Making It Work Ch. 12

Finally

I hate to see Mike destroyed, and I think Tom is a real shit for trying to get Jen preg. without her permission....but I really want this pain to end for everyone.....perhaps we are finally getting to the end of the story...having said that I also must say that in spite of the pain I have got caught up in your story and your characters.

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

Excellent story!!!

Poor Mike now, without more cucky exciting moments... :(

mike now

now mike behaves as if he is a man. he now knows how jen expolited him... good work . you have good writing skills and make the story worth interesting

YESSS!!!

Soooo glad you posted this chapter in this way! Bubble Boy's bubble is burst! Or is that Jen's bubble is burst? Haha Do I detect a twist? Yes I do. Finally!

EXCELLENT STORY 5 STARS

Excellent story so far, but, I do have reservations? Why create this jealous anger from Jen? Isn't she not already cheating? Then Jen is shown pictures of a society page, of Mike and Jasmine which makes her storm off. Was Jen that shallow and expected Mike to sit at home? I see this being the end or maybe. After what Tom did, I don't believe Jen would look at Tom the same way. But then again after this long saga its anybody's guess. The ending so say a lot, this next chapter is the end. Sadly, I hate wife sharing or this culture of kinky sexual swapping, nobody wins and in this case we are sure, at least I am sure, its the end of Mike and Jen's marriage.

Jen finally cooks ( a cherub pie in her oven ) ?

Long overdue ,but a bit over the top, in terms of showdown stemming from Jen's ' I'm the entitled golden cow attitude' ? The hypocrisy is patently obvious. Still the author has done a wonderful job in making me understand Tom's ruse even as I revile it. If Jen doesn't see through that sticky stratagem, then the two deserve each other.

Frankly it would be hilarious to see Jen pull off her entitlement schtick with Tom including the Byron / Keri 3somes with Darren picking up slack when she wants some strange.

Very compressed installment , its my selfish hope, xleglover extends the last few chapters. Very spicey apertif however. Full marks .

Finally this painful thing is over

To be honest reading this series is worse then watching the royal rumble and the wwe.

Is this . . .

, , , the denouement? Possibly so or is it a false flag golden opportunity that lets Mike convince Jen what a low life scumbag Tom really is? Nothing about this chapter makes me want to change the opinion I formed about the Tom character in the last. He is a totally selfish individual who cares only for number one, Tom. Jen is no higher than third place on his importance chart.

The question for the story really is what does Xleg have planned? With chapters this sparse it may take twenty before we know. Still in all a good job.

It ain't Tom

Despite some cunning subterfuge the finale is still pretty obvious - Jen is going to dump Tom and mend things with her hubby. The clues are all there to see. Personally, I would have preferred to see her with Tom if only to put a conclusive end to this whole saga.

Her reaction was unrealistic. So was Mike's. and how can you have religious convictions against abortion but not against adultery?

If this is just an excuse to drum up some conflict, it failed miserably because the hypocrisy and drama is suited to a high school couple, not 20 something's. Throw in her "best friends" reaction and clear disdain for Mike and I'm left wondering if they are ever going to grow up.

Frankly, Jen should leave Mike, Tom, Allie and Scott because everyone of them are using her for what they want. Mike needs to quit jeopardizing his relationship. Tom needs to grow up and become a man, Allie needs to decide if she will do what's best for her friend and Jen needs to decide if her actions would make her future children proud or ashamed of her actions.

She Goes Back to Mike?

Pregnant with Toms child."Making it Work"? If you read the authors biography one of his many fetishes is wife pregnant by another.Is that the case here? Looks like it might be.I personally hope not but.....

For all of you wanting Mike's happy ending I don't believe that is the choice she is making. Her hesitant I love you showed me it was Tom on the first phone, not Mike. If staying in doesn't show her what kind of man Tom is then she is blinded by love and will have to learn the hard way what kind of person he is in the real 24/7 life that she isn't getting right now. Many good points made by other commenters. I hope this was short to set up the final chapter.

For sure

WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Jen was talking to Mike gently and Tom harshly. She is dumping Tom, and going to tell Mike she will no longer play HIS game. He finally agrees the game is over for good. She tells him she is with child. He is ecstatic...and for the first time they enjoy monogamy and love it.
NOW THE REST OF THE STORY!!!


