I had always been a good wife. Married a couple of years after university, my husband and I have made a good life for ourselves and our two kids, and now a third is on the way. His job as the manager of a local plant pays well and so does mine.
My work seldom involves travel, but when it does I really enjoy it. It gives me an opportunity to get away from the family and to stretch my wings a bit. Donât misunderstand: I love my family and wouldnât trade my life for the world, but domestic life can get mundane for a girl who was once a bit of a wild thing.
Three months ago I found myself having to travel to Chicago with a colleague of mine, Sarah. Of similar age, we have always enjoyed travelling together. In our younger days, we both thought we were pretty hot stuff, and so did the boys. We have both kept our figures and even in our mid-thirties we can still turn heads, although that is easy to do with primitive creatures like men: give them a glimpse of cleavage or show them some leg and bingo!
I first met Sarah in university. In fact, my husband went out with Sarah before he met me. She sometimes teases me that my husband is her hand-me-down, but what Sarah doesnât know is that I started sleeping with my husband before he broke up with her. In my mind, that makes her a cast-off ⊠but maybe thatâs a little catty.
Sarahâs situation was much like mine â married with two kids â until about a year ago when she separated from her husband. This was our first trip together since then.
Our company is a good one but the owner â an old Scot named Angus â can pinch pennies until they squeal. By sending two females to the Chicago convention, he could rationalize booking us into a single hotel room. It would be up to us if we wanted to chip in a few extra dollars to stay in a suite ⊠and we did. We flipped a coin. I won and got the comfy bed in the separate room. Sarah lost and got the squeaky sofa bed in the sitting area.
Our flight got in at 1:30 in the afternoon. We freshened up at our hotel, then went shopping. Returning to our suite, we had a few drinks and played around, trying on each otherâs things in anticipation of our night out. Of course, we dolled ourselves up and when we were done, with a bit of make-up and the soft lighting we expected to find at the restaurant, we were sure we could pass for couple of 25 year olds.
It was just a short walk to a popular local restaurant. We arrived to find that, despite having made a reservation, we were looking at a 40 minute wait. As we were being shown to the bar, we met Mike Strobel from one of our west coast competitors.
Mikeâs friend had just called to say that his wife and he would not be able to join Mike for dinner. Their flight was stuck in Des Moines, so Mike had been preparing to leave the restaurant. âWhy not join us?â asked Sarah. âSounds great,â replied Mike.
It wasnât long before Mikeâs reservation was called. We were led to a booth. The table was round, with candles and a nice tablecloth. Mike sat in between us. He was a handsome man, about our age and obviously still in very good shape. We fell into conversation easily. We learned that he had just gone through a divorce and that he expected, sometime in the few months, to quit his job and just travel for a while.
The instant she learned that Mike was divorced, I sensed that Sarahâs interest in Mike grew. I think it had been some time since she had been intimate with a man. It was fun, really, to watch her operate: the attentiveness, the eye contact, the casual touching, the coy looks and subtle closeness. Watching him react was also interesting. Men are so predictable. I swear they are easier to catch than fish in a barrel.
Of course Mike was too much of a gentleman to concentrate exclusively on Sarah. From time to time he would turn his attention to me, and when he would do so I could see why Sarah was so attracted to the guy. He really did have an enchanting way about him. Why would any woman want to divorce a guy like this? Jealousy?
When dinner was done, Mike asked Sarah if she would like to dance. She accepted with an almost âschoolgirl-ishâ glee. I felt embarrassed for her. They danced for a few songs, leaving me alone at the table. When they returned, Mike asked me to dance. Sensing that her interest in him was reciprocal, I had expected him to press me for information on Sarah, but instead his focus was exclusively on me.
It felt good to treated like that: to have such a handsome man look into my eyes as if I was the only woman in the world who mattered to him. It was also a rare treat for me to dance, and Mike danced effortlessly, unlike my husband for whom it seemed to be an unnatural act. He held me gently in his arms, close enough that my breasts would brush lightly â erotically - across his crest. A real gentleman.
Much too soon the dance ended. After a short rest, Mike returned to the dance floor with Sarah. This time they seemed to be gone a long time. Occasionally I caught glimpses of them on the now-crowded dance floor. They seemed to be dancing more closely this time. It made perfect sense, of course: he was divorced, she was separated, and they both had needs. Still, I wanted at least one more turn on the dance floor with Mike. I guess I was envious of Sarah. Maybe it was the schoolgirl in me, or maybe it was the bitch.
When Mike and Sarah returned I noticed they were holding hands. My heart sank. Surely they would want to leave ⊠so it took me by surprise when Mike asked if I would have one more dance with him. I looked at Sarah. âGo ahead,â she said with a wink, âI need to go to the ladyâs room anyway to freshen up.â Diaphram time!
It was only reasonable for Mike to be more interested in Sarah than in me, but I thought it might be fun for a married woman to tease him a little: maybe give Sarah a little competition. After all, I used to be at least as good at attracting men as Sarah and I still knew just what to do.
It was nearly 10:30. The lights were dim. The dance floor was crowded. The music was soft and slow. Mike took me in his arms. This time he held me more closely. I could feel my breasts pressed up against his body. The feeling excited me. As our bodies swayed, I could feel that he too was excited: probably Sarahâs work. I could use that to my advantage. I felt like a little high school vixen again.
âLook at me,â I said to him. âKeep your eyes locked on mine.â Then with my left hand I reached inside his jacket and let my fingers dance their way along his belt line, coming to rest on the small of his back. âI think you like that,â I said coyly, and I could see from his eyes that I now had his full attention. I then brought my right hand up to caress his cheek. Next, I ran it slowly down his neck and under his jacket to his chest. With the nail of my index finger I traced patterns around his nipple, stiff with the excitement of a womanâs touch. Then, looking deep into his eyes I whispered âNow do that to me.â Ever so slowly, in the dim light of the dance floor, he did. It was so erotic. It reminded me so much of high school.
Swaying on the dance floor, surrounded by other couples, I let him discretely massage my breast and tease my nipple. Not counting that drunken beach party a few summers back, it had been years since anyone other than my husband had touched me like there. God it felt good. I decided I would push things a little farther.
Growing damp with excitement, I let the hand, which was resting on the small of his back, drift down below his belt line. Then, to the beat of the music, I pulled his hips against me. The rhythmic pressure of my body rubbing against his prick caused it to stiffen noticeably. He quickly followed suit, bringing his hand to the small of my back and squeezing me against him, matching his rhythm to my own ⊠and there we stood, grinding our loins into one another on the dance floor. It was wonderfully sexy.