A note to readers:
This is a long story that unfolds chapter by chapter through the eyes of two protagonists – Mark and Elsa, and as in many of my other stories involves a growing spate of horny characters.
Every ten chapters or so I will provide a short summary at the start of that episode to bring new readers up to date (see start of Ch. 20).
This story could appear in a number of genres (Loving Wives, Incest, Lesbian, Fetish, and more) depending on the chapter, but the overall theme is Group, so I have applied this moniker to all chapters. The story is still being written, yet I intend to post a new chapter every couple of days. Enjoy.
Chapter 27 – Sailing Sex and Seductions
Mark
Marcia was pleasant company for our sail. She knew small boats, but couldn't get us to keep up with Elsa and Lucas. She said it had something to do with drag coefficients, the length of the waterline, and the type and angle of the dagger board we were using in place of a permanent keel.
I knew that Marcia and I felt a sexual resonance with each other. She'd seen me making love to each of the other women over the course of the past few months. There was no secret that I wasn't monogamous or exclusive with any of them, or that they were with me. On the other hand, she'd observed the large amount of love we expressed for each other.
After a long silence, I suddenly had the subliminal thought that she wanted to ask me a potentially embarrassing question. I wasn't sure whether it was embarrassing to her or to me.
I said to her, "Marcia, you may ask me anything. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."
Marcia twirled around and stared at me. "How ... did I say something out loud?"
"No. I sensed you were searching for a way to ask something."
"I was ... am."
I snorted with laughter, "Just ask. Don't try to get the words perfect."
Marcia blushed, "Since I've worked with you, you've had Elsa, Cindy, Melanie, and Sheila around, and now you seem to have Brita, KC, and Margo – although she's married. What's that like? They obviously share each other willingly. There's no jealousy apparently."
"Well, there isn't. I spent twenty years as almost a sexual eunuch. I tried dating now and then and failed. The money was a burden and brought out the greed in others. I stopped trying until I met Elsa. She didn't know I was rich. I was just a guy, and she liked me. When she found out about me and that I'd hidden the truth about myself, she was pissed I hadn't told her and I about lost her.
"She forgave me after I did a lot of groveling to apologize for prejudging and not trusting her. In the process, she brought her sister into our relationship. The others followed as I restructured my work so I could spend more time with the girls. I was blown away that Elsa liked me as she did, and then Cindy, and then the others. The sex was transformational for me. I still feel I'm making up for years I wasted by not paying attention to that part of my life.
"I have the honor of loving and being loved by six women now. I don't count Margo, although she is a dear friend who is married to my best friend Andy. I've given most of them rings to indicate my love and commitment to them. In fact, I should remedy that point very soon so they all have rings, maybe even Margo. Please don't say anything.
"And, as you've noticed, we are a highly sexual group. Elsa says that we are all hypersexual, a slightly less offensive term than nymphomaniac. I guess I'm that way too, and each of the women are that way, even my newest friends Brita and KC. We love sex, and we share it willingly with others."
Marcia said, "I've watched you all, and I get jealous but not at anybody but at what you're all doing with each other. You are all having such fun and it looks so loving. I confess to being a voyeur when you all get going. I'm sure you know that all of the team watch you, sometimes for long periods. I've watched too ... your loving ways."
I reached over and stroked Marcia's arm in an affectionate way. "Marcia, you are loved. Trust me. As for jealousy, there are different kinds and they're all learned. We can unlearn having to feel jealous in different situations. One kind of jealousy is the fear of loss: if another man makes love to someone I love, I assume he'll steal her away from me. My response to that is not necessarily. Why can't we both love her and she love both of us? The fact is we can, and who says love can only be between
one
man and
one
woman? When you have an objective viewpoint on those questions, that type of jealousy goes away. The answers of monogamy and exclusivity are not absolute answers; they're not even good situations much of the time. I could go on.
"Another kind of jealousy is what you felt; you saw a situation and felt on the outs because you weren't in on it. You could have asked to be included. I would eagerly welcome your participation with us. Overtime, I might come to love you as much as I do the others and you might come to love me as they do.
"A different way to see that situation is to rejoice in the happiness you see the objects of your affection sharing."
"I did feel that, but I also wanted to participate ... especially with you."