(Just an obligatory warning that this story and series has a very strong cuckold/infidelity type theme and goes into some intense territory. The characters and situations (with a few exceptions) are fictional and the relationship within the story is probably not a particularly healthy relationship, etc etc etc. So if you're not into that you will hate this story. If you are into those themes then... you will probably enjoy this.)
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It took me a few seconds to realise why I'd woken up. I groggily opened my eyes. What time was it? Eliza was kneeling beside me on the bed, still in her corporate-style dress, which hugged her willowy but curvacious figure tightly, accentuating the contours of her breasts, hips and buttocks. She'd been at some conference that evening and had evidently just got back.
I was waking up a bit more and was aware by her expectant silence and coy smile she'd said something to me.
'Hey, could you tell me again, sorry?'
Her face was a little flushed and she cast her eyes down, as if searching for the right words.
'I said that I... met someone this evening,' she said breathlessly.
After a moment of puzzlement, I felt an almost instant rush of adrenaline flow through me, jolting me awake - a giddy, rushing feeling in my stomach. We'd had conversations like this before and I knew exactly what the significance of her words were. Was she joking? I did what I've done in past conversations like this - I played dumb.
'What do you mean, "someone"?' I murmured hesitantly.
She smiled and fixed her gaze on the high cupboard opposite the bed. Small dots of mascara had broken away from her beautiful big eyes and were scattered on her cheeks. 'Do you remember the conversation we had a few weeks ago?' she said.
'Which one?'
She laughed, looking a little frustrated, and brushed the hair off her face. 'I think you know the one I mean,' she said with a slightly more assertive tone.
I remembered it well. During an inebriated night, Eliza had told me that she wanted to take another lover. I can't explain why, but I've always got kicks out of her teasing me and making me feel a bit jealous. She certainly didn't hold back in telling me when she knew strangers found her attractive and flirted with her.
That time, in the middle of sex, her confession to me had immediately pushed me to orgasm. I just hadn't realised it was something she actually meant to do.
As if reading my mind, she continued, 'Maybe you thought I was joking, or that I was just trying to turn you on?'
I played dumb just to prolong the moment of life changing, agonising truth for a few seconds more. 'I'm still not sure which conversation you mean,' I said with a feigned sleepiness.
She seemed nervous and excited. Already I could see it wasn't telling me that she was nervous about, but all that was to follow.
'Today, I met someone,' she said, almost formally, 'that I want to bring home with me.'
'Bring home? To do what?' I asked. I don't know why I was bothering to play innocent by this stage- this was far from the first time she'd raised and explored this subject.