Greg finally found his right new home. It was at the right size, right price, and a quiet neighbourhood, the place where he can quietly concentrate his home business. At 28, he was an ambitious young man. The next door neighbour was a couple most probably in their fifties. The man called Tom was a cold man who would pull a long face when coming across people. What sort of woman would fall in love with this kind of man, Greg thought.
Helen, his wife, on the other hand, was a polite person who always smiled whenever they meet outside their house. Boy, what radiant smile she had, even for her age. Being a mother of 2 grown up and married children, she still kept a decent shape on her body. It almost seemed like she was blessed with a good body because she seldom exercised, only ate healthily. At 52, she had a smooth, unwrinkled face, although a few strains of grey hair were showing. She had a full chest that Greg never failed to take notice of, and a relatively firm butt that Greg loved watching it sway.
"Mrs Hopkins!" Greg shouted and waved from his garden as he spotted her outside her front gate. She had just got back from the stall full of groceries.
"Hey young man! What's up?" Helen shouted back.
"Nothing much! Just trimming around in the garden. You need help with those?" Greg pointed at the groceries Helen was hugging close to her chest.
"Yeah, I could do with a helping hand. The bag is slipping..."
Greg reached out before she lost grab of it. He could see perspiration all over her forehead and neck. Even though her tank top was soaked with her sweat, she still smelt good.
"Come on in, pls." Helen urged politely.
It was the first time he visited their home. It was a neat place and looked spanking clean. No surprise though, Greg thought. Helen was always at home, and he was sure she did her housework religiously everyday.
"Mind if I look around?" Greg asked, to which Helen answered yes while she kept her groceries.
Greg walked upstairs went into one room. This must be the study room, Greg thought. There was a computer table and a few cabinets, and one of them was unusually messy.
"That's my husband's. He wouldn't let me touch his stuff." Helen sneaked up from behind which stunned Greg a little.
"But the computer table's so clean." Greg said as he observed.
Helen laughed and explained that her husband never got on the computer, while she used the internet almost everyday.
"You got a messenger account or something?" Greg asked as he walked out of the room and went to the next.
This was the master bedroom. It was neat and clean like the living room, though the bed looked a tad too old for the room. Greg stared at it for awhile.
"Yeah, look up sweetpeas55 on yahoo." Helen replied. "I know this bed looks a little old but I insisted Tom to bring it with us when we moved over here 8 years ago. Sentimental values." Helen explained.
Indeed, Helen loved this bed a lot. This was the bed she and the man she loved shared for the last 30 odd years. This was the bed that her then young children used to sleep over every night. This was the bed that they were conceived on 30 years ago. Helen smiled as she thought about the past.
Greg smiled back and went to the next room. Nothing special, just a guest room with a spare bed, table and TV. He then walked down the stairs where Helen followed behind.
"So it's s-w-e-e-t-p-e-a-s-5-5?" Greg asked to confirm.
"That's right. Would you like to stay over for dinner?" Helen asked in an ever polite manner.
"Oh no, I have stuff to do back home." Greg replied, slightly attracted by her smile. The smile is kind of addictive, Greg thought.
That night at home, Greg added her onto his messenger to find her already online.
Greg: Hey you!
Sweetpeas: Hey stalker! What's up.
Greg: How do you know I'm stalking you?
Sweetpeas: Been there before. Ha.
Greg: Where's hubby?
Sweetpeas: In the other room. Wanna talk to him?
Greg: No thank you.
Greg then went on to tell Helen what he really thought about her husband.
Sweetpeas: He's not cold at all. He's very good to me.
Half truth. He used to be very sweet but after a failed business 15 years ago, turned into a rather ill-tempered person.
Greg: As long as you're happy, Helen.
They then went on to talk about their life and Greg's ambition to make is online business work. It was at 4am that night that they ended the conversation.
For the next few weeks, Greg would occasionally visit hang out with her next door. They would also talk online at night, mostly about personal topics like relationships and sex which would otherwise be awkward talking face to face. Greg has been single for two years while concentrating on his business. He also admitted that he liked older women and even joked about taking Helen one day, to which she just laughed off. A few times she would go offline earlier than usual to "serve the husband". When Greg asked, the next day, how the sex was, she would always reply "as usual". Theirs was an open friendship. She liked his company but was wary of getting too close with him. She was, after all, a faithful wife and loved her husband deeply even after 30 years.
Greg, on the other hand, lusted over her as time went by. A few times he caught her not wearing a bra in the day, and then teased her at night on the internet. She was flattered many times and wished how wonderful it would be if it was her husband taking notice of her this much.
One day, Greg went over like usual, looked around and saw a load of clothes on the couch. It was obvious Helen was ironing the clothes. She had a pair of loose, plain t-shirt on and a pair of light blue shorts. No bra at all, Greg thought. She looked sexy with her hair bundled up.
"Water?" Helen asked politely.
"Ice water will do." Greg replied.
Helen soon returned with two glasses of ice water, one for herself. They talked some more at close proximity and her nipples were obviously poking out of the material of her shirt. He was mesmerized by her beauty, like always, even at 52 years old. Her hair was slightly tainted by streaks of white hair, but her skin looked so bright and smooth on her face. Her fingers traced along the smooth wet surface of the glass. Greg lost himself in her beauty. Helen knew the attention she was getting and was flattered.