This story can be read on its own, but it will make more sense if you have read Part 1 first.
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I woke with a start. The bedside clock glowed red in the darkened hotel room. It was 8:23 am and I could hear Paul moving in the bathroom. Probably that was what had woken me. Straight away the events of last night rushed into my head.
I wriggled slightly in the bed as vivid memories came back of that crowded tube train and the stranger's hand sliding up my dress and touching me in the most intimate of places. I remembered parting my legs to make it easier for him and the illicit thrill of being finger fucked in public. Then back in the hotel room my husband's unbridled lust as I described what had happened.
It had turned us both on and incredibly I'd said that tonight I was going to sleep with another man.
Was that really what I wanted to do? Sexually I was very inexperienced and Paul was the only person I'd ever slept with. I was in two minds about this. Part of me wanted to stay faithful to my husband, even though I had his permission to take a lover. But I couldn't deny there was a voice in my head saying "You're forty-eight and you've never done anything sexually adventurous. Have a fling now before it's too late, then at least you will know what it feels like to have a different prick inside you."
Just then Paul came out of the bathroom and smiled at me.
"Sleep well?"
"Yes, fine."
"Good. Well there's no rush. We can have a leisurely start and head down for breakfast when you're ready."
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It was nearer ten o'clock before we sat down for breakfast and the dining area was rather quiet, so we were able to get a window table.
I had expected Paul to raise the subject earlier, but we were largely finished with breakfast before he asked me how I felt about doing something tonight.
"Why?" I asked warily.
"I just wanted to say that I would like to do it, but it's totally your decision. I don't want you to feel under any pressure."
"Do you really not mind if I take a lover?"
"No, I don't. To be honest I do fantasize about seeing you with another man. Our sex life is fine, but just for once I'd like to be more daring and try something different. Life isn't a dress rehearsal and I don't want to be looking back in later years and thinking we should have been bolder."
That struck a chord with me and I looked Paul in the eye.
"Alright, but how are we going to do it? I'm not going to walk up to some guy and ask him if he would like to have sex with me."
"Well we could go out for a meal as planned, but then come back here. I'd leave you in the bar and we'd see if anyone approaches you."
"What if no-one does?"
"That's always possible," admitted Paul with a shrug of his shoulders. "If they don't then it obviously wasn't meant to be, but you're a beautiful woman so I think that's unlikely."
"OK I'll go into the bar alone tonight, but I'm not dressing like a slut and I want you to be watching discreetly from the opposite corner of the bar. I'm definitely not doing anything unless it's a man that I find attractive."
"Of course," said Paul. "That's fine."
We talked some more and agreed that if I found someone suitable then I'd fiddle with one of my earrings. After that I'd excuse myself and head to the loo and Paul would then come across and introduce himself.
Discussing those details I could feel butterflies in my stomach and more importantly there was a definite moist feeling between my legs. I realised then that I did want to do this. It wouldn't be for Paul's sake. I did want to have an erotic adventure.
The rest of the day passed relatively slowly. A bit of sightseeing and a light lunch meant we were back at the hotel not long after 4pm. We lazed about for a while, but by 8pm we were showered, changed and off to a nearby restaurant for a meal.
I was wearing a red dress which went to just below the knee, a semi-transparent black bra and pants set and black lace top hold-ups. I had on a pair of red shoes with moderately high heels. Paul thoroughly approved of it all, assuring me that it looked completely classy - "not even remotely slutty" was how he put it.
Still all through the meal I was on edge and very nervous. I was continually wrestling with conflicting desires. One minute I was on the verge of telling Paul that this really wasn't me and I wasn't going to go through with tonight. The next I was imagining some handsome guy pounding into me and the explosion as we climaxed together.
I was a bag of nerves and partly to try and calm myself down I drank a bit more wine than usual. I thought it might relax me, though I didn't get carried away and I was nowhere near drunk.
Towards the end of the meal Paul asked me if I was still up for tonight.
"I think so, but I am nervous."
"That's hardly surprising. We've never done anything like this. Mind you who knows, when we get back to the hotel the bar might be empty. What an anticlimax that would be, if you'll pardon the pun."
By the time we returned to the hotel it was 10pm and some of my nerves had worn off. Perhaps it was the wine - I hardly ever get drunk, but I do find that a few drinks have a relaxing effect.
"Do you want to go into the bar? I'll wander through in a couple of minutes. Don't forget it's up to you what we do. You can call it off at any time, though I'm hoping you won't!"
I looked at Paul, said OK and we headed our separate ways. The bar was through an archway and I felt oddly conspicuous going in on my own. I ordered a drink and then sat at a table in the far corner. I felt less noticeable there and it enabled me to see the whole room.
Like many hotel bars the lighting was very subdued - a few recessed ceiling lights but with a cool glow cast by the rather eye-catching blue lighting which highlighted the optics display. It wasn't particularly busy - maybe thirty people at the most. I scanned the tables and inevitably looked to see if there was anyone I found attractive. It soon became obvious that most of the tables were couples, presumably on a weekend away like us, and that wasn't what I was after. It dawned on me that if I really wanted to look for a lone man then midweek with businessmen around would have been a much better bet.
At that moment Paul came in. He got a drink, there was the slightest of eye contact between us and then he sat at a table in the opposite corner.
I wondered if like me he would look round the room and realise that this wasn't going to work. I felt a real mix of emotions - relief that nothing was going to happen, but also disappointment that nothing was going to happen.
I glanced at my watch. It was 10:15. I'd wait a bit longer, until about 10:30. I couldn't see any point waiting beyond then, it would just be too boring and anyway I already felt a bit stupid sat alone in a corner sipping my drink.
One of the men at a nearby table got up and glanced at me. I hurriedly avoided eye contact - he looked older than me and was distinctly overweight so he was a non-starter.
I ran my fingers down the outside of my glass. A few more minutes and we'd head back to the room. No doubt we'd have sex, but I wondered how disappointed Paul would be - he'd seemed very keen on this.