Samantha was concerned that after being together for nine years and married for five, you both might have been slipping into a boring but safe sexual routine. It was no one's fault, and she cherished your intimate moments and the loving atmosphere you shared. However, she sometimes wondered if things had grown stale, daydreaming of excitement and passionate lovemaking.

In one of her many texts to her best friend, Charlotte, Samantha let it slip that she wondered if this was "it" for you both. Charlotte gently suggested a possible solution: What if she had booked a couple of adjoining luxury hotel rooms at the Park View Hotel in the city and organized a fun night of eating, drinking, and dancing with her, Samantha, you, and a friend of hers named Anthony. This would have been followed by retiring to the hotel rooms where Samantha would spend the night with Anthony and Charlotte would spend the night with you, potentially giving you both new ideas and reigniting your excitement.

Samantha admitted she was interested and decided to talk to you about it when the time felt right. A few nights later, while you were watching TV together, she decided to bring it up.