It's been a few weeks since Jayne and I have been meeting up for coffee and cake followed by a great time in the bedroom where we both agreed 'no strings, no commitment'. I was 56 and widowed, Jayne was 52 and from what I understood twice divorced and had made it clear she wasn't interested in anything except sex.
The sex was unhurried and we both got what we wanted, neither of us being shy of asking, but then again neither of us wanted anything more than what most adults would call ordinary. I did feel that she might be getting bored with me so I made sure that I talked to the other women from work who were on my short list, Sharon and Ann.
Sharon had been divorced for a couple of years and Jayne told me Sharon was off men at the moment, however we both liked cycling and we had arranged to go out once a week for a ride to local beauty spots where we would stop for a rest and a drink before returning home. I never made any attempt to discuss her private life or anything remotely sexual as I was biding my time especially as I was happy with the Jayne arrangement. I never made a secret of the cycling so was a bit surprised when I next saw Jayne she made mention of it.
"Saw you out cycling with Sharon yesterday, are you and her being friendly afterwards?"
"Friendly? You mean sex? No, it's purely cycling, we ride to somewhere nice, have a rest and a drink and come home. Haven't even thought about her that way."
Alright, that was a lie but Jayne didn't know that and I wasn't going to tell her that I fancied her as well.
"She seems OK, her husband went off when he was working away from home and strayed and got his young bit on the side pregnant. At least he stood by the baby."
I raised my eyebrows as this was news to me, " Really, didn't know that but as I said we haven't talked about our private lives."β¨Jayne seemed to accept this and we had finished our coffee and cake and if things followed the usual pattern it was time to head upstairs but I wasn't sure how things would turn out.
"You haven't been to bed with her?"