My wife Kayla and I came from meager backgrounds. We met in college, each of us the first from our families to attend. We graduated with degrees in our respective fields, and soon each managed to obtain employment in them. We spent most of our savings on the wedding since our families were unable to help much with the expense, and we signed a rent-to-own contract on a house, complete with a backyard swimming pool. We were excited to build a life together in our hometown.
A few months later, the largest corporation in the area announced that it was moving all operations out of the country. The whole area's economy suffered immensely. Kayla was laid off, and I managed to hold on to my job only after agreeing to a severe pay cut. Our remaining savings and Kayla's unemployment payments dwindled as Kayla struggled to find work. Soon, along with next month's due rent loomed the fear and the uncertainty that we would be able to afford the life we had planned together.
Thankfully, when things were looking their bleakest, an unusual opportunity came along.
One of the remaining industries in the area that remained was in online companies. Since they could be run from anywhere, they hadn't suffered as much as the rest of the local economy. One of the bigger online companies was an online dating site aimed at divorcees, and my wife had managed to secure a job interview. One of the main perks of the job was a signing bonus of just enough money for us to make the next month's rent, and Kayla was eager to impress and to secure the position.
Knowing she was going to be interviewing for work at an online dating site, Kayla wore a shorter skirt and showed more cleavage than she might at another interview, though I didn't find that out until I had returned home for work. Along with that mild surprise, she informed me of a couple other shocking outcomes of the interview. The first news she'd informed me of, and the good news, was that she had gotten the job, could start immediately, and that we could afford another month's rent thanks to the signing bonus. The other news was more of a shock, and was worse news than I even knew at the time.
During the interview, the interviewer and Kayla's new boss had noticed the ring on her finger. He'd asked her if she would be able to relate to the clientele, given that she was married. Panicking, thinking that the job was lost, she blurted out that she was recently divorced herself and knew from experience what divorced women felt and were looking for. She hadn't been able to quite bring herself around to taking off the ring yet.
She had started the job based on a lie, a lie that she would have to maintain or risk termination. After I'd recovered from my shock, I told her that I understood and that I would support her because she could support our dream home with me. Before we left for work the very next morning, her first day of work, she dressed professionally sexy, showing hints of breast and thigh, and she slipped the diamond from her finger and set it on the bedside table. It was Tuesday.
She informed me that night that everyone at the company was very nice, but that many of them had been asking about her divorce. She had been forced to build upon her lie, coming up with new details. They ranged from simple little lies, like that she was single and not looking for anything serious at the moment, to wilder ones. One of her co-workers, another divorcee named Ophelia, whom everyone called "Feely," had asked her if her house was lonely now that her husband had left, and she came up with a story about how her gay best friend "Ricky" had been kind enough to move in with her and help with bills and maintanence of the property, and to keep her company when she was feeling vulnerable following the divorce. The lies were beginning to snowball, and now I was wrapped up in them too.
By Wednesday, she had gotten the hang of her job, which mostly involved taking phone calls and answering e-mails, and had made a few friends, both male and female. By Thursday night, she had been flirted with by her coworkers, her boss, even Feely, who was apparently bisexual. She told me this while blushing, glowing almost. She had even been invited out for drinks with a group of them on Friday night. Not being able to come up with an excuse under pressure, she'd accepted and been told to wear something she can go to a night club in. She'd also heard a few stories that the employees got pretty wild hanging out together on weekends, drinking, dancing, sometimes leaving with one another or with strangers.
"I'm sorry about all this, I know I've gotten myself into something here. But maybe I can get out of it somehow."
"No, it's ok, honey. I know you're just trying to do what's best for us. You want to maintain a good impression at your job. You should go, but just be careful."
On her way out of the office that evening, Feely had said to her, "Hey, invite your roommate out, too, if you want," she told me, blushing again.
We'd decided that we weren't quite ready to be Ricky and Kayla, yet.
The next day, Kayla dressed in the morning in a dress with an even shorter skirt than usual, and lower cut, too, her breasts separated showing her bralessness. Her make-up went on a little thicker, and her hair a little fancier. She spritzed on some perfume and gave me a kiss before strutting to her car in high heels. My cock throbbed in my pants as she backed down the driveway.
I wiped the lipstick off my lips, finished my coffee, and left for work. While I sat on my desk typing away at my computer, I received a text message from Kayla:
"Feely keeps asking about u & the lies keep coming. U r very effeminate & r definitely a "bottom bitch" as Feely put it. Sry lol"
I sighed, "Say wut u have 2 say, I understand."
"If I keep this job they will meet Ricky & u will have 2 play the role. If I can be a divorcee hopefully u can b gay."
"I'll try."
I sighed and tried to get back to my work. The struggle to make ends meet was really starting to stress me out, but my love for my wife and my love of our house kept me going. Around one in the afternoon, I got:
"Feely asked me y we divorced & I said I cheated on you. I didn't want to drag ur name thru the mud. Then she started asking me about the details & I started talking about fucking ur friend behind ur back. I don't know where the lie came from but it really turned me on. I'm so ashamed."
"It' ok everyone gets turned on thinking about sex I think. This job just keeps getting weirder & weirder."
"I know its like I'm a spy or something. Its almost kinda fun lol"
followed by:
"ur single, too, btw"
"Lovely. I wouldn't want to be tied down."
I hoped that my sarcasm got across without being to hurtful. Luckily she just responded with an "lol" and I got back to work.
At around three, especially on Fridays, I always get antsy about work almost being over. Apparently, so does everyone at divorceedating.com, because at 3:15 Kayla sent me:
"omg were allowed 2 drink @ work starting @ 3 on Fridays. I just took a shot of tequila!"
"U r so lucky. I am so jealous."
"We r going 2 the bar rite after work. I might already b drunk by then lol"
"U r going to need a ride, then?"
"Maybe. I'll let u kno."
When the clock struck five, I was already on my way out the door when I received:
"Mat is hitting on me so hrd I'm nly flirting bak a little I dnt wnt to lead him on"
The uncharacteristic typos indicate to me that Kayla is indeed a little drunk.
I texted back, "Be careful. Ur my wife. U only play a divorcee on TV."
I have no idea if she got the joke or not. She didn't respond.
I went home, ate dinner, watched TV and sweated. The strangeness of the situation made me very uncomfortable. As did my "divorced" wife drinking out at a dance club with "Mat." My worrying prompted me to send Kayla a text that read, "Let me kno if u need a ride. Maybe act 2 drunk 2 stay out & say u need 2 go home."
Surprisingly, she sent back this text:
"OMG I told Feely u wear panties & mascara lol she wants 2 meet u so bad! U shd cm out & dance w us we r havun so mch fun! Im drunk lollll"
I was a little alarmed. She sent another.
"Commmee! Wear ur gayst cloths & a pair of my panties & put mascara on it will be so fun! Mayb cut off a pair u jeans shorter the beter lol"
"What the fuck?" I said aloud. Another: