How to Ruin a Perfect Marriage

Author's notes

I have been contacted on many occasions by readers asking me to write about particular scenarios they've had in mind and add them into some of my multi-part stories. These I have so far resisted as their ideas usually take my characters into an area I don't envisage them in. I have also been contacted a few times with complete story ideas. Again I have resisted this as I have so many of my own tales to finish writing.

However last year a plot was sent to me by a reader (he wishes to remain anonymous but for the purpose of these notes I'll call him Matt), which I felt had some merit. I got an idea for my leading lady immediately and off I went. My problem was that as usual I got distracted onto other stories and it became yet another one that remained unfinished.

That was until December when

rnebular

submitted Temptation, Parts 1-4. I knew the characters instantly and read Parts 1-3 with great enjoyment.

Interested in how his version of Matt's outline differed to mine but happy that at least someone had written a story and submitted it, I checked back into my word documents. I was amazed to find that I had 5 versions on my computer (2 x first person and 3 x third person). Spread amongst them I found I had loads of background and character development along with huge chunks of dialogue. It was far more than I thought I'd written.

Being off work for a couple of weeks just before Christmas due to illness and somewhat inspired by what I had previously written I began to cobble together a complete story of my own together with an ending. (Just to let you know, at the time of posting this story I have still not read rnebular's final part).

So with the gracious permission of rnebular, here for better or worse is my version of Matt's story.

In closing I will tell you that it is fairly lengthy (around 12 pages I think) although there is quite a bit of dialogue. I did toy with the idea of dividing it into parts but in the end went with my initial thought of submitting it as a complete story. So you have been warned. However, if it helps I have split it into chapters so you can dip in and out of the story if you so desire.

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Chapter 1

"Okay Sophie, you be good for Daddy. Momma's got to go to work today but I'll see you later this afternoon." With her red jacket draped over her arm and clutching her favorite large blue handbag, Anna Hutchison leaned over and kissed the head of her little girl. "I love you!" she added.

"Bye momma," the nearly three year old replied innocently as she briefly looked up at her mother before returning her full attention back to the small bowl of breakfast cereal in front of her.

Anna glanced across at her husband David who was lolling against the worktop at the far side of the kitchen, a faint smile playing on his lips as he watched her fussing over their daughter.

"What?" she said, her eyes opening enquiringly wider.

"Nothing," he replied with a broad grin, shaking his head. "You realize that's the third time you've said goodbye to her!"

"Is it?" she replied brusquely. "Well it's important that she knows I love her and will miss her, that's all."

"I'm pretty sure she does," he said, still smiling at Anna as he walked over to her. "Now get off to work. You know you have to go, so quit stalling and get a move on."

He stood alongside her and gave her a light slap on the ass, followed immediately by a second and then a third. His hand lingered there as he ran it over her curvy ass cheeks before finishing off with a playful squeeze.

"By the way, did I tell you that you've got a great ass?" His hand was now resting on her hip but he was looking down at the inviting swell of her curvy ass cheeks

"Only about four or five times today," she replied with a devastating smile.

"Nice legs too," he added gazing down at her long shapely legs, which were displayed quite nicely beyond her shorter than knee length skirt. The skirt was flared but importantly it still clung to her delightful ass.

"But shame about the face!" Anna quickly retorted. "Nice legs; shame about the face. You know; the saying!"

He tilted his head to one side and gave her a wry smile. She was funny. She was drop dead gorgeous and she knew it although she never flaunted it.

"GO ... TO ... WORK," he said, firmly emphasizing each word as he ushered her towards the door; she reluctantly tottering forward in her high heels as he did. "If you don't leave now you're going to be late. You know the traffic's a bitch at this time in the morning."

"Okay, okay, I'm going. Bye Sophie, I love you." She leaned towards him and gave him a quick peck on the lips. She didn't want him to smudge her lipstick. "And I love you too," she added.

"Yeah, I know," he replied.

