It all started because you were bored. You know, even now, that if you'd just have been able to keep your mind from wandering, none of this would have happened. You could have carried on with your straightforward life, without the guilty little secret creeping back to haunt you in your quiet moments. And, in fact, even that wouldn't be so bad if you actually felt real regret about what you did. You feel dreadful for what this would mean if the secret ever came out, but the thing you are most ashamed of is that you loved it. Every second of it, and since then you've enjoyed it almost as much β every time you've allowed yourself.
It started perfectly innocently; possibly it was the simple lack of any interest in the evening out that started the rot. You never really wanted to go β a charity dinner with some colleagues of your husband's that you vaguely knew, but had nothing in common with. They weren't unpleasant at all, but their conversation always seemed to revolve around work, or the amount of money they were spending on the new house, car and holiday - it just made you drift off.
The other 3 were going straight from work, so were meeting you at the venue. You'd actually quite enjoyed getting ready β with the house to yourself as you took your time in the bath, music turned up loud. Your evening dress was a classic "LBD", figure-hugging in all the right places, cut to just below the knee β simple, chic and very expensive.
You had no interest in particularly standing out in this crowd β more than happy to be left alone by the Hooray Henrys and their loud, clumsy flirting. But you'd decided in the bath that you were going to be a little naughty tonight, not that anyone else would appreciate it β just for your own benefit - you knew how you'd feel having a little secret that not even your husband knew about. So you discarded your usual tights in favour of a suitably pricey pair of sheer hold-ups you'd been waiting to surprise him with. You soon realised you could never get away without a bra, but that didn't matter, it was the thought of going out with no knickers on that excited you.
You knew your dress was long enough to avoid any chance of giving your secret away by accident, but you loved the idea that you could sit there, in your own little world, while the dull conversation bubbled around you, all the time thinking "If only you knew..." It was a certain kind of personal power β a rebellion against being dragged along to yet another function where you really only existed as an accessory for your husband.
Half-an-hour later, as you walked across the road to the waiting cab, you felt the unusual chill of the winter night air between your legs. Funny how such a small, simple change could make such a noticeable difference to the way you felt. In the dark of the back of the cab, you couldn't resist allowing the warm air from the heater to blow between your slightly parted legs, like the faintest of breaths on your pussy. Your mind started to wander to a different time and place, the breeze was no longer from a plastic air-vent, but the hot breath of an enthusiastic young lover, about to attack your clit with his tongue...
"Seven pound forty, please darlin' "
The cab-driver startled you from your daydream β luckily he couldn't see your cheeks reddening in the dark of the back seat.
"Er, oh, yes, thank you," you said fumbling for a ten pound note in your purse "keep the change."
"'preciate it darlin'," he replied ", have a good night."
You mumbled something about "Yes I think I will," as you hastily stepped out of the car, still unaccountably embarrassed at having been so deep in your own world that you hadn't even noticed you'd arrived.
The venue was an uninspiring 1980's hotel block that seemed to think that a few acres of boringly landscaped gardens qualified it as a Country House Hotel. Inside wasn't much of an improvement, but at least it looked like they had made something of an effort with the catering β efficient, smartly dressed staff drifted around the reception area dispensing canapΓ©s and drinks. You took one of each β both delicious, and started to scan the faces of the throng of guests, looking for your husband and friends.
I first saw you as you stepped past the doorman, looking slightly flustered, but of course I had no way of knowing what it was that stopped you looking as self-possessed as you did just a moment later. I knew then. Sometimes you just do. I truly believe that there are certain people that we're simply destined to meet and get on with like a house-on-fire, and I just knew you would turn out to be one. Just as I was thinking about making an excuse to introduce myself to you, one of my wife's irritating horsy friends bounded up to me.
"There you are you naughty boy! Where have you been? Everyone thought you'd got lost! "
"Sorry, big queue already," I said apologetically nodding towards the gents.
"Never mind, here you are now" she brayed, dragging me by the arm back towards our party. The truth was I simply wasn't in the mood for this β two of my wife's oldest friends had been involved in organising the event so I'd been there for a good hour and a half already, trying to look interested in the guest speaker and the Event Co-ordinator fretting about whether half the napkins had been bleached by yesterday's strong winter sun.
I was so involved in trying not to trip over my feet as Horsy Woman dragged me to our table I didn't notice you until I'd practically knocked you off your feet, as you stood on the edge of a group of people.
"Dammit. I'm really sorry β I'm a total clumsy idiot" I said as I hurriedly checked I hadn't spilt my drink (or yours) onto your dress.
"Don't worry, "you said, catching my eye, "no harm done."
You held my gaze for just a little longer than needed for politeness. Long enough to make me start thinking. Then, as I was once again yanked towards my table, I looked back β you were looking at me again, and I could have sworn you were checking me out.
The first 2 courses drifted by in a haze of mindless nodding and "Really? How interesting"s from me. It seemed I'd never be able to escape without appearing utterly rude, but when they finally cleared our table I made my excuses and bolted for the bar. Although a stiff drink might have seemed like a perfectly reasonable course of action, I went straight through the French windows and sidled into an alcove on the veranda that I'd spotted earlier. I was just about to light the Cohiba I'd been saving for just such a "need-an-excuse-to-spend-an-hour-outside" moment when I heard:
"Hello again. Perhaps I should bump into you now and make things even?"