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Click hereIt took me two months to find a house, but I found a place I liked and it was right on the waterfront on Marine Parade in Mount Maunganui. By the end of the year, the office was set up and well established.
The fact there was no WuShu club in town offered me another opportunity. I brought into a national franchise and opened my own club.
Life couldn't have been better, apart from love. Yeah, I dated a few women, but never really found the right one. The fact I wasn't really looking probably didn't help. Lee was a hard woman to replace, and I was still hooked on her. Stupid? Yeah probably, but unless someone has experienced that sort of love, they wouldn't understand.
Seeing Mum regularly, having attained a level of success, I should have been happy, but I was still missing one thing that would ultimately complete my world.
Late in December, my PA buzzed me. "John, there's a lady out here wanting a meeting. If you are available."
"Who is she?" I asked.
Her name is Lee, apparently you know her."
As I opened my door, I was stunned to see Lee staring hopefully at me. "Hi, John."
I welcomed her into a tight embrace. "What are you doing here?" I asked.
As I showed her into my office I took the chance to check her out. She looked as stunning as ever. Dressed in a dark navy blue dress that fit tightly. It showed all of her luscious curves. Her hair glistened and her eyes sparkled. Her flushed cheeks dimpled as she smiled. "I moved here, at least I should say. I am in the throes of moving."
Stunned I spluttered, "Here... Why?"
"I have a new job. You're looking at the new deputy headmistress at Tauranga Girls College."
"Wow, congratulations. What about Rafe, what's he going to do?"
She cringed, and replied hesitantly, "Rafe and I broke up not long after you left."
That ok me. "Why? What went wrong?"
"When you left, it threw my world into chaos. I couldn't settle. It felt wrong. Damn it, John, I missed you."
"But you had Rafe, it's what you wanted."
"No, that's not what I wanted. It was stupid. I see that now. I was selfish. I wanted everything, but what I really wanted was you. Rafe offered me something that you didn't. He is deep and passionate. I liked that. But it wasn't enough."
"I don't understand, Lee. You seemed so sure?"
"Yeah I know, but I was wrong. What happened is I split my love. I wasn't giving everything to Rafe, or to you. Rafe accused you of not being committed, well. I wasn't either, not fully. After you left I had an epiphany. It was you I wanted. I got lost along the way, and I apologise for that, but what I really wanted was you."
I sat on the edge of my desk as she stared at me. "I'm sorry for so many things, John. I screwed everything up. I don't know why I let Rafe get under my skin, why I let you down."
"I have thought about it a million times. I always blamed myself. I figured I wasn't enough for you." That was the truth, I guess everybody going through this, does exactly the same thing.
"John, you're wrong. You were enough. I just fell under Rafe's spell, it was childish, and stupid. I screwed up everything. Once you filed for divorce, I suddenly realised I had lost the most important thing in my life. I was scared, I stayed with Rafe because I couldn't stand being alone."
"But when I came back to Auckland. What was that all about?"
"I don't know. I think I was scared you'd leave again. I had to get you to stay. I let Rafe convince me that it was what I wanted. The truth is I wanted out, but couldn't think of a way to do it without destroying everything. Then when he started talking about children. I thought, Yes."
"What happened after I left?"
"It all just fell apart. You were the only thing holding it together."
"But you said you loved him."
"I know, yes, I had feelings for him. I liked him a lot, but it wasn't love. Infatuation maybe, or some stupid crush."
"Why did you come to Tauranga?"
"You... work. I don't know. I needed to get away. The house brought back nothing but bad memories. When I was offered this post. I jumped at it. I knew you were back living here, and I just hoped that you were still single."
I sniggered. "You think I'm single?"
"No, I said I hoped you were." She peered up at me hopefully. "Are you?"
"Jesus, Lee, you really don't think much of me do you? Do you think I have been mooching around here just pining for you? Christ, you're an egomaniac. You think you're that good I couldn't replace you?"
Her bottom lip trembled as she pouted. "I'm sorry, John, I should have known you would find somebody else. I'm glad actually. You deserve it. You deserve to be happy."
She fidgeted around, balancing from one foot to the other as she gripped her handbag tightly. "I should be going. Sorry for taking up your time."
"What, that's it? You're just going to walk away?"
Confused, she gasped. "But you said you'd moved on."
"No I didn't, but I am amazed that you're not even going to put up a fight."
"What can I do? If you're not interested, do you want me to beg? Is that it?"
Nodding, I sniggered. "Yeah, that would be nice."
She stood, rising quickly to stand right in front of me. Her face was close enough that our noses touched in a sweet Hongi. "Okay, John, you want me to beg, I'll beg. Will you please give me another chance? A chance to prove how much I love you?"
I chuckled softly. "Christ, you call that begging? That wasn't even close. You can do better."
A faint hint of a smile cracked her serious expression. "All right. Let me try this. If you give me a chance I will make sure that you never ever regret that decision. I will make your pleasure my obligation."
"Golly, Lee. You have a lot to learn about begging. What say we go out to dinner tonight, and I give you a chance to practice."
"I would have thought you would be out with your girlfriend."
Shaking my head, I said, "She's out of town."
"So you're going to cheat on her?"
"Nope, it's just dinner, and some weak begging. There'll be nothing else going on."
"Oh, I see. Funny, when I spoke to your mum. She said you hadn't been out on a date for months."
"You don't think I tell my mother everything, do you? She doesn't know who I am dating."
Our dinner date went well. We started slowly, awkward and uncomfortable. Slowly over the evening we worked through it. There were a few tears, some laughter and a little love. That night was the first of many. We went through the whole exercise of courtship, and I left the ball firmly in her court. She had to do all the chasing.
