The Arrangement [Box Set] by Abby Weeks Page B

understood what was going on, and understood the role she was expected to play, she had begun the process of convincing herself that she could indeed play that role.
    Before, when she still didn’t know what the other partners wanted of her, she’d been completely bewildered by all the generosity that was being showered down on her and Walter. Now that she understood what they expected, what services she would be required to perform for their pleasure, she was much more at ease. While she hadn’t fully come to terms with everything, she felt that at least she knew her place and that was a start.
    And slowly she was coming to terms with it. It had shocked her. What had happened on Frank Prentiss’s billiard table was beyond the bounds of propriety as far as April was concerned. She’d never heard of anything like it in her life. A man letting his business partners taste his wife, it was simply obscene. There was no denying that. But she was slowly coming to realize what was important to her. Family was important, and the fact that Walter was so intent on going through with this arrangement had a huge impact on her thinking. And even more deeply than that, what was important to April was security. She wanted to feel safe in her life. She’d been through so much with her mother and sister when she was a child, and what she wanted now for herself and her two daughters was the security of knowing her place in the world. She wanted a comfortable, secure home where nothing bad could happen to her. She wanted that more than anything else in the world, and the fact that her home just happened to be a gorgeous, luxury mansion in the exclusive hills outside of Washington DC, surrounded by some of the most powerful and privileged people in the country only served to make that goal more attractive and satisfying to her.
    She felt that as long as Walter and his partners were happy with her, and that the wives were happy with her, she was safe. And so she began to set her mind on the objective of keeping Walter and his partners as happy as she could. If that meant that she would occasionally have to set her dignity aside and do something kinky or sexual for their enjoyment then that was something she would just have to live with.
    What was important for April was that she was safe and secure and was allowed to live a good life. She felt that if she could get that out of the arrangement then she would gladly give them back a few sexual favors. In fact, the more she thought about it the more she was able to convince herself that it was a fair arrangement. It wasn’t even that different from the traditional arrangement she’d had with Walter for their entire marriage. If she was completely honest, the reason she was with Walter wasn’t because she loved him and he loved her. It was because she needed him. Their marriage was a contract in which they each gave something and received something. She received a home and financial security for herself and her daughters and he received the comforts of a family life including the right to enjoy her sexually pretty much whenever he felt like it.
    If she was even more honest with herself, the events that had taken place on Frank Prentiss’s billiard table were more pleasurable and exciting than anything she’d ever enjoyed with Walter. There was an inherent thrill to the whole thing. She was excited at the idea of all four men wanting her at once. They had been so hungry for her, hungrier than Walter had ever been before. And all of that attention and lust was focused directly on her. It made her shudder to the depths of her thighs just thinking about it.
    And the financial security she was receiving in return for her participation with the partners was far more than anything Walter had ever been able to give her by himself. With just her husband, they’d been able to afford an ordinary house in an ordinary neighborhood. Now she was getting a mansion, her own swimming pool, servants, drivers,