CPOV
"Kate? What the fuck does Kate want with her?"
"I don't know dude, it's like Ana is this shiny new toy and Claire and Kate are fighting over her gets to play with her. It's a fun show to watch."
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It's not like Claire and Kate get along or anything."
"I know bro, there's not much we can do about that, so I guess it shouldn't surprise either of us that they're fighting for Ana's friendship."
What the fuck can my wife be up to? Does she really want to be friends with Ana so desperately?
"So tell me, Elliot, who seems to be winning this friendship contest? I may be bias but my money is on my beautiful wife Claire."
"I don't blame you for leaning towards Claire. Let's keep this between us bro. Ordinarily, I too, would lean towards Claire, but I have to say, my wife's BFF skills have never shined brighter!" Elliot boasts with pride.
"I don't believe it!"
"Believe it! Maybe Kate just needed to meet the right person in order to let her friend skills shine through. Who knows? All I know is that I've never in my life seen Kate so concerned over anyone other than herself, or me of course."
"Of course. Are we talking about the same Kate here?"
"We are."
"I'll believe it when I see it."
"Careful little bro, my best advice to you would be to steer clear from little Ana Brady. She may be a tiny little thing but I'm sure she packs quite a punch."
"Oh Jesus, she does Elliot...I mean she really does."
"Dude, you are so whipped."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I hate to say it bro, but I think you've got it bad for her. You're smiling, shit man, you're walking on air! Dude, I've not seen you like this before, not even with Claire!"
"Oh God Elliot, please don't say that. What am I going to do?"
"What are you going to do? What am I going to do? My married baby brother is falling for my employee's wife! I'm caught in the middle of this mess."
"Help me, Elliot. For the first time in my adult life, I have no idea what to do."
"The first thing you need to do is find out why your wife has taken an interest in Ana. I'll do the same thing on my end with Kate."
"Thanks Elliot, I couldn't share this with anyone but you."
"Really? Not even that shrink of yours?"
"Especially not that shrink of mine. John would probably tell me to come clean with Claire. I can't do that."
Not yet anyway.
"Wow, thanks bro. That really means a lot to me."
"Let's have lunch again tomorrow, and we'll compare notes, only meet me at Ray's this time. What do you say?"
"Sounds good Christian, it's a date."
Elliot's POV
"Baby, you were fantastic."
"So were you Elliot, as always."
Now's the best time to attempt to grill my wife, she's always in a great and very relaxed mood after sex, especially after I've made her come three times, maybe four, I'm not too sure about that last one.
"Baby, can I ask you something?"
Kate rolls off of me, runs her hands on my chest and says point-blank, "Four times."
"No, not that. Wait a sec, really? Four times?! Damn, I'm so good."
"You are Elliot, so very, very good." Kate replies as she gently strokes my cock.
Shit! I better make this fast, I'm getting hard again.
"Thanks baby, yes, he wants you too, but first I need to ask you something."
"Go on." Kate moans as she continues to stroke me.
"I wanted to ask you about Ana."
Holy shit! What am I thinking? I just fucked my wife and made her come four times and I mention another woman while she's rubbing my cock.
Shit! I hope she doesn't snap it off.
"What do you want to know Elliot?"
What? She's not going to snap it off or crush my balls?
"Um, who are you and have you done with my wife?"
"Huh?"
"Kate, I just mentioned another woman." I say as I slowly and very carefully remove her hand from my precious apparatus. "A very beautiful woman no less."
Kate gently puts her hand back on my cock and I brace myself for the impact.
"And your point is?"
"Kate, I don't mean to press my luck here, but why haven't you crushed my balls or snapped my cock in two? I just mentioned another woman, a very beautiful woman at that!"
Kate takes a deep breath and repositions herself, she takes me in her mouth and I shout, "Don't do it!"
She slowly and lovingly proceeds to suck me off.
I, for the life of me, will never understand women!
"Don't do what? Lick you? Taste you? Make you come in my mouth?"
"Fuck, Kate! I thought you were gonna 'Bobbit' me with your teeth!"
"Oh no baby, I love your super dick much too much to cause it, or you any harm, now relax and let me take care of you."
I slowly recover from one of the best blow jobs Kate has ever given me and she says, "Now, what about Ana? What do you want to know?"
"Why are you being so nice to her?"
Kate lies on and kisses my chest.
"I like her, Elliot. She's such a tiny and pretty little thing but she looks so lost and...I don't know, lonely. I saw Claire try to get her hooks into Ana at your Grey Construction party. It was bad enough that Claire took all the credit for throwing what I will readily admit, was a fantastic affair but, she did have a little help from Grace, Mia and myself."
"Oh baby, you know that's just her way."
"I know, but really, she can be so annoying, and when I saw her with Ana?! Poor little thing, she reminded me of Bambi, big baby doe eyes, overwhelmed by the splendor of it all. I had to get her away from Claire."
"You did good Kate, really good."
"Oh? Why the interest in Ana? Isn't it enough that she is in your employ?"
"I was just curious and you were spot on. Ana is the best receptionist I've ever had. She got all my documents in order, she's streamlined my payroll system, hell, she's even managed to find a way for me to cut costs on my materials without sacrificing quality."
"I'm happy things are working out for her."
"Yup, she seems very happy to be working for me."
"I'm so glad. If she isn't happy in her personal life, at least I know she's happy in her professional life."
"Why isn't she happy in her personal life? She's always smiling and she's like a ray of sunshine whenever I see her."
"It's complicated Elliot."
"Fill me in, how can I help?"
Kate tells me that Ana and Quinn have been having intimacy issues. Now there's a term I'm all too familiar with. I remember as a child having to go to therapy as a family with my parents, Mia and of course Christian. We had to learn and understand Christian's limits regarding touch.
"Intimacy issues? How so? I mean, can Quinn and Ana tolerate touch?"
"Of course they can tolerate touch, it's not like that."
"What's it like?"
"Quinn is a workaholic, he wants to be like you. I think you need to reduce his hours. He needs to spend more time with Ana, maybe they can work things out."
"Kate, I've told him to slow down. He's the one setting the pace. He reminds me of Christian, he's determined to succeed and make a name for himself."
"Really?"
"By any means necessary." I say.
"Poor Ana, I really hope they can work their way through this." Kate says as she kisses me gently.
"Yeah, me too." I whisper quietly, knowing all too well, that I didn't mean a word of what I just said.
Author's Note
Ray's Boathouse is a restaurant in Seattle. Reviews are appreciated.
Thanks,
Stem