An Explanation is Given and a Decision is Made

(switching's note: This chapter is a long one)

Three years may sound like a small time but it is still enough time for a lot to happen and change. Like his friends, Magnus had focused on himself and his job. He had grown independent from his parents' money.

Things had gone good for Sean and Chloe. But the same could not exactly be said for Magnus. A great tragedy happened to him. He didn't get terribly sick, he didn't lose his business or his hard-earned wealth, he didn't lose his freedom because he was involved in some crime. But he did lose something he loved dearly.

It was his mother and father. The day it happened started like any other day. Magnus had called and talked to his parents during the morning. By noon time, two police officers came to tell him that his parents were involved in a tragic car accident. Magnus remembered that day like it was yesterday. The denial and the unwillingness to believe that his folks were dead. He even thought it was a prank at first by one of his sisters. But unfortunately, it was no prank.

Magnus did of course tell Sean and Chloe about the **** of his parents. But he only did so after it had been a week after their funeral. Magnus did not want to burden Sean and Chloe with it. It was a tough time for Magnus and his sisters but they got through it.

Chloe and Sean paid him a visit shortly after he told them. It was there that Chloe and Sean suggested to Magnus to let Chloe comfort him. They even went as far as to offer to let Magnus stay with them at their flat for as long as he needed.

Magnus lived alone. Ingrid was married and had a family of her own. Anna had moved to live with friends. They had their own support. Ingrid did invite Magnus to stay with her and her family for however long he needed. But Magnus didn't want to burden his older sister with him.

Magnus had other friends who gave him their condolences but none of them had suggested anything as generous as what Sean and Chloe were offering. Not to say of course that he had expected any of them to. Needless to say, Magnus was absolutely stunned and moved by their kind proposition. It was there that Magnus realized how good of friends he had.

At first Magnus wanted to decline as he felt their kindness was a little misplaced given the situation. But his friends insisted and reassured him it was perfectly fine. He was their friend and he was in need. If they could make things just a little bit better for him, then they would if he let them.

Magnus appreciated the gesture but he took only half their offer. He would let Chloe, as they said it, give him some comfort. But he wouldn't burden his friends by staying with them.

So it was agreed that Chloe would live with Magnus for a while. Chloe brought her clothes and other essential belongs to Magnus's house. There she consoled Magnus. She became the shoulder he could cry on and the willing ears who would listen. In turn, Magnus did what he could to make Chloe comfortable. Such as serving her breakfast in bed or paying for a relaxing and pampering day at a spa.

And of course, they slept together, taking solace and pleasure in each others' bodies.

Sean would visit them every now and then to check on them and to do his part in cheering up Magnus. Although he knew Chloe was doing an excellent job at that. Sometimes he would walk in on them kissing. Sometimes he would find them having sex. It did his heart good to see his friend and his wife happy.

And after a whole month of Magnus and Chloe living together, it was agreed between Magnus and Chloe time for her to return home. Magnus had driven Chloe back and even carried her bags for her. A gentlemanly gesture that Chloe found adorable. Sean was out at work that day.

Magnus thanked Chloe for all she did. He would thank Sean as well when he got the chance. Magnus kissed Chloe goodbye. It was only meant to be a mere kiss. But it had turned to one last bout of sex on Sean and Chloe's marital bed.

Magnus and Chloe have had sex several times before. But lately, it had started to feel just a little bit more... loving. They stayed together in bed just cuddling and making sweet talk in the aftermath until Sean came home and found them. Chloe and Magnus acted like two embarrassed teenagers having been caught having sex. Sean laughed at them silly.

Magnus returned home and would periodically call Sean and Chloe. Sometimes Chloe called him. Magnus owed them. He promised himself he would repay their kindness and friendship. At the time, he just didn't know how.

However he eventually found a solution and today he was going to tell them about it.

Magnus though about his parents as he waited for the door to open. It had dampened his mood. The door opened soon enough and he had been welcome warmly by his friends. He and Sean embraced and Chloe gave him a kiss. He had grown to really love her kisses. They let him in and they all got seated. His friends on a couch while he sat on a chair across them.

And Magnus told them with a serious face, "I'm here to ask Chloe to legally marry me and be my wife."

Sean and Chloe looked at each other following at what Magnus said. They said nothing but both their faces clearly spoke, 'What the hell did he just say?' The couple looked towards their friend and Sean asked, "I think we might have misheard you there, buddy."

Chloe giggled a little, feeling a little flattered and happy to be wanted, "It sounded as though you said you wanted me to marry you and be your wife."

