Cheating and Rivals Pt. 30-31

"I'm just getting here," Maria explained. "QC's my 2nd gig. My main job is search and rescue."

"Oh okay," Mike said, not knowing what search and rescue was in the context of CATF. Although, no offense to Maria, he didn't really care. The fact was, Mike had little interest in CATF. He felt like a slave with a guillotine over his head. His plan was to bide his time and then break ties with CATF. But was CATF like the mafia? Did they ever let you go?

Trying to be polite, Mike asked "What are you working on?"

Maria turned back to her iPad. On the screen was a picture of the white board in the bunker. "We've been going round and round for weeks on this algorithm," Maria said frustrated. "Brent changes something, Abraham changes something. But we always end up in the same place. We're stuck."

Without thinking, Mike said "Yeah but, try looking at it from this point of view ..." He took Maria's iPad and made a few changes to the equations. The changes were subtle but they changed the equations completely. It was like, Mike's nuances turned the equations upside down and inside out.

"Holy shit," Maria said, her eyes going wide. The other Turks were shocked too.

Brent and Abraham were debating in the corner, continuing their conversation from before the break. They noticed the commotion around Mike.

"What's this?" Brent asked. Maria handed Brent and Abraham the iPad. It took a moment but then their eyes opened wide. "Amazing," Abraham said shocked. He gave Mike an impressed look.

"You did this?" Brent said to Mike. Unlike Abraham, Brent didn't look impressed. Instead he looked resentful.

"I helped Maria a bit," Mike said. Mike's comment seemed to enrage Brent, who looked sharply at Maria.

"Okay people, break's over," Brent said. He led the group back into the Bunker.

"Let me guess, Brent's your boyfriend," Mike said to Maria as they followed the group into the Bunker.

"Just dating, nothing serious," Maria said. "Don't worry about Brent. He's under a lot of stress. By the way, your baby's beautiful."

"You've seen Anna?" Mike said surprised.

"Ah yeah, you know that thing called Facebook?" Maria teased with a laugh. "Let's catch up later."

"Yeah, sure," Mike said distractedly. His thoughts were already back on the QC project. He cursed himself. Why had he said anything? The problem wasn't solved, but now they were moving in the right direction. Because of him. He didn't trust the government, he didn't want them to have a working quantum computer.

Later that night Mike was in his dorm room reading sports pages on his iPad when there was a knock on his door. He opened it. It was Maria.

"Hey stranger, feel like getting some coffee?" Maria said, smiling at him.

As they walked to the cafeteria Mike gave Maria a quick up and down look. The young Spanish girl was definitely a beauty. She had long lush dark hair and a beautiful face. Maria was more curvy than Jen. Since it was after-hours, Maria was dressed casually in a loose blouse and yoga pants. Maria looked really hot in the yoga pants. She had long legs and a shapely ass. Fuller than Jen's slim ass but still tight and alluring. Mike noticed Maria wore flip flops. She had really attractive slim feet. Her toenails were painted a pretty pink.

"How long have you worked for CATF?" Mike asked a few minutes later. They were in the CATF cafeteria with steaming coffee mugs in their hands.

"About 3 years," Maria said. "I bounced around after college. It doesn't pay much but I like the excitement. All the spy stuff. And I feel like I'm doing something important."

"Do you get involved in the spy stuff?" Mike asked.

"Not really," Maria said with a laugh. "I'm like you, a computer geek. But sometimes I see the real spies. The field agents. CATF doesn't have many actually. We mostly provide analysis for other agencies."

"Do the field agents look like James Bond?" Mike joked, grinning.

"Which iteration of Bond?" Maria joked, grinning back. They both laughed. Then Maria said "Actually, they're kind of too muscle bound for me. Too much testosterone. That gets old really fast." She laughed as if thinking of something else. With an intrigued smile on her face, she said "So I've got to ask you. What was it like dating Jasmine Kelly?"

"It kind of got over blown," Mike said with a shrug. He didn't like talking about that time of his life. Part of it was guilt. Jasmine helped him get out of jail, then he dated her even though he was still in love with Jen.

"Over blown?" Maria said, a skeptical smile on her beautiful face. She had a lovely Mediterranean complexion. "Mike, when they start calling you JasMike, that means it's serious."

"It was never serious," Mike insisted. "Jasmine's nice and I owe her a lot. But I think I was just a stepping stone in her career."

Maria laughed again. "God Mike, you seriously don't give yourself enough credit," she said smiling at him, a sparkle in her eyes.

