I looked up from the book I was reading -- Danielle Steel's latest creation -- and let out a sigh. My husband of six years and counting Dominic -- Dom to his mother, and to me only in the heat of orgasm -- was pruning his beard, turning his etched face this way and that, catching the slightest hint of gray in his sculpted fuzz. I stifled in a snigger at the sight of this tall 40-year-old hunk of a man preening like a school girl getting ready for her prom date.
"You look gorgeous already babe," I intoned, ever the supportive husband. And I meant those words. Look at him, my husband: 6' tall, slightly bookish -- due to his age-defying flop of russet blond hair -- with broad shoulders, pronounced delts and biceps -- no tattoos, thank the goddess -- massive thighs from his years of rugby in prep school, and in the juncture of those tree trunks the most delicious piece of male organ this side of Atlantic, with delicious balls that always manage to churn out such delectable concoctions every time we had sex.
"I know," my husband answered back, flashing me one of his famous grins and holding the pronounced bulge of his grey boxers. "So you want a piece of this, uh, you wanna piece of me?" And I had to laugh because despite his handsomeness, this sudden randy transformation looked absurd in a hot way, like watching a schoolmarm teacher perform a pole dance. My husband laughed too, despite himself.
"Okay, now I just have to dress myself, and off I go to -- what's his name again?"
"Chojun. C-H-O-J-U-N."
"Right, Mr. New Colleague's party. Whatever."
"Don't be like that. He's going to be in your team for the next five years, and considering how your company's turnover rate is, that--"
"Yeah I know. I'm just messing with you."
"Humph." I watched him pull on his dress-shirt and black pants. It was going to be a casual affair, but I insisted he dress up to the nines, because he was going to be the team leader after all. "I'm sorry I can't make it. It's this damn flu, I can't seem to shake it off."
"Don't worry babe, just get a good rest and I'll be back from the party in no time."
"I love you. Don't kiss me, you'll get sick."