in "cultivating" him. And in doing so she found a thrilling excitement and happiness neither of us could have foreseen.
"Well, if you think that will seal the deal, okay. But let's stipulate. You are not to make a habit of that."
"I know that! Trust me, Jack. You have to trust me, just as I always trusted you in selecting a man to provide that extra special thrill we both enjoy so much."
A telling reminder. I trusted her. I knew from my side of the equation the delicate risks of exposure, no matter how gradual and cleverly manipulated. My exposure, but especially Jill's. Any notion that my wife was a common whore beneath a camouflage of material wealth and social privilege had to be isolated and squashed. But her beauty and sexual allure made that relatively easy. A man could quickly reach a new level of sophistication, agree that such unusual perks could be incorporated in a solid and happy marriage, in light of his fantastic opportunity to fuck my wife. A truly unique and special woman, and he would respect and revere her. Jill's side of the equation was much different. Her exposure had already made clear her desire to spread her legs for Roger. That she was my wife was of no concern to him. But for him to learn that I knew, and was open to the possibility of his joining Jill and I for threesome sex, obligated her to protect my person and reputation at all costs. If the man I chose for us had some initial, and excusable, thoughts of Jill as a whore, what would the man that Jill selected to join us think of me, when he had the full picture? "Whore" could be a mild word by comparison.
Two weeks later she said, "Roger invited me to his house tomorrow night. After I told him you were out of town." Bam! My guts fell to the floor and I was hollow inside.
The following day, late afternoon, I watched her prepare. I even assisted. We both were abashed, and didn't quite know what to say. We compensated for that by being ultra cool about what was happening. My wife readying herself to fuck another man at his house while I waited at home. The first time ever in our marriage. The outrageous daring to do this. The sizzling erotic thrill in doing this, each of us sailing off into uncharted seas on separate ships. Our insides were churning with emotions, many of them exactly the same, others separate and intensely private. The reality of her going off alone to fuck Roger began to bury our common motive of seducing him into a threesome.