What's the play when you realize the husband of a friend, the father of her three kids, wants to get into your knickers? The delectable Jennifer Gonzalez is contemplating this question as she lounges in bed one Sunday morning flicking through her phone.
She re-read the message she'd received, considering how to reply.
'Hi Jenny, I need to get Paula something special for her fortieth. Any ideas?'
Innocuous enough but Jenny sensed it was a gambit. Martin had never contacted her privately before. Her relationship was mainly with his wife Paula. And then the timing. On Thursday night the four of them, Martin, Paula, Jenny and her latest squeeze, Rob, had met up for dinner in town. It was the first time she'd seen Martin in years. Jenny had opted for a revealing dress, principally for Rob's benefit, since he'd be the one fucking her later, and he was duly impressed, however Rob was not the man who'd spent most of the meal gazing at her cleavage and trying to monopolize her. Paula's tense and muted demeanour had spoken volumes. Poor woman. Who wants that.
Rob had joked about it afterwards. 'Man of taste, appreciating the scenery,' he said, similarly engaged since Jenny was at that moment stood next to the bed slipping her bra off.
'And you liked it, babe, didn't you? Your friend's husband drooling over you.'
Jenny made a mock-protest face causing Rob to snicker.
'C'mon, Jen, we know how it is with you.'
She pouted and shook her tits at him, bra on the floor now, soon to be joined by the rest.
'Exactly,' grinned Rob, looking devouringly at Jenny, getting ready to receive.
It was a fair cop. Rob was not the brightest bulb in the basket however on this point he was correct. Blessed with an exceedingly pretty face, great hair, flawless complexion, a lush figure, Jennifer Gonzalez had always savoured her impact on men. Even more so these days. Having recently celebrated her own fortieth birthday she was looking better than ever and she knew it. Unlike her friend Paula Robbins, she had reaped the rewards of staying single, avoiding children, prioritising herself. She felt powerful, a woman in her prime. Along with her considerable physical attributes there was a poise and self-confidence. Jenny knew how to dress, how to carry herself, how to deal with different settings and circumstances. And in the restaurant on Thursday she'd been on top form.
The evening had been most satisfactory from her point of view. Two men at the table, both of them fawning over her. Quite the ego trip! As for the palpable discomfort of the other woman present, truth be told Jenny had rather enjoyed that too and throughout the dinner had slyly entertained herself by adding to it, being by turns vivacious, sophisticated and flirty with Rob and Martin, encouraging them to compete for her attention, casually patronizing the gooseberry with occasional glib remarks that she tossed like crumbs in her direction.
'You're quiet tonight, hun,' she'd said at one point, when Paula hadn't spoken for ages, this immediately after Jenny had regaled the table with a lengthy, rather risque anecdote that had both men in stitches. 'Am I?' said Paula, in a strangled voice. 'Paula's rather quiet, isn't she?' Jenny repeated, pressing the bruise, looking straight at Martin. A bit cruel? She had to admit it was rather. She'd been a bitch. But so what, you could be a bitch when you looked like Jenny. It was one of the many perks. The besotted guys didn't seem to mind, especially not Martin. And Paula? Well tough titty. If her hubby wanted to slobber over Jenny all night who was Jenny to say he shouldn't. Free country.
Not that she fancied him back of course. Jenny liked to date men a fair bit younger than herself, handsome studs in tip-top shape who could go like rabbits all night. Guys like Rob. These relationships tended not to last long, which suited Jenny just fine. It was usually she who ended it. As soon as the current beau began to bore or irritate her she would drop them, secure in the knowledge she would not struggle to find a replacement.
That's if she hadn't already found him. A degree of overlap could be fun. It allowed for a more leisurely approach to axing the guy who was in the departure lounge. For example, if she felt like being mean Jenny would continue to let him take her out for a while but gradually withdraw intimacy until eventually the poor man was getting nothing but a quick peck at the start and end of the night. It was amusing to observe how the men she did this to reacted, how they struggled with the frustration of no-sex after spending a whole evening in a bar or restaurant with her.
