I remember the first time I cheated on my husband. I remember it like it was yesterday. It, of course, has been many years since that first time and in the intervening years there have been many affairs, many hookups and many random cocks. There has been an endless parade of men, one after another and many times more than one at a time.
It seems like I should stop. It seems like I should have stopped a long time ago, and the truth is, I thought about it. But every time I thought about it I realized, quite simply, that I don't want to. Sure, he could leave me, but if he did the knowledge of his own history would come out and he cannot afford that.
The same reason he can't afford to divorce me is the same reason most of the men I have slept with cannot afford to expose me. It would expose them as well.
That first time we had just moved to a small town in the northeastern corner of Maryland. We had moved there from New Jersey where we had been very happy for the first ten years of our marriage. We had gotten married when I was 21 and he was 30.
He was loving and sweet, a good provider, stable, true, faithful made a decent income working as a rep for a pharmaceutical company. He also coached in a youth basketball league for our church. He was a youth pastor and was waiting for an opportunity to become a pastor of a church. His father was a pastor, as had been his grandfather.
Our marriage had been happy and we had everything we had hoped for, including three children. We were respected and busy.
Then, he was invited to be a guest speaker in a small church in Maryland that was looking for an assistant pastor to eventually replace the aging pastor when he retired.
Things were great. It was a small church; everyone was friendly and we got along with everyone. We had the added benefit of being away from his family but close enough to see them whenever we wanted to. It was only about two and a half hours away but it was just enough to keep them from interfering in our lives too much.
For the first year, everything was perfect, but I soon started to feel lonely. Between Sunday morning and evening services, Wednesday evening service, Tuesday night bible study and all the preparation and me taking care of our kids and keeping up the house and my new responsibilities as the pastors wife, we had no time for each other.
One of the responsibilities of the pastor's wife at out church was to schedule the fellowship hall. Somebody has to be the person who kept a centralized schedule of everything it was being used for. We didn't charge anything for its use. We accepted donations but primarily the hall was to be used only for activities that our church approved of.
We had an upcoming ladies conference and the conference had donated a large amount for the use of the hall and I just randomly stopped by to make sure it was cleaned and in respectable condition to be used.
While I was there, one of the deacons of the church stopped by.
"Hey there, you lady" he said in an upbeat friendly manner as he walked in the door.
"Oh, Hi Calvin" I replied. "Just making sure the hall is OK for the conference."
"I saw your car as I was driving by and thought I would check to see if you needed anything." he replied.
"No, I'm good" I replied. "But thanks"
I couldn't help but notice his gaze was not directed to my eyes, but lower. I quickly glanced down and saw that my top had slipped a couple of buttons as I had worked in the hall. I couldn't button them without drawing even more attention, so I self-consciously let it go.
He continued to glance at my slightly exposed cleavage, but tried to be discreet. I was embarrassed but flattered as well. I stopped trying so hard to get away but kept conversation casual. We talked about what the adjustment had been like, how I liked the area, if I had gotten comfortable with the area yet....All civilized conversation and the longer we talked, the more I forgot my cleavage was showing more than I was comfortable with.
But Calvin didn't forget. Every time I glanced, I saw he was leering at my cleavage. I was, at first, just wanting a chance to discreetly button a button or two but the longer I didn't the more I liked the attention.
I left feeling guilty. Mostly because I had not left or fixed my button but more than anything because I realized I had enjoyed it and had actually kept talking to him longer just so I could keep letting him look at me.
At church, Calvin worked in the security room. It was right off the main entrance and he had a few monitors trained on the various entrances and various spots in the parking lot. I went in and took the kids up to their seats and told my husband I would be back in a minute.
I went straight for the security office. I was much more presentable today wearing a jacket and a skirt with a white buttoned up blouse underneath the jacket. As I opened the door, I deftly opened two buttons on my top and went in to thank Calvin for helping me in the fellowship hall.
He, of course, never looked me in the face. As we talked, I looked out the window to see if anyone was coming in and quickly unbuttoned one more. He would be able to see my low-cut bra if I turned around.
