Author's Note: Please read Uncharted Territory Part 01 first, if you haven't already.
Part 02: The Test
The week started exceptionally well. Ron felt he was on top of the world. His coworkers noticed he walked with a bounce in is step, he was more cheerful, more friendly, more talkative. He felt strangely free of stress, as though in addition to all the immense pleasure he had derived from all the intense and incredible sex, his body had also been purged of tension and worry. He even slept better.
And all because he had gotten laid.
Jenna had been correct: the mind was an incredible device.
He thought about her constantly her beautiful face and body, her perfect tits and ass, and that lovely flower with its dainty petals between her legs. And of course, there was her stellar, easy-going, likeable personality and intellect. What a package!
Naturally, Ron relived every moment of their time together, especially the spectacular sex. It was still almost surreal to think it had all really happened. It was his own Literotica story. But best of all, he had performed in a manner that made it
worthy
of a Literotica story.
Ron rode that cloud for a couple of days until—like all clouds—it began to evaporate, then the storm of doubt rolled in and he started questioning what happened. Oh, the memory of it was still there, but he began to view it through a fog.
No longer certain was he that his sudden sexual prowess was so keen. Face it, he had been so sexually frustrated for so long that any woman could have probably gotten him off so well. Hell, it was likely that even Dana could have done it—if she had actually participated instead of just laying there as she always did.
Had it really required someone as skilled as Jenna?
On the other hand, maybe it actually was her talent. Maybe he hadn't really performed that well. Maybe she made him think he had. Did she really have all of those orgasms? He wondered. That was the curious thing about a woman's climax. Could a man ever really be sure that it occurred? Or was it merely good acting? Guys were ever so much easier to tell. Ejaculation couldn't really be faked.
Oh, why all this doubt, this confusion? Why couldn't he just accept things at face value? Why did he have to analyze everything? Although, that was part of his job, and therefore, part of his nature. He worked with computers. If it was a hardware issue, you analyzed it, determined the problem, and either fixed or replaced the faulty part. With software, you analyzed the program, determined the cause and fixed or replaced a line of code.
But this situation wasn't so clear cut. What was he to do?
Perhaps he just needed another weekend with Jenna to revitalize himself, remind himself that he could satisfy a woman. But is that what would really happen, or would it just be her letting him
think
it was happening. Or was it that he really could satisfy her and the real question was could he satisfy another woman? Were he and Jenna just that compatible or was she just so sexually attuned that anyone could make her come?
So now, what was the solution? Did he have to start sleeping around to prove to himself he could satisfy other women? If so, how many before he would be convinced? But if he was so uncertain of himself as to wonder whether he could please other women, what made him think he could even get another woman to sleep with him to even attempt to satisfy one?
Damn you, Dana, you did this. Ron had always been a person who was confident in his abilities. Now, he was turning into a sexual neurotic.
He needed a relaxing cold beer to break out of these tortuous, self-defeating thoughts. Fortunately, it was closing time.
* * *
On any given day after work, a number of people from the office could be found wetting their whistles at the lounge down the street. Prior to his breakup with Dana, Ron had rarely visited the popular watering hole. Now, he was a more frequent participant. On this Tuesday, it was where he headed.
He recognized a number of employees who were bellied up to the bar, but none he was particularly close to, although there were one or two with whom he could at least shoot the shit. After he got his beer, but before he could head in their direction, he heard someone call his name.
Sitting alone in a booth was Chelsea, the senior of two administrative assistants to the president of the company. She summoned him over. "Join me."
Ron did so without hesitation, primarily because he really liked her. She was also a good person to have on your side with the boss (he always made sure her computer was in top shape with the latest updates and software). She either liked you or she didn't, and it was said if she didn't you would never know it. She had told him that she liked him, and he had the sense she would only say that if she really meant it. The further evidence was in her invitation.
Chelsea's other appeal was that—aside from being a dozen or more years older than he; late 30s, early 40s he guessed—she was a very attractive woman. She took very good care of herself, was dark complected with almost black hair, average female height, and her best feature was her large, but thankfully not huge, breasts that she liked to show off with tight, low cut shirts. Best of all, she could get away with it.
"So, what brings you here?" she asked conversationally. "You're not a regular."
"I was going to ask the same of you?"
"Shall we just say that some days the job is more tedious than others and a little attitude adjustment is needed before the trip home?" Chelsea held up her martini glass in a mock toast.
"Understood." Ron likewise lifted his beer bottle. Translated, she meant the boss had been a bigger asshole today than usual.
"And you?"
Ron shrugged. "Nothing to go home to."
"The divorce not going well?"
"No, no. No problems there."
"Still a small flame for Dana?"
"Long extinguished. I'm over that."
"So, there's another woman." Chelsea posed it as a statement rather than a question—as though she already knew.
"What makes you say that?" Ron played it cool, but underneath, not so much.
"Womanly intuition."
"You know I volunteer for a non-profit organization?"
"You had a board meeting this weekend as I recall."
"Yes."
"You met a woman." Another statement. Did she really have him pegged?
"I actually already knew her."
"And you got to know her better."
Ron wanted to say: Why don't you let me tell the story. But then it might have been obvious how little he wanted to say. "Yes."
"And then?"
"You seem to have the conversation all figured out," Ron said lightheartedly. "You tell me."