There was an awkward moment of silence. Wanting to fill the empty space, Mike asked "You're staying in a dorm tonight? Don't you live around here?"

"Yeah I have a condo on U Street," Maria said, referring to one of the vibrant hip places in DC for young professionals. "But the commute's horrendous so sometimes I stay over in a dorm, especially when I'm working late."

"Oh okay."

"So Jen's okay?" Maria asked. "Anna?"

"Yeah, they're great," Mike said.

Maria hesitantly asked "You broke up a while? But got back together? That must have been a lot of drama."

"Well, you know, true love," Mike said. He hesitated, thinking of their game, of that weekend. Jen with Frank, falling more under his spell, letting him pierce her nipples. She was his wife. As her husband, by right her body was his, her breasts were his. Yet Jen let another man pierce them, pierce her sweet perky nipples. Mike was still processing all that. Yet, even with all the angst and jealousy, the fear of losing Jen to Frank, the whole scene got him hot. Mike forced his wife from his head. He didn't want to get a hard-on while talking with Maria.

"It sounds like a but in there," Maria said, sensing his mood change.

"What?" Mike said. He had been so distracted he didn't hear what she said.

"You said true love," Maria said. "You and Jen got back together because of true love. But it sounds like there's a but in there."

"I'm not sure about that," Mike said with a humorless laugh. There were times he was consumed by the game; it was like a drug and he couldn't get enough. There were other times, like now, like this past weekend, when he thought they were taking it too far. When he worried about their marriage. When he worried Jen might be falling for another man. For real this time. Really falling for another man.

The risk of losing Jen to another man was part of the cuckold fantasy. Maybe that WAS the cuckold fantasy at its core. But if he lost Jen, what then?

Mike gave Maria a shrug. "I guess love is complicated. Marriage is complicated." He shrugged again. "People are complicated."

Maria looked at Mike, like she was studying him. Mike wondered if she had her own demons. After all, girls as beautiful and sexy as Maria don't usually make it to 29 still single. She probably had disappointments and drama in her love life. Maria seemed to confirm it when she said "I guess I'll toast to that." They clinked coffee mugs.

"So, they call you the Phantom," Maria said grinning at him. "Very hip code name. Kind of spy master mysterious."

"I'm not sure where they got that," Mike said with an embarrassed laugh. "Or why I need a code name."

"You haven't heard?" Maria said looking at him.

"Heard what?"

"God Mike you haven't changed," Maria said with a laugh. "You're so clueless sometimes." She grinned to let him know she was teasing and not being mean.

Maria was silent for a moment, thinking. Then, as if deciding to tell him, she said, "Remember that time, Jen asked me to visit you in London? When you were doing the Barnes Fellowship?" (Author's note: See Cheating and Rivals Part 7).

"Yeah?" Mike said, prompting her.

"I thought she was setting us up," Maria said with a laugh.

"What?" Mike said not understanding. "We were dating."

"I know but, if a girl wants to dump her boyfriend she sets him up with another girl," Maria told Mike. "Especially if she's already with another guy and feels guilty. So I thought that's why Jen wanted me to hang with you in London."

"Oh," Mike said, his head suddenly spinning.

"Anyway that's what I thought," Maria said with another laugh. "Stupid right? Obviously I was wrong. I mean, you guys were inseparable, you got married."

"Yeah, we got married ..." Mike said.

A few minutes later Mike made an excuse to Maria and they parted. They hugged briefly and Maria gave him a peck on the cheek. "It's great seeing you again Mike," she said looking at him, her eyes sparkling. "I hope we get to work together."

Mike hurried back to his dorm room. He needed to process this. He closed the dorm room door and sat on the bed, thinking.

While he was in London, Jen was cheating with Wesley (Allie's friend). She was cheating with Wesley when she told Maria to meet him in London. (Author's note: See Cheating and Rivals Part 10).

Was Maria right? Jen tried to set him up with Maria because she wanted to dump him for Wesley?

Okay, that didn't happen. Jen didn't dump him. He returned to Penn State after the Barnes Fellowship ended and they moved back together as a couple. It was like they were never apart. They graduated, lived together in New York and then got married. So Jen didn't dump him for Wesley.

But Maria still might be right. Maybe Jen was thinking about dumping him for Wesley. Maybe she sent Maria to him in London hoping they would hook up. To give her an excuse to break up so she could be with Wesley. After it didn't happen, maybe Jen reconsidered and decided to stay with him instead of moving on to Wesley.

Mike's heart pounded wildly. Did he almost lose Jen? To another guy? Did it almost really happen?