She was pretty good at it, actually. She took me to movies, restaurants, we went dancing, and picnics became the go-to for weekends.
Christmas was the final link in our reconciliation. Mum organised for the family to have a monster get together. Me inviting Lee was the final act. Lee and Mum had always got on well together. Mum, for her part, was happy for us to find love again. She didn't know all the details, but I think even if she did, she would still have wanted us back together.
The end
5* because it was entertaining. But, look up ' Fucking Idiot and there is a great pic of John. I have a bridge I want to sell him because he can be talked into anything he is against.
Well that sucked. Once a cheater, always a cheater. John just loves his life spiraling out of control.
I , upon a second reading, upgraded my rating to a 3 Stars āāā . That's only because they hadn't remarried. Date, move in together, all good. He can never trust the gullible slut. I understand his moving back in with her and the freaks how. She was with the other dude, so now Rafe was the one sharing 'his' old lady. Free sex with no commitment was a handy situation. Once they started talking kids, it was time to get down the road. At the end of the story; it was back to free sex with no commitment again. A good ending for certain.
Lol. Just lol. No way it ends like that. No way ge moved into a trial throuple after divorce. Yeah it's fiction but even then... balderdash.
The man has no backbone. I think he was more akin to a jellyfish. Holly was a bisexual slut, Lee was a whore. This story has a lot of back stabbing action. Years of wasted time letting the first slut control his cock. He maybe be in martial arts but besides that Rafe was the only one who had any manhood he took the other mans woman and then probably didnt care when she broke it off.
Iām genuinely curious if you have written any stories from the opposite side. Switch the place of the husband and wife. You have a lot of stories in several categories, do you have any you think would be a good one to flip on its head?
Aside from the author's well known tropes of pathetic men, this one just comes across as implausible as Hell. After all the shit the Ex put him through, he took her back? Given her inconstancy and resulting infidelity, he trusted her again? Would YOU believe this woman finally knew her own mind enough to be a martial partner to have your back? Nope. Admitting her prolonged infidelity as a "mistake" does not necessarily indicate she had come to a permanent understanding of her inconstancy. He was asked to take a long, long risk of time commitment to see if she had learned to be trustworthy. I would not have done it and most rational men would not either.
My wife is her own person, so she can always change her mind about loving me...there's little I could do, if that's what she chooses. Rafe, on the other hand, is unflinchingly self-serving. I'm not given to violence, however, I'd have cheerfully broken Rafe's ribs every time he dropped some patronizing nugget designed to pressure me into buying into his system of beliefs.
Am I spiritually compromised for not being open to such utter bullshit? Perhaps. Is Rafe a self-deceiving lothario with the morals of an alley cat? Probably.
Second time reading and I'm changing my vote of 2 stars to one. I wholeheartedly agree with 'LarrynD' and 'mdadamin' - the MC was weak a pitiful submissive male. Lee is a selfish, delusional, self-absorbed slut who thinks her sh*t don't stink. She feels she can have two for the taking, a CUCK husband and a bastard lover. Rafe was a leach who seduced a dumb naive woman, so he steal her love from her husband and cuckold him to doing what Rafe wanted... How could John still care for a woman who has crushed his heart multiple times... Just a very sad and unlikable story. In fact, all characters were unlikable too. Not sorry for how I feel.
Weak, pitiful male protagonist. Entitled, self centered female protagonist. No likeable characters.
Cagivagurl, I truly admire your writing and I look forward to new stories from you appearing in my feed. However this one I'm afraid is just an absolute steaming pile.......
a re-read for me, so no voting but somehow it works as a story, I suppose for some they do not recognise fact from fiction and the art of story telling. {it seems most your stories get hit by that}
One of the author's worst stories. The delusional of this wife was beyond surreal. Her hooking up with the yogi (or whatever he was) was stupid. Her delusion of the shared experience was repulsive and imbalanced. At leat the M C got a divorce, but then he got sucked back in. Twice. Seriously just move on.
Unrealistic story The husband is very weak and the wife can make him do whatever she wants
This story shows that the wife controlled everyone even though it appears that her lover convinced her but she wanted everything and got it
The ending is illogical because the wife was satisfied with the lover's opinions and someone will appear in the future and the story will be repeated and she will cheat on him
Most of the women are inborn selfish. They want everything without thinking about the consequences. And when everything got crashed, they come to their senses. How stupid they are.
I can't understand why he moved in with them after so many objections. And then she again blindsided him with the pregnancy thing.
This is not a satisfactory conclusion. A reconciliation under these circumstances would be unlikely and almost certainly would require the assistance of a trained counselor. Rafe should have faced consequences for his role in destroying their original relationship. They will live the rest of their lives dealing with the trauma he helped to inflict on John. Part of the proof Lee had returned to John would be her desire to punish Rafe for his actions. Odd, but true.
Polyamory can work. I have seen it.
However, most of the time it does not work, long term. It takes complete honesty and openness from all three partners, and all partners need to know their role in the relationship and be comfortable with it. Hell, a two person couple many times can't get that right, and then to add a third. It is difficult.
I normally like yur work. Not this one - she didn't actually suffer for her stupidity.
Nice story although he's an idiot for moving in with the 3 of them should've stuck to his guns and told them to fuck off
What a pathetic excuse for a man, he divorced the bitch and instead of just telling her to fuck off and leave him alone he keeps seeing her and moves in with her and her boyfriend then the fucking wanker gets back together with her again. Load of fucking rubbish.