She made it to the door before turning around one last time. "Don't forget to take some money into the Day Care Center later for Sophie's outing. Okay?"

"JUST ... GO ..." he said, lovingly scowling back at his wife, "I can handle everything."

She took a deep breath and closed the door behind her. He smiled. He knew she was SO not looking forward to going to work today.

He walked over to the kitchen window and watched her leave. He meant everything he'd said to Anna. With a face that could easily adorn the front covers of the glossy magazines she also had a body that wouldn't look out of place as the centerfold spread of a Playboy or Penthouse magazine. He was pretty sure that other people thought that about her too!

And why not! At twenty five years of age she was now at the peak of her delicious femininity. Her oval shaped face was framed by long wavy, naturally blonde hair that came down in tresses to rest between her shoulder blades. Her large blue eyes were simply stunning and gave her a bewildered look that David found quite endearing. And when she smiled, which was often, her full lips would part to reveal sparkling white teeth.

It was true that fresh out of High School she'd turned down the chance of a modeling contract not wanting to leave their small town and had resisted further offers when she'd gone on to the nearby college. She'd told David that she declined all the requests as she didn't want to leave him. It was their little joke as they didn't actually date each other until just before she graduated, by which time David had been left college for over two years. She told him later that she knew after their first date that he was the one; that he was going to be her soul-mate for life; till death do us part.

Since their marriage, parenthood had blessed her with a slightly fuller figure than she'd had at High School and college but all it did was accentuate her womanly curves. At 5'5" tall her slender build gave her a 25" waist and 34" hips but her breasts since motherhood were now a nice firm 34C with nipples that when aroused became rock hard and extremely sensitive to the touch. But it was her legs that garnered the most attention. Toned by exercise her shapely calves gave way to sculpted and curvaceous thighs and her propensity to wear short skirts and high heels at all times only added to their allure. And all this was topped off by a delightfully pert curvy ass.

As he watched her disappear down the road David couldn't help but feel a twinge of worry about her and her new role. But he knew how determined and focused she could be when the need arose so was confident she would cope with the pressure that the added responsibility would undoubtedly bring.

As he fussed over Sophie, cleaning up the mess she'd made by tipping the remnants of her cereal bowl all over herself, his thoughts began to wander. It was true that he considered himself to be the luckiest man in the world, an expression he heard others say about him many times over the years. And he guessed you could say he was. He thought he had the perfect life because he was married to Anna.

When he'd first seen her she was the perfect embodiment of the archetypal blonde cheerleader with a slender athletic body and great legs. Her ass was nicely developed but her boobs were smaller than they were now. She was not quite straight up and down but not far off. But she was definitely very pretty.

And he was certainly surprised when it was her that initiated the first contact when they met at the sorority party held just a few months before her graduation. Of course, he'd noticed her around campus when he was a student there. Everybody had but he'd never ever thought about approaching her. For one thing she was two years below him plus she was clearly way out of his league and seemingly only interested in the athletes. Every time he'd seen her she was usually hanging on the arm of one of them although she did seem to favor the football jocks.

When he and Anna announced that they wanted to get married after what was a whirlwind courtship, their respective parents were definitely unimpressed and somewhat less than supportive. It was only a few months since her graduation and far too soon to even contemplate matrimony they said. They should wait a few years until they both matured a bit more. David's father even told him not to marry a beautiful woman because he would spend a lifetime trying to fend off other men.

Of course David didn't see it like that. Whilst he appreciated Anna's physical beauty, it was her inner beauty he was most in love with. To put it simply she was a truly lovely person with a good heart. Constantly smiling, she had an easy manner, which instantly put the people she met at ease. There was a genuine interest or concern in any conversation she might have with anyone.

So despite their parent's reservations they got married and moved into the converted basement of his parent's house. David was already working for his father and Anna got a job at McKenzie Project Management Systems or MPMS as they were widely known, a company for whom she'd now been working for around three years.

