Chapter 10

“Morning, tiger!” Abel heard, jolting him awake from whatever strange dream he had.

“What?” Abel asked groggily.

Suddenly, a very strong pair of feminine hands pulled Abel into the shower and turned on the water jets. Then a very familiar scent struck his nostrils and he looked closer to find his beloved Christina, who else? She kissed him repeatedly as she bathed him, her attitude one of true selfless service to another person, the man that she loved. In just one weekend, he stole her heart, but she took his own in exchange. It was Monday morning and he would go to work, but he would do so as a very changed man.

That was when Abel smelled coffee and wondered who in the world brewed it if Christina and he were in the shower together. He put that puzzle behind him and focused on washing Christina for her turn. Already, in just the short time that they became intimate with each other, Abel was hooked on showering and bathing with this gorgeous widow. The way that they pampered each other, the way that they talked together in the shower, in so many other ways that were hard to describe, this was one of the most intimate things that they did together. He wouldn’t give this up for the world.

“Oh, that coffee ... your sister is really outdoing herself, between that and the breakfast that she’s cooking up for all of us. Biscuits, gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, and bacon, wow! I can smell it, hell, I can almost taste it!” Christina let the cat out of the bag, confirming what Abel started to half-recall.

“Wow ... that really happened! Eva really moved in with us!” Abel exclaimed.

“In with us, yes, but also in on us ... she’s our lover now, babe! Yours and mine! The couple that strays together, stays together! Wouldn’t you agree to that?” Christina winked before kissing him very hard on the mouth.

As they dried off together, Christina took special care to touch and fondle her new boyfriend as many times as she could. Abel was only too happy to return the favor, of course. It took them perhaps a bit longer than usual, but they dried off and then he put on his work uniform that he managed to collect back at his father’s. Christina put on some more professional attire for her job of surgery scheduling at a local pediatric office. They finished their personal grooming by now and they walked to the kitchen to find Eva in nothing but sweatpants and a tank top.

Roni and Jules were already on their school bus, Eva having fed them first, of course. She now walked over to her brother and his new girlfriend to kiss them both fiercely on the lips, after which they made out as well. Eva then plated breakfast for her new lovers as well as herself. She was convinced that this was the life for her, one as a domestic goddess. She could be the housewife while Abel and Christina worked outside the home. She remembered how her mother was, since why not mostly emulate that?

“I guess that we know who the new homemaker around here is, don’t we? Not that I mind cooking, as Abel can attest, but someone staying home all day to cook, clean, keep the place in great shape, that’s priceless. People don’t have any clue how much that benefits a family, to have someone there for hearth and home. This is a real upside to polyamory, I think. We could get used to this.

“Someone once said that with most couples nowadays, they could each use a wife, but neither wants to be one. Well, problem solved, thanks to your sweet sister here. Thank you so much, Eva, from the bottom of my heart!” Christina sincerely spoke her gratitude that her future sister-in-law had basically volunteered to be Susie Homemaker now.

“Hey, for my baby brother and his sweet new girlfriend, why the fuck not, right? Do you have any idea how happy Abel is now, thanks to you? I can see it on his face! Well, I’m rather pleased myself now. You’re a very enjoyable woman, aren’t you? Full of sensual, carnal appetites, just the way that a woman should be, in fact. I think that, between us, we’ll have one helluva marriage, wouldn’t you say? A plural marriage, sure, but what’s the downside again?” Eva licked her lips as she drank some coffee and her lovers touched her gently on the hand.

“A slightly longer wait for the bathroom, I think. I can live with that, especially in a two bathroom house,” Abel winked at his sister and girlfriend while everyone ate.

“Yep, you live with four ladies, you gonna have to wait for the john now and then,” Christina teased him before they got up.

First Abel kissed Christina goodbye for the day, and then he did the same for Eva. Both of them slipped him some decent tongue and held his face while he grabbed their asses. Then Eva gave Christina a “good morning” kiss as well, putting the same level of ardor into that lip lock. Her hands were around Mrs. Montini’s waist and vice versa in this case while they made out just before breaking it up to go to work.

It was an exhilarating feeling for both Abel and Christina as they held hands on the way to his job site. He didn’t just carpool with someone now. He was in the car with his girlfriend and she actually held his hand the whole time. As she parked and he got ready to open the car door, she gave him one more very steamy French kiss in plain sight of his co-workers and everything. She also handed him his packed lunch, another clear sign that he was in a very committed, if hardly monogamous, relationship.

Then she blew him one more kiss before he reached the front door of his parcel delivery shop. His buddies grinned as they saw that, but so did Minh and Stacey, the former winking at him and the latter licking her lips visibly. Abel wasn’t sure what caused those knowing glances, but they gave him a boner that he did his best to suppress ... for now. He had work to do, even if Christina was probably the bigger breadwinner with her salary being higher than his.

“So, mystery solved now. You’re not gay. You have a girlfriend or significant other. How long have you been dating the cutie that dropped you off?” Stacey teased Abel a bit later while rubbing his shoulders a little.

“Two days. How long have you been in the midst of wedded bliss?” Abel needled Stacey, who blushed and stuck her tongue out at him.

“Three years. And I wouldn’t call it bliss. Welcome to the hard work of being in a heavy relationship. My hubby’s a dear, don’t get me wrong, but this is the office. I’m your work wife now that I know that you’re not gay. No fun in being that for a homo guy when we could just be girlfriends together. Don’t worry about Minh. She took my bribe and let me take over as queen bee. I think that she was more than ready for it, actually,” Stacey intimated a bit more than Abel ever expected.