Magnus only maintained the serious look on his face, "You didn't mishear me. What I said is as I said it. Sean, Chloe, I need Chloe to marry me and be my wife. At least for a certain time period."

"Why do you want Chloe to pretend be your wife?" Sean inquired, his curiosity clearly piqued. This was a step-up from his previous request.

Magnus shook his head, "No. Not pretend. For real. I don't want Chloe," he pointed all five fingers at Chloe, "to pretend to be my wife. I need Chloe to legitimately be married to me." He pointed at himself.

Then he suddenly stood up from his seat as his mind was suddenly full of doubt and misgiving about his plan to repay them, "Oh my God! This was such a stupid thing for me to do! Why did I even consider this! I-" Magnus stopped when he felt a hand grip his wrist.

It was Chloe and she was looking up at him with calming eyes. "Magnus, take a breath and just tell us what exactly do you want?" Magnus also saw Sean nodding in agreement and gestured for him to sit down again.

Magnus inhaled deeply and sat back down. "Look, guys. Just bear with me here."

"We're all ears, Magnus," said Sean kindly.

"Okay. Let's start from the beginning." Magnus said with sadness in his eyes, "As you guys may know, my parents passed away some four months ago." Chloe reached over and held Magnus's hand. Magnus tenderly squeezed her hand back and smiled at his friends.

"I told you about their deaths but there's something else I didn't tell you. Again I didn't want to burden you" With his free hand, he dug into his pocket and pulled out a flashdrive. "My parents' lawyer revealed to us a month after the funeral their last will and testament. Both in document form and in video recordings. I won't waste time with irrelevant details. Now I could tell you myself but I think it's best if I let them speak for themselves. You got a laptop I could use for this, Sean?"

Sean nodded, stood and left. He came back a minute later with his laptop in hand. Sean set it up and attached Magnus's flashdrive in it. There was only one video in it so Sean quickly played it. The video revealed Magnus's parents who sat side by side.

"Hello son," Magnus's mother started, "if you are watching this, then it means that the worse has unexpectedly happened to your father and I."

His father followed, "Magnus, your mother and I are going to get to the point. As our lawyer Ms. Helena Davis might have told you, you and your sisters are each to inherit fifty million dollars."

Sean immediately hit the pause button on the video. His and Chloe's jaws to drop at the revelation. That was more money than they thought they could ever make combined in their entire lifetimes.

"Holy Shit, Magnus!" Sean couldn't find any other words to say.

"I knew you were from money, Magnus. I would have guess ten or maybe twenty million dollars as inheritance but I never thought your folks were rich enough to leave you and your sisters each with that much." Chloe said not quite believing the amount of money Magnus inherited from his parents.

"My parents were more thrifty and more disciplined with their money than I and my sisters realized. Let's continue, okay?" Magnus laughed a little nervously and hit the play button.

Magnus's father resumed talking, "However we're afraid it's not going to be that simple for you, young man."

Magnus gulped at hearing his father's recording call him 'young man'.

"Magnus, your mother and I know the truth about you and Chloe. We're not stupid. We couldn't have built our business and our success to what it is if we were. We just decided not to say anything because Chloe seemed to be a nice girl."

Sean actually felt anxious and whistled. Chloe silently gasped, her free hand quickly reaching to cover her open mouth.

"We're not angry, Magnus. But we are very, very disappointed in you." said Magnus's mother, frowning directly at the camera. "And no, we're not disappointed that you couldn't get a real girlfriend. We're disappointed that you lied to us and worse, thought of us as fool enough as to not see what was truly in front of us."

"Son, at this point in time, this is the will we are leaving behind. But rest assured, if the worst did not come to pass, we would have thought of something else as a way of punishing you for your little deceit." his father too was frowning at the camera. "Magnus, you have until a year after hearing our written will and seeing this video to find a woman and marry her. If you cannot do that, then you can consider your inheritance as forfeit."

His mother had the final say in the video, "You may think it's cruel and excessive but we won't tolerate such lies from our own children."

And the video ended. The three were in silence for some moments until Sean broke it. "You're joking?" He questioned.

"Unfortunately I am not. In order to get that money, I need to get married and I mean legitimately married."

"But why me?" asked Chloe as her free hand landed on her chest.

Magnus looked dumbfounded at her question, "Chloe, why not you? Chloe, I trust you. You are my friend and even more than that. I know you won't screw me over. You are the only woman whom I can go to for this. The only woman who can help me without stabbing me in the back for the money."

