Chapter Ten - First Steps
As I looked into the room, my eyes met those of Elaine and I could see concern in those two beautiful blue orbs. I switched my view to Jackson and met his look of amused but friendly gaze with my own. Both were naked and bathed in sweat from their exertions on my bed and the room smelled of a warm and heady mixture of my Wife's perfume, Jackson's aftershave, perspiration and semen.
I had never seen Elaine look so beautiful at that moment as she lay there in that bed with a satisfied and languid look on her that I was unfamiliar with. Her naked body seemed to exude gratification and contentment that clearly was to her liking, and my heart skipped a beat as she dropped a hand to her vulva to stem the flow of Jackson's cream from her vagina.
"Come in James," she repeated in a soft voice, "and talk to Jackson and me."
"Don't you mean 'Master'." I answered sarcastically as I shuffled from the doorway and into the room. "Isn't that what I should call the man who I befriended and is now in bed with my Wife?"
"Not yet Dear." Was her immediate  response which I let go for the moment.
"Oh heavens! You're soaked to the skin and your trousers are all muddy. You are dripping all over the carpet. What have you been doing?"
I ignored her concern for the moment because it was pretty bloody obvious what I had been doing, but I had to ask the one thing that would determine the rest of my life. 'To hell with muddy trousers.' I thought.
"I have only one question and I must have an honest answer." I stunned myself with the firmness of my voice because inside I was like jelly. And I didn't want to hear the answer I thought I might receive.
Elaine extended her arm to me to hold my hand but I pulled out of reach. She saw this and her eyes immediately started to glisten as I had never avoided her touch before. "What is it James." She spoke in a trembling voice.
"Are you leaving me?"
There! The question was asked and I physically shook like a leaf in the wind as she wiped her eyes on the corner of the crumpled sheet.
"Never in a million years James." It was short, to the point and she said no more but just looked at me as if expecting an immediate response.
I just stared back at her in amazement at her answer because I had expected to hear her say that she was going off with Jackson, or something equally devastating to me. But she did not, and at last broke her silence in that warm pungent room.
In a small voice she asked the same question. "Are you leaving me James?"
I did not have the heart to point out that it was my house and if anyone was to leave it should be her; besides I already knew what my answer was. "Never in a million years Elaine."
She bit her lip and smiled through the tears cascading down her pretty face. "You had better get out of those wet clothes before you catch something. Then come back in and we shall settle a couple of things. All three of us."
I left, but not without a backward glance at my Wife and her Lover laying in my bed. Elaine smiled back at me. And Jackson? Well Jackson had a quizzical look on his face as he returned my gaze; clearly he was trying to ascertain what just happened between Elaine and me and what it meant for him. 'There's another surprise for you two yet. The final part of my plan is just minutes away.'
I squelched my way into the bathroom and threw off all of the wet clothes into the laundry basket and then dried myself with a towel; I was ready for my grand entrance into the bedroom. My grand naked entrance.
I was secretly amused at the sudden shock on Elaine and Jackson's face as I walked almost nude into their little pit of passion. And even more amused when she looked down at my little penis.
"Oh God! James why are you naked? This is not what we had in mind. I think you have misunderstood what.............. Oh!!!! WHAT IS THAT ON YOUR WILLY? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOURSELF?"
"It's a penis restraint." I replied, stating the 'bleedin obvious'.
"I know what it is James," she responded, without explaining how she knew, "but why are you wearing one. Nobody has made you wear it. Have they?" She asked looking around at her naked Lover, only to receive a slow shake of his head.
"It's quite simple Elaine. You have cuckolded me with Jackson; the man you now call Master. You say you are not leaving me and I am not leaving you, so this is my way of showing that I understand my position."
For the first time Jackson spoke. "James. This has cleared some of the air between us and it is good that we all know where we stand. It's good that you have made a first step along the path, but it is only the first step. I don't think that a long discussion is appropriate for tonight and we should all take a couple of days off from work to talk about our situation. But before we do that I want you to know that my relationship with Elaine is serious. I am in this for the long haul."
"I understand," was my reply, "but why didn't the pair of you just sit me down and tell me?"