No, he wants to explore cuckoldry in a safer way

Looking her in the eyes, Tom felt truly grateful at how kind his wife was, when she wasn't under the effects of a wish to change that. But he had to shake his head, and tell her, "No, I think we should explore this. Maybe...we can try waiting a few days, collect our thoughts on it, then brainstorm on something fun to do next weekend?"

Sarah appeared relieved he felt that way, and a few tears slipped down her cheeks before she kissed him on the lips. "If you really want to, then yes, let's try that."

From there, the returned to normal as the work week resumed.

Well, not quite. Sarah was extra affectionate and attentive, and even though Tom knew it was almost undoubtedly caused by buried guilt from her actions at the club, he wasn't about to complain about it. It was strange, realizing how that scare to their relationship ended up perhaps making it stronger, making each of them more aware of how much they cared for the other, how much they wanted to stay together. Even stranger, considering it also awakening in both of them an interest in testing the limits of their bond.

As promised, as the middle of the week rolled around, Sarah approached her husband after dinner, stopping him from sitting on the couch and putting on a show to vegetate to. "Let's brainstorm."

Knowing exactly what she meant, Tom followed her to the table, and they sat down, ready to begin. "So...what turns you on about it?" he asked her. "Don't hold anything back, don't worry about hurting me. Let's both speak our mind, try to find a way to make us both happy."

Sarah looked uncomfortable at the question, but after biting her lip and fretting, finally gave an answer. "It's a mix of things. I like the idea of getting to sleep with other people, to experiment. After all, aside from that lapse, we've been faithful to each other for decades." He nodded, understanding what she meant. "But..." Sarah sighed. "...well, there's an element of sadism to it, I think. It's...fun, to think of you as below me, someone I can toy around with and demean casually, to do things knowing it would hurt you..."

"Okay," Tom said, reaching out a hand to hold hers, to reassure her. Out of context, her words would have hurt, but considering what had happened, what they were thinking of trying, it was easier to swallow. "Honestly, I feel the same way? I want you to be able to explore other options, and maybe I could do that too? But as for the second part, I...I do like it when you're dismissive and cruel to me, especially coupled with cheating on me?" He felt just as **** as she must have, opening up about those feelings.

Looking relieved to hear that, Sarah pursed her lips. "The only problem is, I don't know how far I can really go with that. I don't want to leave you, and I definitely don't want to hurt you in a way aftercare wouldn't fix. Hell, now that my personality is back to normal, I don't think I can even convincingly pretend to be as mean as I was before."

Tom smiled at her. "Well, it's a good thing we have a magic coin that can fix that, isn't it?"