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Under normal circumstances, Tom would have enjoyed watching a beautiful woman masturbating only a few feet in front of him. But these were not normal circumstances.

Melissa had restrained him forced into a kneeling position with his hands tied behind his back. With his thighs roped tightly to his calves, he was unable to thrust or move his hips in any meaningful way. Melissa was running her fingers up and down Tom’s body from behind, her her big tits pressing softly into his back. Her hands would occasionally wander down his chest to his throbbing caged cock, teasing it between the steel bars of the chastity cage.

Bethany was laying on her back directly in front of Tom, totally naked, her hands exploring her own body. She slowly and gently, moved her hands from her boobs down to her pussy, across her stomach and against her arms, slow enough to tease Tom with each small movement. She began to moan softly as her own touches began to feel better and better with each passing moment.

“Bethany has been telling me about how intense her orgasms are,” Melissa whispered in Tom’s ear, causing him to shudder. “She cums real hard, especially if she uses a wand to get herself off…”

“Mmmmm, yes,” Bethany confirmed, “but sometimes it takes a while….. the buildup is worth it, though.”

“Oooooh,” Melissa laughed, “He knows all about ‘buildup,’ don’t you baby?” Melissa squeezed Tom’s balls, making him groan as a surge of horniness flowed through his body. “Anyway… I figured, since she’s already here and playing with herself, why not let her use my wand to make herself cum? Would you like to see that?”

“Yes, ma’am,” Tom answered.

“Oh, I bet… in fact, pretty soon you’ll be begging her to cum for you…”

Melissa reached over and grabbed the wand and pulled it in front of Tom’s body. She flicked the switch to turn on the vibration, and gently touched the wand to Tom’s cage.”Ohhhh God,” Tom said as the wand worked its magic on him. His cage was vibrating all around his desperate cock, and he was beginning to fill his cage pretty quickly.

Tom was so distracted by the wand, he didn’t notice Bethany scooting closer to him. She draped her legs over his thighs and around his hips, pulling her pussy closer to the wand. Tom flinched when he noticed how close Bethany was to him, and it made both Melissa and Bethany laugh.

“I don’t think he realized I was going to use the wand while it was vibrating him,” Bethany said.

“Me, neither!” Melissa agreed. She passed the wand handle to Bethany and resumed running her hands all over Tom’s body.

Bethany scooted the last few inches closer in order to bring her pussy in contact with the wand while it still vibrated Tom. She immediately began to moan softly as the familiar waves of pleasure began to pulse through her body. She couldn’t help but grind her hips in tiny circles, pushing the wand even more against Tom’s cage.

Tom instinctively tried to thrust back, but couldn’t because of his positioning. He could only sit and watch Bethany slowly please her horny pussy while he himself was mercilessly teased.

Minutes ticked by, and it was obvious that Bethany was deliberately taking her time. Not only did she want to build up to a massive orgasm, but she also wanted to maximize Tom’s time being tortured by the wand. She teased him even further by pressing her ass against his legs and grinding her pussy even harder into the wand.

Tom could sense the wand’s teasing building to something else – Melissa had made him cum with the wand while wearing the cage in the past, so he knew it was possible; he also knew that it would not be pleasurable, and it would be more like a ruined orgasm than anything else. And the longer Bethany worked the wand on him, the more inevitable it was that he would be experiencing a caged orgasm once again.

Melissa could sense the change in Tom’s body; she said, “You better be a good boy and let Bethany cum before you do… a good boy always lets the woman cum first, right Bethany?”

“Mmmmmmm, yes,” Bethany replied, thoroughly enjoying Tom’s predicament.

Tom was in trouble: he couldn’t get away from the wand’s sensations, not while it was pinned between his cage and Bethany’s pussy. Bethany’s moans combined with Melissa’s touch were turning him on so much that he could feel himself being pushed to orgasm faster than he expected. All of this, and Bethany showed no signs of feeling rushed to get herself off. Why wouldn’t she just make herself cum?

“Maybe she needs a little encouragement?” Melissa suggested.

Tom wouldn’t be able to hold back much longer. Despite all of his efforts to fight it, the wand was going to make him cum soon. He couldn’t help it…

“Please,” Tom whimpered, “Please Bethany, please cum…”

“Ask like a good boy,’ Melissa whispered.

