"Melissa, I get the feeling there's something you're not telling me."
My wife of fifteen years was acting strange. Usually, she wasn't the type to clam up about anything, but for some reason she looked uncomfortable whenever I said anything about Andre, this new assistant of hers at her office. He had only been working for her for about a month, but obviously had already made an indelible impression.
"There's not much to say, Fred. I guess Andre can be a little flirtatious sometimes, that's all."
"And what about you, do you flirt back with him?" I teased.
"Sometimes... but I swear it's just a joke," she replied uneasily. Despite my efforts to get her to loosen up, Melissa seemed even tenser than before, even sounding a little bit guilty.
Once again Melissa surprised me, as she wasn't usually reticent about talking about subjects like this. Even at thirty-nine years old, my wife still turned more than a few heads with the hour glass figure she worked relentlessly to maintain. She was truly beautiful too, with shoulder length, light brown hair and deep blue eyes. Melissa had had plenty of practice rebuffing the advances of other men over the years, as her faithfulness to me was as strong as it could be.
I don't know why exactly, maybe it was because I knew Melissa's strict upbringing had made her so adamantly against any form of cheating, but for whatever reason I'd always gotten extremely turned on by the idea that she might give in to one of those men. I'd long ago told her about my fantasy, but she'd always flatly refused me. The way she seemed unnerved talking about Andre, however, made me wonder for the first time if somebody had actually managed to slip past her defenses.
"How old is Andre again?" I asked.
"Twenty-four. Why do you ask, Fred?"
I decided to cut right to the chase. "Do you find him attractive?"
"Fred, do we really have to have this conversation again? I'm not going to cheat on you."
"And like I've said before, Melissa, it's not cheating if you have my blessing."
"I don't want to talk about this."
"You still haven't answered my question, Melissa."
"What?"
"I asked if you found Andre attractive. Even if you don't want to help me with my fantasy, I wish you'd at least be honest about what's going on."
"Okay," she finally relented, "but don't ask anything else of me."
"Fair enough."
"I... I guess it is different with Andre. Weird, considering he's so young."
"I know how you hate the immature types. I'm guessing Andre isn't like that."
"Not at all. He's so confident and assertive too. Most assistants I get are terrified of me at first, especially if they're young like Andre, but he was the exact opposite. I guess you could say he's a real go-getter."
"I take it job advancement isn't the only thing Andre's been trying to 'get' either." Melissa's face actually blushed at my last comment, something she rarely did.
"No, it isn't."
"I assume Andre knows you're married."
"Yes, but he doesn't care. He even said that having sex with a married woman was one of his biggest turn-ons. The look in his eyes when he said that... I admit it gave me tingles."
I was really surprised to hear Melissa tell me this. Usually mixing sex talk with infidelity was a huge turn off for her. With any other man, that would have immediately ended any chance with Melissa. Clearly, Andre was something special. It made me wonder just how far Melissa's flirting with him had gone.
"Are you sure, Melissa? Maybe you're reading the wrong signals from Andre." This was a stupid question of me to ask and I knew it, but I thought it might get Melissa to open up and tell me more. It worked.
"Oh no, if it wasn't for me we'd be fucking already." This was another bombshell from Melissa, as I'd never heard her be so graphic when talking about another man before. I wasn't sure, but it even sounded like she was slightly turned on saying it.
"Really, are you that sure?"
"A woman knows," Melissa said with a slight shiver in her voice. I could definitely tell now, she was aroused.
I didn't press on for more information, as it was getting late. We did have sex that night, however. One of things I love most about Melissa is how great she is in bed, but she really did outdid herself this time, and there was no doubt in my mind that it was talking about Andre had gotten so worked up. Even though I had assured Melissa that I wasn't going to try and get her to sleep with Andre, I knew that this was a promise I simply could not keep. For years I had been trying to get Melissa to fulfill my fantasy without any kind of success. I could tell Melissa wanted Andre, but was unwilling to cross that line with him because of our marriage. I knew it would take considerable effort on my part, but I was determined to make this happen.
The next day I decided to "surprise" Melissa at her job and ask her out for lunch. By the way, my wife works in a management position in an office building, but it's not really relevant to the story so I won't go into much detail. Suffice to say that she has a fruitful career in the business world in a field typically dominated by men, including having her own spacious office and personal assistant. I've always been very proud of Melissa's success, and while she doesn't like to talk about it, I know that over the years she's had to put up with plenty of sexual advances from her bosses and coworkers. In fact, Melissa's become quite the expert in shooting down the numerous creeps that have made passes at her and, while she'll never discuss it, I know a few of those men weren't creeps at all and were actually very tempting. All the more reason why I was making an excuse to visit Melissa at work; I just had to meet Andre for myself.
When I came in I found Melissa giving instructions to a young man. I knew right away he had to be Andre, not only because of his age, but because he was quite tall, impressively fit, handsome, and very well dressed. He also carried himself with an air of confidence that made him seem very charismatic. These were all traits that I knew Melissa found attractive in men. Add to that the nature of their conversation and I could tell he was her subordinate, so I knew this had to be Andre. There was one big surprise however that I hadn't expected; Andre was black. It seemed odd that Melissa had failed to mention that to me the previous night, especially since I'd never really seen her show any interest in black men before.
"Oh, hi Fred," Melissa said uneasily when she saw me approach. Clearly, my surprise visit had taken her off guard.
"I happen to be in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop by," I lied. "What do you think about getting lunch, Melissa?"
"Um... I'm not sure I have time today," she replied. Melissa was really flustered now. It was a strange sight to see from my usually well-composed wife.
"Hi, Mr. Randolph, I'm your wife's personal assistant, Andre," the young man said, smiling.
"Pleased to meet you Andre," I replied. I extended my hand and he shook it. Some people can instantly make a positive impression on you, and that's how I felt about Andre. Charismatic certainly was a good way to describe him. Melissa had called him a "go-getter," and even though I'd just met him that definitely seemed likely too. I was impressed by Andre, even if one of the main things he was trying to "get" was inside my wife's pants. Actually, I wasn't upset by that last part at all, as he had the air of a ladies' man as well.
"It's okay dear, it was just a spur of the moment thing anyway," I replied. "I'll see you at home after work. Nice to meet you Andre."
"You too, Mr. Randolph."
"Oh please, call me Fred. Any friend of Melissa's is a friend of mine."
"Sure thing, Fred," Andre smiled back. I looked at Melissa one last time as I left, seeing her face look as uncomfortable as ever, even embarrassed. In fact, anyone who didn't know my wife so well might have suspected she was already having an affair with Andre, but of course I knew this wasn't the case. Melissa had always managed to keep a steely professionalism at work; I'd heard enough stories over the years to surmise that she wasn't the easiest person to work for, but somehow in only a month Andre had managed to get past all of that and even turn the situation in his favor. It was a remarkable feat, especially considering his age. It would take a strong personality indeed to put someone like Melissa back on her heels.
Later that night after dinner I decided to ask my wife again about Andre.