It is amazing how many things can go wrong with a house if not given constant attention. I spent most of five weeks just making the rounds of the worst or most annoying of those problems. In order to give me more time to work on them, I started spending some nights at Nadine's. I may not have actually gained time for the projects but I was certainly happier with my sex life and she seemed to be delighted to have my arms and body to snuggle into and sleep next to. I think I gave her something of a feeling of protection and I noticed that there were very few times when I awoke that she was not still lying very close to my body.
I was afraid that my mother would be angry or at least disappointed with me for spending those nights at Nadine's house. If there had been any doubt that we were having sex before, certainly there could be none doubt now. However mom was very cordial about the arrangement, simply telling me to be careful and do a good job. Did she mean on the repair tasks or something else?
Just before the end of the school semester, Nadine asked me to just move in with her. I would still be close to my mother but Nadine and I would have many more opportunities to snuggle together and share our love. Yes, I felt a deep-seated love for the older woman and by then had told her so many times. Nadine had been slow to respond but in the last couple of weeks, she had stated several times that she also was in love with me. Both of us met with mom to tell her that I would be moving in with Nadine. She asked what we would do if Nadine became pregnant and we responded simultaneously "Love it dearly!"
After that, mom just shrugged, kissed each one of us and said "Stranger things have happened. I hope you both are completely happy."
Shortly after my classes had ended that spring, I started work as an apprentice in a local marketing firm, the second summer I had worked for them. We had an implicit agreement that, if my work continued to be satisfactory during the summers, they would offer me a position upon my graduation, assuming the economy was still strong enough to allow some corporate growth.
The third Saturday night in June, the company threw a cocktail party for its clients, their significant others, the company's staff and SOs and several prospective clients. All staff members, no matter what their job assignment, were expected to attend and take part in selling our firm to those customers.. The results could be significant growth in the company vs. possible hard times and probably some of us losing our jobs.
Nadine was stunningly dressed for the party, wearing a formal black cocktail dress with no sleeves and a short skirt that showed her nice cleavage and great legs to wonderful advantage. Her long brown hair was done in long full curls that framed her lovely face.
After I got us a drink, I escorted Nadine around the ballroom and introduced her to the few executives I knew, Introduced both of us to those I didn't know and to the spouses, none of which I knew. I nearly burst out in laughter several times at the astonished expressions as people realized the difference in our ages and that we were "an item."
However Nadine handled everything with aplomb, never giving the impression that there was anything out of the ordinary between us. She made friends with company people and customers alike and I knew that several people were impressed that she was a writer. In fact a couple of the customer people stated that they were familiar with her work, having read some from various venues.
For the remainder of the summer, I had a newfound respect at the office, especially when two customers signed contracts for multiple years of service from the company. One of them requested that we arrange for Nadine to help with the writing of some text to be used in periodical ads. It was not a requirement of the contract but Nadine was flattered and the reward was quite nice so she did the work and even enjoyed doing it.
I kept thinking as Nadine caught up on sex she had missed during her marriage her sex drive would begin to wane but it didn't. Since she had a hysterectomy before we got together and no longer suffered through monthly cycles, she seemed to expect to be fucked at least once a day, and if I acted like I was too tired, she generally expressed at least mild disappointment. Needless to say, I didn't get that tired very often.
Weekend days were often filled with multiple sessions, many of them dictated by the environment we found ourselves in. We both liked to explore the world we lived in and spent many weekends hiking or picnicking or driving to more distant venues. Both of us were always on the alert for times and places where we could fuck in public, because it added tremendously to the excitement of the act. Nadine especially seemed to thrive on such events and sometimes flashed her tits or ass to truckers along the highways.
Thus my senior year in college just flew by. I managed to study enough to make the dean's list in seven of my eight semesters and graduated with honors. That same day I became a full-time employee of the firm ... and proposed marriage to Nadine.
And she refused! She said "Baby, I had enough marriage the first time around. You and I can have everything a marriage should bring but if it falls apart I want to be able to just walk away with no regrets. Besides you know my first marriage to Parker has never been dissolved. If I did that, he would be out from under the financial obligation and I'm not ready to let the bastard off the hook. Okay?" Having said that, she took me to her bed and screwed my head off ... before screwing it back on again.