Needless to say she would still dress to thrill. That was the whole fun of it. Taunt the poor man with what he was no longer allowed to have. Sometimes they would suffer it quite stoically, with humour even, other times not so much, and there'd be scenes. Jenny's favourite was probably the time when this particular guy who she'd been treating terribly for weeks, no sex, mocking his requests for it, openly flirting with other men when they were out, totally embarrassed himself with an emotional meltdown in public, at first calling her a 'no good fucking cocktease', then when she said 'fine, fuck off then' switching to tears and 'so so sorry, Jenny' and 'I love you' and begging for another chance. She'd told him no way, blew him a kiss and jumped in a cab home to where her new man, in on what she was doing to this unfortunate guy, was waiting for her, ready to have a giggle about it all and fuck her brains out.
She'd be moving on from Rob soon, she'd pretty much decided that. He was getting a touch complacent, not trying quite so hard to please her, in bed and out, as he had when they'd first got together. So, yes, a couple more fucks then adios Roberto. She'd grant him a quick and merciful death because she remained quite fond of him.
Jenny planned to go younger next time, much younger, really treat herself. She had her sights set on one of the trainees at work, Paul, a gorgeous hunk not much more than half her age who'd been eyeing her up a lot around the office. Jenny had been inflaming the poor boy something rotten for months so she knew he'd leap at the chance. He'd be raring to go. She was aware he had a steady girlfriend who he'd need to dump if he and Jenny were going to have a thing but she was smugly confident that would be no obstacle. She had no compunctions about this. It added to the appeal that she'd be stealing her toyboy from some heartbroken young girl. Mmm, yes, a delicious prospect. Time to push the button on it. Maybe even tomorrow.
So, no, the short balding overweight pushing-fifty Martin Robbins was not her type and this was putting it mildly. They'd known each other slightly but for a long time, ever since he'd hooked up with Paula, her old friend from college days. Jenny had been a bridesmaid at their wedding. Then came the house and the three kids and all the rest of it, Martin continuing his mediocre career, Paula succumbing to the role of housewife and mother. Jenny couldn't see the point. She relished being the successful, highly paid lawyer who was also a sexually desirable and avaricious single woman, could not imagine sacrificing either on the altar of domesticity. But ok we're all different and she was content to be Paula's 'glamorous friend', keeping in touch, catching up every so often, sometimes just the two of them, sometimes with others, occasionally including Martin.
Who had never till now given away that he fancied her. There'd been no wandering eyes, no flirting, none of that. It must have been difficult, Jenny thought, he was a man after all, and she was so much more desirable than Paula, but credit where credit's due he'd managed it. Yet now all of a sudden the guy was telegraphing that he had the hots for her. Jenny was intrigued. She knew what she ought to do. She ought to discourage him. But what did she want to do?
Jenny toyed with her phone, musing on the possibilities. Dinner had been fun, hadn't it? So why not seek some more fun with the situation? It'd be amusing at the very least.
Decision made, she messaged Martin back.
'So nice to hear from you! Present for Paula? Oooo, not sure. You're her hubby. Don't YOU have any ideas?'
A reply came straightaway as she expected it would.
'Hmm, not really. Well apart from a boob job, lol.'
Jenny snorted with laughter at this. Couldn't help herself. Ok so it was like that then. Poor Paula! Right. Game on.
She called his number.
'A boob job?' she giggled, when he answered.
"Well, you know.'
'Er, wouldn't that be more of a present for you?'
'Busted,' Martin chuckled.
'Well you weren't exactly subtle the other night. Jesus, it was like I was topless or something.'
'You almost were.'
'Still, eyes on stalks, and right in front of your poor wife too.'
'Yeah, I know. Sorry.'
'Don't be. It's fine. I didn't mind at all. There's a reason I wear dresses like that.'
'I figured that was the case.'
'What can I say, I like male attention. The more the better. So, look, is there anything else? Something tells me you don't really want to talk about what to buy Paula for her birthday.'