Happily for most, and sadly for a few when the DNA test is done Mike will NOT be the father. Jen will tell Mike what happened, and he will throw the cheating comment back in her face. He will not raise the child of another man. Mike divorces Jen with cause, and she gets nothing except heartache.
She crawls to Tom. He asks, "Are you sure it's mine?" Jen aghast runs away. She finds Scott, who laughs at her saying,"I found someone Jen. Besides why would I want a cheating bitch for a wife, and also my dear raise another man's child because you got burned by your cheating? It was fun Jen but I moved along."
Crying Jen searches for Ricky, she drives up to his home. As she gets out, the front door opens and she sadly observes two children running to the car, and Mike with a big smile as he escorts a woman to the car. She watches, tears streaming as he bows and opens the door. Jen with child in the car leaves the happy family.
Jen is in a hotel, and reaches for the phone. She begins to dial. She looks up and the phone clatters on the floor. She watches in horror as Entertainment Tonight announces the engagement of Mike and Jasmine.
Distraught, she reflects back on the game, and realized how naive and stupid she was. After giving her child a kiss, she leaves the state.
The newspaper said it was suicide, and that evening during shift change, a nurse finds a baby cooing at the hospital emergency entrance.
Fini

double standard

jen's reaction is twisted. everyone is telling her she loves mike out of guilt and some form of debt that she feels is owed because he helped her out. I got the impression that mike wants her to be happy and if she can be happy with someone else and accept the pain it will cause him then he would be happy for her and let her go. the dynamic has changed now because he has the confidence to tell her to step and he won't look back. other comments have said that mike would be happy if she got pregnant by another man and i doubt that it would be that way. he would drop her so fast that she would have skid marks on her ass and then he would sit back and decide if some retaliation is needed for the people who interfered in his life and marriage. from what i read jen doesn't fuck around mike allows her to have an adventure as long as it didn't hurt their marriage, now that she is developing an attachment mike feels that she needs to stop and tom needs to be gone. Allie is probably mikes best ally in this little drama because jen is so insecure that just an innocent picture is enough to set her off and her reaction would be enough to tell her 'goodbye' because mike knows that the double standard is hurting their marriage and jen needs to take her head out of her ass and make a decision. tom isn't strong enough for jen and it shows because when mike is unhappy jen is miserable and nothing that her lovers or friends do can get her out of it. honestly i hope they split up just to see the reaction on their friends faces when mike comes back to town with an even hotter wife that no one gets to mess with and jen finds out that playing third banna to some guy who was willing to cheat with a married woman and use his son to seduct her heart isn't as much fun. oh well the child support that tom will be paying will help with the bills and jen will find some stud willing to occasionally fuck her. please end soon.

I was going to rate the story...

But I decided to wait until the next chapter. I will say this though, you have me on pins and needles in anticipation. I want to say that Jen will end up with Mike again, but I have the feeling that Tom will win out. If that's the case, I do hope that Mike at least gets a good outro and epilogue. Kudos to you.

Wow! For sure!

That was the perfect ending you wrote in your comment. Loved it!!! Just a minor glitch you had Mike when you meant Ricky.
I'd give your ending five stars if i could.
And i am sure xleglover's will be a one.
Nice job "for sure"

The real twist...

She ends up pregnant with Mike's child...

To the Anon who wondered about religious convictions . . .

. . . about adultery and abortion I feel for your monumental ignorance of life. What we call adultery is a simple violation of a cultural norm for many people. Frankly it compares to parking ones car in front of a fire hydrant. Abortion is something totally different. Even those forced to decide that abortion is the least objectionable of a series of bad alternatives usually do so with remorse and trepidation. I think every mother who makes that decision understands she is ending the life of a child growing inside her body. That my friend is a hell of a lot different than having a good, or not so good, screw with someone to whom you are not married. Try living your life with brain engaged.

LMFAO

Yeah, and Tom raises Mikes child. Hahaha
That would be a twist

There are multiple possibilities.

We don't know if Jen is going to leave Mike or Tom at this point. It could go either way. Jen could be pregnant by either one. We do know that Tom is a selfish bastard for several reasons, including trying to impregnate someone against her will. Will Jen care that he knowingly did this? Will she cut off Mike, be pregnant by Tom and have Mike raise her bastard child? That is a possibility I think likely knowing the author's fetish for cukholdry and raising another person's child would make Mike the ultimate Cuck. Hopefully, if this is the scenario that plays out the author will at least let Mike grow a couple or at least one and not let Jen run him over the rest of his life.

Wow! That was...

...short! Why didn't you just add that morsel to the last chapter and move this train wreck along? Interestingly, there is a ton of commentary and I have to admit to being one of those checking daily for updates.

