There was no alcohol involved. We'd only been drinking coffee. I don't know whether that makes it better or worse, but it's the truth. This time, at least, I can't blame the experience on too much wine.
It was early evening β around six o'clock β and I was just closing up shop at my little accounting firm. My wife Jenny had just stumbled in, and she was helping me turn off the lights, power down a computer or two, and otherwise make sure we were ready to lock the doors. It's not much β about 700 square feet of space β but it's got a nice storefront attached to the front office, beautiful hardwood everywhere, and quite a collection of Persian rugs, so we're happy here.
Jenny's a big help with my growing business, too. As we sort through our expansion from one employee (me) to our larger, three-man operation, I need all the help I can get; and Jenny's always ready to lend a hand.
I'm a lucky man, in more ways than one.
I'd just turned off the lights in the back office and was making my way toward the lobby when I nearly collided with my wife. Collided with her ass, really. Jenny was bent over herself scooping a bit of shredded paper off the floor. It's a perfect ass. I smiled.
She was wearing a pair of capris with an embroidered pattern on them, and they clung so tightly to her incredible curves that I wondered briefly how she'd managed to slide them on. The twin globes of her asscheeks floated before me and I couldn't resist. I slid one hand from the top of her ass down her slope to rest gently between her parted legs along the crease where her asshole meets her--
"Hold on there, Tiger." Jenny stood up abruptly and turned toward me. "What, exactly, do you think you're doing?"
"You can't dangle that thing in front of me and not expect me to grab it," I said with a smile.
"What, this?" She turned from me again and took a step to the wall, leaning into it with her hands at shoulder level, supporting her weight with her hands as she shook her ass at me.
She looked incredible, dancing against the wall before me; her long blonde hair cascading past her shoulders. Her back was arched into the wall, her ass jutting out toward me, spinning back and forth in a taunt. She turned her head toward me, catching my eye, and leaning into the wall on her forearms. Her fiery green eyes scared me with their sudden sparkle. Passion? Lust? She smiled, her summer tanned face suddenly startling against her faded blonde ringlets. God, how I love her.
I could feel the blood rush to my privates. I crossed to her, sending my arm around her waist, sliding my hand under the bottom edge of her tanktop, caressing the smooth skin of her tummy. I pushed my growing bulge into her ass as she danced against me.
"Oh, my," she smirked. "Happy to see me?"
I leaned in and brought my lips to her neck. Slowly. Gently. I wanted to tease her. To return the favor. I exhaled softly on her neck, gingerly kissing her nape and then her brought my lips to her jawline. Then her earlobe. My hand slid itself higher against the warmth of her midriff until Jenny found it beneath her tanktop and resting just below her right breast. A low moan escaped her.
And then the bell rang. Which meant someone was walking in through our front door. Which was about ten feet in front of us.
My wife and I leapt to attention exactly like we would have if we were sixteen again and Mom and Dad had just walked in on us. Guilty faces trying to play nonchalant.
"Can I help you?" I took a step toward the door before I recognized Ally. "Oh, hey Ally," I smiled.
Ally was my barista. Okay, she's not really my own personal barista, but with a Starbucks right next door to my office, we certainly know each other pretty well. She works a shift almost identical to my office hours (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00) and I'm a caffeine junky, so it's not uncommon for the two of us to chat four or five times a day; and I usually try to make a Starbucks run at the end of the day as I'm closing down the office, before she's had a chance to take off.
Don't misunderstand me. I'm not cheating on my wife. My relationship with Ally is purely platonic, and she's well aware that I'm married; and my wife refers to Ally jokingly as "the other woman" because I make mention of her quite often in conversation; but there's nothing going on between us. Or there wasn't. Or there didn't used to be. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
"So this is the other woman..." Jenny offered with a sly smile.
"Ha!" Ally burst out. "You told me your wife thought there was something between us, but I though you were joking. I'm not really 'the other woman'," she said. "I'm Ally. Nice to meet you ... Jenny, right? Listen I was just bringing you a coffee before I hit the road."
"Oh my gosh, thanks!" I crossed to Ally and took the carafe of coffee from her as my wife giggled and apologized for her joke. I hadn't had any coffee in something like an hour, so I immediately poured some into my cup. "Anyone else?"
Jenny plopped down on the lobby couch, tossing me a "sure, why not" kinda gesture. "Ally ... Stay and have some coffee with us?" she asked.
Ally looked at Jenny and then to me, I think a little unsure of my wife. Jenny comes on strong sometimes, but she's all fun and games, really. I don't think she's ever disliked anyone; and she doesn't have a jealous bone in her body. Still, you don't know that when you're first meeting her. Jenny and I waited for Ally to respond, silently thinking the same thing.
"She doesn't bite," I offered to Ally.
"No, no β it's just..." She dropped her bag at the door and hopped into the lobby chair to the left of my wife. "Sure. Why not?"
I grabbed a couple of coffee cups from the shelf, locked the front door and took a seat to the right of my wife on the couch, pouring the ladies each a steaming mug of deliciousness. The smell was intoxicating.
"God that smells good," Jenny offered as I sat a mug before her.
"You'd think that," Ally smirked, "But after about the fifth day of coming home sweaty and reeking of coffee, the smell loses some of its magic."
"You don't smell bad, Ally" Jenny smiled. Ally laughed nervously.
"That's kind of you to say."
"It's not kind of me, Ally, it's true. Trust me. If you smelled like hell, I'd tell you so."
"She would," I offered, absent-mindedly stroking the back of my wife's neck with my free hand. I took a swig of coffee.
"I can see why Max likes you." I nearly spit my coffee across the lobby.
Ally laughed. "Can you now?" she asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Sure, I can. A quick wit. Max respects that. Plus, you've got nice cans, you've got a beautiful face, and those green eyes β he has a thing for green eyes, too. You're a very pretty girl, Ally. Add to that the intoxicating aroma of coffee about you, and it's no wonder he's in there to see you five times a day."
I was a bit uncomfortable. I knew my wife wasn't really jealous of my barista, didn't I? And more importantly, did Ally know she was kidding? Come to think of it, she WAS kidding, wasn't she?
"Maybe I should go," Ally was trying to be polite but I could see the scrunching of her forehead, like on those days when someone's complaining about the prices or demanding to speak to a manager. She was uncomfortable. She stood up.
Jenny leaned across the table to her, taking her hand. "No, no, no. Please don't. I was just kidding. I'm sorry. Max likes you. I feel like I already know you. I wasn't trying to make you uncomfortable, I was just playing."
"This is weird," Ally offered. But she sat.
I winked at her. "She doesn't bite. Really."
"Really, though," Jenny leaned in close, putting her hand on Ally's, nearly whispering to her. "Don't you ever think about fucking him?"
Ally's eyes grew wide. She looked from Jenny to me and back to Jenny again. There was no malice in Jenny's eyes. No anger. Jenny slowly ran her fingers along Ally's wrist and forearm.
"I think about fucking him," Jenny offered conspiratorially.
"Yeah, but you're his wife, Jenny. You're supposed to think about fucking him. I'm his fucking coffee wench, ok? I'm not trying to put the moves on your husband."
Jenny scooted closer to Ally, dropping her voice a bit. I could see that this was making Ally a little uncomfortable, and I was suddenly worried that it was my job to keep my wife in line β keep her from destroying my decent friendship with the "coffee wench".
"Honey," I triedβ