Could You Forgive A Cheater--
I couldn't
How do you forgive someone for cheating?
From every perspective it is looked at, cheating is cheating and no married person, regardless of how they try to justify it, has the right to cheat on their spouse. Marriage is I love you enough to spend the rest of my life with you and give myself only onto you.
It still happens. The reasons for it happening are endless. He/she was an old boyfriend/girlfriend. I was lonely. You were not home enough. I was drunk. I was drugged. I was weak. And on and on.
Lisa is a beautiful woman and heads turn toward her wherever she goes. Watching her walk is an erotic experience in and of itself and watching her walk in tight fitting jeans causes drool to form on almost every male and a substantial portion of the females who are lucky enough to witness it. Her ass has a natural roll to it which has caused more than one seismometer scale to move.
Over the year's she had developed an immunity to the numerous attempts to persuade her to 'stray'...or so everybody thought. Why she cheated is a mystery. Actually, she cheated with two men. The men she cheated with, like she, were married. They, like she, have jobs. In fact, they all work for the same company; and one of the men, like she, had every intention of staying faithful to his spouse. And did; until the evening they went to dinner with their boss and his wife.
One promotion and two candidates. That was the rumor around the water cooler. How was the boss going to decide? Merit? They were neck and neck. Ability? Again, they were virtually dead even. Personality? Well, she had the advantage there, but he had a slight edge in the 'connections' aspect of the job. He knew everybody in the industry.
So they had been invited to dinner at the boss's house. Reggie was the boss. He wanted his inner circle call him Reggie, not Mr. Jameson. They had both met Reggie's wife, Brooke, on many occasions. She, like Lisa, was both attractive and smart and they both wore those attributes with elegance and grace, if that makes any sense. The dinner had gone well. It was one of those five course affairs which had a different wine with each course.
The two men were sipping twenty- year old Port in the living room after dinner while the two ladies busied themselves doing whatever it is that ladies do when they disappear together. The ladies were just entering the living room and overheard the men discussing the upcoming Oilers game. They learned that the Oilers were on a two game winning streak and needed Sunday's game to continue the streak. Lisa and Brooke looked at each other and rolled their eyes then entered the room. The two men stood and Reggie indicated that the ladies should sit. They did and the men did likewise.
"Can't you two think of anything besides sports to talk about?" Asked Brooke.
"Sure we can." Said Reggie. "We just didn't want to embarrass the two of you by talking about you."
"Bullshit. I've never known you to worry about who you embarrass." She laughed.
"Now, now, Brooke, don't talk like that in front of our guests. They might get the wrong opinion."
So the chatter went for another half hour. It appeared that the reason for the dinner had been forgotten as the friendliness among the four developed and both Lisa's and Gregg's (Gregg was the other man) defenses were being lowered. Lisa told Gregg later that the more they chatted the more relaxed she became and the more she enjoyed their company. She and Gregg had joined the company at the same time and had worked together for the three years they had been there. They had a lot of respect for each other's talents. And they were both intelligent enough to know that they were also each other's main competition for the rumored promotion.
Lisa knew wines and had a keen appreciation of the ones they had enjoyed at dinner but her favorite was the Ice Wine she and Brooke now sipped while chatting with the men.
"Listen," Said Brooke, "I know the two of you have to leave shortly but why don't we all jump in the hot tub to relax and let some of tonight's alcohol evaporate. Reggie and I would feel a lot better than if you just headed home." Pause. "How about it?"
Gregg never hesitated. "Sounds good to me if I can borrow a bathing suit."
"How about you, Lisa?" Asked Brooke. The other three looked expectantly at her.
"Well, what the hey. If you have a suit that fits me, I'm game." She said as she finished her wine and put the glass on the table.
"Okay, let me grab a bottle of champagne. Gregg, why don't you grab some glasses."
So the four made their way to the pool house. Reggie and Brooke headed for their private little room while Lisa and Gregg headed for their designated areas. Ten minutes of searching and trying on suits failed to locate any that Lisa and Gregg felt was comfortable.
Reggie and Brooke had donned their suits and he was pouring champagne at the bar as Lisa and Gregg timidly joined them.
"Change your minds?" Asked Reggie as he handed them their flutes of Champagne
"Actually, I was looking forward to it, but couldn't find a suit to fit." Said Lisa taking her flute.
"Likewise." Said Gregg.
Reggie and Brooke looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.