*****

Once again, I find myself in the company of this delectable man in a lovely restaurant. He is quiet though. He seems to concentrate on his food, but whenever I look up at him, he is watching me, then he looks away as he sees me notice.

“Is something wrong?”

He hesitates. “I’m not sure.”

“Are you upset with me about something?”

“No, not at all, but I don’t want you to be upset with me either.”

“I’m sorry, but I’m not following you.”

He puts down his knife and fork, resting his chin on steepled fingers. He starts to speak, stops, starts again, and finally….

“I wanted to pass something by you, but if you don’t like it, then that’s fine. I want you to ignore it.”

“Alright…. But what are we talking about?”

He swallows hard. “I realise that we barely know each other, but the thing is, I would like to know you better….”

Where’s this going?

“And I know that you said at the start, very clearly, that you didn’t want to be ‘tied at the hip’…. And that’s what I wanted too.… then…. The thing is…. that although my work involves a lot of travelling and my er.… base is out west, it doesn’t need to be. My apartment is only rented and so long as I have good road access and an internet connection, it really doesn’t matter where I live….”

“So…?”

“So, I could get an apartment here, in the City and we could see each other more regularly, and for me, more easily. How…. would you feel about that?”

hope, caution, and worry. I don’t reply immediately. As the silence stretches out, worry takes over. “Forget I said it,” he

think I’d

thought I might scare you off entirely.” He picks up his cutlery again and starts

In fact….” And now,

hovers, his fork midway to

lips. Is this my

my

think I’m

expression unreadable. Leaning across the table,

Finish my meal?

want to get you alone. I want you naked and shrieking while I lick

as I to chew my steak, I try to

*****

between my shoulder blades.

arms around me and

with that, without asking, and without even trying to unbutton it, he pulls my blouse up and over my head. My bra comes off next and my skirt, unzipped and

about to be

backwards. I flop down, my legs dangling awkwardly over the edge of the mattress. Lying back on my elbows, I watch as he strips off. There is nothing subtle about this. His shirt is quickly tossed to one side. He kicks off shoes and

“I’m glad to get out of those.

is huge, standing high against his tight stomach, nestled against a bed of black hair. He is already flowing, a trickle glistening

me. “You have no idea how much I want to simply fuck you hard, but I’m not going to.” He drops to his knees, pushes between my thighs and grabbing hold of me,

now,” he says, “we’ll see how well I can make

is already twitching, swollen and sopping. Despite finishing our meal quickly, I

going

holding me open, he examines me, brow furrowed in concentration. He glances up for

can arouse you before I’ve touched you….”

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