Chloe felt her heart skip a beat and her face flush. Magnus... trusted her that much. In the most sincere way, she loved that he needed her.

Meanwhile, Sean had a tent forming on his bathrobe. He was getting excited from this. The prospect of his best friend marrying his wife should be a frightening thought but he was more aroused because of it. But he now had to address the new elephant in the room. "But for Chloe to marry you, that would mean-"

"Yes," Magnus nodded deeply, "you and Chloe will have to get a divorce."

"Divorce?" Chloe repeated, her mind trying to process what Magnus wanted... needed them to do.

"It would be a simple plan," Magnus explained, "You two get a divorce. I marry Chloe. I get my inheritance. I divorce Chloe. You and Chloe get married again and go on as if nothing happened."

Magnus had more to say. But Sean and Chloe cut him off, "A simple plan?” They both breathed out.

“You'd ask us to get a divorce... for money?" asked Sean, looking Magnus dead in the eye. He didn't sound the least bit angry. Just a little bewildered.

"For the money? No. Sean, you know me. My business is doing good and I can make it on my own. I don't need my inheritance. But I do want it. It’s nice to have. But I am not doing this for just me. I am also doing it for the both of you." Both Sean and Chloe raised their brows at that.

"What? Why? How?" asked Chloe, stammering through her questions.

"I intend to split the money with you when all is said and done. You guys would get twenty-five million dollars."

"Twenty-five million," Sean mouthed silently. That was a lot of money but, "Magnus, it was never about the money with us? You know that." Chloe wasn't the type to be drawn to the money of others and Sean wasn't the greedy kind. "We're not exactly as we were before three years ago. We're doing allright financially. We don't need your money."

"Correct, you've done well for yourselves. But can you and Chloe really deny that it wouldn't be nice to have it?" Well he had the right of it there. Neither Sean nor Chloe could deny at least silently to themselves that the idea of having twenty-five million dollars was very tempting.

Magnus continued, "There's no harm in just asking. I'd be a amiss as a friend if I at least didn't bring this up to you, give you the opportunity to get such money."

"Why are you asking us this, Magnus?" Chloe said still holding his hand.

"Because you two did so much for me. You helped me a lot even when you didn't need. Even when I didn't ask. I realized that you guy are indeed my best friends. I want to, no, I need to repay you for that and this is the best way I know how."

"Magnus, we didn't help you because we wanted something from you. You don’t owe us a thing." said Sean and Chloe added, "We helped you because you are our friend."

Magnus sighed happily, "Moments like this make me wonder just what I did to have friends like you." But again he looked at them seriously, "But twenty-five million dollars is still a lot of cash and I don't think you should just so easily dismiss it.

He almost pleaded with them, "Try to give it some thought and consideration. And if by the end you say no, then that'll be the end of it. No hard feelings between us. I won't **** this on you and I am not losing my best friends because of it. I don't care for the money. I'd rather lose that than lose you guys." Magnus's eyes gazed at his two friends with warmth and gratitude. Sean and Chloe smiled at his words.

"But if you say yes, then I promise you both that I will split my inheritance money with you fifty-fifty. I'm asking for a lot from you, I know that. Probably the biggest thing I have ever asked or will ever ask of you two or anyone for that matter. But you'll receive the biggest amount of cash that you've ever gotten in your whole lives."

"You don't have to answer now. Think it over carefully. Give me a call when you've come to a decision. Regardless of your answer, you're still my friends. Nothing will change that." Magnus released Chloe's hand, stood and headed for the door. But he was stopped by Chloe grabbing his wrist again.

"Magnus," Chloe said in an affectionate-sounding whisper before pulling him in for another kiss. Magnus wrapped one arm around her as he responded to the kiss. "It was nice to have you visit."

"We'll give you a call when we've decided, buddy." said Sean, feeling please at the sight of his wife and best friend kissing.

Magnus smiled gratefully at the both and thanked them for their time and for considering his hefty proposal. He left their home soon after.

Later that night, Sean and Chloe were making love missionary style. They were trying to have a baby after all. Though they weren't quite sure if Chloe had resumed being fertile again. Sean pounded Chloe hard while her legs were wrapped around his ass. Sean felt like cumming. But he didn't want to finish just yet so he had to distract himself.

"Well?" He started.

"Well what?" Chloe said, her arms also wrapped around his neck.

"Should we help out, Magnus? Get a divorce and you two marry."

