Free Afterparty: The Complete Series: Open Relationships Aren't For Everyone... by Whitney Argento

herself up on one elbow, utterly unselfconscious, her bare body smooth and perfect. "Do you feel like Aaron's pushing you into doing things you don't want to?"
    Catelyn looked at the ceiling, then at Olivia. "I liked being with you. A lot."
    Olivia nodded. "That doesn't answer my question."
    Catelyn considered this for another moment. "...no. I was scared when you and I met up but if I'd been really uncomfortable, if I really didn't want to do it, I would have said no."
    "Good." Olivia lay back down, stretched. "You need to be sure you're doing this for the right reasons, Catelyn. It's supposed to be fun, not terrifying, not coercive, and certainly not something you do just to make your husband happy."
    "Has Aaron said anything to you about this?"
    Olivia shook her head. "Aaron's excited about the foursome. He likes to participate but he also very much likes to watch." She laughed. "William's the same. Loves watching."
    Catelyn sighed.
    "Catelyn. You need to tell us. If you don't want to do this, you don't have to."
    Catelyn snuggled back into Olivia, snuggled into the other woman's welcoming softness and sweet fragrance. "I want to," she whispered.
     
     
     
     
     

TUESDAY

    "You're sure about this?"
    "Of course," Catelyn lied.
    She smiled sweetly at Aaron. It was what he wanted, and while she'd been with William and been with Olivia and both experiences had been amazing, she was still nervous. Knowing Aaron wanted them all together, knowing how important it was to him, she understood, but still, anxiety curled in her belly like a cold snake.
    Aaron took Catelyn's hand, and her stomach turned at his touch, but she squeezed it nonetheless. She wanted this to work.
    Together, they walked to the front door.
    Catelyn rang the bell.
    Olivia opened the door, looking even lovelier than Catelyn remembered.
    Last time they'd met, Catelyn had felt threatened by her beauty. Now, still high on the memory of their last encounter, she felt anticipation and excitement, mingled with the anxiety from the car ride to Olivia and William's place.
    "Catelyn! Aaron! So good to see you. Come in!"
    Olivia pulled Catelyn in for a hug in a cloud of now-familiar sweet perfume and faint lotion. She held Catelyn for a moment, then kissed her cheek, then her mouth.
    Catelyn closed her eyes, kissed Olivia back, that familiar candy gloss taste sending a rapid-fire slideshow of Olivia's lush sweet body through her head and kindling burning heat between her legs. She raised her hands to cup Olivia's face, hold her close as she melted into the kiss.
    Out of the corner of her eye she felt Aaron watching them intently.
    Olivia released her, smiled, then turned to Aaron, pulled him in for an embrace. Catelyn looked away as they kissed as well.
    She looked around as she tugged off her shoes and Olivia and Aaron got reacquainted.
    Strange to think she'd been in this house just a few days ago, having stairway sex with William, then crying her eyes out with him while he coaxed her to eat spaghetti.
    William appeared from the kitchen, wiping his hands on a towel. He tossed the towel on the counter when he saw his guests.
    "Catelyn." His tone said far more than her name.
    Aaron, having released Olivia, looked at both Catelyn and William sharply.
    Catelyn could feel Aaron's scrutiny but she smiled and opened her arms. William embraced her. Hard.
    She breathed him in, musky cologne and aftershave and light fresh laundry soap, and sighed. "Hi William."
    "I'm so glad you both could come." William released her, turned to Aaron, and shook his hand.
    Olivia had vanished into the kitchen and reappeared with an open bottle of red.
    "Come in, come in," she called, pouring glasses.
    Aaron, Catelyn, and William joined Olivia in the kitchen, gathering around the island.
    Olivia picked up her glass and raised it in a toast, prompting the other three to lift theirs. She smiled a brilliant, beautiful smile.
    "To new beginnings."
    Aaron grinned at her, and Catelyn's stomach turned