I dropped Karen off at her house and gave her a long warm goodbye kiss before I slid behind the wheel of my 1983 Chrysler LeBaron for the two-hour drive home.
We had just returned from a two-week vacation in Wyoming and Idaho that had proven to be a welcome break for both of us. We had fucked and sucked one another from Jackson Hole to Coeur d'Alene and had experienced all of nature's wonders in between.
We had been involved romantically for about three years, and as I headed south on I-81 toward my own home, my mind was busy thinking about the last two weeks and what future Karen and I might have together.
Twelve years previously, Karen and I had been co-workers in my company. At the time, she was an emerging talent in our human relations group and she and I often worked together on potential corporate acquisitions. Even though I remember being attracted to her back then, I had a strict rule against entering into an office affair.
Subsequently, Karen left to start her own HR consulting company and we lost contact. That all changed three years ago when, by chance, we ran into one another in the same hotel in, of all places, Hong Kong.
China was just beginning to open its economy to Western investments, which was why I was there, but many Chinese businessmen were also coming to the United States. Karen had found an opportunity to put on seminars for these people on American culture and business practices. Hong Kong was still under British rule, and in those early days, was the preferred 'neutral site' where such meetings were typically held.
Our unexpected reunion in the hotel had led to drinks, dinner, more drinks, some confessions on both sides of long-ago feelings of affection, more drinks, a hesitant kiss which triggered longer kisses and mounting arousal. We made love in my hotel room only because all of Karen's carefully prepared handouts were scattered over her bed.
Karen was still married to her husband Steve, but apparently, they had been separated for about a year. It seemed that a divorce was imminent, but it wasn't a topic that she wanted to discuss. She told me that I was her first lover since their breakup and from the passion, we both brought to the bedroom, I could believe it. It was the start of an affair that was now entering its third year.
Karen and I both understood that our current relationship wasn't exclusive. Neither of us asked about attractions to other people and we seemed to be okay with that arrangement. I hadn't mentioned the Freyja Club to her mostly because I had signed a nondisclosure agreement. However, I wasn't sure I would have anyway.
While Karen was sexually uninhibited in the bedroom and was a wonderful lover, I saw little in her personality that would lead me to believe that a hedonic lifestyle was her cup of tea. Under the rules of the club, I could submit her name and have a background check run so that she could accompany me as a "guest," but by the time I turned into my own driveway, I had decided that might be premature.
It had been over a month since I'd last visited the club in Washington, but it wasn't on the top of my list. Karen had done a yeoman's job of ensuring that I was well drained and my libido was bouncing along near the bottom of the scale, but the club's existence and availability was always percolating in the back of my mind. I knew that it was only a matter of time before I would succumb to its lure, but I was surprised at how it happened.
Three days later, I was sitting in my office when my secretary informed me that I had a call from a Mrs. Logan, did I want to take the call? I said yes, and a few seconds later I was speaking with Jennifer.
As I've previously recounted, Jennifer Logan and I had a steamy four-year affair and she and her husband Steve (a different Steve than Karen's Steve) had initially recommended me for membership in the Freyja Club. Later, when I had passed through New York after my initiation in Paris, Jennifer had met me at the club there and we'd made love for the first time in four years. Of course, I was anxious to speak with her.
It turned out that Jennifer was calling primarily about a professional matter, but with her, there was always an undercurrent of sexual promise in any conversation between her and me.
For the last ten years, Jennifer had been working as the head buyer for a large clothing company (you would recognize the name). She was scheduling a trip to Washington and wanted to know if I could help her with a problem she was having in importing a line of clothing from Ecuador. Jennifer knew that I had developed multiple contacts inside the Federal Trade Commission, and was wondering if any of those could be of assistance. When I asked her when she was coming and where she was staying, she said, "Next Thursday, and at the Freyja Club Hotel. I would be most appreciative of any help." The very thought of an appreciative Jennifer made my cock firm in my pants.