Emily could not stop smiling as she walked up the stage to accept her company's award to the top salesperson of the year. Her company's CEO was waiting for her in front of the large audience with a broad smile and a giant bonus check. She shook his hand, thanked him for his kind words, and posed for the company photographer before she exited the stage and went back to her seat. Her husband hugged her and congratulated her again before she sat down. She asked her husband to hold her hand while more people were being called to receive various awards, but Emily was no longer paying attention and she let her concentration drift away.
By all accounts, the event should have been one of the happiest times in her relatively short professional life, but below the surface and behind the cover of her beautiful smile, Emily felt as if her life were about to spiral out of control. She tried to convince herself that her fears were completely irrational. Her actions of several months prior had not caused her any problems at work nor at home. She was convinced that neither Michael, the CEO of her largest client, nor Jerry, the purchasing manager of another major account, had any interest in revealing what had happened behind closed doors and yet, she could not shake a feeling of impending doom. Nevertheless, after the last award was presented, Emily managed to conceal her inner turmoil from everybody and tried to enjoy the rest of the evening.
Emily poked her husband softly in the arm to confirm that he was sleeping deeply. They had made love after returning from her company's awards ceremony but she had not been able to climax. She had faked an orgasm as soon as she had felt her husband ejaculate, which had frustratingly happened after less than five minutes of sex. He had then rolled off her and had fallen asleep almost immediately.
Sleep did not come easily to Emily lately, especially in nights like these when she felt sexually frustrated. Her only recourse was to use her fingers to rub her pussy, as she was currently doing, trying not to shake their bed. As she used her right hand to stimulate her clitoris, drawing small circles with two fingers, her memory alternated between the humiliating episode in Michael's office, where she had been fucked from behind while she gripped the edge of his desk, and the troublingly arousing night she spent with Jerry, the unattractive purchasing manager who had pounded her for over an hour in the bed of her hotel room.