It was her birthday. She had been told to stay in bed and wait until he returned. He must have been up for an hour before he reappeared in the room and kissed her. She responded enthusiastically, despite being only half awake. Before she realised what was happening, he had carefully placed a small black velvet blindfold over her eyes, still kissing her all the while. She giggled and wondered what he had in mind. His hands briefly cupped her breasts through the pure silk of her nightdress, before he pulled back the duvet and took her hand. Without saying a word he helped her to her feet. She allowed him to dictate the situation and so also remained silent, although her imagination was firing on all cylinders. Where was he taking her?
She had lived in this house for several years, and so knew the layout well enough to determine exactly where he was taking her. He led her silently by the hand across her bedroom floor and into the hall. He turned right and took six paces before turning left and through another doorway, into the spare bedroom. As she followed, she was aware of how warm the house felt, and also how quiet. There was no radio or television blaring as there normally was at this hour of the morning.
Having led her into this new room, he stopped and let go of her hand. She stood there, exactly where she had been left, with her arms by her sides, her legs straight and her head lowered in mock subjugation as she waited for his next move.
It was so quiet she could hear her own heart beating. Her nipples were hard and pressing into the silk. She could not believe how turned on she felt. She heard him quietly close the door, but still he did not touch her. She stood there for a solid two minutes in total silence, until finally he spoke from the other side of the room.
"Remove your nightdress," he said in a cold distant voice. It was more of an order than a request. She said nothing, but very slowly raised her hands to her shoulders and slid the thin straps down and over her arms. She edged the material down inch by inch to heighten the tension, and could feel his eyes burning into her skin as she revealed first her breasts, then her waist. As the silk slid over her hips she let it drop to her feet, and allowed it to remain draped around her ankles. This made her feel even more naked, and behind her blindfold she pictured him sitting there, fully clothed, revelling in the sight that stood so proudly before him.
Again he was silent for some time. She remained perfectly still, making no attempt to cover herself in any way. She was very tempted to run her hands over her own breasts or to dip a finger or two between her legs to see how quiet he could be then, but she decided this was his surprise, so she would play it under his rules. She stood and waited.
"Edge forward" he said, so quietly she barely caught it. She stepped out of the silk nightdress and did as he asked, inching forward until her knees rested against the side of the bed that she had known would be there.
"Climb onto the middle of the bed and kneel" he commanded. Again, she said absolutely nothing, but without hesitation she clambered onto what she guessed was approximately the middle of the double bed, and then settled in a kneeling posture with her legs slightly apart, her back straight, and her arms still by her sides. She imagined him staring at the damp coarse hair between her legs and at the bead of sweat that she could feel running between her breasts.
"Open your legs much wider, then rest your shoulders on the bed in front of you" he said after the obligatory delay. She gulped quietly then slid her knees apart until she could stretch no further. She then very slowly bent forward from the waist so that her shoulders touched the bed. She realised that there were no sheets or covers on this bed. It had been stripped back to the bare mattress. As her shoulders rested on the coarse surface, she turned her head to one side for comfort and stretched her arms out in front of her until they touched the edge of the mattress. She hoped to feel contact with him in some way but there was none. Her hair was fanned out across the bed and over her shoulders.