Just Him ❤

76. His secret.

......she was about to find out his deepest secret and he mentally prepared himself for her reaction.
"We have another club that we own back in Holland, so we fly back there once a month and Eva is looking to start up her own business as a fitness instructor so that is keeping us quite busy, but...." Steef stopped to take a drink of his beer and Chloe noticed Eva place her hand on her husband's thigh, he looked at her before continuing. "There is something we like to do, together, as a couple." He looked at Seb again and then at Eva and she nodded, encouraging him to carry on.

"Ok, so are you going to tell me what it is?" Chloe glanced at Seb who was still rubbing his neck, he looked anxious and it made her wonder what she was going to hear next.

"We're swingers." Steef gave her, what he hoped, was a confident smile and Eva actually looked nervous.

"Swingers?" Chloe blinked, had she heard that right?

"Yeah, we meet up with a select few other couples and swap partners." Steef watched her carefully, trying to gauge her reaction.

"I'm aware of what swingers do, I guess I just didn't expect....well...erm...whatever floats your boat, if that's what you're into then who am I to judge?" She raised her bottle to her lips and took a long drink, aware of the other three's eyes on her.

"I'm glad you feel like that." He replied, feeling a relieved, that was the first hurdle crossed. "I love Eva and I want the best for her, in absolutely fucking everything, and she feels the same way about me, we just like to spread the love." He leant over to her and pressed a kiss to her lips, happy that he'd done his part. Seb watched them before realising that Chloe was watching him, he gave her a nervous smile and took hold of her hand.

"Chloe." He stopped at her name, this was it, this was his moment, he wasn't expecting her to want to take part in this secret side of his life (though he was hoping that in future she'd maybe want to try it) but he was keeping everything crossed that she wouldn't react badly to what he was about to tell her.

"I think I know Seb." She murmured, she looked around at the three nervous faces and thought about their closeness, his little display at the pool table with Eva earlier today, how flirty they were and how tactile Eva and Steef were. It was obvious now, it had been staring her in the face and until now she hadn't seen it. Seb had slept with Eva and Steef had been more than happy for it to happen, as he'd slept with Hannah.

"When I was with Hannah, we did it too, but only with Eva and Steef and I swear it only happened when I was with Hannah, I've not gone behind your back I promise." Seb was starting to ramble and Chloe could feel him gripping her hand to an almost painful level, he was actually scared and it melted her heart to know how worried he was about this. "The last time anything happened, it was nearly a year ago..."

"Seb, stop." She pressed a finger to his lips. "Please, just stop." She wasn't sure if she wanted to know anymore, her eyes flickered to meet with the anxious ones of Eva as she let it sink in that Seb had had sex with her, the woman who she now thougt of as a friend, with her husbands blessing. She moved her gaze to Steef, thinking of how flirty he could be, how he seemed to think nothing of placing his hands on her and how he eyed her in that predatory way of his, was he like that because he wanted sex with her? Was Seb hoping that that was going to happen so that he would be able to have sex with Eva again? What if he asked and she said no? Would she ever be enough for him? Was that the catalyst to his split from Hannah? Her head was starting to spin with all the unanswered questions and as much as she knew that the people who held all the answers were right in front of her, she couldn't bring herself to ask any of them.

"Say something." Seb uttered quietly, right now he was starting to feel as though his relationship was on the edge of taking a massive step backwards or that maybe she'd just find it too much to deal with and leave.