My Husband Was Sleeping When a Stranger Jumped the Wall
When I opened the door to breathe the wet air, someone jumped the wall. He was naked, he wouldn’t give me his name, and my husband was still sleeping inside the house, knowing nothing.
Deceit
Deceit stories, page 12
Insomnia Brings Me Back to Her Body Every Night
I've been sleeping alone for months. But when insomnia tightens its grip, I have her on top of me again, moaning my name like before everything broke.
I Hear Her With Him on the Other Side of the Wall
I switch off the lamp, close my eyes, and let her voice on the other side of the wall set the rhythm of my hand. She’s not mine anymore, but I still come thinking of her.
When My Lover Died, My Boyfriend Stopped Being Himself
For a whole year I lived two lives: the perfect professional beside my partner, and the insatiable lover who returned to the hotel each night. Until television announced his death.
My Wife Traded Me for My Boss’s Wife
She climbed into the back seat beside my boss’s wife, thinking she was going to help me. She got out wondering when she could see her again.
A Year of Cybersex and at Last I Wanted to See His Face
For nearly a year we had been stripping in front of the camera without knowing each other. When I walked into the café and sat beside him, we both lost our breath.
The Doctor Who Borrowed Bodies to Fuck His Wife
If his cock wouldn’t respond, he’d borrow another man’s. It was enough to look a man in the eye and whisper the right suggestion to get to his wife’s bed.
Three Months Keeping Quiet Until the Annual Awards Dinner
That night I went to the office under the pretext of using the photocopier. In her personal folder were three files that changed everything I thought I knew about her.
My husband insisted on sharing me, and he’ll pay dearly for it
I agreed to my husband’s fantasy on one condition: I chose how, where, and with whom. What he didn’t know is that I already had someone in mind.
The Husband’s Return Threatened Her Forbidden Desire
Six months of freedom ended with one call: the father was coming home. And under the same roof, they’d have to hide a fire they no longer knew how to put out.
My Father-in-Law Found What I Deleted From My Phone
When my husband left me alone with his father at the country house, I knew that slow smile wasn’t innocent. And I had too much to hide.
What the Two Mothers Planned That Night
Bruno had spent the whole night staring at his friend’s mother’s neckline. What he didn’t know was that the two women had worked out every detail of the game long before they did.
I Cheated on My Boyfriend with the New Manager at the Office
In the elevator he brushed my arm like it was nothing and smelled like expensive cologne. That same night, while I got dressed in the dark, I was already planning how to leave Tomás.
What Happened with My Mother-in-Law the Night We Were Left Alone
I’d been watching her for years when no one was looking. That night, with the house empty and a bottle of wine between us, I stopped pretending I was only her daughter’s husband.
The Remedy My Husband Invented for My Brother
He came back from the pool hall with that crooked smile and a story about my brother he shouldn’t have told me. That night I learned how far he could push me.
Mateo’s Mother Made Me Come Into Her Bedroom
When she opened the door in that short robe with the sheer nightdress underneath, I knew the afternoon wasn’t going to be just about installing a TV.
At Romi’s Farewell Party, I Crossed a Line with a Stranger
I arrived determined to behave. When the lights went down and that stranger’s body began moving among us, I knew something was about to spin out of control.
My Husband Saw My Infidelity and Left Without a Sound
The other side of the bed was untouched and, on the fruit bowl, an envelope with my name and my husband’s square handwriting.
The Friend We Invited into Our Bed That Night
Carla whispered her darkest fantasy to me, and weeks later I watched her kneeling before the man we had both chosen without ever saying it aloud.
The Getaway Where I Ended Up Between the Three of Them
Bruno introduced me to his friends with a conspiratorial smile, and before I understood what was happening, I knew I wouldn’t leave the cabin the same woman.