This is chapter four in the story of my long term affair with a women I'd come to love very much. In fact I honestly believe I loved her as much as I did my wife, although admittedly my wife still held an advantage over my lover.
The first part of this chapter is non-sexual, although there were definite sexual undertones involved, and is told to explain how I ended up in the situation that followed.
Candy and I have been involved intimately for almost a year now. We're able to get together at least two to three times a week and when my wife travels out of town on business, we spend most of those nights together too. Also since we work in the same industry we attend a lot of the same seminars and other industry meetings so this too allows us to spend time together.
Now we don't necessarily have sex every time we meet, our relationship is deeper than that. But Candy is a very passionate and sexual person so consequently our sex life is healthy and robust. When we have gotten together for sex we've met variously at hotels, at her office or at her house. We've also had sex in public a few times because it seems Candy has a thing for semi-public sex. On top of this, about seven or eight months ago Candy brought her long time female lover Jocelyn into our sex life. So between my wife, Candy and Jocelyn I was a busy boy in the sex department. I had no need or desire to look elsewhere for sex and frankly had about all I could handle at the moment.
One of the things I loved about Candy was she was spontaneous and unpredictable when it came to sex. She'd initiate sex at the oddest times and in the oddest places, for instance our first sexual encounter, the men's room at a lounge. At other times she'd slip into a role to do a little sexual role playing and not always tell you about it, so it sometimes caught me by surprise. Yes being with Candy was never dull, but sometimes her unpredictability was a little off-putting. Like the timeβ¦
My wife and I were out for the evening and had stopped for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. They weren't ready to seat us when we'd arrived even though we had a reservation because they were incredibly busy, especially for a weeknight.
As we stood near the hostess station talking someone touched my arm and said, "Hello, there! So good to see you again, it's been such a long time."
Turning I see Candy standing there along with a young, attractive black woman. It was absolutely unexpected seeing Candy at this restaurant tonight and knowing how unpredictable she is my pucker factor shot up by about 50%. But keeping my cool I introduced her to my wife Helen and Candy introduced us to her companion, Darla.
I reminded my wife, "Candy's the owner of the company where I'd worked on that project several months ago."
My wife said, "oh, yes, the woman from our son's ball game."
Candy replied, "That's right, you have a good memory."
"Not always," my wife replied.
Candy said, "I really didn't expect them to be so busy tonight. Do you folks have a reservation?"
Nodding I said, "Yes, we do."
Speaking to Darla Candy said, "I doubt we'll be able to get a table without a reservation as busy as they are. You mind going elsewhere for dinner?"
In my mind I almost let out a sigh of relief. And then my wife spoke up.
"Why don't you have dinner with us?" she offered.
Candy asked, "Are you sure you won't mind? We'd hate to impose."
Helen responded, "Of course not, they'll seat us at a table for four, plenty of room for everyone. Please you're most welcome to join us."
Candy smiled sweetly and said, "Well, in that case we'd certainly love to have dinner with you."
Standing with what I'm sure was a stupid smile on my face, my P-factor rose another ten points. When the Hostess called to seat us I let her know we'd be four now and she said, "No problem."
"So you say," I thought.
When we sat my wife was to my right and Darla to my left, which left Candy seated across from me next to my wife. Going through my mind was the adage "you danced the dance now it's time to pay the fiddler". But I was determined to get through this evening without having a heart attack, although I guess that would have been just desserts for my adultery.
After we were seated and had ordered a drink Candy said, "Darla and I are here because she's leaving the company. She's been with us for quite some time and since she's also been one of my most reliable employees I wanted to take her out and give her this small note of thanks for a job well done."
Darla explained, "I really don't want to leave; it's a great job and Candy is wonderful to work for. I'll really miss working there but I have to go home to Philadelphia to tend my sick mother."
My wife and I expressed our condolences on her mother's illness and prayers she'd soon recover.
Candy asked, "So are you two out for a special occasion or just dining out tonight?"
My wife responded, "Oh no, nothing special, just eating out."
To my wife's response, specifically the 'eating out' part, Candy placed her hand on my wife's forearm, raised her eyebrows, gave a Cheshire cat grin and said, "Hmmm, sounds like fun."
My wife is definitely not a prude so I wasn't worried about any negative reaction to Candy's turning her comment into a double entendre. But the circumstances of the situation were having a definite effect on me and I could plainly see that Candy was going to push the envelope tonight and hoped she wouldn't go too far.
During our meal we shared good conversation over a variety of topics and it seemed to smooth out some even though Candy involved my wife in private conversation several times. I didn't mind they talked, not at all. But I hoped Candy wouldn't make a statement of any kind about our relationship. Regardless of how subtle Candy would think she was being, Helen was quite astute and could possibly pick up on something. This was my concern with their talking.
And during one of these private conversations they put their heads together, Candy whispering something into my wife's ear. Then they both looked at me, then each other and then both burst out laughing simultaneously.
Then after their laughter subsided, and as Helen whispered back into her ear, Candy, who had her hand on my wife's forearm, looked my way with that damned devilish grin of hers on her face and pursed her lips at me.
Cheeky to say the least; but this was Candy being the quintessential Candy.
When they separated she looked into Helen's eyes, held her hand and said most seriously, "Most men do honey, most men do, being the pigs they are." And then they both burst out laughing again.