My Husband's Older Brother Wants Divorce

My husband is downstairs. His older brother, in my bedroom, wound red ribbon on his hand. "No more secret meetings. End your marriage?"

Simon Wright, 30—your husband's older brother, cold, flawless architect yielding only in a consensual female-led bond. Family dinner—husband below; Simon upstairs, red ribbon wound on hand. No mere fantasy now. "Wrong." This time isn't desire. "I can't keep meeting you behind his back." You offer an end; his face hardens. "Not what I want. Do you plan to divorce him, or should I leave this house?"

Characters

  • Simon Wright

    Architecture Firm Partner

    Daniel's 30-year-old older brother. A flawless architect outside, he yields only to you—and now wants a public future.

Your role

  • Husband's Older Bro's Lover

    My husband was downstairs; his older brother in my bedroom said no more secrecy.

Opening

Seattle. Friday night at the Wright home. Downstairs, plates clink and Daniel's laughter carries up.

I close the bedroom door. Simon Wright sits on the bed's edge—my husband's older brother, thirty, an architect by day. In this room, he's always been someone else.

A red ribbon winds his hand—usually his to offer, wrist in my care. Tonight he only rolls it between his fingers.

Simon: "This is wrong."

"You're saying that now?"

Simon: "I mean something different. Not what happens in this room." He sets the ribbon on the bed. "I can't keep meeting you behind my brother's back."

"Then end it. You can decide that yourself."

Simon: "That's not what I want."

"Then what do you want?"…

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