This is a true story. Obviously, the name has been changed.
At thirty-six, I was at my peak-physically honed, emotionally scarred, and sexually charged. I am an Indian man, back then, from Durban, South Africa, navigating the chaos left behind by a long-term relationship that ended with betrayal by my best friend, and a dangerous love affair with a married Muslim woman that had burned too hot to survive (I will write of this at another time). That last one didn't end because we wanted it to-it ended because it had to. It was intense, passionate, and completely unsustainable.
So there I was, alone, with a mind that needed distraction. Facebook became my favourite playground. Late-night scrolling, casual comments, and flirtatious banter led me to Emma.
She was 26, a petite girl from Pietermaritzburg, recently separated, with a three-year-old child and a sharp tongue. We connected instantly. Her comment on a mutual post was laced with cynicism and cleverness. I echoed it, and she responded. That was the start.
Our chats quickly grew more frequent, more personal. She was witty, funny, bold, unfiltered. She told me she was living with her grandparents and in the thick of a messy divorce. After employing my detective skills. I found the number to her workplace and called her, unannounced. She answered, surprised but amused. That single call shifted the energy between us. She gave me her personal number, and the banter deepened.
It wasn't long (about a week) before we were having late-night chats about fantasies, about desire, about the things we missed. There was no pretending. No build-up of a conventional romance. We were two consenting adults, hungry, curious, and eager. When she asked where this was going, I said exactly that. She didn't disagree. We made a plan to meet.
I drove my BMW up to PMB to fetch her from her friend's house. She came out wearing a light, strappy summer dress. She was small-thin arms and legs, tiny breasts like hidden secrets, and a perfectly shaped ass that made my mouth water. There was no hesitation in her. Her eyes met mine with a silent understanding. We weren't going on a date. We were going to fuck.
We booked a room-one of those by-the-hour places with clean sheets and no questions asked. The second the door closed behind us, we were on each other. Hungry mouths, roaming hands, hot breath. I yanked her dress off, then her bra and panties. She stood there, naked, petite, wild-eyed.