The barbeque was reduced to powdery ashes. All the other guests, mostly colleagues from the office, had returned home. Michelle, the host along with her husband, had asked me to stay afterwards. In fact, she'd whispered into my ear that it would be worth my time. She also traced her finger along my forearm and brushed her breasts against my arm as she eased past me to say goodbye to her other guests. I waited on the patio and watched the barbecue's smoky trail, finishing my bottle of beer in one slug. My heart thudded along in anticipation.
Michelle and I had been flirting for some time at work, nothing untoward, just the type of flirting that happens in offices across the globe: lingering looks, the occasional innuendo and body contact that perhaps remained a moment too long. When she invited me to her gathering, she'd propped herself on my desk and stretched her long smooth legs out in front of her. I'd said yes. She squeezed my thigh before marching back across the office. I watched her taut calves and listened to the sound of the click of her heels receding as my erection pressed agonisingly into my trousers.
Her husband worked in another department on a different floor. Judging by the way he'd been encouraging us to be together at the party, I assumed that the rumours were true: that they had an open relationship. I was younger than both of them by about ten years. She was the type of intelligent, driven woman that had always appealed to me. Quite tall, but with wonderfully curvaceous hips and nice pert breasts. And long, long golden hair that she often pulled into a ponytail at work but allowed the cascade across her backs and shoulders and she did the rounds at the party. She was a wonderful looking woman with a strong personality to match.
The rumour at work had been that they enjoyed extramarital fun, and it hadn't been lost on my best friend at the company, Jonathan, that she seemed to have signalled me out as her next conquest. Apparently, she liked muscular men younger than herself. Brad, Jonathan told me, liked both men and women. So I replicated her flirting. And as sexy as I found her, as captivating, I was greatly interested in him. For a long time I've fantasied about having fun with men, especially married men. I liked powerful physiques, stubble and the semblance of something dark within.
I'm six foot but Brad was an inch taller. Toned, tanned, American, with ordered teeth that contrasted with his darker skin tone when he smiled. While the rumours above Michelle were concerned with her love of anal play, those around Brad were of his dominance in the bedroom and how he used his impressive manhood to cause his playthings to salivate in desire then capitulate in powerful pleasure. I found myself glancing at his crotch when I saw him in our building. A dangerous act but one I was unable to stop once I heard about what resided beneath the thick material of his designer jeans. More dangerous was the drunken text I sent to Michelle after our last out-of-work office. I confessed to Michelle that I frequently had bisexual urges and despite never having acted on any them, I was desperate to try something and soon. She reacted with a wink smiley and a thinking smiley. She seemed to have placed that piece of salacious knowledge at the back of her mind. Soon after, Brad began making regular visits to our floor and made sure he sought me out while he did his rounds.
As the final guest drove down the gravelled driveway, I was sat with Brad in the living, sipping a beer and discussing mundane things about the house and their plans for their summer vacation.
Looking slightly frazzled, damp with perspiration but looking very pretty, Michelle entered the living room and lent against the wall, her long legs extended before her, sun-kissed toes gripping the shag carpet.
"I'm going to go shower and change. I feel sticky and I smell of barbeque smoke."
"Ok, honey," said Brad.
"Will you boys be ok without me?"
She didn't wait for a reply. We listened to her muffled footsteps as she ascended the staircase.
Brad and I were left alone in the living room. As I finished my beer (I'd cycled to party to take advantage of the alcohol; I was feeling its effects: relaxed, humoured, raised libido) and placed it on the table, Brad said: "Michelle really likes you, Josh. You just her type."
"I know. I like her. She's stunning. You're a lucky man."
"I am. You obviously know she wants to have some fun with you."
There it was. I felt my face flush red and the beads of sweat break out on my forehead just below my hairline.
"Is that something you're comfortable with?" I asked, making an effort to sound calm, as though I regularly fooled around with other men's' wives.
"It's something I encourage. Our relationship is different to other people's. We loved to fuck. We love to fuck each other. But we also love to fuck other people."
"And I'm the chosen one?"
He smiled, showing that set of strong teeth that glistening brightly against his naturally tanned skin and two-day growth of stubble, teeth that made his smile deadly with its attractive pull.
"She's also mentioned something about you to me. Mind if I sit beside you?"
"Of course."
With a sigh, he stood up from the armchair and came and sat beside me on the sofa. He was smiling at me as he inched closer until our thighs were touching. What was this? I wondered.
"I'm sure you know what I'm referring to?"
"Yes?"
"Are you comfortable with this?"
My mouth became very dry and I felt intimidated by this strong man by my side, his thigh pressing against mine. I could feel the warmth of his body through the material.
"Yes, I am."
He sighed again and placed a hand on my thigh.
He spoke as he gently rubbed from my knee up to my mid-thigh.
"Michelle and I are so happy you could come. We both think you're wonderful, Jack." He readjusted his position and when he spoke again his voice was deeper, gruffer. "I know you came here to fuck Michelle, but would you be open to idea of having some fun with the both of us? She's told me you've wanted to have a bi experience for some time. I'd love to help initiate you, and the thought sends Michelle absolutely fucking wild. She starts thinking about it and within minutes she'll be on her knees tugging at my belt."
Before the smoke clung to her, Michelle had smelt of a citrus-based perfume, a fruity conditioner and a sharply alluring red wine. Her husband, slightly less smoky, had a strong musky scent and a breath made warm and enveloping by the straight whiskey he'd started sipping once the other guests had left. I could sense his anticipation. His lips were wet, his eyes large, lustful and concentrated. We all know what it's like to sit beside someone and feel a powerful sexual urge charging through your body, almost as though you are an electrical pylon. I could sense his eagerness and smell the sweet hum of his sweat, his aftershave, the whiskey, the faint tang of his body odour, the barbeque smoke on his shirt. I relaxed into my seat. I could feel my prick stirring, twitching into alertness. But I also anxious and my mouth was suddenly very dry.
"May I?"
"Of course."
He handed me the tumbler. I knocked the remaining mouthful of whiskey back in one shot. The burn rose and flooded my chest and mouth, but it was pleasant and I felt the grip of my anxiety loosen. My cock was getting harder, edging down my thigh, searing my inner leg with it warmth.
His eyes followed the shift fabric of my jeans where my long cock extended at it slow but purposeful growing pace.
Smiling, he said: "I know you're here to have fun with her. But are you open to the idea of having fun with both of us?" He squeezed my thigh. No man had ever touched my thigh in that way before, possessive, signalling intent. He was ten years older than myself, his sexual experience greatly dwarfed mine. He knew exactly what he was doing. He turned my cheek and kissed me on the mouth. No soft probing start, just full lip contact and a tongue confidentially lapping over mine. I placed my hand on his hard, compact torso, felt the grooves of his abdominals. The sound of our kissing was interspersed with the leather creaking as we adjusted positions. His tongue probed my mouth, and I circled it with mine, tasting the alcohol. I rubbed his chest, feeling the stub of a hard nipple, and he sighed into mouth. I breathed him into me. I could feel his heart beat and was happy to discover it was beater faster just like mine.
"I don't know," I said when he pulled away. "This is all very new to me. I haven't ever done anything like this."
Sexually astute, Brad knew this was pointless stalling on my part.