Brook had no idea that I told my coworker Bob that the hot redhead he lusted over in the airport terminal was my wife. I waited until he'd gotten graphically specific about the nasty things he'd like to do to her. After I revealed her identity, his response was loud enough that I worried he might disturb the other passengers in coach.
"Oh Geez, Ethan! I'm so sorry. I had no idea!"
"Don't sweat it, dude. I know how hot my wife is," I replied, glad that I'd already pulled down my dining tray so he couldn't see the bulge in my cargo shorts. Rather than jealousy, I mainly felt pride in how much other men wanted my hot wife.
"I feel like an idiot! Why didn't you tell me who she was?"
"Brooke and I have an agreement. During this vacation, we're pretending not to be married or even know each other. That way, when I get a few hours away from the convention, I can meet her in a bar and try to chat her up like we're strangers. Is that weird?"
"Fuck no. If you don't do it, I
will
," Bob chuckled, obviously relieved that I wasn't pissed at him. I almost dropped the whole thing when he looked out the window, but I felt like talking now that I'd admitted who Brooke was.
"Yeah, I just wish we could have more time together. She'll probably be spending a lot of time alone while we're down there."
"That's sucks," Bob commiserated with me. He had no way of knowing that I'd arranged it that way on purpose. Then my coworker surprised me. "Hey! Tell you what. As long as you help me set up and take down our company displays, and maybe cover the table so I can go enjoy the beach on Wednesday, I don't mind letting you bail on manning the booth."
"Really?" I gasped. I'd just been looking to say out loud what I'd been doing, not trying to get out of work.
"Sure! It's no problem at all. I know you hate these things, and frankly, your scowling at potential clients puts me off my game anyway," Bob assured me before taking another sip from the single rum and generic cola we coach passengers rated.
"Wow. That's really generous of you, Bob. You're a good friend."
"I'm glad you feel that way after all the things I said I wanted to do to your wife."
"Seriously, Bob, don't even worry about that. It's not like I don't think about doing the same things to her."
"Yeah," Bob sighed almost wistfully, "but you get to actually
do
them."
It was a little uncomfortable when my coworker later saw Brooke flirting with some big black guy at baggage claim, and he even offered to help me kick the guy's ass. I assured him that my wife was just trying to tease me and had no intention of sleeping with the guy. Bob finally calmed down after we watched the two of them walk off in different directions.
Other than when I went to confiscate her travel clothes after we got to the hotel, I didn't see much of Brooke that first day. Bob and I would spend over two hours trying to figure out how to put together the elaborate booth and audiovisual equipment our company purchased for the event. Then we'd have to sit through the opening ceremonies and an evening banquet. While Bob had been extremely generous to cover for me, I couldn't justify making him do the shittiest stuff on his own, so I was stuck for the duration.
Around one in the afternoon, while we were still in the middle of putting the booth together, I received a text from Brooke. It just read, "Eating lunch at the pool", but right after that, she sent me a photo of her and Walt Van Ameyde, a VP at my company's biggest competitor. I could only see them from the table up, but he was shirtless and Brooke only wore the tiny red bikini I'd provided her.
Walt had his arm around my wife, and she'd leaned into him with a radiant smile on her face. They looked like a rich guy and his much younger trophy wife on their honeymoon. I stared at the photo for over a minute, and when Bob yelled at me to get back to helping him with the display, I had to adjust the erection that had appeared in my shorts before joining him.
Obviously, I knew Brooke would be flirting with other men during that week. Hell, I practically forced her to. I just hadn't counted on the second guy she met being someone I knew personally. I'd been beaten out by Walt on several deals over the years, and seeing him with his arm possessively around my almost naked wife should've made me angry or jealous.
Actually, I guess it did, but I was far more concerned about my cock's reaction to that photo. Why in the Hell did it turn me on to know my wife was flirting with my biggest professional rival while I toiled away on some stupid display at a convention I didn't even want to attend? I fumed in the knowledge that Walt had lackeys like me to put up
his
display, thus giving him the time to chat up my wife.
After we finished the construction and began talking to the few potential customers already roaming the floor, I managed to put that photo out of my thoughts. Unfortunately, during the extremely tedious opening ceremonies, I had plenty of time to think. Shamefully, I found myself repeatedly pulling up that photo and imagining what might've happened after lunch.
Every time I did that, my erection returned. I couldn't seem to get past it even though I loathed myself for my reaction. It didn't help that my wife's wet bathing suit clung to her puffy nipples like a second skin, leaving them as visible as if she'd been naked.
Hmm... Maybe cutting the lining out of that suit wasn't my brightest idea...
As much as I told myself that I should be more upset, that damn erection persisted to torment me. My mind drifted during the speeches, and at one point I imagined Walt using his thumb and forefinger to squeeze and gently roll my wife's nipple until she melted in ecstasy. Of course, he had no idea how willing to please that made her, but I couldn't stop thinking about him figuring it out and wearing down Brooke's resistance.
When I thought about how I'd shut down the conversation when Brooke asked for clarification on the rules, I experienced another wave of self-revulsion. I'd practically told her that anything up to fucking was OK. As I sat in the middle of that ornate ballroom picking at my dry chicken and bland mostaccioli, I considered that at that very moment my wife might be sucking Walt's cock or letting him eat her pussy in the belief that she had her husband's full support and encouragement.
I'd meant it as a sort of naughty tease that would allow her to enjoy imagining being a bad girl, but now that she was out somewhere actually playing with God knows who, it no longer felt like a game. I'd never seriously believed Brooke would cheat on me, and that probably led me to push things a little further than I should've during the planning stages.
Fuck! My wife might be with some stranger on the beach in mid-orgasm right now while I sit here amongst my colleagues with my pathetic erection and obscene thoughts about her potential infidelity.
My coworker spent most of dinner talking to everyone else at the table. He'd grown accustomed to my taciturn demeanor in social situations, so I don't think he realized just how distracted I'd become. Bob lived for talking to people and making sales, and he just expected me to be the subject matter expert when something technical came up.
While he discussed expanding markets and profit margins, I continued to wonder what depravity my wife might be up to. When the banquet ended at ten, I told Bob I was going to check on Brooke. I feared I might jump out of my own skin if I didn't find out what she was doing and with whom.
"I'll see you tomorrow!" Bob chortled in response to my announcement. At that moment, the waggling eyebrows and lascivious grin on his face irritated me.
"You'll see me later tonight. It's just the first day. I won't pick her up in a bar until at least Wednesday or Thursday night, so no sex until then."
"Well, that's a bummer," Bob lamented with a downhearted expression. I think he planned on living vicariously through me all week.
In the elevator, I received a new text and photo. This time, Brooke posed at some club between two tall Latino men in white linen suits and dress shirts. They stood sideways to the camera, with the guy behind my wife pressed up against her ass and the other guy facing her only inches from her pert little nose and brilliant smile.
Brooke wore the white halter top that I'd packed for her. It had cups concealed in front that gave her some support, but I knew it wouldn't be enough to stop her boobs from jiggling and moving around when she walked or danced. The top had a nice cowl neck, so she had a lot of cleavage on display as well.