Life with Marissa is a challenge. Sexually, anyway.
Don't get me wrong, she's great. She works hard and earns a lot of money. So while I work on my novel I don't have to have some job. That's part of my problem. Some days the writing goes well, other days ... not.
The other part is of the problem is having a wife who travels a lot for her high-paying job. That leaves a guy with plenty of time on his hands, especially when the writing isn't going well.
And when you have the sex drive of a 30-year-old, that plenty of time can seem extra plenty.
Of course masturbation helps to keep things under control.
Though that's only fun up to a point.
And I have to be careful there, as my writer's imagination sometimes takes my fantasies in strange directions. I'm careful not to let them get too weird.
I could find a lover.
That's not me, though. I'm not a cheater.
I really love Marissa, so having a lover on the side just feels ... wrong.
Maybe it also comes from my strict upbringing--it was drilled into me that you don't have sex before marriage, and you don't have sex outside of marriage. And you don't do any of the perverted gay or fetish things that modern society seems to think is okay. I'm not as prudish as all that, but still there are lines that shouldn't be crossed.
Or maybe I'm kidding myself about being so moral, and it's only that I haven't been put to the test of temptation.
But I do get unbearably horny sometimes, like I'm going to explode, and that's my biggest problem.
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I stay home mostly in our wonderful big house. We live in a neighborhood where the homes are widely spaced and people generally keep to themselves. I write, or I don't write, and the days go by.
So when some new people moved into the neighborhood--actually, into the house behind ours, partially hidden from view by all the trees--I thought it might be nice to have someone to visit or have a chat with once in a while. So I decided to make an effort to meet the new couple.
I'd observed them for a few days as they settled in. Maybe they were a few years older than Marissa and me. They drove expensive cars and appeared to have been successful relatively young. Now they had a lot of life ahead and a lot of money and could do whatever they wanted.
From a distance they looked normal, even pleasant and charming. We waved if we happened to see each other outside, like the other day when I was out doing some yard work and yesterday when I was out tanning by the pool. I thought they might make good friends.
The only odd thing was that they seemed to have a bodyguard. A big guy who moved like he was ex-military or something. He was outside whenever one of the couple was outside, and he had this air of alertness and vigilance about him.
Or maybe he was just a combination of chauffer and personal assistant to the couple.
I put on some nice summer slacks, combed my hair, and slipped into my flip flops. Then I gathered my courage and headed over with a fruit basket I'd arranged as a welcome gift for them.
* *
I'd overdone the fruit basket a little, and it took both hands to hold it and the fruit almost hid me. I had to turn sideways to greet the woman when she opened the door for me. I told her who I was and said I just stopped by with a housewarming gift.
In a direct and friendly way, she looked me up and down, the beginnings of a pleasant smile on her face.
Then she surprised me and asked me to wait a moment--and shut the door on me. I stood there and got a little pissed.
I waited a couple of minutes. Then I started to walk away when the door opened and they were both there, the man and the woman both smiling, welcoming me in. I put on a big smile too and went inside, expecting someone to take the basket.
I was about to suggest it--when suddenly I felt some hands go up under my shirt and move all over my stomach and chest. Then the hands slid around my torso to run up and down my back.
I swiveled my head--and saw that it was the bodyguard! I froze at this unexpected groping, and I didn't want to drop the fruit basket.
"We hope you don't mind," the man of the couple said. "For our security we like to be sure that our guests are not armed or wearing a wire."
I didn't know what to say. Of course I wasn't wearing a wire! And where would I hide a gun in the light summer clothes I was wearing?
But in the interest of neighborliness, I didn't protest. Some people have strange customs, and that's just the way it is.
The couple were admiring my basket of fruit, still making no attempt to relieve me of it. Meanwhile the bodyguard was running his hands up and down my back and shoulders and along my arms.
Then his hands dropped to my butt, and I couldn't believe the invasiveness of his strong fingers as they check around my hips and between my thighs.
The woman of the couple finally said "Thank you" for the fruit basket and took it from me, while the man asked me to turn around so the bodyguard could check my front.
They also took a step back to make room for the big man to get at me. He quickly knelt down and grabbed my ankles, working his way up my legs. But he stopped at my thighs, before standing up and running his hands again over my chest and stomach.