"Stay there like that," I said.
I positioned her just slightly differently as she stood in front of me. I took hold of her arms and brought them to her sides. I rotated her just a fraction of an inch by placing my hands - possessively - on her hips.
She stood there, on display in her own living room. I knew this much: She hadn't envisioned this particular scenario as the
finale
to our otherwise lavish lunch-date. It was our first meeting as a potential couple (or however we might think of ourselves, if we ever got to that point) and she was in a sense, 'auditioning.' As I viewed her, just standing there, I slowly withdrew my hands from her hips and noted her shape. I kept on wondering how much I could I ask of a woman like her. In certain ways, we were from two different worlds.
Would she follow my directions - my commands?
Strangely, I had the sense that I was auditioning, as well. She had a type of need. And she was evaluating and wondering if I could fill that need too...
She had these "tendencies," she had said earlier.
At the time we were sitting outside on a terrace, finishing a late lunch. Empty plates and glasses decorated the table. A fountain trickled water and the restful sound provided cover to whoever might be trying to listen in to our conversation.
She would pay the bill, she said, because she had ordered the lobster; she knew just how much it cost, and how ridiculous it would seem to someone like me. Many people in her life were accustomed to such profligate spending, but I was not one of them. Still, I had listened intently as she nearly whispered her next words. Sometimes she liked it (she quietly confessed) "when the man takes control... otherwise."
I gently prodded her, in an equally quiet voice: "How do you want to be controlled... otherwise?"
She smiled, but wouldn't answer. I gathered, the answer was up to me to find out.
At the time I listened to her perhaps more closely than she anticipated. I swooned with the thought of her bending to my wishes. She couldn't have known, but an icy shiver traveled through my body, and a puff of breath left my lungs.
I responded to her, honestly, but with an artificial aloofness in my voice: "Well," I said, finishing my drink, "I would very much like to have a certain type of control over you..." Perhaps, I thought, this was a wonderful game we were playing. "Thank you so much for lunch," I added innocently. "I would love to get the check for the next one, Lobster or not."
Now, the scene had changed. She stood there, dressed... waiting. In her own living room, in the middle of the afternoon, which made it all seem just that much more indulgent. Grand artworks decorated the walls, and her twice a week cleaning staff had made their earlier presence known, with perfectly fluffed pillows on either end of the couch.
She looked just as she did a few hours ago, when we were bantering over lunch and trading quips; finishing our drinks; and pretending it was all so conjectural, and not entirely serious. Yet, here I was now sitting on her couch. I was looking at her as she presented herself to me - just a few feet away. Her clothes were still beautifully covering her body but my mind was thinking of her elsewise. Perhaps she realized that I was considering her in a certain way. And that was what she really wanted from a man.
"Close your eyes," I said. She thought for the briefest moment, and then shut her eyes.
My own eyes crawled over her. I took the opportunity to leer at her - it was the type of contemplation of her body, which was unflinching and unabashed. I saw her height; I saw her curves; I saw the cherry-red lipstick she had applied (and then re-applied as we finished our lunch). It made her look somehow perfectly
womanly
.
I thought to myself, that was less than an hour before this.
We had sat there at the table, talking. And innocently, she had brought her purse up to eye level and clicked it open. And then she dug around inside to find the correct shade of lipstick, and then she applied it just so... as if she suddenly decided she wanted to look a certain way, and whatever that way was, I had fallen at that moment.
Now with her immediately in front of me, I again regarded her. I tried to seem ignobly interested in her, as if I merely considered her a physical prospect. That, I gathered was my part of the audition. Still, I crumbled just a bit when I again thought to myself - she is a
woman
. I thought about the way she had described her life: A busy life full of demands. I realized that her world was filled with difficult compromises, and it was nearly impossible for her to take time for herself - just herself. All sorts of privileges, but also expectations as to who she was and how she was to conduct herself.
And (for someone reason) it seemed she wanted to invite me into one particular part of that complicated life. Artlessly, I ran my hands over the curve of her hips. I wanted to feel their shape. I also wanted her to feel my hands on her, in that certain way...
Then, without a prelude, I started unbuttoning her blouse. She knew exactly what I was doing, and yet she stood there, perhaps more nervous than she looked. I saw a little tremor on her lipstick-red lips. I heard a sound escape when she exhaled. I knew that her previous boyfriends had wanted her for
other
reasons, and not this one.
Beneath her bra - which was composed of a beautifully lacey material - resided her tits. I reached behind her, and my fingers found the clasp, and then a few seconds later the strap was undone, and my hands were pushing the cups up and over her breasts, which wobbled into view.
She stood there, eyes shut, and arms at her side as I played with her breasts. I didn't try and hide the way I was transfixed by them - by her. I didn't try and explain or pretend that I viewed her as anything other than a sex object, and I wanted her to understand - right at this moment - her breasts were the only things I cared about. And yet, she stood there motionless, allowing me to involve myself with her on this completely indulgent level. No kiss, no words of appreciation. Just my hands, enjoying her physique, and learning her feeling.
Perhaps she knew I would venture further down her body, but still when my hands found the zipper to her skirt, she made a little quiver.
How far would she let me go? I didn't wait to find out. The sound that the zipper made as it traveled down its length announced exactly what I was doing. And how I viewed her.
And then, there she was - displayed anew right in front of me.
Her panties were barely hiding the place I wanted to see most of all, her tits showing behind the unbuttoned blouse - her bra pushed up and over, making her look
groped