"Do you want something to eat," he asked. "I'm hungry and am thinking of a club sandwich," he said.
I ordered a chicken salad and Tom ordered a bottle of California Pinot Grigio, very tasty and crisp. We chatted and relaxed. I felt the tension flowing out of me and I was privately grateful that if I had to deal with this situation it was with Tom and not some creep.
Tom turned out to be a retired Coast Guard officer. In turn I said my late husband had coincidentally been in the Coast Guard as well, for a hitch long ago, when we first dated and then married. With that common thread we talked about ourselves. Tom had begun his Coast Guard career as an enlisted man and retired after more than three decades as a commander. After raising two sons together he and his wife had drifted apart and two years earlier he told me, they divorced.
"She lost interest," he said, "in part of our marriage that remained very important to me."
I might have let the remark pass alluding, as it did to intimacy and predictable revelation of just in what part of Tom's marriage his ex-wife had lost interest. But the gin and tonic and, was it two glasses of wine (I wasn't sure), had lessened my inhibitions. Besides, I felt comfortable and secure with Tom even though we had been thrown together and hardly knew one another.
"It is usually sex or money isn't it Tom?" I added, "And, I don't think it was money in your case." His face flushed a bit and I smiled to myself.
"Touche', Sophia," he said. "Too much information, I suppose."
I drank more wine. Warmth, not altogether from the wine, spread nicely in my groin. I am, I thought to myself, feeling the gin and the wine. I also am attracted to this guy. And, I let the thought surface, feeling just a teeeensy, weeeensy bit horny. Well, maybe a little more than that.
"Oh, that's Okay Tom," I smiled at him. "I'll let you know if you've overstepped. Happens in a lot of marriages; one partner or the other loses interest."
Then I added, "Almost until the end my Bill and I always enjoyed each other a lot in the bedroom." Geez, I thought to myself, talk about too much information!
He took me aback then, but his next remark also titillated me, "So, do you miss that part of your life with him?"
I intended to pass off my reply lightly, but found myself looking him squarely in the eye when I said, "Very much, Tom; very much. I haven't been with anyone since my husband, died."
He flushed a bit, making me smile to myself and answered with a non-sequitur, "I think we're being asked to leave; the bar is closing up." I looked around. The bartender's activity made it clear he was ready to close. Tom signed the tab and we left.
When the elevator doors closed Tom said, "Sophia, you are a lovely and desirable woman. I'm sorry your... our travel plans were messed up. I may end up in the lobby for saying this, but I am glad we are spending the night together."
I didn't care if it was the booze and the wine talking, I put my hand on his cheek and said, "I'm glad too, Tom." Then I kissed him softly on the lips. I liked it and I was eager for more.
Our room door clicked shut and we kissed again; not softly now but excited and urgent, mouths open, tongues dancing. We both breathed heavily when the kiss ended. God I loved the feel of his body against mine; of being in his arms.
"Whew," I said, "Let's just talk a bit and have some of the wine. I am glad you brought the bottle."
I got the plastic tumblers from the bathroom and Tom poured.
I sat in the easy chair and said, "Tell me more about you."
Tom sat in the desk chair and took a generous swallow of the wine. "Alright," he said, actually glad that I seemed to have pulled back because of an uncertainty he harbored about himself. In fairness he felt obligated, despite his arousal, to tell me.
I'll start by telling you, I've had prostate cancer; had the prostate removed."
I said nothing, just nodded and flashed a slight but reassuring smile.
Tom continued, "Before the surgery, when the doctor told me about the cancer, he said I had a mountain and two hills to cross. What he meant was deciding on what to do about the prostate and if I had it removed, dealing with possibility of incontinence and impotence; those were the two hills."
"That must have been very difficult for you, Tom," I said.
"Yes it was, Sophia," Tom went on. "So I had the surgery. Thankfully I've been cancer free for a decade now and my surgeon was very skilled at what is called 'nerve sparing' technique. I have no incontinence; for that I am very grateful. But I do have difficulty getting erect. Viagra helps and I have a penis pump; neither with me however." Why the hell did I say that, he thought? He rushed on, "Still I can orgasm; although without a prostate any longer I don't ejaculate. Oddly, my orgasms now seem more intense than before the surgery."
Tom's candor further stimulated me; my pussy throbbed and moistened. "Tom," I said, "Do you want me? We can enjoy each other in more ways than one, can't we?" Oh my God, I thought giddily, I just propositioned a guy I just met!
"You've said exactly what I wanted to hear," he said. A smile spread across his face. He stood, moved quickly to me and we kissed warmly again. As his tongue touched mine, I felt his hand on my breast. When he caressed my nipple I groaned with pleasure, breathing into his mouth.
When we paused I said, "I have a confession to make Tom, a naughty confession." I giggled.
"Tell me."
"I love to suck cock. I haven't had a cock in my mouth since Bill got sick before he died. It would be so wonderful if you would let me suck your cock. I don't care if you can ejaculate or not. I don't care if you don't get erect. I just want it in my mouth. After that, we'll see what else we can do for fun."