The next morning we woke up late. Julie gave me a quick kiss, then got out of bed and into the bathroom. After a little while I heard the shower running. I took that as my cue to catch a few more Z's before she came back to bed, but when I woke up again Julie was already dressed.
"I need a cup of coffee," she told me. "I'll meet you in the breakfast room."
I shrugged, got up and used the bathroom myself, then put on a pair of shorts and a golf shirt and went down to the breakfast room. I was surprised to see that Julie wasn't there, but just as I began to wander around looking for her, she breezed in through the front door.
"Where were you?" I asked her.
"It's a little secret," she smiled, and wouldn't say anything more. After that we didn't say much, and from long experience I could see the signs: Julie wanted to talk β undoubtedly about what happened the night before β but not at the moment. She would pick the time and place.
"So," I asked when we'd finished breakfast, "are you up to sightseeing, today?"
"Not really. I'm still jet-lagged, we stayed up awfully late and I didn't sleep that well. I'm bushed. Could we just go over to the beach again? You could catch some more criminals and I could get some rest." She smiled at the image.
"Suits me. I'm pretty tired, too. Let's get our bathing stuff and go out there."
Julie reached into her purse and pulled out a small package.
"Here," she said, "I just bought you a little present."
I opened the package and found a tiny men's swimsuit, very much like what Jordi had been wearing the day before.
"You'll fit right in with all the European men, wearing that."
"Thanks. I guess." I'd never worn anything like these briefs in public, but then again, Julie had never gone topless in public, either. There's a first time for everything, I thought.
Once back in the room we donned our bikini bottoms. I discovered that the briefs Julie had bought me featured a small pocket high on the front side where I could carry some bills and change. How convenient! A thief would have to throw me to the ground and strip off my pants, to get my money.
We walked back to the beach where we had met Jordi and Maria Rosa, rented chairs from the same boy as the day before, and placed them where we could look out over the water. The other bathers still interested us, but the novelty of topless sunbathing and ogling topless girls had warn off somewhat. Julie simply took off her top when she unwrapped her sarong, and we set about applying sunscreen to each other without the little sex games of the day before.
It was hot, and we went into the water almost immediately, holding hands as we went out to stand in chest-deep water. A couple was making out a few feet away, their hands on each others' bodies under the water as they kissed. I remembered playing with Maria Rosa almost exactly like that and the thought gave me the beginning of an erection, but the other couple soon stopped messing around and waded ashore.
Julie and I continued to hold hands, and then on impulse I pulled her close and held her in my arms. She raised her face to mine and we kissed, sweetly and deeply but not wildly. We broke the kiss off and she nestled her head under my chin.
"Jack, I want to say something, and please don't interrupt me or I'll never get through it. First, I love only you. I don't love you more than anybody else, I love you alone. And that's not going to change, no matter what. I don't in any way love Jordi, and never will.
"Second, I had a wonderful time last night, and I hope you did, too.
"Third, I'm sorry I'm such a prude, or so straight, or whatever I am, that I denied you your fun. Actually, I had no objection to you having sex with Maria Rosa, per se. I was mainly worried that if you had sex with her, then I would end up having sex with Jordi, and I wasn't sure I wanted that.
"And then of course I did have sex with Jordi, more or less. Did he actually penetrate me? I'm not sure."
"Yeah, he did, but just barely."
"I thought so. Anyway, I'm not sure I understand what happened to me last night. I've never thought of myself as a woman who cared much about a man's size, just as you don't care that much about women's breast size. But when I saw Jordi's cock staring up at me, wanting me ... well, I was fascinated, I guess."
"Yes, you clearly were mesmerized at the sight of it."
"Mesmerized. That's a good word for it. It's as if I went into some kind of trance. Jack, I wanted that cock so badly. I don't love Jordi, but I loved his cock. And that frightens me. It's funny, because he's not nearly the lover you are β much too rough for me. But I love that cock."
I noticed the change in tense β she was talking about loving his cock in the present, not just last night. "Should I have an issue with that?" I asked her. "I mean, is this some kind of threat to our marriage that I have to worry about?"
She kissed me. "No, silly. As I said, I'm yours forever, like it or not. But maybe it should be you setting the boundaries for me, rather than me setting the boundaries for you. I promise not to do anything you don't want me to, just as you promised me last night. So, if you feel at all threatened, just say no."
"This is quite a change in you, isn't it?"
"Well, it seems fair. You didn't fuck Maria Rosa last night because I said not to; now I'm happy to follow whatever boundaries you set."
"I see that, and on the face of it, it sounds good. Let me think about it. Meanwhile, let's go back up to the beach and get some tans."
We walked back to the beach chairs with our arms around each other rather than hand in hand. We sat for awhile in silence. I noticed that the couple we had been in the water with, earlier, were lying on a blanket facing each other and seemed oblivious to the rest of us.
"Is she doing to him what I think she's doing to him?" I asked.
"I think so, but I'm not sure."
"Tell you what: If we walk along the edge of the water, we can just happen to come back to our chairs past them; and if we just happen to do that, we might just happen to see what she's doing to him."
"I guess," she said. She didn't sound very enthusiastic, but when I stood up she reached her hand out for me to help her up from the chair. We walked directly down to the beach and then along it about 100 yards, looking at the topless bathers and, in Julie's case, scoping out the equipment in the men's pouch bathing suits. We turned back and, turning up from the water toward our chairs, walked right behind the back of the girl lying on the blanket. Sure enough, she had her boyfriend's cock out and was masturbating him, though maybe not fast enough to get him off. He wasn't touching her in return, just lying there enjoying it.
"Well," I remarked as we sat back down, "at least he's of average size. I guess I won't have to restrain you from attacking him."
"Very funny," she said. "I'm not really sure that it was Jordi's size, entirely." She shook her head. "I don't know exactly what it was. Look, suppose you saw a really beautiful woman here at the beach, and she had a really nice ass. You'd be attracted to her, right?"
I nodded.
"But suppose you were more attracted to her than you expected yourself to be. Something about her, in addition to the nice ass. And suppose I asked you what you found attractive about her. You'd certainly mention the nice ass, but maybe couldn't put your finger on what else there was, besides the nice ass."