I have always been an avid reader of your stories secretly hoping that someday I would have one of my own to share; well now I do.
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I am a college instructor who spends my days sharing my knowledge with my students and thought for years if there was a chance of rare sexual encounter it would most likely be with one of my lonely students. However I was pleasantly surprised when the opportunity presented itself with my boss, the Dean, instead.
I have worked with her (I'll call her Sarah) for several years as a peer until she received a promotion and became my boss. We had always been friendly and flirt occasionally but between the work relationship and the fact that we are both married we never took it very far. Sarah is a looker in her upper forties, just a few years older than I. Her long blond hair has always caught my attention and even though she always dresses conservatively her mid length skirts have revealed her perfect legs.
Lately she has been distracted and not her normal cheerful self, so being a concerned friend, I went in to her office and closed the door to find out what's wrong. She began to cry and said that she had walked in on her husband having sex with her neighbor. She said she could believe that after 23 years of marriage her husband would cheat on her. I came around the desk and put my hand on her shoulder until her sobbing subsided. Then she asked me what she should do. I told her that I am not a marriage counselor but I have experienced a similar situation with my wife in the past and that if she would allow me to come over tonight I may be able to discuss their issues with them and help save their marriage. She agreed.
Later that evening I went to her house for the first time and the awkward situation I expecting became a reality when Sarah opened the doors with tears in her eyes. As I walked in she quickly sat down and her husband (John) came to me with a desperate look in his eyes and said that he knew why I was here and that he acknowledges that he fucked up. He said I am sorry for what he had done and went on to explain that he was in a weaken state due to the lack of attention he was receiving at home and that the neighbor seduced him. This made Sarah cry even more.
I told them to both sit down and waited for tears to stop. I told them that I was asked to come here as a friend to help save their marriage. John interrupted and stated although he would do anything to save their marriage he did not see how I could help. Before I could respond Sarah told him to shut up and listen if he did want to lose her (he did as he was told). I gave them both a chance to tell me their sides of the story and between the tears it became obvious that the indeed was a lack of intimacy within their relationship, but it did not excuse her husband's actions.
I told them the story about my wife cheating on me years ago and while I have forgiven her, I still occasionally get angry with her out of jealousy. I told them the distrust will go away with time but I have a way of eliminating the anger from the jealousy which may save your marriage and if they agree to do as I ask they will begin the healing right away. They both agreed to do anything to save their marriage.
I told them both that in order for Sarah to get over the feeling of being cheated she will need to need to get back the thing that has been stolen. I explained that she had been in a since been slapped by his actions and to leave that unchallenged would cause bad feelings to fester and build up. She needed to hit him back in a similar manner to call it even so the healing could begin faster. I reminded them that they both said that they would do anything to save their marriage and then told John to sit in his chair with his arms to his side. I instructed him that he could not leave his chair nor move his arms, not even to scratch an itch. He looked confused but agreed.