“Please…. Miss Bethany?” Tom said nervously. A loud moan from Bethany told him that he made a good guess on how to address her. “Miss Bethany, please make yourself cum…”

“Mmmmm, you were right, Melissa,” Bethany said, “he is damn good at begging.” Bethany looked right into Tom’s eyes, and she could see how desperate he was. “What do you want?

Tom was only moments from losing it. “Please, Miss Bethany, please cum for me…”

Tom’s begging triggered Bethany’s orgasm, and she began to wriggle on the floor. She moaned loudly as her orgasm began flowing through her body. She held the wand tight to her pussy as she grinded her hips against it, pushing it even harder into Tom’s chastity cage.

If her orgasm hadn’t lasted for a good solid half minute, Tom may have been able to get through the ordeal without suffering through a caged orgasm… Bethany’s orgasm lasted almost an entire minute, though, and Tom was cumming in his cage while Bethany pleasured herself on and on. She even caught him with a little bit of post-orgasm torture as her orgasm finished, and his cock ached when Bethany finally pulled the wand away from him.

Melissa reached down and squeezed Tom’s tortured balls, causing even more cum to leak from Tom’s cock out of the cage. “You were a good boy by letting Bethany cum first; I think you deserve a reward for working so hard to make sure she was pleased before you….what should his reward be, Bethany?”

“I might have an idea or two,” Bethany grinned wickedly.

Melissa and Tom had met Bethany at a party that was thrown by a mutual friend. It wasn’t just any party, though… it was a “kink party.” These parties were tame by most standards – just a bunch of like-minded people getting together to hang out and have some fun, only the “like-mindedness” of the people happened to be the enjoyment of kinky sex. And, as one would expect, when you get 10-20 adults with dirty minds into one room and you add alcohol into the mix, some very interesting conversations tend to happen.

Melissa and Tom were regular attendees to the kink parties, and definitely enjoyed the interaction with the other people there. They both loved being able to talk freely and openly with friends about their secret sex games – Tom was kept in chastity, with Melissa as his keyholder. She often kept him locked up for weeks at a time, and denied him orgasms for even longer periods of time. Melissa enjoyed the power she felt when she teased Tom mercilessly and kept him sexually frustrated almost constantly. Recently, they discovered a desire to explore sharing their tease and denial games with another person; not necessarily a “partner” in the typical threesome sense, but more like a “participant” – a second dominant woman who could join Melissa in teasing Tom and driving him wild, without actually progressing to full blown sex.

Bethany, on the other hand, was not what you would call a “kink party veteran” – she had only been to one other party in the past, and had spent most of the night chatting with the friend she came with. She wasn’t shy – far from it, in fact – she just wasn’t able to find anyone to talk to that interested her. She was switchy-dom and also bisexual, which tended to attract the same boring personality types: men who wanted to dominate (i.e. tame) her, and women who wanted to be dominated by her. Sure, that stuff was fun, but she was in need of something exciting and different.

It just so happened that, on the night the three of them met, the party had been especially boisterous – the alcohol was flowing freely and early, and the vibe of the party was getting looser and looser as the night went on. Nudity isn’t necessarily forbidden at these parties, but it isn’t a common occurrence; on this night, it only took an hour and a half before the first pair of boobs were out for all to see (two ladies wanted to compare nipple sizes, “for science” supposedly). Not one to be left out, Melissa took out her tits to join in on the “experiment.”

At that moment, Bethany happened to be turning around and when she saw Melissa’s boobs, her knees went weak – they were GORGEOUS! Not only were they huge, but her nipples were beautiful and perfect – she definitely put the other two women to shame! They looked soft and heavy, and when Melissa cupped them in her hands, she found herself wishing she were the one holding them. Only a few feet away, she had to mentally hold herself back from just jumping out and grabbing them.

The next thing she knew, Melissa was offering others to cop a feel! It started with Tom, who squeezed and massaged them with the intimate knowledge that a husband should have with is wife’s breasts. Then it was a nearby woman who was squeezing one of her tits and laughing along with Melissa… amazing! Bethany couldn’t believe it, she was amazed. Then, she was even more amazed when Melissa turned to her and asked plainly, “Wanna feel?”