When baby Sophie come along shortly after they married, throwing their carefully laid plans into total disarray, Anna took maternity leave and then considered quitting her job altogether, citing the need to be at home for their baby in those early formative years. Even though at that time she'd only been with the company for a short while she was already highly thought of and not wanting to lose her they made her an offer she couldn't refuse. Flexi-hours meant she could work around her busy schedule of being a mother and luckily it meshed well with David's work too. Having a proud paternal grandfather as your understanding boss was a godsend to them both!

A couple of years later and with Sophie now a toddler, Anna had been persuaded to take on a bit more responsibility. The firm was expanding and had already recruited some more staff. This meant slightly longer hours for Anna but David wanted to support her and had pushed her to accept. He knew she liked her job and he felt it was important that she interacted with other adults besides himself, people who wouldn't be talking about kids all day. So they made it work even though their time together became more limited.

And this was fine for a while. As part of a group Anna was good at her job and comfortable with her role within that team. She'd never had any great aspirations to go higher up the management ladder until they'd talked her into accepting the lead role in a new project along with a raise in salary and title to go with it. Initially delighted with the recognition of her hard work and loyalty David sensed she was now beginning to regret taking on the role. Whilst they'd not fully discussed the depths of any misgivings he felt the recent signs of her reluctance to go to work spoke volumes. It wasn't that hard to see as today was proving.

Chapter 2

As Anna settled into her commute to work, David's words were still ringing in her ears. It was true. Everything he'd said was a fact. She WAS stalling; she just didn't want to go into work today. Excited as she was about her new position she was still wracked with self doubt as well as a smidgen of fear and was therefore unable to relax completely. But she knew David was behind her one hundred percent and she loved him for that. She was as happy as she could be as a young wife and mom. It was good that he had faith in her ability but for her it was still a big step up.

Getting assigned to this project would be a good opportunity for her to shine in her new role, even though when the announcement had been made she'd felt an undercurrent of resentment from certain people and in particular, Kendra Dean. She had been so openly nasty about Anna getting the project and the promotion that went with it that she was beginning to wonder if it was all worthwhile and had even considered relinquishing the new position.

As much as she loved working for the company, she didn't need such hostility in her life and was at a complete loss as to why Kendra disliked her so much. When Kendra had first joined the company they'd got on just fine but their fragile friendship seemed to stall completely shortly around the time that Kendra revealed details of her apparently messy break up with her fiancé.

And then there was Jake Ventura, her new colleague on the project. He was a nice enough guy although he seemed to have made it his mission in life to hit on her at every opportunity that arose. Not that their paths had crossed much in the few months he'd been working at MPMS. But it didn't bother her much. After all, she'd been hit on her whole life since puberty and could shrug it off as just boys being boys.

And it wasn't as if she would ever cheat; she took her marriage vows very seriously; especially with the likes of Jake who was just okay looking but nothing special. He certainly was flirty although he oozed way too much confidence for her taste. In fact he was the total opposite of David. Her husband was such a sweet, humble and handsome man and she loved him for that.

She quickly put her thoughts to one side as she saw the exit sign up ahead that signaled the upcoming end to her journey. MPMS had recently relocated to a new purpose built office complex just a mile off the freeway. The traffic in front of her started to slow, a steady glow of red tail lights giving her advance warning that vehicles on the off ramp were stationary. She cursed to herself as she too hit the brakes. David had been right; traffic was a bitch this morning. If only she'd heeded his words and left earlier.

Chapter 3

At the same time that Anna was attempting to get off the freeway, in the offices of MPMS Jake Ventura was staring out of a window eagerly anticipating her arrival. He had made it into work early today, which was unusual for him as he normally drifted in as close to starting time as he could. But today was different because today was the day he was going to start working on the new project with Anna. He just couldn't wait.

