Michelle was a natural flirt. Not that there was anything wrong with that. Mind you, her husband, Nate, didn't necessarily agree. He was of a jealous disposition, always pushing himself between Marie and anyone she might be talking to.
I don't think he had any real cause for his jealousy. He was just a trifle insecure and took it out on Michelle. Several times I'd heard him ranting at her for just smiling at someone. As far as I was concerned I just thought, what the hell? She was of a naturally friendly and vivacious personality. You can't blame someone for being like that. Most people want to be.
I knew them both well. When Michelle flirted with me I would flirt right back, and the hell with what Nate thought. His insecurities were not my fault or my problem and I was damned if I was going to modify my behaviour just to let him demonstrate his superiority.
As you may guess, Nate and I don't really get on too well together. I wouldn't go out of my way to do him a bad turn, but neither would I want to go out of my way to do him a good turn.
I finally decided that I'd had enough when Nate tried to slug me one day. I was down the street and I bumped into Michelle coming out of a shop. Literally. I almost knocked her flying. If I hadn't caught her arm to help her maintain her balance she'd have gone down.
That's when Nate came barrelling up. I was still holding Michelle's arm and she was smiling her thanks and Nate came charging over and tried to hang one on me. I dodged and promptly hid behind Michelle. Cowardly, possibly, but I saw no benefits in getting into a brawl with Nate and there were a lot of potential downsides. So I let Michelle handle him, which she did, very volubly.
My chance at a little revenge came a few weeks later. Nate and Michelle were having a bit of a party and I was invited. Probably reluctantly on Nate's part, but I was invited. I rolled up, handed Michelle a present (it was her birthday), and joined the company, just socializing.
Nate and Michelle seemed to be the only two not drinking. Michelle had a glass of wine in her hand which she would occasionally sip, but it seemed to me that the one glass lasted a long time. I figured that she was taking care to be on her best behaviour. Nate wasn't drinking because he was too busy following Michelle around, making sure she didn't talk to anyone for too long. Actually, he was drinking, but only soft drink, a coke. Me, I also left the alcohol alone, but I had ulterior purposes.
The party started winding up and people were departing. Nate finally sat down in an easy chair, looking a little tired. I wasn't surprised to see him nod off. I was still there when Michelle came back from seeing off the last of the other guests.
"Last one," she said, smiling at me.
I smiled back. She was remarkably easy on the eye. She was currently wearing a short skirt and a nice lacy blouse that buttoned up the front. The top two buttons were undone, showing a hint of nice cleavage and a hint of a lacy bra.
"Indeed," I murmured. "All alone at last."
She laughed, flicking a glance towards Nate, making sure he wasn't listening. While she was glancing away from me I reached out and undid another button on her blouse.
Michelle gasped and slapped a hand against her blouse, but by then I'd moved on to another button. With four buttons undone, and her hand moved aside, her blouse gaped open to show quite a bit of cleavage. I ran my hand over the creamy swell revealed.
"Are you nuts," whispered Michelle. "Nate will go spare."
"Only if he wakes up," I said, pulling her blouse out of her skirt and undoing more buttons. Michelle was blushing, slapping at my hands and trying to hold the blouse together. I pushed her hands aside and I also pushed the blouse off her shoulders, running it down her arms,
She really did look delectable, nice high breasts partially covered by a decorative bra. She was still whispering objections when I noticed the front clip to the bra and unclipped it.
"You're mad," Michelle announced, her voice rising in volume. "Nate will kill you."
"Really?" I said as I slipped her bra straps down her arms, pushing off both blouse and bra so that she was topless. "Why don't you wake him up?"