Amla awoke with a start, clutching the sheets wildly. In her dream she had been drowning - swallowing water, yet managing to breathe somehow. In a flash, all the events of last night came back to her. Gasping, she looked around for him, and there he was. Leaning against the doorframe, watching her. She was still in yesterday's clothes. That meant he hadn't undressed her, at least.
"I haven't touched you."
"Oh. No, I mean..", Amla stuttered, at a loss for words yet again.
S sighed. He walked up to her and held her chin, pulling her face up towards his. He brought his face within three inches of hers and just stared at her with those eyes of his. Amla looked away, terrified, unable to meet his intense gaze.
"Look at me." His voice was calm, yet there was a ring of finality to it that Amla could not ignore. She peeked up at him, her eyes wide with fascination and fear.
"I haven't touched you yet because you haven't officially agreed yet. Believe me, if you had, I'd be slamming you against that headboard right now, fucking you raw."
Amla gulped. Every part of her was tense, and she was shivering. "I said yes. To the email," she managed.
"That isn't official." S straightened. "Go get yourself cleaned up, I'll get the final documents out. If we are to begin, we begin today. Right now. You say no, and I'll walk out the door. Now go," he strode away, towards the living room.
Still shivering, Amla stepped into the shower. A million thoughts were running though her head. Did she really want to do this? Yes, she realized. She did. But how safe was it? She didn't even know this guy's name. But the fact that he hadn't taken advantage of her the previous night convinced her. She wanted to do this. All her life, Amla had missed out, simply because she was scared. Not this time.
As she let the warm water slide over her naked body, her hand slipped down to her mound, freshly shaved from the previous day. She wondered what he would be like in bed. That voice, those eyes - oh, those eyes! How they intimidated her. She imagined looking into them as he slammed into her, and her fingers caressed the tiny nub of her clitoris. Her eyes closed, she spread her legs and leaned back against the wall, putting one arm above her head in mock submission. As S moved faster and faster behind her closed lids, Amla's fingers moved faster and faster till she came violently, gasping and spluttering, her eyelids fluttering open. She marveled at how there could be water all around her, outside her, and she could still be so wet. Smiling, she stepped out, wrapped a towel around her naked, slippery body and stepped outside.