"Hey! It's Emmanuelle!"...I didn't answer, of course. But she insisted.
"I know I haven't contacted you in years, but I wanted to say hi. My message thing says you read my last text. Why won't you answer?"
...maybe because I don't know any Emmanuelle? Still. I was bored. Nothing to do and I supposed I could have fun.
I responded with a, "Hey! How's it going?"
"At a conference. They're killing me. I know all of this already. Where are you?"
"I moved to a new place, see," I attached a pic of my apartment.
"That's not near Bettendorf, is it?"
"Nope. Try L.A."
"I'll be there next month!"
She sent me a picture of a beautiful, caramel-colored face in a dramatically bored expression. Just because I was more curious than bored by then and slightly horny, I took a shirtless, faceless pic with my window as background.
She responded almost immediately, "so you joined a gym and stopped tanning. Wow!"
She had sent the hearty-eyed emoticon. I did tan, just not often. I sent her another so she'd see my back, "parkour, actually."
The chat quickly escalated and she had me modeling for her. I could tell she was getting worked up.
After the sixth picture, I risked it, "hey, you're not getting any more if I don't get something in exchange!"
The response took a few minutes, "just swear you won't tell Ted!"
Easy to promise since I didn't know the guy. Immediately after, she sent a picture of a delicious butt emerging from a bath tub.
I sent a heart emote back. She wanted me to lower my jeans. I sent her a pic not showing too much, saying we should meet since she was coming to town.
She said she would be happy see me after all this time.
Just to seal the deal, I replied with a, "great!" that happened to have a somewhat sideways nude of me, but cropped so she could only see the base of my cock in the dim light.
"You really look different! Way to go!"
"If you want to see more, that'll have to be in person."
"I can't. Ted, remember?"
Emmanuelle and I exchanged messages all month. She never mentioned my "name", so I didn't know who I was supposed to be.
I didn't know if the guy I was supposed to be was hung like a horse, so I never sent any pictures showing all of me.
She did send a few pictures where I could see all of her and I knew that, based on her reactions, I was far more tempting than Ted. I never knew if Ted was the boyfriend, husband or what. But her next trip was scheduled.
We were so worked up that I forgot I was supposed to be someone else.
Outside the conference center, there she was, wearing red and black. I was wearing black and blue. I sat in front of her.
"I'm sorry, I'm waiting for someo-"
"I told you about coffee. People here in California go nuts about the Coffee Bean," as I said it, I could see the gears turning in her head. I showed her my phone and hit "send" on a message that contained a greeting. A second later she got it. Her mouth dropped.
"I... You're not..."
"Yeah. I'm not..."
"This has been a terrible mistake. I'm sorry. I mean, I don't know you and..."
"But you know me. I mean, you've even seen me."
That seemed to remind her of the desires she swore she wasn't having. She had mentioned it was all in good fun. In "good fun" she also had sent me a short clip of her fingering herself, so...
"OK. Let's say I say yes to that coffee."
"Let's get it! You're already here and I had promised you I would be your guide in town!"
I had actually said I'd be her guide in my bedroom, but she grinned and said, "well, is this Coffee Bean place nearby?"
"One of them kinda is. Lemme show you the menu," I offered her my phone with the preloaded page, "or..."
"Or...?"
"I mean, if nothing Starbucks-ish is what catches your eye, I happen to have a Nespresso machine at home. I have coffee from Brazil, Peru and other places."
"I've never tried Brazilian coffee."
I offered her my arm in an exaggerated gesture. Just minutes later we were at my place. I was indeed making some coffee. The silence was heavy, I could see her still debating whether to go through with it or not.
I offered her the small cup and I was beginning to feel self conscious because she kept staring at me, but something was off with her expression.
"Hey... it's just that... I mean. I've seen the pictures and still it's kind of hard for me to believe that body is under those clothes. Your frame doesn't look that..."
"Impressive? Wide?" I took her hand and placed it on my upper abdomen. Her fingers moved, her palm didn't. She felt the curves of the abs I hid under my garments.
"Oh. It's there," she whispered.
I took the gamble.
"I believe the third pic I sent you was kind of like this," I took my shirt off, lowered the upper part of my jeans and leaned against the window, "you requested something like this."