Ladies Circle part 2

After Martin left, Caroline wandered back into the kitchen and fixed herself a gin and tonic. She glanced at the clock — 3 in the afternoon; a little early even for her. She had enjoyed her session with Martin. It filled, albeit briefly, a yawning gap in her life where an attentive husband should have been. Of course she was grateful for the trappings that Harry’s hard work and wealth brought her — the pool especially had been a long held ambition of hers – but it did mean he worked long hours and the stress of his job took its toll on their personal life.

That was why she had been delighted when Angela had suggested setting up their “women’s circle”.

It had been Angela who had first introduced her to the idea of the circle as she, too, needed to fill the days, and indeed the nights, since she had been widowed two years earlier. They had met at the local gym, which Caroline had joined a year ago, her husband having gifted her a year’s membership as a birthday present. They had argued at the time, Caroline suggesting that perhaps her husband thought her overweight. He had of course insisted that this was not the case but as she looked at herself in the mirror when getting undressed that night, she had started to wonder.

She had always considered herself to have a statuesque figure, if that was the right word. It was her large bust that she felt sure had first attracted Harry to her and this was matched by, she had to admit, broad hips. However with her height she felt she could carry it off and Rubenesque was another word that had been bandied about. She preferred voluptuous and had certainly received no complaints from her husband when they first married three years ago. However as the job had taken its toll so their love life had stagnated, and hence her eagerness when Angela had first approached her.

She had first spoken to Angela when they were on adjoining running machines in the gym and she felt sure it was no coincidence that since that time, Angela always made sure she went to the gym at the same regular time as Caroline did. Angela was quite tall, as was Caroline, but a lot slimmer and Caroline could not help but admire her well toned body. Perhaps this was the sort of body that men wanted?

When she felt more confident with Angela she casually changed the conversation from the usual mundane gossip to fitness and body shape, and Angela went to great lengths to reassure Caroline that her body was just fine. In fact the lengths that Angela went to concerned Caroline slightly as they involved much “hands on” stroking and touching, as she complimented her on the various parts of her body.

Caroline was grateful for any praise at this stage in her life and when thinking about the conversation, later that night in bed, she had to admit that she had felt not a little aroused by Angela’s attentions.