"YOU CAN CUT THAT SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW!" Tyler roared.
"What? What did I do?" Alexis whispered.
"Thanking me for fucking you. Telling me that it was more pleasure than you deserve. What's up with that?"
"Tyler, I...it's just..."
"Lexi, someone like you deserves every bit of pleasure that she gets. You don't need to be grateful for it. You deserve it," Tyler repeated. "Repeat after me: I deserve pleasure."
"I...I deserve pleasure," Alexis stammered.
"Yes, you do," said Tyler, "And I intend to give you some more."
Their lovemaking—and that's what it was, making love—was unhurried, sensual. They locked eyes as they mated. Tyler's slow, deep strokes again caused Alexis to become teary-eyed, but they were tears of joy this time, not gratitude. After their mutual climax, they drifted off to sleep.
Tyler awakened to find Alexis standing beside the bed, fully clothed, staring down at him. "It's midnight," she whispered. "I've got to get home. I know that you told me not to thank you, but thank you for the best night of my life. Thank you, my beautiful man. I'll treasure it always." She turned to go.
"Lexi?"
"Yes?"
"Don't you want my phone number?"
Alexis smiled as she drove home. Her time with Tyler had done more to restore her self-confidence than all of her therapy sessions combined. She felt alive. She felt free. She felt absolutely no guilt for betraying Les.
She was surprised to find the downstairs lights on and Les waiting for her when she opened the front door.
"Where have you been, honey?" Les whined. Alexis realized how much she hated it when he spoke that way. "I told you that the meeting might run late, Les," she said.
"But I've been waiting to give you some of my special Les's Lovin'" he leered.
No fucking way
, thought Alexis.
No fucking way am I having sex with you unless I absolutely have to. I spent the evening with a gorgeous, young, hard-bodied stud. A stud who is a masterful lover. And you expect me to let your flabby body and three-inch dicklet get anywhere near me?
"Sorry, Les, but I've had a long day and I'm going to sleep."
"But, honey..."
"As a matter of fact, I'm sleeping in one of the guest rooms. I need to sleep, and I don't want you pawing me." She headed for the stairs, Les on her heels.
"Now, see here, Alexis," he said in a pitiful attempt at dominance, "You're my wife, and a husband expects certain..."
"Shut up, Les, and quit making this into a huge deal. I'm tired and need to sleep. We can discuss what you 'expect' in the morning." She entered a guest bedroom. "Good night, Les."
"But Alexis..."
"Good night, Les," she said, closing the door in his face.
Alexis didn't really need to sleep. She needed time alone to process what had happened. A beautiful young man found her desirable. She wanted...needed...to see him again, if he'd have her. But what about Les? He *was* her husband, after all, and provided her with a lifestyle she could only dream of. But he also revolted her physically and sexually. Could she have it both ways, she wondered? She'd decide in the morning, after she'd talked to Tyler. She drifted off to sleep.
Alexis woke early the next morning, checked to make sure that Les was still sleeping, and went downstairs to her study. Breathing deeply, she punched in Tyler's number on her phone.
After four rings, she was ready to hang up, convinced that Tyler saw that it she who was calling and was ignoring her. As she was lowering the receiver, she heard a voice.
"Ugh...hello?" said Tyler, his voice thick with sleep.
"Oh, Tyler, I'm so sorry. I've awoken you. This is Alexis, by the way."
"I know who it is," Tyler said with amusement in his voice.
"Well, you gave me your number so I thought that I'd give you a call..." Less than eight hours after you left him, you idiot? Alexis chastised herself.
"I'm glad you did," Tyler answered. "Last night was pretty OK."
"Oh, Tyler, for me as well," Alexis gushed. "Could we maybe...sometime...get together again?"
"Absolutely. Look, you know that Andy and Marian are gone all weekend, so could you get away from your husband? We could really get to know each other."
Alexis sucked in a deep breath. She wanted nothing more. But she had to figure out a way to shake Les. I'll work that out, she thought. Anything to see this kid again.
"Give me two hours and I'll be over," she told Tyler.
"OK," he replied. "I'm going back to sleep. Door will be open just in case."
"I'll see you soon, Tyler."
There was only one person who could help her with her dilemma. She placed another call. "Hello, Mummy...yes, it is early...I'm fine; actually, I'm better than fine..." and proceeded to tell her mother all about Tyler and their subsequent night together. She had little trouble convincing her mother to cover for her; her mother simply could not stand Les and never missed a chance to remind him of that fact.
When Les came downstairs an hour later, he found Alexis sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee. She was wearing jeans, another silk top, and a pair of knee-high suede boots. She had an overnight bag on the floor beside her. Les was wearing a robe that couldn't quite close around his hairy belly.