Chapter 8: An Unexpected End to a Girl's Night Out
Author's note: Thank you for hanging with the story so far. This story is a slow burn, and I suspect I have lost some readers so far. Chapters 1-7 were for the purpose of introducing Anna and developing her character. Starting with this chapter, the story will start to cook with hot and explicit sex. Now the good stuff begins. Enjoy....
We started to walk, and even though I was drunk I felt nervous and felt stupid.
"So, how have you been since we saw each other on the flight? Been travelling much?" she asked.
"Some. But mostly day trips to customers around Sweden. But that gets tiring as well."
"Yeah, tell me about it."
"And you?"
"Not so much. I had a lot to do in the office since then. Kind of nice with a break."
"Yeah, for sure."
"Listen, I'm not ready to call it a night just yet. Would you like to ride along with me to my place and have a coffee or something?"
"Do you live alone? I mean, isn't there someone waiting for you at home?"
"Nope, not anymore. Separated."
"Oh, okay then." I wasn't sure how to respond to something like that. None of my friends have gone through a divorce or separation so I didn't know the protocol. She didn't seem to react negatively, so I guess it was alright.
"Great, now let's find a cab and get out of this cold."
We continued down the street to the cab stand and jumped into the first one waiting in the queue. Olivia insisted I take the front seat and it felt nice to be in the warmth of the cab. She told the driver, a young Somali man, the address and he put it into the GPS and we were on our way. We weaved our way through the center of town then entered the onto the motorway. We didn't talk that much in the cab, which was just as well since I never felt comfortable engaging in conversation with the people I was with in front of cab drivers. Not that the drivers ever cared, but they were perfect strangers and usually foreigners, which made me feel self-conscious.
After one exit, we turned off the motorway and entered the Ogryte neighborhood. I hadn't spent much time in this area, but I knew it was a kind of expensive place to live. We drove up a hill passing fancy two-story houses then pulled into a cul-de-sac.
"That's the place straight ahead," Olivia instructed the cab driver. "You can leave us off here."
"Sure, no problem," the cabbie answered, then started to fiddle with his credit card reader.
"Can I help pay for some of this?" I asked Olivia as she put her card into the reader.
"Don't be silly, I got this."
I felt stupid asking, as she sure didn't need any financial help from someone like me. But it just wouldn't have seemed right if I didn't offer.
When we got out of the cab, we stood facing a contemporary stone one-story house that looked like something out of Architectural Digest. The front white masonry was lit up by a series of spotlights from below.
"This your place?" I asked.
"Yep, let's go in."
I froze with intimidation, I felt totally out of my league.
Are you okay?" she said with a little laugh. "It's okay, you can come in. It's only me living here."
"Okay, I'm sorry. It's just that you have such a beautiful home."
"Oh, thank you so much. Please come in."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, silly. Comsi...comsi."
We walked up to the front door, then Olivia pulled out a set of keys from her pocket and inserted it into the lock. After a quick twist, the large wooden door swung open, and we were inside. She immediately switched on some lights illuminating the entrance area.
"I need to do the alarm, hold on," she remarked as she punched some buttons on a small panel on the wall with a well-rehearsed movement of her fingers. A small beep indicated the alarm had been turned off.
"Well then..." she continued. "Come on in and make yourself at home."
"Thanks," I replied, then started to unlace my shoes. She did the same then pushed on a light switch that illuminated the interior.
"Just put them there, that would be awesome," she said while pointing to a black rubber matt next to the door.
I did as she asked.
After we removed our shoes, I followed her into the main seating area and looked around. What I was looking at was the home of someone who had money. A brown leather sofa with simple clean lines faced two matching chairs separated by a low wooden coffee table that had a simple Asian design. The entire arrangement sat on top of a large off-white jute rug over an immaculate hard-wood floor. Everything looked brand new. A white sculpture of a twisted abstract form sat on a pedestal next to one of the walls just next to a large abstract painting. A spot from the ceiling was aimed directly at the two pieces of art highlighting them.
"Do like Eva Hilde?" she asked, noticing me studying the sculpture.
"Is that the artist?" I asked.
"Yes, I think her work is amazing."
"I'm not familiar with her, to be honest." I wasn't familiar with any artists, but I tried to hide my ignorance.
Olivia went over to the wall and dimmed the spotlights that shone from above.
"Have a seat on the sofa, I'll make coffee," she called out to me.
"Sure," I replied then lowered my body into the soft leather of the sofa. It smelled new. I loved the smell of fresh leather.
I heard her in the kitchen filling the carafe up with water then the scraping sound of metal on metal as she scooped coffee into the coffee maker. When she re-entered the room, I could hear the sound of the coffee starting to percolate.
"We need some music," she declared, then picked up her phone and scrolled around on it until the sound of some smooth jazz emitted from somewhere. I didn't see any speakers anywhere so the music must have been coming from speakers that didn't look like speakers.
The coffee maker gurgled signaling that the coffee was ready. She came out to the sitting area and placed two black cups and saucers on the table in front of the sofa. I watched her shapely ass in her tight black jeans as she walked back to the kitchen to get the coffee carafe.
After pouring each of us some coffee, she picked up her cup and held it with two hands in front of her like one of those pretentious social media influencers about to deliver a monologue.
"I hope I'm not intruding," I said, not thinking of what else to say.
"No, not at all," she replied. "I'm glad you're here."
"You have a really nice house," I continued.
"Thanks," she replied then stared at me with a look that made me feel like I was in an interview.