“Ummm, let me think…” Bethany joked, “Fuck yes!” Bethany reached out with both hands and held Melissa’s boobs: My God, she thought, they are even heavier than thay look! She must have had a dreamy look in her eye as she played with Melissa’s tits, because when she looked up, Melissa was smiling at her. Then, without warning, Melissa laughed, lifted her boobs, and squeezed them right into Bethany’s face!

Bethany’s face was buried in Melissa’s tits for only a second, but the moment was burned into her senses: the soft warmth of her boobs on the side of her face, the sweet smell of her skin, the way Melissa squeezed her flesh tightly against her – she was very briefly in heaven! She couldn’t control herself as she moaned deeply into Melissa’s cleavage just a moment before Melissa pulled away.

Holy shit, that was hot, Bethany thought to herself – she had almost started making out with Melissa’s tits right there in the middle of the party! She couldn’t help it, though; they really were beautiful. And Melissa’s playful attitude definitely fit the “exciting and different” category. She couldn’t believe it, but she felt herself getting turned on just from that quick little interaction…

For Melissa, it wasn’t anything special to whip her tits out – after all, she was proud of them and happy to show them off! Most of all, she enjoyed teasing people with them, so when she saw how “interested” Bethany was, it felt natural to shove them right in her face! All in good fun… until she sensed something in Bethany while her face was between her boobs. Melissa could feel her body change from surprise to… arousal? Did Bethany like having those huge titties rubbed in her face like that? Her suspicions were confirmed when she felt Bethany moan into her boobs… and did Bethany just lick her cleavage?

Melissa surprised herself for a moment when she realized that she liked it, too – she liked that she could tell Bethany was turned on. Melissa always enjoyed the reaction that she had on people, and Bethany was definitely reacting! Melissa pulled away, mainly out of respect for the party atmosphere… who knows how long she would have kept her tits in Bethany’s face if they were in private? All Melissa knew was that it was clear from look on her face that Bethany was turned on, and Melissa couldn’t deny that she was turned on as well.

Amazingly, the party continued, but neither Melissa nor Bethany let it slip too far from their minds. Before the end of the party, they made sure to meet up with each other to discuss what happened……

“So….” Melissa started, “it seems like you really enjoyed my tits back there…”

“Hehehe, yes,” Bethany laughed. With the ice sufficiently broken, she said, “How could I not enjoy them? They are amazing!”

“Thank you,” Melissa replied. “I appreciate the compliment, and I’m really glad you enjoyed them. Tom really enjoyed watching you play with them, too.”

Bethany smiled and licked her lips, intrigued by the exhibitionist angle that she hadn’t considered until now.

“I couldn’t help but notice,” Melissa continued, “that you’re really cute. Like, super cute! I’m not usually attracted to most women, but I have to say you are really, really…. I guess cute is the best way to describe you!”

Bethany laughed again, blushing at the compliment. “Cute is good?”

“Oh, cute is VERY good,” Melissa said. “I also wanted to let you know that I enjoyed you enjoying my tits…”

“That’s good to know,” Bethany said playfully.

Melissa and Bethany spent the next few minutes talking about their specific kinks, filling each other in on the details of each other’s situation. After a little bit of chatting, Melissa felt it was time to go for broke.

“So, I’m just going to come out and say this,” Melissa said, “I’m looking for a nice, cute domme girl to play with, so we can both tease the fuck out of my husband and make him absolutely insane. I want to be able to tease and taunt him with what he can’t have, and have the girl help me with that – making him jealous of all the times she gets to masturbate, cum, or things like that… basically all of the stuff I do to him, only twice as bad. I think you would fit in really well with that.”

Talk about exciting and different! Bethany had never heard anything like this before, and she had to admit it sounded like a lot of fun! From earlier in the conversation, she had been able to surmise that she wouldn’t have to actually fuck Tom, but she would definitely be able to mindfuck him as much as she wanted… which had the potential to be even more fun! That, plus the opportunity to play with Melissa and those huge tits…

“I think that sounds like a great idea,” Bethany replied.

“Great!” Melissa said. Then, just for the reaction, Melissa leaned over and put her lips inches away from Bethany’s ear and whispered to her, “Let’s go tell Tom.”

Bethany moaned, “Can I tell him?”

It started out as an innocent attempt to increase the excitement in their sex lives.

