Chapter 21: Another Partner

At dinner, I commanded everyone’s attention, and then explained that I had a special announcement regarding Matt that I needed to make. He looked at me with q big question mark on his face. This was unexpected.

I said, “Matt has distinguished himself at work at Network Solutions in many ways recently. I am pleased to announce that he is receiving a promotion to the rank of Junior Partner effective today. Jake, the head partner, and the others all approved the promotion, and will be congratulating him tomorrow at work when it becomes official. Congratulations, Matt.”

I reached across the table and shook his hand. We all applauded. Eva was next to him, and she planted a real knock-your-socks-off kiss on his lips. Lexi went around the table and repeated the loving congratulatory kiss. We all cheered and then toasted Matt. A waitress brought a small cupcake to the table with a sparkler going atop the frosting and put it in front of Matt. We applauded some more. Others in the restaurant joined in without knowing the reason.

I could tell he had about a thousand questions about what being a ‘Junior Partner’ meant. I’d purposefully left that vague, because I knew that Jake would do a better job of describing the perks than I would. That rank had been created just for Matt, so I expected there’d be some rough edges on any explanation, even from Jake.

After dinner, we went back to Tay’s apartment. He put some of Stella’s porn on his TV set, and then Matt and I sat back mostly, and watched as he and Clay took care of Lexi and Eva – sexual and amorous care.

Matt or I were called in occasionally when one of the girls wanted to be airtight, or simply DPed. Since we’d been satisfied earlier, we were more than willing to share the experiences that way.

Sunday afternoon, Lexi did a video call with her parents. I made a cordial appearance to say hello. We explained that Stella was in Europe promoting her book, and often appearing on various television shows in European country after country. That information seemed to impress them. Lexi talked about her courses at the university but generally that seemed to go over their heads. They were surprised that she was doing something with computer science.

I called home, too. I got politely asked whether I was still living with ‘those women’? I explained that I was, and several others. I agreed with the term ‘playing the field’ might explain my social state, and then I went on to talk about my work, that my mom and dad also didn’t understand. My dad really only understood all the nuances of golf.

Stella and Marcia called about five p.m. east coast time. It was eleven o’clock in Berlin. Stella had been on TV earlier that day, and they were just getting back to their hotel after a late dinner. We teased them about their lack of cock for the night, and they agreed that they’d try to remedy that situation in Vienna the next day. We laughed a lot, and then they actually headed off to go to bed, albeit together for a ‘cuddle’. They were flying to Austria first thing in the morning.

A week later, Stella and Marcia were a sight for sore eyes as they came through airport security in Tampa. Matt and I had gone to meet them in the new SUV company car that he was able to procure as a Junior Partner. The decision to bring a large car turned out to be a wise one. Both women had done a lot of shopping in Europe in the small amounts of spare time that they had. Each had bought a second, huge suitcase that they’d packed with their purchases. I swear Stella’s must have weighed a hundred pounds.

We muscled the two suitcases they left with and the two they’d acquired into the back of the SUV. Marcia was impressed that Matt had been promoted and kissed him appropriately, along with Stella. Seeing his new car elevated his self-esteem and confidence with each of them to new levels.

Matt dropped Stella and me off at the condo with Stella’s luggage, and then drove Marcia home to her apartment. Stella was in her bikini and in the condo pool almost immediately. “I’ve been on airplanes for fourteen hours, and yes, I did sleep some, but I need total immersion in a pool to feel clean again.”

I went into the pool with her and Lexi came swimming with us. We kissed and hugged as we floated around the pool. Other residents around the edge of the pool just kind of ignored us. We kept things above board, too.

Back in the condo, I had my cock buried in Stella’s hot body in seconds. We both wanted to reconnect in a big way, and she was as fabulous to be with as she had been when we met at the reunion about a year earlier. I was also doing some significant reclamation sex, because I knew that she’d had sex with somebody or somebodies in about half of the cities she’d been in.

Lexi also wanted to make love with Stella, and she got the opportunity as we both teased and played with her. She wanted us even more than we wanted her, it seemed.

Matt and Marcia arrived an hour later, looking freshly fucked and clean. They liked the idea of the pool, so went off for a swim for twenty minutes. After that, I opened some champagne for everyone and we kept making toasts to each other for their various accomplishments over the three-plus week absence of the two women.

