ALEX
I've been dating my boyfriend Scott for a year now. We used to work for the same company in the same city, but he got posted in another country (three hours away by flight), where he has been staying for the past 6 months.
I didn't even think I would fall for Scott. Certainly, he wasn't my type. I've always fallen for tall, dark haired, athletic guys. Scott is blonde, just a few inches taller than me, not athletic, but physically active because of his job. He also has a history of dating a lot of girls and playing the field. But he and I hit it off so well and eventually, we became friends. We would talk long hours about different topics. We had the deepest and strangest conversations that belied a natural intellectual compatibility.
I knew he was attracted to me, and he made sure I knew it, but I was wary of his womanizing ways. Friends warned me about him, but in time, I developed an attraction to Scott too. And he did woo me... Never failing to tell me everyday how beautiful I was and how he missed me and loved me. There were always good morning and good night texts, and texts during the day; he made sure I knew he was thinking of me every moment of the day. He was very romantic, sending me flowers from overseas while I was on a business trip, when the hotel flower shop was already closed. He surprised me one weekend to whisk me away to a holiday. He made me feel good about my body too, loving and worshiping every inch of it. Though he had some very odd, off the chart sexual fantasies and preferences, Scott never forced me to do anything I didn't want to do, but at the same time, he gently pushed me to explore my sexuality, bringing me to greater heights of ecstasy I had never known.
So when I learned that he would be moving away for a posting abroad, I was very sad and thought about whether to continue with the relationship or not. But Scott wanted to do a long distance relationship and believed that we could make it work. He texted and chatted with me every day. He worked in a very demanding job, in the field, which meant that he couldn't always stop to talk with me. Plus he worked in a very remote area, a virtual wasteland with absolutely nothing, just hundreds of guys working together in a testosterone filled environment. It was a difficult place to live in and every weekend was a much awaited opportunity to travel three hours into town with the company provided car and driver, to buy groceries, have a beer, interact with normal people and have an early dinner, then make the 3 hour trek back to come home to a lonely hotel room.
But lately, something very strange started happening. Every Saturday morning, after doing the rounds of the field, Scott would go home to freshen up and go into town for his weekly supplies. He would usually have an early dinner there and be home by 10 pm. But one Saturday afternoon, I suddenly couldn't contact Scott. I tried his two phones but there was no reply. I was so worried sick that something might have happened to him. I kept trying and couldn't sleep. Finally on Sunday morning, Scott responded to my call. He sounded groggy, tired but apologetic. He said that he had had some drinks with friends the night before and lost track of time. It didn't help that the phones' batteries were dead too. He was pretty drunk when his friends brought him back to his hotel room. He was so drunk that he forgot to call. I was so angry but Scott apologized. He sent me flowers the next day. He seemed really sorry.
The next week, a similar thing happened again. He was gone for hours on Saturday evening, and when he finally FaceTimed me back in the hotel late that night, he said he couldn't talk really long. His phone battery was 4% and that he forgot his chargers in the car with the driver and couldn't get them back. He was in a hurry, talking with me for only a few minutes and said goodbye before the battery died. He was shirtless and the TV was on in the background. Scott didn't like removing his shirt before going to bed, and he didn't like TV. Something was fishy and it hurt me to think that he was fooling around.
A similar thing happened a few Saturdays later, but with some other excuse. I was beginning to anticipate the pattern every Saturday afternoon. So the following week, when Scott was home, I called him and talked to him about these moments when he disappeared. I asked him if there was someone else. In the beginning, he vehemently denied it. But I said, "You've always admired my intelligence. You've always said that I'm the smartest woman you've ever been with, a bimbo killer. So I don't believe this is just nothing, you know. I'm not stupid, so give me the courtesy of knowing what is really happening."
Finally, Scott admitted that he had met a woman named Susan a few weeks ago in the shopping mall where he usually did his groceries. The woman was the owner of a spa at the mall. She was in her late twenties. She was of mixed Chinese descent, young, attractive, petite, fair skinned, slim and with long hair. She used to be a masseuse but eventually, went on to own her own spa. "A bimbo, in other words. How did this happen?" I retorted. The woman didn't even finish university.
Scott said that he had gone for a massage one Saturday afternoon at the spa, and met Susan. She was friendly and accommodating. He asked her out for dinner. Initially, she refused but eventually she agreed. He invited her to make the 3 hour trip back to his hotel with the promise to bring her back after dinner, and one thing led to another. "So what did you do with this Susan the Slut?" I asked, hurt. "Baby, you know I love you, but it is just very lonely here. I have no other human contact aside from a bunch of guys at work. Saturdays are the only times I can get away. And here was this young, attractive woman who was willing to offer me some companionship," Scott explained.
"Did you fuck her?" I asked. "Alex, baby, do you really want to know all these details?" And I said, "Yes, stand up to what you did and tell me!" And Scott said, sheepishly, "OK. Yes. I did. I convinced her and said I just needed some company and that I would take her back to the hotel and we would just have dinner in my room. She agreed and said that there wasn't going to be any sex. In fact, I even asked the driver to stand by to take her back. She did come back with me, but before I knew it, she had sent the driver home to come back for her the next day and she stayed the night. And of course, there was sex. I'm sorry, baby" Scott admitted regretfully.
"Then why didn't you have the decency to just call me? I worried about you. I thought you were dead. But you were just fucking some stupid massage girl! Susan the Slut!" I screamed. "Alex, Baby, I really wanted to call you, but she tied me up, literally. It was a bondage situation and I couldn't get away. And you know how much I like that. It's the first time in a long time that I found someone who was into that as well...Do you really want to hear this?" Scott asked softly.
"Tell me. Don't be a bigger coward than you already are. What did this stupid masseuse do to you that you couldn't even call your girlfriend?" I said. "Baby, I couldn't get away. She grabbed my phone and just tied me up and after that I fell asleep and didn't wake up until the next morning. I'm really sorry, Alex," Scott said.