Mike turned on his computer. He located the encrypted folder of pictures of Jen. He opened the folder called "Wesley."

The pictures were fairly recent (Jen gave them to him). Before Frank, but not too long ago. Jen hooked up with Wesley the night before his wedding. THE NIGHT BEFORE! It got him incredibly hot whenever he thought about it. (See Cheating and Rivals Part 11). It was Jen at her sluttiest! He loved it!

Mike scrolled through the pictures. Pictures of Jen after Wesley gave her a facial. Her face, hair and hands were covered with his milky sperm. There were sperm bubbles formed at her lips as she laughed. In the pictures you could see Jen's left hand. Wesley's sperm covered her wedding and engagement rings.

More pictures, but in these you could see Jen's right hand too. She was wearing her Sophia ring. It was covered with Wesley spunk too. There was a video of Jen licking Wesley's jizz from her fingers and rings.

There were pictures of Wesley fucking Jen. The pictures showed Wesley's cock in her pussy. At least Jen made him wear a condom.



Mike took out his cock and stroked himself as he scrolled through the pictures and video again. "Jen almost left me for another man," he chanted excitedly to himself as he looked at the sex pictures and video. "For a better man, better looking, with a better body, a bigger cock. She almost left me. For Wesley. She was going to break up with me to be with another man."

Mike came, his cock shooting hot cum high into the air. "God, god, god," he said panting as he came down from his massive orgasm.

With his cuckold lust sated, anxiety, jealousy and fear set it. "Is that why she sent Maria to me?" he asked himself again. "Because she was thinking about breaking up? She wanted to be with Wesley not me?"

Mike couldn't sleep all night with these thoughts rolling around in his head. He thought about calling Jen but it wasn't something he wanted to discuss over the phone. It would have to wait until he got home.

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Later that week Jen got an unexpected phone call. "Hey Jenny, it's me, Paige," Paige said. "I'm in town. Have time for a drink?"

"What's the occasion?" Jen asked as she sat down in the booth with Paige. A waiter arrived. Both Jen and Paige ordered white wine.

"I'm with my sister," Paige said. "You remember her, Cassie? She just had a baby. I'm helping out this week. Mom's coming next week."

"Oh okay," Jen said. She tried to remember. "Cassie's second?"

"Actually her third," Paige said.

"Wow, a big family for New York City."

"Yeah, they're looking for a place in Jersey," Paige said. Their drinks arrived. They clinked glasses and each took a sip of the chardonnay. "Anyway, I was curious how things are going with Frank. Are you still involved?"

"Yeah," Jen said with a grin. "We just got back from the Caribbean."

"You look tan," Paige observed.

"I got a lot of sun," Jen said with a nod.

"So Frank's good?" Paige asked.

"He's awesome," Jen gushed. Thinking of Frank, she absentmindedly fingered the bra strap at her shoulder. She wore one of the custom La Perla bras under her dress. It felt heavenly! But then she looked concerned. "Paige, I ... I hope you're not upset."

"Oh don't worry," Paige said with a laugh. "There was a time I'd be jealous if Frank was seeing another girl. And I'll admit I'm still kind of drawn to him. But now I'm trying to move pass that, with Bill and Alisha. I'm glad he's occupied with you." Paige paused and then grinned sheepishly. "Okay maybe I am a little jealous. You went in his jet?"

"Um, yeah," Jen said hesitantly. She felt awkward, like in high school, dating a friend's old boyfriend.

"Incredible huh?" Paige said looking melancholy at what she used to have.

"Yeah," Jen said looking down at her feet.

"I'm not trying to make you feel bad," Paige said reaching for Jen's hand. "I really am glad Frank's leaving me alone. I mean, envious but relieved too." She gave a humorless laugh. "You know what I mean?"

"Yeah," Jen said with an awkward laugh back. "So you haven't, um, seen Frank?"

"Not since that time I told you about," Paige said. (Author's note: see Cheating and Rivals – Part 17.) She studied her old high school friend and then grinned. "You've got it bad, right? You don't want Frank to see other girls?"

"I mean, I guess," Jen said her face going red. "I don't know. Frank's got my head so fucked up. Can I ask you ... it's slutty but ...." Jen gave an embarrassed laugh. "Did Frank share you with other men?"

"Sometimes," Paige said. "He gets off on it. Not like your husband. You said Mike likes watching you with other guys? Frank's different. He gets off on the power trip."

"I'm still not sure I get that," Jen said.

