"Steve was a perfect gentleman -- he insisted on buying me something extra-special to wear, just so I'd feel my sexiest. I told him the sort of thing I liked, and he scampered off to get it. When I unwrapped it, he asked me if I liked it.
"I had to tell him that I did, but but it was a little on the small side! He was an absolute darling and took it back and explained everything to the shop assistant, and he said she laughed when he told her, but she was happy to swap it for the size up.
Charlotte paused and savoured a mouthful of Rioja, twirling the glass stem between crimson fingernails as her rapt audience awaited more juicy details.
"Thursday night, we agreed. I had a candlelit soak in the tub, then Steve rubbed my feet for quite a while and he did a marvellous job, which always, you know, gets me in the mood. Steve had bought a bottle of lube as well, and so he put some on his fingers and I told him to make sure it was well worked-in, because I've heard that can be quite important!
"I watched him get one finger in up to the knuckle, then with a bit more lube and a bit of practice we were up to two fingers, weren't we darling?"
Steve was purple with deep shame at his wife's spilling the beans on the ins and outs of their sex life.
"I took my nice new present out of the box and Steve helped me put it on,", Charlotte continued. "It looked great! I caught myself in the mirror. Thank you darling! I looked down at Steve. It really suits me, don't you think? Steve looked up at me but he didn't say anything, just nodded a little. I think he was quite nervous, weren't you darling?"
No-one had touched their food or wine since Charlotte had begun recounting her tale. Some glanced at Steve, gauging his discomfort, and moved back to Charlotte's face which bore a triumphant light.
"So then I leant over him and said, On your knees boy! And then I just gazed at his arse for a while. Steve has..." She turned and delivered the words slowly straight at him. "A really... great... arse."
"I could tell he was a little bit nervous, as he was struggling to get an erection -- probably, you know, a bit overcome by the pressure of the situation. That wasn't a problem for me of course, and once I got it lined up it went in quite smoothly, although I had to push rather hard and I think Steve thought I was being a bit rough, and maybe getting carried away a little -- sorry darling!