Michael and Emily had been practicing chastity for almost a year, alternating as each other’s keyholder. They enjoyed how horny being locked chastity made them, how desperate and needy they became for one another. The only problem was their conviction – they could only keep themselves locked for a week or so maximum before the desire was too strong to resist. They wanted to go longer, but they couldn’t. They turned to Sophia for help.

Sophia was a good friend of Michael and Emily, they had met through meetups and get togethers through the kink community in their area. Sophia had a husband who she also kept in chastity – Michael and Emily were always amazed at how Sophia could keep her husband locked up for months at a time. Sophia’s husband had also not had a full orgasm in over 8 months, and she had no plans on allowing him to have one any time soon.

“There’s no way I would be able to go that long without Michael’s cock inside me,” Emily once told Sophia. “I think I’d die!”

“Oh, you’d be surprised,” Sophia replied.

So, when Michael and Emily realized that they would need help taking their kink to the next level, they turned to Sophia for help. They agreed to let Sophia hold their keys for a year and be in control of when they would be unlocked and allowed to have sex with each other.

“You’re sure you want this?” Sophia asked. “If I’m in control of the both of you, I’m not going to go easy on you. In fact, I would do everything I could to make it a living hell for both of you, because that’s what I enjoy…”

“We are sure,” Michael said. “We are ready for this.”

They were not ready for this.

It only took two weeks of being locked in chastity 24/7 for Michael and Emily to realize they were in way over their heads. Michael and Emily were absolutely desperate for some sort of penetrative sex with each other, but Sophia would not allow it. She kept both of them locked up tight in their chastity belts, letting the need build slowly. Michael and Emily felt the ache growing with each passing day, but could do nothing to fulfill their desires.

After a month in chastity, Sophia had basically turned Michael and Emily into sex starved maniacs. Even just the thought of sex would cause Michael’s cock to swell and throb in his cage, and Emily could feel her pussy nearly dripping through the steel plate over her crotch. She sometimes found herself absentmindedly stroking the chastity belt, wishing she could be rubbing her pussy instead. When Michael noticed this, he would whimper to himself, wishing he could take advantage of his god-awfully horny wife.

After two months of chastity, Michael and Emily were both desperate for an orgasm. Emily found herself grinding her pussy against objects during the day, rubbing herself against the counter as she cooked or fruitlessly humping a pillow as she tried to sleep. Michael could feel his underwear brush against his cock through the bars of his chastity cage with almost every step he took. Sophia used their desperation against them during this time, upping the intensity by introducing the couple to some bondage games. Sophia would tie Michael and Emily up together chastity belt to chastity belt, and wedge her wand between the two of them. When she turned the wand on, it vibrated the steel around both of their sexes, and it didn’t take long before both Michael and Emily were frantically thrusting into each other trying to get off. But the vibration wasn’t enough to get either of them off in chastity, it only made things worse.

After three months, Michael and Emily seriously began to regret asking Sophia for her help. They had hoped that she would occasionally unlock them for some sexual contact, but Sophia had kept them locked constantly. They could plainly see that Sophia was enjoying this even more than she thought she would – having two chastity slaves to play with was even more exciting than just one! Sophia tortured Michael and Emily by inviting her husband over, letting him out of chastity, and forcing them to watch him fuck her all night long. Sophia’s husband was more than happy to participate, as Sophia allowed him to cum more times that night than he had for the entire last year combined! Emily watched as Sophia’s pussy was stretched by her husband’s cock over and over, and Michael watched as Sophia’s tits were covered in cum. Would they ever get to feel that again with each other, or would Sophia keep them locked up forever?

Sophia answered that question about a month later by telling Michael and Emily that she would be unlocking them for the first time and allowing them to have sex with each other, but it would be on her terms. Michael and Emily quickly agreed – how bad could it be if they were finally going to be able to have sex?

They had no idea how evil Sophia could be.———————————————————————

“Please!” both Emily and Michael were begging. “Please, faster! PLEEEEEASE!!!!”

Sophia was incredibly turned on by the scene playing out in front of her. She had spent weeks thinking of the perfect situation to torture Michael and Emily with their own desires, and she had finally come up with the perfect way to do so.

Sophia was sure to restrain both Michael and Emily before removing their chastity devices. After being locked up for so long, it was frustrating to not be able to touch themselves, but being unlocked was enough of a release… for now. Sophia had placed Emily in her steel stockade on her hands and knees in doggy-style position, complete with a locking collar and waistpad to hold her in place. She was strapped down tight to the waistpad so that she couldn’t move her hips even the slightest inch. Michael was on his knees behind Emily, with his hands cuffed and attached to the ceiling above him. His predicament was what Sophia considered to be her masterpiece.

