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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?”
immediately. As the silence stretches out, worry takes over.
I think I’d like to get to
I thought I might scare you off entirely.” He picks up his cutlery
fact….” And now, I swallow my
he hovers, his fork midway
Is this
on. I said my
In fact…. I think I’m falling for
at me, then puts his fork down again, his expression unreadable. Leaning across the table,
Finish my meal?
shrieking while I lick
steak, I try to ignore the heat of my
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unlocks the door then pushes me through with a hand between my shoulder blades. Following me in, he kicks back with one foot to close the
me, wraps his arms around me and
And with that, without asking, and without even trying to unbutton it, he
to be
I flop down, my legs dangling awkwardly over the edge of the mattress. Lying back on my elbows, I watch as he strips off.
he says. “I’m glad to get
a bed of black hair. He is already flowing, a trickle glistening
“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, pulls me forwards, tilting up
see how well I can make you
sopping. Despite finishing our meal quickly, I have had a good thirty minutes to
isn’t going
me open, he examines me, brow furrowed in concentration. He glances up
me. “So…. I can arouse you before I’ve touched you….” Then, dipping his
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