Stella and Marcia were voluble over dinner about the many sights that they saw. We got a city-by-city report. They both wanted to return sometime soon to see the many, many things they hadn’t had the time to see because of being on the book promotion tour. In general, it seemed like they saw one major thing in each city: various art galleries, the Eiffel Tower, some of the Roman ruins in Rome, and so on.

Towards the end of dinner, Eva and Lexi got them talking about some of the men they’d met and seduced, or that they allowed to seduce them. We all heard about Sven’s big dick, or the way Pierre could eat pussy, and so on as they recounted their sexual adventures.

Not only did each of the travelers have a story to tell, they had pictures and videos. The videos became the highlight of the evening in our condo living room, as Marcia and Stella took turns playing short sex videos of each other fucking in one country or another. I laughed because they’d taken more pictures and videos of the men that they fucked than the touristy places they also got to see as they raced around Europe.

I did note that in Austria they seduced a couple instead of two men. The woman was gorgeous and very bisexual. That worked to everyone’s advantage as they spent an evening together pleasuring one another. Other details about their sexy encounters on their trip also emerged over the next month from either Marcia or Stella. They weren’t keeping secrets; it was just that there was so much to tell and they needed a context to remind them of some situation.

Matt had missed Marcia more than I realized. He’d constantly commented on her being gone, but I felt the same way about Stella. One day he asked me to go to lunch with him; we took my Porsche and went downtown. We ate at our favorite hamburger joint, and then he walked me down the block about seven stores.

Matt stopped me in front of a jewelry store, and pulled me inside. He took me over to a counter and pointed to a diamond ring in the case. “I’m going to buy that for Marcia. I’m going to ask her to marry me tonight.”

I broke into a huge smile, “THAT’S GREAT! Congratulations. How can I help?”

He chuckled, “Helping me become a junior partner was a huge help. I can afford that now. I’ve been thinking about this for months. Marcia being away for so long crystalized things for me. I want her by my side for the rest of time.”

I observed, “She seems to like to enjoy the other men in our group ... and when she was on her trip. Errr, she might...” I wanted Marcia to continue to be available not only to me, but to everyone in our growing group of sex aficionados.

He shook his head. “Oh, that’s up to her. I just want her to know that she is loved without any strings by me.”

Just then a flashy blonde clerk came over to the counter with the ‘Can I help you?’ inquiry and a smile. A half-hour later, after a minor resizing, we walked back to the car with the ring in a box in his pocket.

Everyone in our group came over to the condo for dinner that evening. They did most nights, but Matt had made sure. He also brought two bottles of expensive champagne, but kept them hidden from Marcia.

Tay had been primed to pick up a takeout Mexican-style dinner for all of us at a Tex-Mex restaurant halfway between the university and the condo. Stella was working at home on Book #3, but she was surprised when I came home an hour early to be sure the condo was neat and tidy, and that we had sufficient additional food accompaniments to go with the meal. I could tell that she got suspicious, but I was pledged to secrecy. I mimed zipping my mouth shut, and grinned. She nodded and laughed.

Matt showed up and smuggled the bottles of champagne into the refrigerator. Tay, Clay, and Eva were next, arriving just after five-fifteen. Lexi got home about five-thirty. By that time, Matt was pacing. Stella was certain that something was up, but she suspected it was something that I had to tell them. I let her keep that misconception by just giving an enigmatic grin.

Marcia came and brought a twelve-pack of Dos Equis – the Mexican beer that is so popular in the country. Matt relaxed some, since all the birdies he wanted present were accounted for. I got nervous wondering when in the evening he’d get down on one knee or whatever he planned.

We ate and shared about our days. Over dinner, the tension in the group dissipated since no big announcement had been made. Tay was always fascinated with what Lexi and Eva had to say about their classes and instructors at the university. If something ‘bad’ was happening, he wanted to be sure that he wasn’t the cause for either them or even for somebody else.

After dinner, there were a few left overs. Matt started to make out not with Marcia but with Eva. That threw me off completely. Tay went to Marcia, and soon was removing her clothing. Tay ate at the ‘Y’ for a bit and then the pair started to make love.