"Man, I wish I had your troubles," Victor told Jack as they sat over lunch, out of the office, in a quiet little down town bistro. Their boss was out of town with some local big wig and the whole office had been given an hour lunch in his absence. Well, at least, that was the unofficial story. Jack stared into his salad, his brown eyes downcast, not even smirking anymore.
"No, you don't," he said evenly. "Not if you aren't the one solving them."
"Wait, you're saying she's cheating?"
"She would never cheat. That isn't at all how she is built. She believes in love more than anything else. And she loves me. It's not that at all. I mean, sure, sometimes I wonder if she found a man that could keep up with her would he steal her away, but I don't think so. She knows her own mind. She loves her life. She loves the kids. She just... also really loves sex. And I wasn't a multi-round kind of guy when we met. Now, with age, weight, life... I know she wants it every night. I know she wants to cum multiple times every night, but do you have any idea how exhausting that is? The woman is a sexual vampire and she is draining me dry." Jack shrugged. "If I thought just letting her have another lover was the solution, it would be a no brainer, but we have been down that road. She got pissed off when the girl we were sleeping with wanted to play with me alone because she doesn't like that I cum without her."
"So, what? She gets pissed when you jerk off?"
"I don't jerk off anymore, Vic. I can't. Not because she wouldn't like it or let me... she would happily lay down naked underneath me and watch, just in hopes of getting my cum on her body. But it's like... I just know I have to save what I have for her because she almost physically needs it in a way I don't get. But... it breaks my heart to tell her 'no' because all I want to do that night is just sleep...but I also want to make her cum, to make her smile, to need me the way she does. We have a perfect marriage. I just wish I'd been granted the stamina to keep up with her."
"Well..." Victor cast a glance around the small restraint, as if making sure no one was eavesdropping on their conversation. He took a card out of his wallet and slid it across the table to Jack. "Is your wife submissive at all?"
"She's a switch," Jack answered, familiar with the lingo from his wife, if not exactly an expert in BDSM himself. "She tends to be submissive with men. Dominant with genetic women. Somewhere in between with Transpeople and non-binary people depending on how she knows them and how they feel to her."
Victor looked more than a little impressed. "Your lady sounds like a wild one."
Jack smirked. "You have no idea. She's just... sexually expressive to the nth degree. There isn't anything she won't try once, sometimes three times just to be sure."
Victor held up the card from his wallet and handed it to Jack. "Then believe me when I say... this is just the thing you need." The card was black gloss with red metallic letters on it that read: "Anteros International" with a number below it. It had both an international number and a local one. "Don't ask me anything. Just... call them."
"Um... ok." Jack looked dubious but he and Vic had been friends most of their lives. He knew if Victor said this was something to look into, he should.
After he got of work that night, he called the number and a polite, crisp female voice answered: "Anteros International, this is Tasha. How may I direct your call?"
"Um... hi. My name is Jack McKinnon and my friend gave me your card..."
"I understand, Mr. McKinnon. Would you like to book an appointment for a you or someone else?"
"Um... well, I don't really know what it is you do..."
"Oh! I see! A first timer! Why didn't you say so?" Jack was about ready to say that his buddy had been so secretive; he didn't know he was supposed to say so. "You and how many partners?"
"J-just my wife."
"And what is Mrs. McKinnon's first name?"
"Deirdre."
"Lovely. And who referred you?"
"Victor Di Lucca."
"Oh, sure! How is Vicky?" She sounded genuinely interested, and he could hear the smile in her voice. He was really beginning to hope this wasn't some high priced hooker line or something. No... Vic wouldn't do that. He knew better. A swinger's club maybe? That would track. He'd never really been to one but he knew his wife had dipped her toes in that community in her late teens and early twenties.
"Um.... Vic is great. Seems really happy. I mean, he and Sheila are getting along better than they have in years..." It was a test. He was curious if they new his wife, also, since they were asking Jack about his own wife.
"I am so happy to hear that! I know she was just so worried that his... appetites... were going to end their marriage."
All of this was utterly true. In fact, it was just dawning on Jack that Vic hadn't really mentioned sex much at all lately, when it used to be his favorite topic. He oftentimes verged on inappropriate in mixed company, his brain was so completely focused on sex. Then, almost overnight, he was around more, seemed more at peace with himself... satisfied. He couldn't remember the last time he had seen Deirdre look like that... he missed her soft smile as she lounged in the sunlight naked, looking like she just wanted to curl up and sleep like a contented kitten. And he wanted to see it again. It was that thought that made up his mind for him, even before Tasha added: "And since you are a referral at your initial appointment from one of our platinum members, should you and Mrs. McKinnon agree to utilize our services, you have been granted three completely free sessions before we sign you up for a membership of your own, should you decide to stay with us."
"Oh... well, awesome. Great."
"We have one opening Friday night at 10pm. Since it will be your first time, we'll leave the end time for the appointment open. I am sure you're going to have lots of questions and may want to schedule your first session. I am going to email you a basic information sheet on yourself and your wife to fill out and send back prior to then. What's a good email for you, sir?" He gave it to her, very curious what sort of questions they might ask. "Alright! You are all set!" He could hear an almost teasing lilt to her voice as she said in a chirpy tone: "See you Friday Night, Mr. McKinnon. And again, welcome to the Anteros family!"