At the same time Jessica arrived at a small bar downtown. The place wasn’t crowded, but she needed a moment to find Eve sitting at one quiet table, waiting for her. 

„Hey,“ Jessica said and gave Eve a warm hug, before sitting down opposite of her. 

„Hey, dear,“ Eve said softly. „Are you okay?“ 

Jessica never asked for a date on short therm on Monday night before. Eve was sure something must be going on. The waitress arrived at the same moment. Both ordered alcohol free drinks. As the waitress disappeared, Jessica took a deep breath. Eve saw the desperation in her eyes. She grabbed Jessica’s left hand and squeezed it gently. 

„What happened, Jess?“ 

Jessica’s eyes filled with tears. 

„You happened,“ she sobbed. 

Eve frowned, not understanding what her friend was trying to say. Jessica took another deep breath. 

„This is so embarrassing…“ she almost whispered. 

The waitress brought their drinks. Both waited till she was gone. 

„Please explain to me,“ Eve said. 

„Justin and I didn’t have sex for ages…“ Jessica replied. 

„Oh honey, it happens. We’re aren’t twenty anymore,“ Eve replied to cheer her up somehow. 

Jessica scoffed. 

„Are you saying you have no sex with C?“ 

Eve didn’t answer. Josh still wanted her like no time had ever passed. But she didn’t want to brag about it in front of her desperate friend. 

„Of course you have sex. He’s still crazy for you.“ Jessica continued talking. 

Eve didn’t know how to react. 

„Well…“ Jessica said next. „I confronted him with that topic after our barbecue and he was open minded to change something about the situation…“

„This is good, isn’t it?“ Eve replied. 

„Ya. It was pretty good, to be honest. Until the moment he moaned your name…“ 

Eve’s jaw dropped to the floor. 

„He.Did.What…?“

„He moaned your name. Loud and clear.“ 

Eve was in deep shock. She was completely overwhelmed, processing hard. 

„Jess… I… I don’t know what to say…“ she stammered. 

Jessica wiped away her tears. 

„After so many years, you’re still on his brain. It makes me feel so worthless and stupid.“ 

„But I know he loves you. He never stopped, even when you got divorced,“ Eve desperately tried to handle the situation somehow. 

„Come on, Eve. Stop shitting both of us. I was just his second choice, when you decided to go back to C. But you know what? I made peace with that fact, because I wanted him back badly. I truly believed someday he’s gonna get you out of his mind. But time passed by and I needed to realize at some point, that he never looked at me as he looks at you. However, I made peace with that situation, as well. I believed this was the price I was paying for giving up on our marriage in first place. But as I was getting older I started asking myself, if this was enough. I begun to wonder, if being someones second choice was really enough…“ 

Eve’s eyes filled with tears, as well. She felt deeply sorry for what Jess went trough. She didn’t have the tiniest idea how much her friend was struggling over the years. Jessica looked at her for a moment. 

„I can’t ignore any longer who he really wants, Eve. I can’t bear that anymore.“ 

Again Eve didn’t know what to say. Jessica suddenly grabbed her hands, giving her a serious look.

„You did nothing wrong. I know you kept your hands off him, since he came back to me. I am not blaming you for anything, Eve. Do you understand?“ 

Eve nodded. She was very relieved Jessica didn’t hate her for what has happened. 

„What will you do now, Jess?“ she wanted to know. 

„After the incident in bed, we’ve had a very serious conversation about our future. Of course he felt terribly sorry and tried anything to make me feel better, but it was too much. Finally, after talking for hours, he accepted my decision to leave. As soon as I sort my life and find a new place to stay, we gonna talk to the boys…“ 

Josh was already asleep, lying at his belly, when Eve returned home. She sneaked on her tiptoes into their bathroom. After making herself ready for sleep, she crawled carefully into bed. Josh noticed her anyway. He turned into her direction and embraced her body tightly from behind. 

„I missed you“ he whispered, moving his hand under her shirt slowly. 

As he reached her naked breast, he groaned quietly and pushed his pelvis against her ass. She felt him getting hard.

„Josh… it’s really late…“ she said, knowing exactly he wouldn’t let go. 

He released her breast and turned her on her back gently. Then he gave her a dirty smile. 

„It’s never too late.“

He begun kissing her neck playfully, while opening the buttons of her shirt. Eve thought about how lucky she was, that Josh couldn’t keep his hands off her after so many years of marriage. She never needed to put much effort to set him on fire. Then she realized, that she took his desire for granted. Josh noticed she wasn’t focused.

„Baby, are you alright?“ he whispered with heavy voice. 

She looked into his eyes and caressed his face softly. 

„I love the way you love me, Josh.“ 

He frowned. They were telling each other sweet things every day. But what she just said felt different. 

„Honey, tell me what’s going on.“ 

„Did you talk to Justin today?“ 

„No.“ 

„You should catch up with him urgently.“

„Okay. But why?“ 

Eve hesitated for a short moment, if to tell him the whole truth or not. 

„He said my name during sex with Jess.“ 

Josh couldn’t believe what he was listening to. He turned on his back and grabbed his face. 

„He’s such an idiot…“ 

Eve turned on her side, looking at him. 

„That’s not the reaction I expected, to be honest.“ 

Josh looked back at her. 

„After everything the three of us went through, I’m not surprised, that he’s still having dirty fantasies about you. But I didn’t expect he would lose control at some point.“

„I am a little shocked, that his dirty mind is not bothering you,“ Eve replied.

„Baby, I’m not blind. I can see, that you’re still giving him a thrill. But I don’t see a problem with his fantasies, as long as he keeps his hands off you.“ 

„Oh wow, I really don’t know what to say.“ 

„Come on, cupcake. Don’t play the fool. You know exactly what you’re doing to him.“

„No, I don’t!“ 

Josh chuckled. Then he turned around and laid down on top of her. 

„Liar.“

„Josh… I’m serious.“

„Okay, fine, whatever… can we focus on our sexy time now?“ 

„Our friends are having a very serious crisis and you wanna have sex like nothing happened?“ 

„I promise I’ll talk to him tomorrow. But now I wanna satisfy my beautiful wife…“