Michael’s balls were held in a tight grip by Sophia’s fucking machine, pulled slightly down and away from his body. There was not much discomfort when the arm of the fucking machine was pushed forward, but he felt the pain of being tugged when the fucking machine cycled backwards. This prevented Michael from thrusting into Emily’s pussy out of synch with the rhythm of the fucking machine. Sophia had also rigged the fucking machine with a firm backrest that caused the fucking machine to push Michael forward, forcing his cock into Emily’s pussy with each thrust. Essentially, Sophia had turned Michael into a flesh-and-blood fucking machine, able to easily control him with the turn of a dial. Michael would fuck Emily at the pace Sophia wanted, regardless of how fast or slow either of them wanted him to.

Of course, Sophia had no intention of allowing Michael to fuck Emily hard and fast, like both of them so badly craved. In fact, Sophia had set the fucking machine for the slowest speed possible at the moment, causing Michael’s cock to sink into Emily’s pussy at an excrutiatingly slow pace. Each thrust of his cock took at least five seconds to plunge fully into Emily’s pussy, and another five seconds to pull out. After only a few minutes of this slow fucking torture, Emily began to try to move her hips back onto Michael’s cock. The stockade held her in place, but she couldn’t help but try. Sophia was getting very wet watching Emily’s futile attempts at impaling herself on Michael’s hard cock. Emily’s body was moving on its own accord, her shoulders hunching back and forth trying to get any type of movement going, but her pussy didn’t move an inch back or forth. Soon, Emily was wailing loudly, her entire body trembling as she could not contain her frustration any more.

Michael found very quickly that the pain of having his balls pulled was not bearable enough for him to fuck Emily in the way he wanted. He certainly tried, but could only manage an inch or two of penetration before he needed to pull away. Even if he could take the pain, having his balls pulled in that way would definitely prevent him from having the orgasm he so badly needed. Michael could only slouch against his restraints, taking only what the machine was giving him, silently begging for the machine to speed up so he could cum. Occasionally, his hips would involuntarily thrust forward in a fit of uncontrolled desire, causing him to yelp out in pain as the machine pulled his balls forcefully.

As Sophia had promised, Michael and Emily were in hell. They wanted nothing more but to have crazy hot hard fucking sex with each other; Sophia had put them so close to what they so desperately needed, but she wouldn’t give it to them. She only tempted them with it in the worst way possible. Michael and Emily reached their breaking point within minutes of each other, both of them crying out and begging Sophia to make the torture end. Tears were streaming down Emily’s face as she couldn’t take it any longer, and Michael had gone limp and was reduced to a broken mess of sexually tortured flesh.

But Sophia let the torture continue.

Sophia watched as Michael and Emily went through stages of frantic frustration, to deflated acceptance of their fate, and back again. Each time she could see the moment of change: their bodies shaking back and forth trying to gain some control of their situation, and then sagging lifelessly in their restraints. They would shout, cry, scream, wail, and then fall silent as Michael’s cock mindlessly penetrated Emily’s pussy over and over.

But Sophia let the torture continue.

Sophia watched the couple, rubbing and teasing her wet pussy as she enjoyed the scene. She wanted to draw it out so that Michael and Emily would be forced to watch her have a massive orgasm while they were teased mercilessly. She let her pleasure build and build, her moans getting louder and louder. As it became clear that she was about to cum, Michael and Emily couldn’t help but stare as Sophia brought herself to a huge, screaming orgasm.

Sophia was surprised by the strength of her orgasm – she was enjoying torturing the couple a hell of a lot more than she thought she would, and her orgasm was fueled by the intense feeling of power she felt in the moment. Even her orgasm was killing them, and that made it even more sweeter.

Once Sophia had come down from her orgasm, she reached for the control for the fucking machine. She looked directly into Michael and Emily’s eyes as she turned up the speed. Both Michael and Emily cried out in response to the increased pleasure.