He couldn't say he was deliberately waiting for Anna's arrival at work, more that he was just keeping a watchful eye out. But his heartbeat definitely quickened a bit when he finally saw her car pull into the car park. As she clambered rather ungracefully out of her vehicle he watched with delight as her flared skirt was caught by a gust of wind and lifted high up her legs, exposing an exciting amount of her shapely thighs. He was sure he could make out the color of her panties. They were black and they were lacy. Okay, that bit he guessed but his stomach still turned over as he felt his cock pulse.

He was so looking forward to today. He couldn't have been happier when he was told he'd been assigned to the new project that Anna was to head up. It wasn't a massive project, the team consisted of just Anna and himself but that suited him just fine. In a way he was surprised to have been selected for the task as he'd only been with the company for a few months.

As she disappeared briefly from view, collecting her things from the back seat of the car, his thoughts drifted back to the day he first started with MPMS and more especially to the first sight of the woman who was to become the object of his desire. He'd had the indoctrination meeting; which had been immensely tedious; and the General Manager was finishing off the immersion course by giving him a quick guided tour of the offices.

MPMS wasn't a massive company but it was big enough that a person could feel there was a definite career path to be pursued and was a place where you could actually build a worthwhile future. Not that Jake had any great desire in that respect. He was pretty much a live each day as it comes sort of guy.

He had already met the people from the office where he would be working and he was now being introduced to the staff in the remaining offices. Jake was already making mental notes, grading the women he'd met for their suitability as future prospects for seduction as he followed the General Manager through the open door and into the last office.

'Un colpo di fulmine!'

Jake felt the hit immediately. His first sight of Anna. The translation is 'love at first sight' but Italians; which formed part of Jake's ancestry; often romantically call it 'a lightning bolt of love'. In Jake's case maybe love was a bit strong but whatever it was he was immediately and most definitely in lust!

She was absolutely stunning. It was as if she had an aura surrounding her that instantly drew him in as soon as he walked through the door. She was bent over talking to a woman who was sitting at a desk. As the manager made his introduction she stood up straight and turned to face him.

It was her eyes that hit Jake first. So big. So blue. And then her pouty red lips parted as she smiled. A sincere, generous welcoming smile full of warmth and friendliness. Now experience had taught Jake that women who are beautiful usually know they are and for whatever reason just seem to develop a bad attitude and become total bitches. You know the sort, they act like their shit don't stink. But he already sensed that this didn't apply in Anna's case.

'Un colpo di fulmine!'

A new wave of desire washed through him. But it wasn't Jake's heart that was now pounding wildly inside his chest. His problem was lower down. His cock had suddenly stood up to attention and was now straining the fabric of his briefs, throbbing painfully, as it struggled for it's release. It too seemed drawn by her aura.

Time seemed to slow down as she made to move away from behind the desk and towards him. He took stock. She was quite simply beautiful. Long blonde hair framed her oval shaped face. Her makeup was flawless. And her large blue eyes twinkled as she smiled. His gaze dropped lower.

Her top was a simple blouse. It was fairly loose fitting but there was enough of a bump in the front to show that she had a nice pair of slightly fuller than regulation size breasts hidden away inside. So far he was liking what he saw but when she finally stepped clear of the desk he nearly came in his briefs.

She was wearing what he thought was called an 'A line' skirt, which in itself wasn't a bad thing but it was the length that amazed him. It was so short and so tight. It had to be at least a good five or six inches above the knee but what made it better was that her legs were simply superb. Curvaceous, shapely, toned, well proportioned; adjectives alone were simply not enough words to describe just how good her legs were. And as if to highlight that fact they were in turn enhanced by her ridiculously high heel shoes. They had to be at least four inches high. Surely they were not suitable to work in all day? Not that Jake cared.

She came right up to him, holding out her hand. Her alluring perfume wafted over his senses. "Hi and welcome. I'm Anna, pleased to meet you."

Jake shook her hand but didn't let go. He looked deep into her eyes, holding the gaze, daring her to blink.