"IS MEL AROUND?"
IV.
They ate and chatted about family things, enjoying their time together as if there were nothing extraordinary about the situation. Both of them were surprised how comfortable they'd become with their arrangement in the short time they'd been together.
After they cleared the table and put the dishes in the dishwasher, Bert reached out, pulled Carla into his arms, and covered her lips with his. Her arms went around him, and once again his hands moved onto her bottom, pulling her against him. She loved it. The day had been so exciting she didn't want it to end. She leaned back in his arms and looked up at him.
"I don't want you to leave," she said softly. "Can you stay the night?"
"I was hoping you'd ask," Bert replied. "I don't want to go home, either."
"Only problem is," Carla said, "Mel will call."
"Can you handle that if I'm here?" Bert asked.
"As long as you keep your hands off me, I can," she replied and flashed a smile at him.
"Audrey plans to call me tonight, too," Bert said. "I'll beat her to it and call her. Mind if I use your phone?"
Carla nodded. Once again, reality was intruding on their world of sexual fantasy. She felt distanced from Bert and, as she watched him walk to the phone, for the first time she began to feel stirrings of guilt. She heard him talking to his wife and went into the bedroom. When he finished, she heard him coming down the hall.
Carla laid there, her mind a jumble of conflicting emotions. She was jealous of Audrey. She shouldn't be, but she was. Bert entered the room, the phone rang, and she picked it up. It was Bert's turn to wait as she talked to her husband. Finally, she put the phone down and looked at her lover. Bert sat on the edge of the bed, an odd look on his face.
"You OK?" he asked.
Carla nodded, pulled down the covers, and stretched out on the bed. "Come here," she said and patted the spot next to her. She needed to feel his body next to hers, to know he was there, to know what they had wasn't yet over. Bert joined her and she rolled atop him, her lips covering his, licking them, glorying as he returned her kiss.
Then his lips began to move over her body, along her throat, up the slope of a breast to a turgid nipple. Once more, exquisite sensations suffused her body as he gently nibbled the rubbery tip. She moaned softly as he licked through the valley between her breasts and up to the tip of the other nipple. A rush of pleasure rolled through her. It wasn't over! Not by a long shot!
"Will I ever stop being thrilled by your touch?" she asked, her throat tight.