*****

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 says. “I don’t mean to

yes, I think I’d like to get

That’s wonderful. I thought I might scare you off entirely.” He

not at all. In fact….” And now, I swallow my

his fork midway

lips. Is this my turn to say

said my piece. You

In fact…. I think I’m falling for

his expression unreadable. Leaning across the table, he kisses me on the cheek, whispering close by me, “Finish your

Finish my meal?

and shrieking while I lick you out. And you’re going to gush into my mouth while I tongue you

steak, I try

*****

room, he unlocks the door then pushes me through with a hand between my shoulder blades. Following me in, he kicks back with one foot to

takes me, wraps his arms around me and

it, he pulls my blouse up and over my head. My bra comes off next and my skirt, unzipped

to be

pushes me back onto the bed, shoving me hard enough on the chest to simply drop me 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.

“I’m glad to get out of those. That was

against his tight stomach, nestled against a bed of black hair.

going to.” He drops to his knees, pushes between my thighs

see how well

meal quickly, I have had a good thirty minutes

isn’t going to

brow furrowed in concentration. He

I’ve touched you….”

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