Marlene was walking through the campus after an arduous day of exams, there was a liberating feeling inside her, because that morning she presented the last and the most complicated of all. Now she could focus her attention on activities of a playful and relaxing order for her, this took her towards the center of the city.
While she enjoyed her walk through those streets full of history and headed towards a small bookstore in search of a work she had ordered weeks ago, she thought of refreshing herself in a picturesque establishment which had a decoration and finishes that dated from the late nineteenth century when that place opened its doors to the public, Marlene enjoyed spending time there while having a drink and contemplating those silent walls that sometimes seemed to tell her all that they had witnessed, having survived two wars.
Marlene's gaze was impetuous as she scrutinized the walls and those old photographs that decorated the place, suddenly her eyes noticed a couple a few tables away from her. Her imagination was stimulated as she noticed that the couple was passing through town and seemed to have come from far away. The man was wearing a light-colored linen 3-piece suit with a blue French shirt and a quaint Panamanian hat, smoking a cigar and a thinly shaved mustache, reminding her of those old movies she enjoyed so much.
That mysterious and attractive man whose appearance reminded her of the afternoons Hemingway spent drinking mojitos in Havana Cuba, was accompanied by a distinguished woman who seemed to be absorbed by the obvious charm of that beautiful establishment, she was dressed in an elegant white dress crossed in front, from a distance the fabric and the manufacture betrayed to be the work of a prestigious designer, Her hair impeccably combed, her features so correct gave her a certain air of celebrity from the golden age of cinema and in her eyes seemed to lodge the secret of time, while she crossed her leg and the sound of her stockings subtly enunciated the rubbing of her thighs, his eyes stopped for that brief moment with Marlene's eyes.
Usually Marlene would have been a victim of her shyness, but that weather-colored gaze and the halo of glamour of that mysterious and beautiful woman were an extremely appealing power. The woman who looked a glorious 42 years old and had a sophisticated manner flashed a gentle smile at Marlene, who instinctively responded with her natural radiance.
Marlene had a secret game when observing both things and people, in this case she imagined the history surrounding this attractive and sophisticated middle-aged couple, who unwittingly exerted a mysterious and alluring charm, which took Marlene back to a bygone era where all that elegance and charming manners could be synonymous with aristocracy and majesty.
That brown-haired beauty raised from her chair and without any interruption, her eyes continued in that invisible dance they had engaged in with Marlene's just minutes before. The elegant sound of her steps and the aristocratic cadence of her gait with the rhythm in which her hips moved on the axis of that defined waist and her round breasts, majestically pronounced inside that cleavage, approached Marlene whose pulse began to have a slightly accelerated syncopation that moved to the rhythm of a series of emotions that seemed to bounce in her stomach and made a scale caressing her navel, the latter gave her a greater intensity, which made her legs tremble.
The beautiful and distinguished woman approached Marlene and cordially invited her to join them at their table for a La Gorce Chateau Medoc that had recently opened.
Marlene was fascinated and accepted the invitation, indicating how flattered she was by the attention.
During those hours they conversed around that wine that they accompanied with cheeses from the region and an artisan bread that made a wonderful pairing, the spirit of the wine pleased the senses in many ways and the atmosphere of that pleasant conversation would continue throughout the afternoon.
Marlene shared a wonderful evening with Melina and Otto who were amazed to hear about the young woman's readings and the way she described her musical hobbies, Marlene unwittingly became the center of the conversation, as Melina had a charming way of making her guests feel special and thus conceived an atmosphere of intimacy, in which Marlene generously opened up a good part of her way of thinking and living.
Once the third bottle was exhausted, the couple invited Marlene for a walk, she could not avoid feeling flattered by the interest of that couple that she found so interesting and cultured, the fascination to take the conversation to a walk through the streets, opened the possibility for her to talk about the architecture of the buildings that she admired when she walked through those places and the couple would listen to her delighted.
The night was in full swing and the streets slowed down their daily movement, this made the city offer its complicity, providing a peaceful atmosphere where at times the only sound was the footsteps of that trio and their voices immersed in a pleasant and intimate chat.
Melina spotted a bench and invited Marlene to take a seat, while Otto offered to fetch them a coffee and left them alone to talk.