I smiled softly as our eyes first met.
"I feel I am at a disadvantage," I said, blushing slightly, "You know so much more about me than I know about you."
She nodded and smiles. "Funny how that worked out, isn't it?"
She said nothing as we waited to be seated. Finally the waitress showed us to our table.
"So," she asked, sitting down gracefully, "Do you find me attractive?"
I nodded and smiled. "Beautiful is the word I would choose."
She reached out and took my hand, holding it as she spoke.
"Just so we are clear, I want you to know that two things are going to happen. The first is that I am going to do everything in my power to make you need me, like you have never needed anyone before. And the second is that you are never going to be able to have me."
She tilted her head slightly and smiled. "You will come close. You will almost believe that it is going to happen, but it never will."
Her voice changed, almost to a calm lecture. "It is going to hurt, not like physical pain, but like something much deeper. Because I am someone who can give you everything you want and everything you need. But I know, that what you need most of all is to want someone you can never have. Do you understand what I am telling you?"
I swallowed hard and nodded.
"I have spend the last two months learning every secret, fetish and fantasy you have," she smiled again, this time with a more sinister edge.
She smiled. "You are going to fall in love with me," she stated plainly. "Who knows, maybe you have already."
I closed my eyes and shifted in my chair, her words ringing so true.
"And I am going to use that to hurt you. You will have one chance to stop it, because after tonight, I will have no mercy, no pity and no sympathy for you."
I shook my head no.
She giggled.
Both our heads turned as a beautiful little Asian girl approach and introduced herself as Keiko, our waitress.
She smiled at the girl and ordered a salad with chicken. The waitress looked at me and she stopped her, "Oh no, he won't be eating. But I do have a favor to ask."
The girl cocked her head and nodded.