The world went dark.
She knotted the blindfold securely behind her own head and settled in for what she already knew would be the worst part.
The waiting.
Sophie had played it all out countless times in her head already. The idea had hit her as she sat down in the salon chair. It had been ages since she'd treated herself to a new hairstyle. The long straight strands hung nearly to her waist, black streaks that hung flatly over her shoulders or blew haphazardly in the wind.
She didn't hate it. And indeed, Felix was quick to remind her how much he liked such long locks. But the new curls would give it some body and bulk that she sorely wanted. The salon girls had set to their task and Sophie's mind turned to what would come next.
There was no doubt in her mind what would happen when her man got home from work. It would be the same thing that happened when she modeled a new dress for him. Or tried on a bikini. Or walked through the house in a towel.
With so much time to kill before her hair was ready, though, Sophie realized she could up the ante. She started by texting him sweet nothings. "I love to hear your voice near me." "I want to nibble at your ear." "Your breath on my neck makes my body tingle." She did her best to escalate it only slowly, to torture him with anticipation.
Unsurprisingly, all the dirty thoughts had the same effect on her.
It made the salon appointment stretch out for years, but she knew the payoff would be worth it.
Preparations at home were much quicker, but she wanted the presentation to be perfect. The lights low and candles lit, the fireplace crackling, the furniture pushed back making her the unambiguous centerpiece.
But now, the waiting.
Whether it was 30 seconds or 30 minutes, all the build-up turned it into an eternity of nothing but blindfolded darkness and anticipation.
Radiation from the fireplace licked her body. But rather than drawing sweat, it only raised goosebumps. What will he choose to do to me? What is the first thing I will feel?
Individual hairs traced tiny paths across her bare skin with each rise and fall of her chest. She could feel the renewed beauty in those hairs. It's still the same me but it's also new and I love it.
Every sound pricked her ears, but the one she needed most was also the most terrifying when it came.
The key slipped into the lock. Sophie couldn't breathe. The tumbler turned. Shivers ran down her body. The door creaked open. Every nerve was primed.
Felix did not say a word as his eyes fell on her. Mere meters away, on the spacious floor, knelt his woman. A cloth covered her eyes, but her lips were inviting.
Voluminous raven curls hid her bare breasts. Hints of her silky-smooth skin flashed here and there as her shivers caused those curls to bounce. Below, covering her shapely legs and spread in a circle about her like that of a christmas tree was her soft maroon skirt. Felix was intimately familiar with the treasures hidden beneath it, but the pressure in his loins indicated how wonderful it was each time he rediscovered them.
Sophie could hear him latch the door, set down his briefcase, unknot his tie. He was near, perhaps mere inches away. The electricity from her body reflected off his as if giving her an extra sense. She wanted to reach out, to grab him and demand the satisfaction she craved. But she waited, hands folded before her, drowning in the anticipation.
The newly altered hair delighted his eyes. It gave her an air of renewed elegance, as if improving on perfection. He watched her thin shoulders again shudder, knowing those round breasts were doing the same behind their raven curtains. Her thick lips, darkened to the same deep color as her skirt, hung open, inviting him. Waiting.
Sophie's breaths came ragged. She felt him so close, smelled his bare skin. God, she needed him.
It touched her lips only barely, and she instinctively wrapped her waiting lips around it.
But it was not what she expected. A pang of unexpected disappointment rang through her mind at discovering only a thumb in her mouth. Nevertheless, Sophie sucked it deeply, as if willing it to grow.
Sophie knew how much her man loved her lips around his cock. The fact that it was not in her mouth already meant he was scheming. And that sent yet another shiver down her spine that escaped as a muffled moan.
Felix paced slowly around her, his feet tracing the circumference of her skirt. As he withdrew his thumb from between her lips he swept the lustrous hair from her right side as well, revealing one plump, rounded breast, its peak now achingly stiff and calling out for attention. He admired the sight as he inspected her from all angles.
She remained in that position, kneeling deferentially, motionless but for the rise and fall of her breath and the shivers of anticipation. His partner, his friend, his treasure, his whore. Felix knew that, in this moment, she would gleefully do anything he asked of her.
The tingle in her nerves followed her man's slow circumnavigation. Sophie knew she looked attractive right now -- she'd spent the day ensuring exactly that. She knew his eyes were drinking in all they saw. If his pants were still on, she was certain they were feeling a strain.
He returned to the position in front of her. With her sense of sight blocked, Sophie's instincts again parted her lips, waiting, breathless. Again, he surprised her. He knelt and took her soft hands into his.
"My sweet thing..." They were the first words either of them had spoken since he arrived, "You have been plotting and planning all day, haven't you?"
Sophie nodded. Her thick hair slid lightly across her chest as she moved.
"You made great schemes in your mind about what I would do to you?"