Note: Though not absolutely required, reading two earlier stories: "Kristen Tests Her Boundaries" and particularly "Kristen Helps Tina Breaks Through" will help make some of this story's events and the motivations of this story's heroine more understandable. Thanks for reading!
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Two weeks or so after the party at Lisa and Rob's place, Briana still found herself constantly thinking about how the masked woman could have been so bold and was still annoyed that Andy apparently would have never told her about that night if Kerry hadn't brought it up. She didn't much like seeing photos of him smiling with some bimbo on his lap but was even more annoyed by his trying to hide it from her, making her wonder if he was hiding anything else.
One night she noticed that Andy had left his phone turned on as he went to have a shower a few minutes earlier. She reached for the phone, pausing a minute and thinking to herself she was on the verge of turning into some sort of cliche, the paranoid distrusting wife. Then she thought about his recent lack of candor and felt like a quick look at his photo folder was justified.
Brianna took note of the time, allowing herself no more than 5 minutes of snooping so the phone would still have time to shut down before Andy returned. Her guilt at spying on him dissipated rapidly as she found the series of nude photos. She looked at each photo several times, wondering what was so special about this woman; she seemed fairly close to Brianna's height, figure, coloring and weight, with no obvious differences other than her hair color, whatever her face looked like underneath the mask and of course the added attraction of being naked in public.
The following Saturday night Brianna went out with Kerry and Lisa to see a movie; when they were leaving the theater Lisa noticed that it was past 11:00 PM, so she asked if her friends would mind stopping by Rob's convenience store for a few minutes, "so I can say goodnight in person for a change."
Kerry didn't mind and Brianna was actually eager to make the stop, saying that since she'd never been there she'd like to visit "the scene of the crime"
Kerry picked up on the reference and laughed; Lisa said it would be her first time there since "the night of nudity".
When they arrived they found Rob on his own as usual, giving Lisa and Kerry freedom to tease Rob, asking a series of questions:
Lisa: "Excuse me sir, where is the undressing room?"
Kerry: "Do you have a clothing shredder I can use?"
Lisa: "I'm getting a little cold, may I sit on your lap?"
Kerry: "Can you give me directions to the nearest store selling clothing?"
This went on for a while, with Rob taking the ribbing in stride. Brianna wished she could feel as comfortable joking about the naked visitor as everyone else obviously was, but she was still more than a little upset with Andy for keeping quiet about it and especially for keeping the damned photos! She felt strange being surrounded by all the spots she had seen in the background of the photos.
As the trio of friends headed out of the store a few minutes later Brianna noticed a bin full of odds and ends on clearance, including a few Halloween masks.
On her way to work Monday morning Brianna made a detour to make her second ever visit to Rob's workplace. She was glad to see he wasn't on duty, allowing her to buy a mask without the clerk thinking anything of it.
At first, Brianna wasn't sure why she needed to have the mask, she only knew she wanted it. Without any idea what she would do with it, she tucked it away in her desk drawer. It stayed there, untouched for several days before she thought of a way to put it to use. Her first step was setting up a new Gmail account. The advertising firm she worked for as a graphic designer had in-house everything else her new project required.
Besides a full array of lights, cameras and tripods, the large photo studio was stocked with an ever changing collection of items provided by various clients. Some of the objects in the studio were to be featured in ad campaigns while others were just props and background filler. There were specific "sets": kitchen, living room, bedroom, garage, even a bathroom scene.
Late Friday afternoon Brianna called Andy to tell him she needed to work an hour or two later than normal and told him to go ahead and have dinner on his own. She had chosen Friday because she knew none of her co-workers EVER worked late on Friday unless they were up against a deadline; this week was a quiet one, so the place was completely cleared out by 5:15. Except, of course, for Brianna.
Her whole project had been carefully planned out, so she needed less than an hour to complete it. She put on a wig she had found in prop storage of about the correct color and length and placed a digital camera on a tripod at the living room set, setting it to take a shot every 5 seconds; after a few more minutes adjusting lights she was just about ready to start taking photos disguised as the naked convenience store tart! She needed just a minute to comb out the wig and put on the mask, but took much longer to check one more time for any stragglers she had missed before taking the final step in her preparation.
