I'll never forget the day my husband Todd asked me if I would help him with his career.
I will admit, looking back on the whole affair, I was really naïve. I really believed that Todd's primary reason for wanting me to show his boss, Marvin Abbington, a good time was all about his job. I had never heard of men actually
wanting
their wives to sleep with other men.
"Honey, I thought Mr. Abbington
liked
your work."
"He does, but that's not enough. He likes everybody's work in our division, but he's got to let at least two of us go."
"You think he'd fire you?"
"Baby, I don't know for sure. I just want us to have some insurance, that's all. If you
go out with him, and he has a good time, he won't even think about letting me go. But if you don't want to, I'll understand. If worse comes to worse, we can always move back to New Jersey. Your father said he'd hire me back any time, remember?"
Todd was very convincing. And I think, on one level, he actually was worried about his job. But, as I learned later, he also really
wanted
me to have sex with his boss. That's the part that really surprised me.
I told him I'd think about it, but he kept bringing it back up.
"So, have you thought about it, sweetheart?"
"I haven't made up my mind yet," I'd tell him whenever he brought up the subject. And I hadn't. I knew Marvin Abbington--a little--and he was not a jerk, by any means. He was older that Todd and me by about ten years. He made a good appearance, and always treated me with respect whenever we ran into each other.
Eventually, Todd got tired of my indecision, and announced one morning that he had invited Mr. Abbington to our house for dinner.
"I haven't said a word to him, it's just dinner. Like I said, I don't want you to do anything you don't want to. I know you like to cook and entertain, and that's all this is. So just be yourself, honey. That's all I ask. OK?"
At first I was pissed that Todd had invited his boss for dinner without first discussing it with me, but after thinking about it, I realized that it might be a good idea to have him over. It would be an opportunity for me to assess just how much jeopardy Todd's position in the company really was.
Of course, Todd wanted the evening to be special. A great meal, some real good wine, and "good company," by which he meant that he expected me to be the cordial host that I always was whenever we had people over. "Nothing more," he kept telling me.
Well, the evening went smoothly enough. I wore one of my favorite dresses, and heels and Todd and Mr. Abington both told me how nice I looked. My special roast beef and baked veggies was a hit, and afterwards Mr. Abbington and Todd smoked cigars out on the deck.
Todd thanked me for being the perfect host.
"You were great, Honey. Marvin told me outside how lucky I am to have a woman like you. He thinks you're a very special person."
"That's because I am," I told him.
In bed that night, Todd once again brought up the subject of going out on a date with Mr. Abbington.
"Honey, I don't think Mr. Abbington will fire you. He likes you too much."
"I don't want to take that chance, Baby. I'm not asking you to go to bed with him. Just show him a good time. Like you did tonight."
"No sex?"
"Like I said, honey. I don't want you to do anything you don't want to do."
"But what about what
he
might want to do? It's not too hard to imagine that if I go out with him and show him a good time, he could want … to dance with me …kiss me …
feel me up, whatever."
"I'm sure he'd be a gentleman, Honey."
Like I said, this conversation took place in bed. I could see that Todd was getting aroused when I mentioned what Mr. Abbington might want to do with me on a date. That's when I first realized that this was about more than just job insurance. My husband was getting turned on by the idea of my being with another man, much to my amazement.
"You wouldn't be upset if I let him kiss me?"
"Sweetheart, you'd be doing it for
us
. Of course, I wouldn't be upset."
"Even if I kissed him back?"
"If it seemed like the right thing to do at that moment, I'd be fine with that, sweetheart."
"Look at you! Your cock has really gotten hard! What if Mr. Abbington's cock gets hard when we're kissing?"
"Honey, like I said, I'm fine with whatever happens. I know you love me and that's all that matters."
I made up my mind right then to go out with Mr. Abbington. Not necessarily to have sex with him. But to go out with him ...and "show him a good time," as Todd kept putting it.
I was tired of the constant nagging, and after spending the evening with Mr. Abbington, I realized that a night of dining out with him and maybe having a couple of drinks with him was harmless enough and might even put an end to Todd's constant harping about the idea.
Want to know how my date went? Todd sure did.
"Well, first I should tell you that, Marvin Abbington really was the perfect gentleman. In fact, I found him to be quite a lonely man. In turns out that there's a
Mrs. Abington.
I had no idea. But I learned over the course of the evening that she is a drinker and not much interested in sex. I also learned that Marvin Abbington is an excellent dancer.
"My wife never goes dancing with me."
"You poor man. I can tell you really enjoy dancing."
"I do. And you're a great dance partner, can I tell you that?" he said.
"I think you just did." I quipped. We laughed together.
In spite of my plan to treat the night as a kind of business date, I found myself flirting with my husband's boss which is probably why he eventually got up enough nerve to kiss me while we were dancing. It was just a kiss. A soft, gentle kiss on the lips. But it was not the only kiss I got that night.
We left the night club around midnight. His car was parked a block away, and he held my hand as we walked. It seemed like a natural thing to do. It also seemed natural, and appropriate—once we were in his car—when he thanked me for a great date and leaned over and kissed me for the second time that night. This kiss, however, lasted a little longer than the first kiss and, of course, came at the end of a long night of dining and dancing, and drinking. I was almost disappointed that up until that moment, Marvin hadn't made any physical advances toward me. I was beginning to wonder about my own sex appeal. I wore a dress that left my shoulders bare and showed a little cleavage. Nothing trashy. Just a dressy dress that showed off the fact that I was a woman in excellent physical shape.
"It was so nice of Todd to let you go out with me, Amber. He knows how lonely I am. I hope that kiss tonight didn't offend you. You look so gorgeous sitting there; I couldn't help myself."
"Not at all," I told him. "I enjoyed it." Which was the truth.
I guess that was like a green light for him, because he immediately kissed me again. This time he slid his tongue between my lips and into my mouth. For a split second I remembered Todd's words to me: "kiss him back if it seems right to you."