SWNOVELS Chapter 42
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Later, I consider my lovely and beloved wife's forthcoming birthday....
.... And what I know she truly wants....
Can I give her this?
Can I really bring myself to give her this?
James did....
.... He did it for Charlotte....
It hasn't damaged their relationship....
.... Strengthened it if anything....
And he and Michael don't suffer jealousy with each other...
Different roles....
Her Master and her Lover....
Would Elizabeth want the Lover?
? ?
I think so....
I try to envisage the scene. My Elizabeth there, naked with him, Michael making love to her.
How do I feel about that?
He's a good man....
Trustworthy....
But can I trust him with my wife?
?
?
And I have the same answer...
James did....
.... Does....
I explore the feeling, like probing a gap in a tooth....
But no jealousy stirs in me.
None.
The two of them, his skin on hers, his mouth on hers, inside her as she moans....
And still, I feel no jealousy. There's no 'Don't Go There' signal....
Should I speak to James first?
He's Charlotte's Dom. It affects her, so it affects him.
Or Michael first?
How to play this...?
No, Charlotte first. Michael is her husband...
... her new husband....
I'd be propositioning him....
Would she be offended...?
..... Think I was trying to rob her, after all she's done for me?
And I consider what I know of the Threesome and the kind of life they lead together.
She might like the idea...
.... They're experimental, that much is clear.
Perhaps I should take Elizabeth to a club instead...?
Experiment with that for her....
?
?
Strangers....
Elizabeth is a gentle soul. She could be frightened....
She wouldn't be frightened of Michael though....
How would it work?
Would Charlotte want to be there?
And James?
Almost, at that thought, I back away from the whole idea.
James near Elizabeth.....
.... Like that?
.... She would be scared of him, I think....
At the very thought of James touching Elizabeth.... my hackles rise....
.... Just Michael.....
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My mouth is dry....
Come on man. You're not scared of one little girl....
Liar....
I suck around my teeth and gums trying, fruitlessly, to work up some saliva, then settle for popping a mint and sucking it for a minute before knocking on the door. "Come in."
She's there, looking out of the window. It's a view worth looking at, a vast cityscape, over old and new, demolished and rebuilt, my vision and James' for the new City.
This isn't the average trainee's office. Charlotte has earned, more than earned her privileges, and I made sure that in our new office building, built after the last one was gutted by fire, that she was given an appropriate working space. She reacts as I enter....
Not expected the Boss to drop by....
"Hello, Richard. I didn't expect to see you here." She shifts from one foot to the other. "Um, is there something I can do for you?"
"Hello, Charlotte...."
Oh, God... Where to start...?
My nerve fails. "You like your new office?"
"Yes, it's lovely. Thank you. I can see everything that's going on from here." Her tone is polite, but there's a set to her face as she waits for me to come to the point.
"Yes, I made sure you got a room with a view over the Project...."
One little girl....
"Um, Charlotte, while it's just you and me, I wanted a bit of a chat. And I didn't want to have this particular discussion up in my own office. Francis knows that she's supposed to listen in on my meetings, and I didn't want her hearing this one. I.... have a favour to ask you."
Now she looks intrigued. "Of course, Richard. Whatever I can do."
No, no, nooooo....
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"Don't say 'Yes' until you've heard what I want to ask. This isn't your common or everyday favour, and if you want to refuse, I will entirely understand, and I will never raise the subject again." Charlotte looks baffled....
Hardly surprising....
I'm babbling....
My collar is suddenly tight, and I resist the urge to run a finger between it and the heat rising up my neck.
"What is it, Richard? You know I'll do anything I can for you." She sounds utterly sincere and so confused. And I know she means it.
The things she's done for me....
And I'm about to ask her for more....
Somehow the mint is sucking the moisture from my tongue.
"It's Elizabeth's birthday soon, and.... well, as you know, I find it hard to deny her anything she wants...." She nods cheerful agreement.
"You can't be unaware that.... well, I've seen the way she looks at Michael.... And I know that the three of you; you, Michael, James, are.... adventurous.... She's intrigued by the life you live and...." Her mouth opens, and her eyes widen....
Oh, God....
.... and I keep blundering on....
".... I wanted to ask you first.... If Michael were to.... with Elizabeth; just as a one-off you understand.... How would you feel about that?"
Is there no fucking air-con in this room?
Get Francis to call maintenance....
Charlotte's face has frozen....
Have I just lost a friend?
She turns, her back to me, staring out of the window again, chewing at a thumbnail....
Ah, Christ.....
"I can see I've offended you, Charlotte. My apologies. I shouldn't have asked...."
But she turns back to me, smiling. "No. It's alright. I was just thinking about it. And no, it's fine. I wouldn't mind...." Really?
".... So long as Michael is happy about it of course."
Really really?