TO: BobNbobbi

The best part of you ran down the crack of your mom's ass. You need to pull that horse cock out of your ass. God your a fucking nimrod.

She called him a "cheating shit", really.

We all want

Jen to leave Mike and put him, and us, out of our misery!

About time!!

Finally!!! Mike has decided to grow a pair! It will be interesting to see how this wraps up now that the "bubble boy" image Jen had is shattered. Excellent work as usual!

Flip a coin

XLeg has carefully set up a situation which can go either one of two major ways, with numerous branches off of either major choice. The ball is in Jen's court for the major decision. 1) Go with Tom, or 2) Drop Tom!

Within choice one, Jen can turn Happy StepMom and eventual Mom. However, she has been around Tommy as Daddy's GF, but NOT as caretaker! With her significant and satisfying job role, is she likely to give it up to be a housewife?
OR, she can try to continue to enjoy her previous options, knowing that Tom is much more possessive than ExHubby, probably trying to hide her cheating. Having a big dick readily at hand (hehehe) only provides part of the excitement she got playing The Game.

Within choice two, Sweetie recognizes Tom as a manipulative asshole, something she was alerted to when he tried to manipulate her to reverse her decision to visit a loved in-law in trouble. She opts to re-commit to Hubby. Then we get to the branch - whether Hubby wants her re-commitment, and, if so, Hubby's demands because he has re-evaluated his 'partner parameters.' Those include the fact she is carrying another man's child. (THAT aspect of this saga is, IMO, an absolute GIVEN! She IS now preggers by Tom!)

My only hope is that XLeg does NOT provide EIGHT options for readers to choose among!

Edit Goof

Apologies for careless editing. Two 'manipulatives' abutting. Changed 'used her' without reading the rest of the paragraph! To atone, I shall forgive three 'bad edits' in subsequent commentaries!

she is just a whore

a guy that would push it to intentionally get you pregnant is worthless as well and could never be trusted. If she trusts him after this she is even more of a slut than what you have her as here.

Ok that's it I'm fucking done! I have been following because I really want to know what happens, but I don't fucking care anymore. 1 fucking page? You're insulting the people who have persisted reading this sicko shit. You said 12 would be the last chapter and then we get this bullshit. Just forget it....I really don't care about these sick fucks anyway!

Whoever Jen leaves....

Would be better off. "...I love you..."

please!! how so? unless she's talking to herself. And even then, it's debatable. She sure doesn't love Mike, cause nobody who loves another would put him through the on-again, off-again "I may be developing an attachment..." scenarios she's done repeatedly to him. Mike has a problem. She's exploited it. As far as loving Tom goes, it's hard to say that they do anything but fuck. That's not love. That's simple sluttery, nothing more.

Next story is consequences

Jen chooses cucky boy Mike over Tom. Naturally, Tom is upset but hey Jen loves her lifestyle enough to overlook Mike's affair with Jasmine. Mike, on the other hand, will gladly accept Tom's bastard child as his own in "consequences" the next instalment of this monotonous drivel.

What a bunch

of selfish people. She has repeated CHEATED on him and not taken care of his needs in the process. He goes out with one woman and she is upset. What? Why? She does not love him but loves using him. She ignores him when he wants to talk about their problem. Now that her apple cart is spilled she wants to have it her way again. How do you spell selfishness:JEN.

Time for decision

Well, any story (whether good or bad) has to have an ending. And now is that time for Jen and Mike. Let's just hope that the author does a much better job of portraying these characters in a way that is true to their personalities and to the original storyline of this being a "game."

Unfortunately, this is no longer a game thanks to Tom. The goal, or hope, would be for everyone to come out of this with whatever they deserve in life. Of course, that gives the author plenty of leeway on which direction to take the final 2 chapters.

But, please don't keep whatever readers you have left waiting too long. As they say misery loves company, and there's a lot of miserable at the moment.

Romeo and Juliet - the twisted love version...

Jen, though beautiful is insecure. Also a cheater since she stopped playing, breaking all the rules along the way, and took the game to real life. but shit happens. Mike, also insecure, wanted this to happen. He'll be so excited when she leaves him as that's his dark fantasy. Knocked up by Tom. How will he contain himself? He'll literally explode! The orgasims will be so great he'll just vaporize.

Adultery

Is not parking in front of a hydrant,it is a major sin,it is in the 10c's and is,mentioned 1000 times between the two books of the bible (whereas the bible doesn't.mention abortion).So if Jen is so religious,adultery should be just as strong.Then too if she is catholic condoms are forbidden as well.