"I've had more time to think about it," Paige said with a laugh. "Frank wants to own you. It's a control thing. If he fucks you that's one thing. But it's a whole other level if you fuck other men because Frank says so. Then he's really controlling you. It's like, you're giving Frank control of your body."

"Yeah ..." Jen said, her submissive side flaring up. She suddenly felt hot.

"Having Mike involved, I can see where Frank would get off on that," Paige said.

"He's controlling Mike too, getting him to give in," Jen said offering an explanation.

"Yeah there's probably some of that. Frank always wants to be the alpha dog in the room," Paige said. "But he's really focused on you, not Mike. It's about controlling you. He wants you to KNOW he's controlling you. It's kind of like 50 Shades except more in your head. You're fucking other men because Frank says so. Your husband doesn't have a say in the matter. You're doing what Frank wants, not Mike."

"Yeah, we're kind of going through that now," Jen said. Everything Paige was saying jived with what was going on.

"Are you giving in?" Paige asked.

"Some things," Jen said. She whispered "I let Frank pierce my nipples."

"Oh my god Frank loves that!" Paige said with a giggle. "I pierced mine too."

"For Frank?" Jen asked.

Paige nodded smiling mischievously. "I actually liked them. But then I met Bill. He's really conservative. So I took them out. I still wear my belly ring though. I got that for Frank too. Bill's not crazy about it but a pierced belly button is nothing like pierced nipples."

Jen nodded. Bill sounded like Mike at least about body art. The difference being, Mike had cuckold fantasies. In contrast, Bill didn't know about Paige's affair with Frank.

Voicing these thoughts, Jen said "The thing is, Mike pushes me. He gets off on me giving into Frank."

"Wow," Paige said her eyes going wide. For a moment she thought about what her life would be like if Bill was like Mike. If he pushed her to be with Frank. Then she'd be able to have both Bill AND Frank. "I guess I kind of envy you," Paige admitted.

"It's not easy," Jen confided. "Mike goes back and forth. He's conflicted about my relationship with Frank. He goes ballistic over little things. You know how Frank likes short hair?"

"And brunettes," Paige said with a nod, looking at Jen's long blonde hair.

"Mike would have a meltdown if I cut my hair," Jen said. "And if I dyed it brown ... god I can't imagine what he'd do. But like, really big things he's okay with. Or he says he's okay. I don't think he really is."

"Like what?" Paige asked, intrigued.

"Do you know about cuckold fantasies?" Jen asked.

"I guess," Paige said. With a laugh she added "I'm not an expert. That's Mike's thing?"

Jen nodded. She whispered "Some guys get super excited by the thought of another man getting their wife pregnant."

"Are you serious?" Paige asked shocked, her eyes going wide. "Mike's like that?"

Jen nodded. "I mean it's fantasy," she quickly said. "I don't think he wants it to happen for real. But you see why it excites him? A cuckold gets off on his wife giving herself to another man. The ultimate is having another man's baby."

"God Jenny," Paige said, processing all of this. "So Frank pushes both your buttons. He's bad enough by himself, but Mike adds gas to the fire. That's wild Jenny."

"I know, right?" Jen said with a humorless half laugh.

Paige knew Mike was not Anna's biological father. She hesitantly said "So Anna ... Mike's not –."

"It happened while Mike was in jail," Jen explained. "I got so fucked up. It was a stupid affair."

"While Mike was in jail?" Paige asked wide eyed. Jen nodded looking ashamed and regretful. "But Mike took Anna as his? What a great guy."

"Mike's the best," Jen agreed. "Anna adores him."

"But now you're involved with Frank," Paige said.

"I know it sounds crazy," Jen said, nodding. "But we're both into it. Mike's really into it. I can't say I'm doing it just for him because obviously I benefit from it. You know how I've always been a slut." Jen gave a self-critical laugh. "But if I didn't play with other men I don't think Mike would be happy."

"Okay," Paige said, trying to process all this. She hesitantly asked "Mike wants you to let Frank get you pregnant?"

"It's more like, he wants me to pretend," Jen said. "You're going to think this is really crazy, but Mike's using condoms and Frank's not."

"Your husband's using condoms?" Paige said incredulously. "But you're on the pill right?"

Jen nodded. She said "I told you it's crazy. But that's how Mike's head works. I go along because I want it to be good for him. I get to explore things with Frank but it's got to work for Mike too."

"Yeah, I get it," Paige said nodding. She moved closer to Jen and whispered "You know, you might not have to worry with Frank."

"What?"

"I think Frank's sterile," Paige said.