Hi,
I intend to follow this up with additional chapters.
I did not use an editor, any mistakes are entirely mine.
Thanks!
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Rick walked into the hotel lounge to collect his free pint of beer, compliments of the management. As usual, the manager's reception had pulled in a healthy crowd for the one free drink provided to hotel residents each night. Rick knew that after the first round, 90% of the crowd would disappear to find dinner elsewhere. He had travelled in that morning, attended meetings all afternoon and just finished running 5k on a treadmill followed by a quick shower, so he was planning to eat a light meal at the bar and call it an early night.
There was a free stool at the bar between a group of two women and another single guy sitting by himself. Rick grabbed it and asked for the beer while checking out a menu. He decided on the scallops and pasta, and ordered that when his beer arrived.
Rick sipped the beer and checked messages on his phone while he waited for the food. His wife, Kim, was busy with some of her girlfriends that night, so there was not much to catch up on. He stared at the sports news on the TV screen above the bar and began eavesdropping on the conversation between the two women next to him.
He could just make out what the woman farthest from him was saying. "Steve and I have looked at a dozen different cars already and we can't decide on which one to buy."
She was attractive, probably mid-thirties with dark hair down to her shoulders. She was talking to a thin blond about the same age who was sitting next to Rick.
"Which one do you like best so far?" the blond asked.
The brunette replied,"I want Steve to get a sedan, but he is thinking about a convertible."
"God, another guy going through sports car menopause!" the blond quipped, and they both started laughing.
Rick glanced at them and smiled at the joke. The brunette noticed and said, "Hey, no offense down there."
Rick replied, still smiling, "No problem, I was listening in on your conversation, so I should be the one to apologize. Besides, I went through that phase myself last year."
The women laughed again at his reply, and the brunette said,"My name is Cathy, and this is Nicole."
Rick shook hands with both of them and used the introduction to get a better look at Nicole, who had been facing away from him during her conversation with Cathy, but was now turned towards him.
She was a very pretty blond with a short, blunt hairstyle and sophisticated eyeglasses that gave her an intellectual appearance, like a librarian, he thought. Cathy was more athletic looking, with some freckles that gave her a youthful appearance.
"So what did you end up buying?" asked Nicole.
"I decided on a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited," Rick explained."I have the cloth top on it for summer, and the hard top for winter. And it has seating for 5, like a sedan."
"How do you like it?" asked Cathy.
"I think it's great. I drive it every day, and I don't mind that it rides like a truck, because when I need the four wheel drive, a Jeep can't be beat. My wife is even coming around to my way of thinking."
Rick's food arrived and Cathy and Nicole debated the merits of the Jeep versus other cars while Rick ate. The women decided to order another round, and Rick needed one too, so he told the bartender to put all of them on his tab.
"Hey, thanks!" Nicole said when the drinks arrived. The women included Rick in their conversation as they worked on the second round of cocktails. Rick noticed that the topics and comments were getting racier as the alcohol was consumed.
From TV shows, they moved on to movies, and Nicole admitted that she just went to see the 50 Shades of Gray film.
"How did you like it?" Rick enquired.
Nicole suddenly seemed at a loss for words, and appeared embarrassed. She glanced to Cathy, who was smirking at her, clearly enjoying her discomfort and unwilling to bail her out by jumping in. Cathy sipped her drink and her eyes twinkled.
"It was okay, I guess. I mean, those kinds of relationships are so unrealistic, though."
"You don't think that real people are involved in those kinds of behavior?" Rick asked.
"Well," Nicole stammered, "I don't know any."
"It just so happens that my wife is a dom." explained Rick with a serious look on his face.
"A what?" asked Cathy.
"A dominatrix. The female equivalent of the Christian Gray character in the movie." he replied.
Nicole's hand flew to cover her mouth, and she and Cathy both burst into nervous laughter.
Rick smiled at them and sipped his beer.
"Doesn't that make you her...bitch?" asked Nicole. This caused Cathy to spit out a mouthful of her cosmo, and send both females into another gale of laughter.
Rick grinned patiently, waiting for them to quiet down. "No, I am her sub. Is your question about whether we play with gender roles, including dressing me in women's clothes? Neither one of us is into that."
Nicole and Cathy's laughter died out as they realized Rick was being totally serious. At that point their curiosity got the better of them and they started peppering Rick with questions.
He explained that several years ago he and his wife found that they both enjoyed her taking charge when they had sex. From there, they got into sharing fantasies and role playing. They realized that Rick had a hot wife fantasy about Kim having sex with others. She started making up stories about fucking other guys behind his back which led to incredible orgasms for both of them.
Kim began reading up on hot wives online, and got into a discussion group with a few of them. that led to some soft swinging (watching but not participating) with other couples. Then they discussed it and decided to go all the way. A couple years ago, they arranged to meet one of the couples that they met at a party for a private session. They were suddenly in the "lifestyle" and really enjoyed it.
"Wait," interjected Cathy, "now you are talking about swinging, not S and M."
"That's right." Rick explained. "Very good observation! We found out that while I enjoyed watching Kim have sex with someone that she met on her own, she was very insecure about me finding and hooking up with other women. What worked out for both of us was me giving her control over who I had sex with and what I was allowed to do. That's really the basis of her 'domination' in our relationship."
"So you can only fool around with other women if your wife gives you permission?" asked Nicole.
"That's right." replied Rick. smiling.
Nicole and Cathy had other questions about Kim and Rick's relationship, and Rick was pretty open with them, answering their personal questions honestly. Nicole pressed him on the subject of needing his wife's permission to fool around with other women.
"So if I invited you up to my room right now, you wouldn't go with me?" she asked.
"As beautiful as you are, and as much as I am attracted to you, no. I would not go." Rick said, smiling.
Nicole blushed, enjoying the compliment from this handsome stranger, and realizing that she may have tipped her hand. A lot of guys hit on her, but she never had one refuse her, even if the proposition was hypothetical. She realized that all of the sex talk on top of the booze was making her horny.
Another round of drinks was ordered, and the women began to talk about the most outrageous things they had ever done sexually. Nicole admitted having sex with a former boyfriend outdoors when they were on vacation, where someone could have seen them even though as far as she knew no one had.
Cathy hesitated, then admitted that she had done a threesome with her husband, Steve, and his former college roommate. Nicole gasped at this, and Rick shared a knowing look with Cathy, who grinned back at him.
"How did Steve handle watching you have sex with his former roommate?" asked Rick.
"We were all pretty drunk, but he admitted afterward that it was the hottest thing he ever experienced. After his buddy left the next day, we had sex twice more in less than two hours. He has been after me to do it again with another guy, but neither one of us has been able to approach anyone that we know to ask them if they are interested. His roommate is on the west coast, and is now married so that is no longer an option. We just can't bring ourselves to approach someone on the Internet."
Rick agreed that finding another person to bring into a relationship for a three-way was difficult. He explained that a lot of the couples he and Kim knew preferred to have one-on-one sex with others separately, then share it afterwards.
While they were talking, Rick was absently playing with a black rubber bracelet on his left wrist. Nicole had been watching him, wondering why that was his only jewelry other than his wedding band.
"What kind of bracelet is that you are wearing?" she asked Rick.
For the first time since the conversation between the three began, Rick appeared nervous. He replied,"actually, it's not a bracelet."
"What is it then?" Cathy prodded.
Rick coughed and said in a low voice, "It's a cock ring."