The amazing part is they never think of the morning after pill,which isn't killing a baby bc it simply stops the egg from implanting in the womb,it is a single cell.

As far as the story I agree with others,the one page teaser is a cheap trick to try andd be clever....I suspect she will stay with mike,otherwise she wouldn't have told allie to.fuck herself,she would be grateful to have an excuse to go to tom.What would be really cool is to have mike use his money and position to ruin Tom,whether or not Jen stays.Like I said,I suspect she will stay,but it will be like the last cycle,nothing settled,so we can have another cycle of the same thing.

Ohh no!

You're going to do 2 alternate endings, aren't you?

NJ Lauren

Of all the things I never thought of was Mike ruining tom. I think it is a brilliant idea. Only problem I see is that Mike burning jen or tom would be hurting his own recovery because he is really sick. The time that he would have to invest in making sure they got their comeuppance would only prolong his involvement with them.
We only have toms side of the story about him and Adria. Jen is a whore and that wont likely stop. One trip, one too many drinks, one good looking guy, probably scott and its on for her and off for tom with his stupid ass. I am so glad to see this story coming to an end. I hope it ends without Mike and jen being a couple that ship has sailed. Just dont do a " Losing MY Wife " deal on us. Mike is a cuck for sure, and a fool for certain. He can get better. Jen is a whore period. If tom was at a low point when he and Adria hooked up and jen was at a low point when she and Mike hooked up. Then the only way for them is down. I dont think she is pregnant, That would be child abuse. I hope not.

Reality bites hard.

It seems as though Mike has finally realized that he is worthy of love as much as anyone and no longer needs a "game" to prove otherwise. As for Jen, her dossier alludes to something in her background that she doesn't want Mike to know about. I could anticipate a scenario is which she has a sitdown with Jasmine Kelly, who tells Jen the truth about her dinner with Mike and advises Jen to grow up and realize what is at stake, which causes Jen to confess to Mike about her hidden background, the resulting catharsis finally allowing Jen to truly love Mike and rebuild their marriage on a mature and lasting foundation.

Great Going

Hope Tom gets Jen with Mike as #2 man. Mike can move in with them. Whats all this discussion about adultery and abortions? Why can't you all just enjoy the story. If you really don't like it, why are you still reading Chapter 12? Do the critics really expect us to believe they are not looking forward to every new chapter as they rub themselves to glory. What did you expect to find in the Loving Wives section - romantic tales? Read the description provided by the website on Loving Wives.

Love your writing but as someone who identifies with mike, need more than one page! Please! Hope the finish is nice and long.....

I could not understand why jen was crying. Then it hit me, it was tears of joy. She now has a reason to dump Mike for her main loving man with the big dick and kid
and not worry over her .01% conscious of hurting Mike. As for Mike, his action of
manhood is probably a blip on the radar screen, without years of counseling and a
real loving partner he will sink further and further into his own manufactured misery
till he takes his own life to end it.

I have never been so hung up in a story in a long time. I think about how beautiful Jen must be even though I really dislike her. I think she really shit on mike. If she really loved him she would have never started whoring in the first place. Maybe the first time it was because of Mike but I believe she could have controlled the situations. Thinking of her excites me but I really hate her. I hope Mike wins this one even though he is responsible in big way.

Seemed rushed

The story has grown on me. Fascinated by the tone and ebb of this very dysfunctional couple. However, this chapter seemed rushed, not sure if it was by intention or what. Please take the time to finish this story properly, allow us to feel Jen as well as Mikes feeling as this concludes.

I would rather wait for a good ending vs a fast finish that feel incomplete.

Really Jen?

Okay, now Jen is what? Bright, intelligent, can run a team of top advertising people and still act selfish with her emotions? Hmmm...

This needed a little more exploring. Seems to be per-maturely climaxing (excuse the pun).

Chap 12 is a tad short.

MORE!

As it stands, Jen can go either way. I was thinking more that she could be pregnant, expecting it to be Tom's. This would torture Mike more. Later, she realizes how she is being manipulated by Tom and how her freedom would be lost to stay with him. After she has an explosive session with Tom, she discovers the baby is actually Mike's. Then she reconciles with Mike, proves it's his and says "it was all part of the game."

Good bye Tommy

Easy. All Mike has to do is make Tom choose between Jen and his kid. Send Tom's x-wife the vid of Jen and some emails about her adventures, the fact she is married, Tom was part of a voyuer three way with her. He can kiss his custody rights away as long as Jen is in his life