Colin knocked on the door softly and waited anxiously. No turning back now, he thought. The man who opened the door had to be close to 6 feet tall and well muscled, and towered over Colin who was merely 5'5''.
"Hi, I'm Colin," Colin said firmly, trying not to look intimidated by him.
"I know who you are," Jake replied. "What do you want?"
"I need to talk to you."
Jake gave him an annoyed look, but then stepped back and gestured to the couch. "Have a seat."
Colin walked in and sat on the edge of the couch. Jake came and sat down a bit further from him.
"I guess you know what I wanted to talk about." Colin said.
"No, not really." Jake replied in a bored voice.
Colin clenched his teeth. What an asshole.
"I know you and Michelle have been seeing each other."
"And?" Jake challenged.
"And?" Colin yelled. "What the fuck do you mean, 'and'? She's my wife. I want you to stay the fuck away from her!"
"I don't think so." Jake leaned back on the couch, lazily. "I'm gonna keep banging that hot piece of ass every chance I get."
Colin was furious, but at this point he did not know what to do. He had taken so much time working up the courage to confront the guy, that he had not thought this through. And now the jerk was acting like he did not give a fuck.
Jake saw him silently fuming at him, and shook his head as if taking pity on him.
"She's gonna keep coming to me, anyways. It's because you are such a lousy fuck, you know. If you can't keep her satisfied she's gonna find someone who can. It won't matter if I stop fucking her, she'll just move on to another guy. Since you are not taking care of her needs, she has taken it into her own hands. You think she'll just go back to having lousy sex with you?"
Colin frowned, his anger forgotten. Was is true? He knew there sex life wasn't great, and they rarely even had sex anymore, but Michelle never complained to him about it. He had simply assumed that this was what happened to couples after marriage.
"But she's my wife," he said helplessly. "I love her."
"And she loves you. But this isn't about that. She doesn't come to me looking for love. She actually told me she feels happier with you after she started having sex with me. Don't you get it? I am giving her what is lacking in her relationship with you. I'm actually doing you a favor!"
Michelle did seem to be more cheerful around him recently, Colin thought, but he didn't feel like admitting it.
"That's a favor I can do without!" Colin said stubbornly.
Jake sighed. "Look if you want to keep her for yourself, you're gonna have to work for it. Prove to her that you can satisfy her desires, and she's yours. But that's not gonna happen. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Colin asked curiously.
"Because you are not a fighter. Michelle told me all about how it was your best friend who first set you up on a date with her, and how you ended up dating afterwards because you happened to like each other. And she told me how she had to drop hints to get you to propose to her. See, you are the type of guy who just waits for good things to happen to him, and then you take those things for granted. Well, you took Michelle for granted, and now you are in this mess. What are you gonna do about it? Are you gonna try to win her back, or are you gonna keep letting me fuck her so you don't have to worry about having to satisfy her?"
Colin blushed deep red. To his shame, he realized that he did not like the idea of competing with another man. But he also didn't like the idea of Michelle having sex with Jake.
"Well, it's all up to you." Jake said, when Colin didn't reply. He stood up from the couch impatiently as if waiting for Colin to leave, and Colin too got up.
"Y-Yeah. Thanks." When he was out the door, Colin kicked himself realizing he had just thanked the guy who was screwing his wife.
*****
Later that afternoon, Michelle plopped beside him on the couch and leaned against him.
"So I hear you've met my fuck buddy." she said it like it was no big deal.
"Yeah." Colin muttered, not taking his eyes of the TV screen.
"And?" she looked up at him, resting her chin on his shoulder.
"And what?" he shrugged her off grumpily.
Michelle sighed and shook her head.
"Jake's right. You are not a fighter. Well, you can sulk all you want, but I'm not gonna stop seeing him. The sooner you learn to live with it, the easier it'll be for you. You might even learn to enjoy it."
"Why would I enjoy it that you are sleeping with another guy?" he said angrily, finally turning to face her.
"It's actually a lot more common thing than you think. Look up cuckold lifestyle on the internet. It's when a guy gives up his partner for another man to fuck. Like Jake said, this would suit you since you don't like putting too much effort into things. And it has helped me to be more content with our relationship now that I'm being satisfied sexually. Deep down, I think you actually want this. Don't you?"
Colin didn't reply. So even Michelle thought that this was suitable for him. It's true that he had been contemplating the idea in his head since he left Jake's apartment that day. Was it true that there are many other couples who are doing this? Was he really going to be OK with this? But it seemed that he was the only one who's not getting any sex.
"How come we don't have sex anymore?" he complained.
Michelle laughed at him. "You really are hopeless. We rarely have sex because you assume that sex is just gonna happen naturally. You're too lazy to initiate sex. Instead of taking what you want, you just wait for it to fall into your lap."
Colin felt embarrassed. Jake had said something similar earlier.
"I can change."