Brianna was beyond nervous as she returned to the studio; to get the poses she wanted (bare shoulders, lots of naked back, lots of cleavage but no nipples) she had decided to photograph herself topless and then crop as needed. Even though she was sure nobody was around and she was going to edit the shots down to essentially be PG material, the prospect of being semi-nude at work even briefly, and especially photographing herself in that state, seemed terrifying.
Brianna finally said to herself: "Just do this now or go home and forget all about it!" She thought once more about the photo collection on her husband's phone and pulled her blouse over her head, barely pausing before freeing herself from her bra. Just before facing the camera she remembered to remove the final thing which might have let Andy recognize her, leaving her engagement and wedding rings with her discarded clothing. Less than 15 minutes later she was reviewing the shots on her laptop, quickly ruling out several and cropping the ones she liked. In her eagerness to see how the shots had turned out she hadn't stopped to get dressed, so when she heard the elevator chime as it stopped at her floor she froze in place then dropped to the floor, her heart suddenly pounding like she was running flat out. She eventually recognized the sound of the janitor heading away to the restrooms at the far end of the building; once he was out of earshot she ran to retrieve her missing clothing from the studio.
Brianna was pretty pleased with the photos, both because she was sure Andy would believe they were from the "real" naked woman and just because she thought they made her look pretty sexy. All that was left now was using her new email account to send the photos to her husband and wait for his reaction. She still felt a little guilty about this subterfuge, but having done all this setup she decided to see her plan through; with a little shudder she hit send.
Brianna waited until she was back at work on Monday to check her secret Gmail account; though she was eager to know how Andy was going to respond, she didn't want to leave any trace of her scheme on her home computer, tablet or phone. She checked the account shortly after getting to her desk and saw that Andy had replied to her email with the photos before she had even arrived at home Friday after her photo session!
He replied: "Wow, thanks for the new photos! You are one sexy woman, though these new pics are a lot more modest than you were the last time I saw you! I hope you're not getting shy! I do have one question - where did you get my email address? I don't mind your sending me email (especially if you include photos) but don't understand how you found it."
Brianna sat at her desk, incredibly upset with Andy, who clearly would like to keep up a correspondence with this chick, and his only question was how she had found his email address. She thought a better question for him to have asked was why he had been singled out by this woman to receive semi-nude photos in the first place! Typical male behavior, she thought, always thinking with the little head. She wasn't too sure how to deal with Andy's reply, so she signed off and tried to concentrate on work.
By the time Friday arrived Brianna had decided to carry on her new alter ego's correspondence with her husband; it occurred to her that in a way she was both wife and "the other woman" in this developing triangle! She decided to have another photo session after work, this time after going home for dinner with Andy; she hoped the later schedule would let her work on her project without any interruptions from the janitor! She told him as they were cleaning up that she needed to put in a few hours at the office.
Andy told her he'd miss her but would see what HBO or ESPN had to offer and that he'd wait up for her.
Brianna used the same set as before but decided to up the ante to see how Andy would react. Her plan was to take a series of shots showing her lounging on the couch, wearing a semi-sheer matching bra and panty set she'd just bought that afternoon to be sure Andy wouldn't recognize them; she thought to herself that at least she'd get some new lingerie as a reward for her work. She was even more nervous as she got undressed than she had been the week before since her preparation for this week's photos meant briefly getting completely naked and even when dressed her new outfit didn't leave a lot to the imagination!
Her photo session went quickly, as Brianna cycled through a series of poses, getting steadily more provocative as she got comfortable. With a fair amount of time available and feeling like a "real" model she decided to take the session's heat up a notch...or maybe a couple of notches.
Brianna began by dropping the bra strap off her right shoulder, then getting her arm completely out of the strap, then repeating the process on her left side. At each new step she took a few more shots. Unhooking the bra while holding the cups loosely in place caused her to shake a little; she realized she was getting closer to the kind of pictures she'd found on Andy's phone. She needed to know what it would feel like to be THAT woman, so the bra had to go!
One thing left, Brianna thought - could she really be doing this? Reclining on the couch and pointing her masked face at the camera she slowly slipped the panties down her legs, leaving them dangling on her left foot. She was still having periodic shivering fits as she thought about what she was doing, but continued working. She took several dozen photos, hoping to get some showing clearly that she was completely naked but barely hiding her nipples and pussy!