"Sean," started Chloe, "if we say yes, than that would mean the end of our marriage in paper. I'd be someone else's wife for a time being. You would be legally wifeless until after I divorce Magnus." Chloe's lips formed a smiled. "And I suppose that this isn't arousing you at all." She said feeling his cock twitch inside her.

Sean moved to plant kisses on her neck, upper chest and breast, "The idea is fucking hot to me. My wife leaving me for my best friend and marrying him."

Chloe giggled at his words, "Careful what you say, Sean. I've already made room for Magnus in my bed. I can definitely make room for him in my heart. I can definitely see myself falling for him." Sean started fucking her faster and harder and Chloe took quick notice of that.

Chloe grinned at what turned on her husband. She grabbed his head and pulled him up to face her. She looked at square in his eyes and continued, "Perhaps I already have! We were together for a whole month, Sean! Plenty of enough time for a man and woman to develop feelings for each other! I just didn't say anything because I'm not quite sure myself!"

Sean looked at her. His feelings were one-third unease, one-third excitement and one-third desire. It had the dual effect of keeping him from cumming, allowing him to prolonged his fucking of her while getting him more heated up.

Chloe went on, "Perhaps I should marry him! Maybe not for the money that he wants to repay us with! But just so I could be with him, so I can call him my husband!" Their bed creaked and the sounds of their wet flesh grew louder. “Picture the wedding, my love. It would be a big one compared to ours. Friends and family gathered. You, the best man who has to stand there watch as your wife marries your best friend. Or better yet, you walk me down the aisle.”

All this heated talk was building up their climax. But it was what Chloe said next that had finally gotten them both off, "Perhaps I should let him be the man to impregnate me and father my children."

Sean gave a few more strong thrusts before plunging in as deep as he could get. Then both husband and wife were at their peak of pleasure. They screamed and shouted together as they came together. Sean had never cum so powerfully in his life. His cock releasing several ropes of semen inside his wife. All the while, Chloe's body shuddered and held Sean tighter. Her eyes rolled back and her back arched. Her vagina squeezed and milked Sean's cock of all it was worth. Her cunt was painted white by his cum.

Sean collapsed beside her, his cocking leaving her pussy in the process. Both were trying to catch their breath. Chloe rested her head on Sean's shoulder. Sean wrapped his arms around his wife.

"You were really into that," Chloe said later after recovering.

"Yes, I am." Sean admitted with no shame. "But then again, so were you. I felt it, you know. Your pussy walls getting wetter and tighter as you spoke."

"Well now that we've both gotten some post-nut clarity, what do you think we should do?" asked Chloe.

Sean didn't speak for first as he thought it over. But eventually he said, "I'm fine with it. The divorce is only in paper and we can remarry once Magnus gets the money. Who knows, Chloe. We could need that money for an expected rainy day."

Chloe thought about it too. Money wasn't an issue for them... for now anyway. Having twenty-five million dollars safely stored away until it was needed wasn't a bad thing to have. "I suppose you're right. If you're fine with it, then I am too."

"I suppose then we should tell Magnus. I have a feeling he is going to be quite ecstatic." Both he and Chloe shared a laugh.

When their laughter died down however, Sean asked his wife a serious question. "Chloe, what you said back there. About having developed feelings for Magnus when you were with him for a month... did you really mean that?" Sean knew his wife and trusted her. He wasn't worried or afraid to lose her. But a part of him couldn't deny that that he wasn't against idea and possibility of her falling for Magnus. He trusted Magnus. He was a good guy and better him than some asshole like his former co-worker Garry.

Chloe first kissed Sean and said, "Do you really want me to answer that?"

"Yes," Sean answered.

"Oh Sean," Chloe touched his cheek tenderly, "what I might say could break your heart?"

Sean still wasn't worried. If anything his lust grew. Magnus and Chloe together was beautiful. Ultimately he wasn't against his wife and best friend falling in love. "No, I want to hear it. I promise I won't get mad at the answer."

Chloe smiled gently at her husband but he wasn't going to get the answer he was looking for. "I love you, Sean." Her gentle smile turned sly as she grabbed his dick which was already hardening from their conversation. "It looks like someone's ready to go again."

The disappointment Sean felt at not getting a proper answer to his question quickly faded away once his was inside Chloe again. Their second bout of sex, thanks to their sex talk, had ended in another powerful orgasm. They were trying to have a baby. But the effects of Chloe’s birth control hadn’t quite worn off yet. Sean wouldn't be fathering any children that night.

Would he be fathering any children at all?

(switching's note: Helena Davis is a character borrowed from ArmyofAntarctica. Just giving the guy credit.)