In the living room of a modest city apartment, two work colleagues sit and chat together over drinks, their work long forgotten and discarded to the side as they laugh with one another tipsily.
"Oh, so I heard through a few people that you wanted to talk to me about something? Is that right? Sorry, by the way, if this is a bad time to bring it up." Lawrence looks over at his seated companion, smiles courteously. Nina looks nice this evening, he thinks, all dolled up. He's never seen her like this before. Her makeup is subtle but very flattering, the black dress she is wearing suitably compliments her young figure, and she has let her usually scraped-back blonde hair out of the confines of a lazy bun to cascade down to the very tops of her shoulders fetchingly.
"Now is actually the most perfect time, for me," she beams. "Much better than in the office."
"Oh, good, good! So, what's it about?"
"Well..." Nina looks down at her fingers interlaced, suddenly seeming shy. "It's not so much something I wanna talk about but something I wanted to give you."
Lawrence looks puzzled. "Something to give me like a present? Do you have it here?" he asks. She giggles in response and turns round in her seat to better face her superior.
"In a way, yes. I think you'll like it."
There is silence for a beat, a pause during which Nina studies the man before her - she takes in his delicate features, ones which some might call 'unconventionally attractive', and the curious expression in those blue-green eyes. Unsubtle awkwardness hangs in the air between them the longer the quietness drags on, and Lawrence looks for a moment as though he may say something, but before any words can leave him she quickly lurches forward and presses her lips hard against his own.
He makes a small start of surprise against her mouth, but soon his instincts take over with both arms reaching up to hold her delicately as she suddenly climbs onto his lap, straddling him between her thighs. This intimate gesture causes him to gasp, pulling back and breaking their kiss.
"What's wrong?" she probes playfully, having anticipated this reaction from the start.
He sighs a little then tells her formally, "Nina, you're a very attractive girl. Don't get me wrong here, but-"
"But nothing," she cuts him off. "There is no 'but' here. I want you very much and I intend on having you right now."
"As tempting as that is, it doesn't seem... you know. Appropriate," he admits sadly. "I'm married, Nina. You know that. I have a wife at home."
Nina cocks her head to one side, a corner of her mouth quirking up. "That's right, she's at home and we're here. All alone," she teases, trailing one finger feather-light up along the centre of his throat and stopping to tap the tip of his nose. He shakes his head at her, clearly amused by her boldness. "Tell me something," she goes on. "You find me attractive, right? You said it yourself just now. Does that mean you want to have sex with me?"
He chokes back a measure of surprise at how forward the girl is being with him so out of the blue. Where exactly is this all coming from? Is this the only reason she invited him over tonight? But he knows he shouldn't lie to her, instead choosing to sigh again slowly, click his tongue, clear his throat, anything to avoid answering her question.
"Lawrence, when was the last time you and your wife had sex?"
His gaze snaps back to meet hers, thin lips drawn in annoyance. Did she really just have the nerve to ask that?
"You know we're both very busy..." he trails off, telling her all she needs to know about the matter.
"So I'm guessing that means it's been forever," she deduces, still staring at his reddening face and noticing that his hands, which have fallen to rest down at his sides once more, are clenching handfuls of the sofa material tightly. She cradles his chin in one soft hand, tilting his face up. "I'm still not hearing a 'no' to my other question, either. That means you do want to have sex with me, then."
He shifts in his seat, uncomfortable at being put on the spot and having his true desires uncovered with such ease. "Now, look, I don't want to lie to you, so I'm not going to. You're beautiful, and young, and- wait, you were gonna do this at work?!"
"You're still not denying it! You totally want to fuck me right now. Admit it!" Nina laughs at his stuttering response, still straddling the older man's lap, shifting her weight gently and deliberately in an attempt to entice him.
Finally Lawrence concedes. "I would be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it a few times in the past, yes," he tells her curtly, looking thoroughly embarrassed. "Happy with that?"
"Nope," she replies without any hesitation. "I want to hear you say it."
Lawrence rests his head back, then responds. "You're something else, really. What would they all say if they found out I- that you and me-?"
She presses one slender finger to his lips to shush him. "Nobody will know, least of all her. Lawrence, I don't know what kind of thing you're into, but I mean it when I say I will let you do anything you want to me. And I'm not like that with every other guy, either, I just like you a lot. So, no boundaries. Anything you like." Her hands move to press fervently against his chest, gripping him there for emphasis while he stares back at her in bewilderment.
He swallows. "For me, though? Nina, that's... are you sure? Y-You can't mean that."
"What, your kinks are that bad?" she jokes, taking an opportunity to embarrass him again in jest, her way of flirting. He just shakes his head in disbelief.
"Anything?"