This is a recollection of a time when I found myself enlisted into being the one to help a coworker cuckold her husband. This wasn't something I set out to do, it just kind of unfolded. Probably not to everyone's tastes, but I will admit that I had fantasies of something similar back when I was married.
Her name was Jody. She was a coworker in my office, very attractive, but not in a way that drew much attention. She had more of that fresh faced girl next door look with a very nice figure, she always dressed stylishly and was well put together, but her manner had pretty much been all business.
I'm Dave, I was 45 at the time, and she was around 30 I'd guess. Jody was married while I had been divorced from my wife for a couple of years. Jody and I were on the same level and we had occasion to work together on projects from time to time, so I had gotten to know her as an extremely intelligent, capable, and funny girl. She appeared to be madly in love with her husband, Eric. He sounded like a great guy.
The first inkling was when we were at the office late one evening, putting some finishing touches on a client presentation for the next day. She got a phone call from Eric. Not unusual but I could tell there was some tension there, probably from her working late - this was something I was all too familiar with from my married days. As she spoke I stepped out of the room to give her a bit of privacy.
When I returned, we got back to working on the presentation but she was obviously distracted. "Everything OK at home?" I ventured.
"Yeah, Eric is just being a jerk." She replied.
"My ex used to get grumpy too when I had to put in the long hours, comes with the territory," I responded.
We got pulled back into our project and were there another couple of hours before calling it a night. She had received a couple more calls from Eric, he was obviously checking up on her.
It was after dark so I walked out with her to her car.
"He thinks I'm up here having fun." Jody shared as we walked, obviously irritated. She was put out with him, and a bit embarrassed I think.
"You can't blame him for wanting his beautiful wife at home with him" I replied, trying to make her feel better. I felt her start at my choice of words.
"Damn!" I thought to myself, I really shouldn't have said that, that was the kind of statement that could cause trouble.
As we got to her car she said, "Thanks Dave, you're sweet." Then, quick as a flash she stepped up on her toes and kissed me on my cheek. By the time the action had sunk in she had her car door open and was slipping inside.
She gave me a big smile and a wink as she drove off. I imagine I must have been standing there a bit dumbfounded with a stupid look on my face.
I sat in my car re-living that moment. Geez, I was feeling foolish, probably making too much out of it, but god, something about that moment felt really nice. I touched my face where she had kissed. I could still feel her hand on my arm where she steadied herself. My heart was racing! I felt like I was a teenager.
Of course the next day, it was like nothing had happened. She was back to her usual self. What had I expected? Just my imagination running wild. I will confess I found myself watching her a little more closely. Jody really was an attractive woman!
It was maybe 3 weeks later when we were putting another project together for the bigwigs. We again were working late trying to meet a deadline. It was a very complicated presentation and we had a hell of a lot of work to do. It was about 8 O'clock when our boss stepped in, checking on the project as he left the office. He was a great guy to work for, the kind of guy you really wanted to do your best for.
He felt bad about our having to stay I guess, because he brought us a freshly corked bottle of wine. "Here you go, you might as well have this since it looks like you'll be here for a bit yet." He poured two glasses as we worked and said good night, "lock up when you leave, looks like you two are the last ones here.
"It was after 9 when we were putting the finishing touches on our work for the night, by then the wine was finished, and that glow you get from a couple of glasses of wine was in Jody's eyes. That was when her husband Eric called.
The conversation sounded pleasant enough from the end I was hearing. I was consciously NOT looking at those incredible legs as she was sitting there in the conference room chair, her shoes off, her feet tucked up underneath her. She had the last of the wine in her hand as she spoke quietly to him..
After she hung up, she just looked at me for a second before I realized and looked up. "Eric just asked if I'm having an affair with you." she drops, just like that.
"What?!" I started to protest, flustered, beginning to mutter something further.
"Don't worry about it" she added. "He likes you."
"But..."
"Can I ask you something?" she interrupted.
"Sure" I reply, mind still racing.
"Did you mean it when you said I was beautiful?
"Oh shit! I thought inwardly, but out loud I said "Yes, absolutely."
"Well, I told Eric when you said that, expecting him to get jealous."
Damn, I knew that slip was going to come back and bite me.
Then she adds, "I told him the context of it all, that I was pretty pissed off at him at the time, and that you had made me feel a lot better"