I opened a window and let the outside world in. The white cotton curtains fluttered on the warm spring breeze blowing into the room. I inhaled deeply. Yes, definitely New Orleans. The warm moist air, the faint smell of something spicy mixed with the too sweet smell of some southern flower.... was it magnolia? Maybe jasmine or honeysuckle or gardenias even. It was too faint to identify. I could hear a jazz band in the distance too far away to make out the tune. There is something magic about the french quarter, something almost intoxicating.
I stepped back and looked at myself in the mirror. I had chosen what to wear carefully. The breeze coming in the window beside me was playing with my ankle length sheer white gown. The bodice was laced up tight, pushing my breasts high and showing just enough cleavage. I was nervous but I couldn't help but smile. I had arranged everything perfectly. Candles, wine, strawberries. It was going to be a special weekend.
The knock at the door startled me back out of my self-satisfied mood. I pulled the heavy wood door open by the antique glass knob and stepped back to let him in, smiling shyly at him. He stepped inside without a word and took my face in his hands, pulling me to him then barely brushing his lips against mine in a gentle kiss.
"I've missed you," he whispered through the kisses as his fingers stroked the side of my face.
He closed the door behind him and led me to the bed. His lips moved from my lips, across my cheek and to my neck. "I want you," he whispered as he ran the tip of his tongue across my earlobe. I moved against him, wanting him badly but he pulled away slightly and kissed his way across my collar bone to the top of my breasts. I arched my back and pulled him towards me only to feel him pull back. His smile told me that he wanted me but he was in a playful mood.
"Do you trust me?" he asked with mischief in his voice.
"Of course," I whispered, a bit unsure of what he had in mind.
"Then close your eyes."
I smiled and closed my eyes.
I felt something cool and smooth against my skin. He was caressing me with something silky. A scarf. It registered in my mind just as he slid it over my cheek and pressed it over my eyes. I tensed and started to protest but felt his lips brushing against my cheek whispering a soft, "Shhhhhhh, you said you trust me," as he tied the scarf over my eyes. I knew if I insisted he would take it off but instead I took a deep breath and tried to smile.
His breath was warm across the top of my breasts as he lightly kissed across where my bare skin met the silky fabric. My hands insticntively went to his head, stroking his hair as I pressed myself closer to him. He pulled away and suddenly I felt his hands wrapped around my wrists pulling them sharply over my head. I struggled against him but he moved to straddle me pressing me hard against the bed with the weight of his body. I felt the cold hard metal and heard the clicks of the handcuffs trapping my wrists too late to resist. I opened my mouth to protest but he moved back down and covered my mouth with his with a hard passionate kiss, leaving me unable to utter my protest.
He pulled away. I could feel his weight still on the bed but he wasn't moving. I knew he was looking at me laying on the bed in front of him in my rumpled white gown with both hands bound above my head to the headboard. And I knew he was smiling.