This is my first submission to Literotica and I must thank TRCIII for all his editing help and suggestions.
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Only Fifty Days
Three years ago, there was a company re-organization and it became necessary for Simon James, a divisional director, to spend a week away on business every five weeks. As his personal assistant for over ten years, Nicole Haynes always accompanied him.
Nicole's husband, John had met Simon James on several occasions, both socially and casually, and he liked him. Simon was in his late fifties and had been a very good boss to John's wife.
After twenty-two years of a very happy marriage, John didn't like his wife being away from him for a whole five days. He missed their relaxed conversation, their meals together, the affection they shared and especially the sex. Five days without sex with Nicole was the hardest thing he had to endure. He often wondered how she survived, probably by hand like him but he never asked. Their first sex together when she got home was just so spectacular it made up for everything he'd missed.
This particular evening John had chosen to go to the Golden Eagle hotel for his evening meal because he knew the food would be good and they had a very comfortable bar with a large selection of whiskies.
He was comfortable seated in the bar with a whisky when someone put their hand on his shoulder. "John? What are you doing here on your own?" Looking up he saw Tim Grey standing beside him. "Tim. Join me for a drink?" he asked, hoping to have some company. Tim worked in the same firm as his wife and they had occasionally met socially with their wives.
"Sorry, can't tonight. Bev and I are here for dinner with her sister and husband. Anyway, where is Nicole?"
"On another business trips with Simon."
John saw a look of concern cross Tim's face. "Not with Simon, he retired three months ago. Hasn't she told you?"
"Simon's retired?" John replied with some surprise. "No, Nicole never told me. Who does she work for now?"
"You don't know. Look, you had better talk to Nicole about this, Tony."
John was trying to put things together. Who had she gone on this and the other two business trips with? "Who is her new boss, Tim?" he asked. Something about the look on Tim's face told him that he didn't want to get involved. Trying to hold it together, he asked again. "Who is my wife working for now, Tim?" He wanted an answer.
With a sigh of resignation, Tim sat down opposite Tony. "When Simon retired, they brought in a new guy."
"A new guy," John interrupted. "Mark Walton was due to take over from Simon."
"Everyone knew that, but they brought in Trevor Dixon. No one knows where he came from, and he hasn't made many friends."
John was totally shocked to hear that Mark had been overlooked. But why hadn't Nicole told him? "Come on, Tim. There is more to this than you are telling me."
"I've said enough, John. You really will have to talk to Nicole." Then he looked up. "Sorry, but I must go, everyone is waiting for me." As he stood, he put a hand on John's shoulder. "I'm sure there is a perfectly logical explanation," he offered as he left to join his wife.
John caught the waiter's eye. "Double whisky, the best you have, please." He needed something really strong. Nicole had a new boss and she had not told him. She hadn't even told him that Simon had retired. Three times she had been away on business trips with her new boss, and like this one, they were all for five days. She would have some very difficult explaining to do, Friday evening.
Then he wondered who is this Trevor Dixon was, and why was Tim so evasive about him? There was one thought that kept invading his mind. Was Nicole cheating on him? Why, after twenty-two years in a loving marriage? At least John though it was a loving marriage.
Thursday morning, after his meeting with Tim Grey, John made some inquiries about Trevor Dixon using the company web site. As a divisional director Dixon was quite well-documented. John found out that he was highly qualified for the position, and other details showed he was four years younger than Nicole and seven years younger than him. There was nothing about where he had come from. Then there was the usual head shot. Even John had to admit that he was a good-looking guy, for a black man. A very black man, indeed.
The idea that his wife was with Dixon now, and had been on two other trips without telling him anything about him replacing Simon James, caused John a great deal of concern.
Now, John just had to wait until Nicole returned on Friday. With a slight change of his work schedule, he made sure to be home well before his wife was due to return. Then, as usual, she called when she left the airport. Knowing she would not think it unusual, John made sure her call went to voice mail.
Sitting in his lounge waiting for her, he went over the facts he already knew. Trevor Dixon had been her new boss for four months and she had not told him. They had been away on business together one week for each of the last three months. Again, she hadn't told him. The fact he was a handsome black man seemed to make her deceit even worse.
Then the speculation. Trevor Dixon was fucking her the weeks they were away together. Were they fucking at other time, if so where and when? Now the big question. Had Simon James also been fucking her? Somehow that didn't seem to fit in with his conception of Simon. Then the really big question. How many other men had had been fucking her? If all that was true, nothing about her behavior or demeanor had given him the slightest clue.
The connecting door to the garage opened and Nicole was home. "I'm home, darling, are you here?" She sounder so happy and guiltless.
"In the lounge, I've poured you a drink." Usually, John would be in the kitchen waiting to welcome her home with a kiss and a hug. This time he planned to act the disconsolate husband.
Nicole picked up on it immediately she entered the room. "John, are you all right?" she asked as she sat on the chair opposite him.
Looking at his wife there was nothing he could see different to all the other times she had come home after a week away. "Not really," he told her. "For some reason this week has been particularly difficult without you here."
"Oh, darling. I am so sorry. Have you had problems at work?"
Nice change of subject, he thought. "Nothing, really." Now to get the subject back where I want it. "How was your week?"
He noticed her hesitation. "Good, very busy."
Now, he thought. "How is Simon. He must be getting near retirement?"
He noticed a longer hesitation and a flatness in her voice. "'Oh, Simon is fine. I don't think he will ever retire."
Normally, by this time he would already be pulling his wife into their bedroom. "Come here, darling," he told her. "Come here, Nicole, come and sit on my lap."
"John," Nicole giggled, then sat on her husband's lap, putting her arm around his neck she kissed him. "What has got into you, darling?"
John put his arm around Nicole's waist. She had already hung herself over Simon James and he didn't want her leaving in a hurry when he asked her about Trevor Dixon. "I was told that Simon retired three months ago and your new boss is Trevor Dixon."
His hold on her tightened as he felt her body stiffening. He refused to release his hold on her when he felt her try to move away.
Eventually she answered him. "How long have you known?"
"Tim Grey told me on Wednesday."
"I should have told you," she even sounded apologetic.
"He's fucking you, isn't he?" he stated.
Her body stiffened as she took a moment to reply. "Yes."
He wanted to ask for how long and how often. Instead, he asked, "Is anyone else in the company fucking you?"
"No, John, no one else." She made it sound as if fucking Trevor Dixon was all right.
"Not Simon James?"
"Oh my God. No, John, not Simon."
"Is Dixon using you as the company whore?"
She paused before she answering. "No, John. How can you think I'd ever do that?"
"I never thought you would fuck anyone but me, so you've given me the right to think anything." He gave her a shove off his lap. "You can go now and unpack," he told her.
She stood up and turned to her husband. "What are you going to do, John?" His wife's logic again. Not, what are we going to do. She had been exposed. She had no excuses. So, accept the consequences. To remain his wife was now doubtful.
John had already given a lot of thought to what he was going to say next, her possible answers and their consequences. "Nicole, listen very carefully to what I have to say," he made sure she was looking at him. "You have two alternatives. Either resign on Monday or, Tuesday I will see a divorce attorney."
He looked at her without saying another word until she turned and left the room. He knew she would find all his clothes removed from the bedroom and all his things from their bathroom.