Phil sipped an appletini at the busy hotel bar, with tickets in hand for a Valentine's Day charity event, for Alopecia research, in the ballroom. Looking for his wife, Claire, he checked the white bow tie he had insisted the rental place pair with with the black-on-black tuxedo.
A hand touched his back, making him spray some of his appletini in surprise. Turning around, his jaw dropped as he took in the women standing there.
Claire was in a tailored white tuxedo, black vest. Its shirt unbuttoned enough to show a hint of pale pink lace bra, hinting at the age defying breasts beneath. Green eyes twinkled with mischief as she brushed back a strand of her short blonde hair. He knew she was a mother of three who didn't have enough time for herself, but she still took his breath away even when she didn't dress up.
In this outfit,.... Phil squirmed, feeling his pants getting tighter. "Claire-"
Claire shook her head, saying, "Juliana" exaggerating every syllable as if it was sexual incantation from a film noir femme fatale.
"Claire, I thought - "
A finger stopped his lips as Claire said again slowly, in a seductress' voice "Juliana." Pausing, she said, "I'm not Claire. I am Juliana. Juliana Jones."