Happy Birthday to Me
Okay, this is the first "Loving Wives" category story I've tried so a couple of comments before we get into the story itself. One of the things I've noticed in browsing through this category is that most of these stories are written from a distinctly male perspective, with the male partner primarily as the voyeur, sometimes the instigator, sometimes the one who is betrayed or cheated on. The emphasis is primarily on the male partner's feelings and emotions and reactions as he watches his wife / girlfriend taken by another male (or males, as the case may be). Given that Literotica has a largely male readership and a high percentage of authors here are male, I can understand that.
However, looking at it from the female perspective, there's a huge difference between involvement and commitment. As with ham and eggs, the chicken is involved; the pig is committed. With these stories, the male partner is involved largely as the voyeur while the female partner is the one that's totally committed - the one that's involved the most, with the most at stake. I thought it would be fascinating (for me) to write one of these "Loving Wives" story's with a first person point of view from the wife's perspective, getting into the female partner's head with all the emotions and feelings and conflicts and physicality involved. I write here not from personal experience, but it's something I wanted to try and wrap my mind around and get into and write.
Now I also know these stories tend to get the most negative feedback and reviews, and some of the comments can be fairly vituperative. So, on the understanding that I'm writing this from a female POV and this story is purely fictional, a complete figment of my imagination, bearing no relationship to any events and/or persons known or unknown to the author, and that the author's mother, father, siblings, partner, former boyfriends, former girlfriends and in fact anyone known to the author in any way whatsoever, disclaim all responsibility for the author's views and upbringing and says the author is a very bad girl indeed and deserves a good spanking for writing such shocking stories, here we go... And cutting to the chase, if you don't like this type of story, don't read it... We're all grownups here after all (well, I hope so).
All of that said, this is a bit different from the "coming of age" stories I've been working on so it was a bit of a challenge for me. I'd love to know how you think I've done here. Looking forward to your comments, even if it's just a "love it" or "it sucks". And believe me, it's totally fiction.
That aside, as always, I do hope you all enjoy and that your responses are ... how do I say it ... in keeping with the intent of the story... Chloe
Happy Birthday to Me - Chapter One
Ten minutes past midnight
Leaning out of the window to see the dim light outside
Lost quiet rainy night kisses passersby
Once you whispered in the rain:
Happy birthday my loved one
Ten Minutes Past Midnight, Sally Yip
My phone rang. I looked at it. Kam. "Hi, honey."
"Hi darling, want to grab some sushi after work?"
"Sounds wonderful."
"Why not come over, drag me out of here, we'll grab some sushi, watch a movie, have an early night."
An early night? I liked that suggestion. That was Kam's code word for going back to our apartment and making love. Something I didn't get nearly enough of after a mere couple of years of married life. And yesterday I'd been late home.
My boss had kept me at work. I'd been experimenting lately, working on the theory that when I wore short skirts, he asked me to work late. I'd been making up a little spreadsheet for fun over the last couple of months, just to correlate the results. Yesterday I'd worn a short skirt, my shortest. I kept catching him looking at my legs. It made me giggle. I mean, I didn't mind him looking at me at all. He wasn't the only guy that checked me out. I enjoyed guys looking at me.
I knew I was good looking but I wasn't conceited about it. It was one of the reasons Kam had married me, something I'd never regretted. Kam was older than me, ten years older. I'd been almost twenty when we'd married, now I'd graduated and I'd been lucky enough to get a job in the same building that Kam worked in and that our apartment was located in - one of those huge modern office-apartment complexes with everything you needed in one place. Work, living, shopping, food centers, even a supermarket, cinemas, bars, a couple of nightclubs. Honestly, there was no reason to leave the building unless you wanted to go outside.
"On my way honey, I'll be there in fifteen minutes. Love you."
"Love you Isabelle."
I stood up, walked over to David's office. He was watching my legs. Oh yeah. I walked slower, enjoying him looking. Stopped in his doorway, one arm resting on the doorframe. Now he was looking at my breasts. And okay, they were larger than the Chinese girl norm. A lot larger. I smiled. That my boss liked looking at my legs and my breasts was more entertainment than annoyance. Sometimes I wished Kam had the sort of enthusiasm for looking at me that my boss did.
"Hi David, mind if I finish up now?" I smiled. "Everything's done and in the system, I'll check the numbers tomorrow morning after tonight's financials run."
"Sure, and thanks for staying on to help Isabelle." He was having trouble maintaining eye contact. I wanted to giggle again. I walked back to my desk slowly, giving him lots of time to look. I was so looking forward to Kam being in the mood tonight.
* * * * * * * *
Fan looked up as I walked in the door fifteen minutes later. "Hi Isabelle, looking for Kam? He's in with Tom."
"Thanks Fan."
Fan was Tom and Kam's personal assistant. She was nineteen, single, cutely attractive. I knew she had her eye on Tom, whose wife had stayed in America when Tom had taken the temporary position managing the Singapore office. This despite Tom being thirty years older than her. Mind you, I could see what she saw in Tom, and who was I to talk about an age gap. There was something magnetic about him. I felt it myself and I was happily married. Very happily. Looking at him always send little thrills racing through me for some reason. I had no idea why.
"Want some tea while you wait, they might be a while. There's a new client coming in tomorrow, they were reviewing the presentation."
"Thanks Fan."