I unbuttoned one more button. Immediately grabbing the buttons and saying "Oh no. Don't know how that happened." As I buttoned back up a couple of buttons. But I couldn't help the little grin as I looked into his eyes.
I went home and went about my life as usual the rest of that week. Wednesday, I got ready for church and I admit, I did spend a little extra time getting ready. I even wore a dress which came to my knee but scooped a little lower on the breast than most of my dresses. My husband thought it was maybe a little too low for a new pastor's wife, but I wore it anyway.
When we got to the church, I walked in first with my oldest two but he parked the van and got the baby. As I went in, I tugged down, without being noticed, on my dress to reveal just a little more of the swell of my breast.
Calvin was waiting. He opened the door for me and glanced down at my breasts as he said "Hello".
I simply smiled in return.
I walked in and took my seat in the second row on the right with the kids seated beside me. Shortly, my husband came in and said he was taking the baby to the nursery.
He gave an inspired message and as much as I tried, I couldn't pay attention. I kept glancing down and wondering if I had too much exposed cleavage and if Calvin had noticed. I knew he did. I had made sure of it and I liked the feeling of being naughty.
I couldn't pay attention anyway, and my husband was accounted for. Being in the pulpit, he would not follow me. So, I got up and headed back to the bathroom. On the way into the vestibule, as the doors swung shut behind me, I quickly undid two buttons.
The vestibule was empty because everyone was in the main sanctuary but I know the cameras were trained on the vestibule for the security office. I looked up at the camera and smiled as I unbuttoned one more button, revealing my bra all the way to the bottom.
Suddenly, the ladies bathroom door opened and one of the older ladies from the church came out and immediately noticed my top. Without a word, she nodded to me and grabbed the fabric of her top, pretending to fasten it. I feigned surprise and embarrassment and immediately buttoned a couple of buttons as I ducked into the bathroom.
Breathing hard with anxiety, I stood looking into the mirror wondering what I was doing. I knew I had to stop enjoying this. I was a pastor's wife. I had the best husband and I was playing with fire. I straightened myself up and walked out only to run directly into Calvin face to face.
"Get yourself together?" he asked with a leering smile.
I looked down, humiliated and blushing, and squeezed past him to go into the sanctuary. I couldn't, however, help looking back over my shoulder to see him watching me walk away.
I was lost during the rest of the service, racked with guilt but remembering that leer and the tingling as I knew he was watching me.
For the next couple of weeks, we had little reason to interact. We were never alone together and I had the kids and pastors wife duties. I even stopped thinking about all of it.
Then, on a Wednesday afternoon, I needed to stop by the church to print off some handouts for a bible study class for the ladies that night. And, as fate would have it, Calvin's truck was parked right by the front door
I parked at the back corner of the church and walked around. As I opened the door, I found myself subconsciously unbuttoning 3 buttons. There were only two left buttoned, so I was pretty much hanging out there. I walked with a bit of a strut, hoping that it wasn't apparent that I was trying to bounce them but making the bounce evident.
As I went in, Calvin appeared out of the security room.
"Hi, pretty lady" he said. "Looking good. It's good I have the cameras offline while I update the system."
I looked down, feigning surprise, and immediately started to button the buttons. He stopped me.
"Here, let me help" he said as he brushed my hands aside. His hands gently started to fasten my buttons but he was obviously pressing the back of his hands into my breast. I focused on his eyes as he did, loving the sensation but feeling guilt and shame. But, making no attempt to stop him.
"How far up do you want them buttoned?" he asked me with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Whatever looks most appropriate." I replied demurely.
"Oh, OK" he said as he reversed direction, unbuttoning the one he just fastened. He took a moment to straighten the fabric. He unbuttoned the next one and again straightened the fabric and moved to the next, looking into my eyes.
I almost imperceptibly nodded.
He unbuttoned the next, repeating the fabric ritual and then hesitantly the next and finally the last button. He pulled the two sides of the top wide apart and out of my jeans and spreading the two sides wide, completely revealing my bra and my chest.
I blushed, but looked into his eyes and as he maintained eye contact he touched my stomach sending jolts of electricity up my spine. I gasped as he began to explore my abdomen and then up to my bra.