“OH MY GOD!!!!” Emily screamed as Michael fucked her harder and faster. Michael was grunting loudly as the machine forced his cock into Emily’s tight wet pussy. They both were racing towards an orgasm they had been desperately needing for so long. The machine pounded Michael’s cock into Emily’s pussy as they were both ready to cum…

Suddenly, Sophia cut the machine off on an outstroke, leaving just the tip of Michael’s cock inside Emily’s pussy.

“AAAAAAAAAH!” Emily shouted in horror, as her pussy began to spasm. “NOOOOOO!” Emily shoved herself back, desperate to get Michael’s cock back inside her as her pussy suffered through a ruined orgasm. Her pussy lips sucked at the head of Michael’s cock, trying to pull him in so that she could experience some sort of pleasure from this long-denied orgasm, but it was no use.

Michael had thrown his head back, ready to fill Emily’s pussy with a load of cum when the machine stopped. “UGGGGHHHHH?!?!” was all he could manage as he looked down at his cock just barely in Emily’s pussy. He watched as her pussy pulsed around the head of his cock, and he felt himself falling over the edge. He tried to hold back, knowing how frustrating a ruined orgasm would be after all of this. He gritted his teeth, squeezing hard and trying to hold his load in…

The pressure and need to cum was just too much; Michael’s ability to hold back failed, and Emily’s greedy pussy ended up bringing Michael off, his cock twitched through a ruined orgasm. His cum spilled out of his cock and into Emily’s pussy. Emily felt Michael’s cock pulsing, and she knew that he, too, was suffering through a ruined orgasm. Each of them was cumming, yet neither of them were able to fully enjoy it. Emily cried once again as she felt the ache building in her pussy once again.

“I hope you enjoyed fucking each other and your orgasms, because once Michael gets soft enough, you’ll both be going right back into your chastity cages…. I’m not through with you guys just yet. If you think this has been intense, wait until you see what I have in store for you for the rest of the year…”

There once was a man who was unable to have an erection. It wasn’t for a lack of trying or ability; rather, it was for lack of opportunity. You see, this man could not get his dick hard because there was a steel cage locked around his penis at all times.

This steel cage prevented any and all erections, even the most intense and most frantic of them. No matter how strongly out how often he was sexually aroused – which was very strongly and extremely often, thanks to his beautiful and sexy dominating wife – he was not able to have a full and complete erection.

Oh, there were plenty of attempts: any time his wife would tease or tempt him with words or actions, his penis would try as much as it could to get hard. The steel cage would only allow the slightest growth, however, before squeezing back and holding him fast. He would be left throbbing in his cage, desperate for the littlest experience of sexuality, the most basic sexual ability that nearly almost ask men enjoyed but he was denied.

Orgasms were completely out of the question – unable to even get a hardon, orgasms were nowhere near the realm of possibilities. His focus wasn’t on his orgasms, despite the fact that he couldn’t remember the last time he had one. His desire was centered completely around his penis, the need to get hard, and the denial of the chance to do so.

Why on Earth would the woman want to keep her husband’s penis locked in a metal cage? Not only would it be impossible for him to get a full erection, but it would also render his penis inaccessible to her. Lucky for her, the man was very talented at pleasing his wife by other means, ways that did not involve the use of his penis. Not only that, but the woman also get pleasure from the sheer power and control she felt when her husband was desperate for an erection, but could not have one because she was keeping him locked.

The man had nobody to blame but himself, for it was him who asked his wife to use the chastity cage in the first place. It was also him that suggested the lengthy bit of chastity that he was now forced to endure. “Surely,” he thought, “she will not be able to keep me locked up very much longer than we’ve done in the past… she had difficulty reaching 3 weeks in earlier attempts.” But three weeks came and went, with no sign of wavering or weakening from his wife.

And, at four weeks, it was the same: not only was his wife happy keeping her husband in constant chastity, she was enthused by his frustration to continue even further.

This was like nothing he has ever experienced before. His penis felt as if it were constantly crying out to him for just a moment of freedom, just a second of time to experience the full arousal that has already been denied for so long. But he could do nothing about it, except wait and suffer.

His wife joked around as the days went by, contemplating pushing him farther and farther. How long would this go on? “I”m not even sure,” she replied. “We’ll just have to see.”

And so he waited. He waited for the erection he so desperately wanted and needed, with no idea of when the ordeal would end. He would eventually be able to get fully hard, but only when his wife would allow it. It would have to be soon, it couldn’t go on forever.

At least, that’s what he told himself…