Mike takes Luisa to an elite party of the super wealthy and ruling class men of New York, mostly accompanied by their sugarbabies.
In Memories of Murder
(submitted under Erotic Couplings) we met Luisa, who likes to tease herself with her own nudity, and then decides to enter the wintry outdoors wearing a thin T shirt and no bra, only to find no male takers. Having given up, she heads to the Korean Film Festival at Lincoln Center to see the director Bong Joon-Ho's first film, Memories of Murder, originally from 2003. There she meets a rich man Mike, who rapidly seduces her into exhibitionist sex, plus sex with his Korean man servant Hyungsok, in a lightning fast, total seduction. Returning home the next day, she is filled with shame, but she receives the necklace of her dreams by messenger from Mike, and surprisingly, she is ready for a repeat performance. This is where we join the story.
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It took a while for the Bentley to wend its way from deep Brooklyn to Park Avenue on the Upper East Side. Sometimes New York traffic is like that, I guess. Actually, from what everyone says, traffic is a problem more often than not. I wouldn't know, being a girl who uses public transit: primarily subways, and also the occasional bus.
Mike was annoyed. I saw him standing there, on the sidewalk, looking at his watch. Was he one of those compulsive guys who hated being late? I realized I knew so little about him! I spent one fabulous afternoon and evening with him, made love to him and his man servant both, and now received the Buccellati necklace of my dreams, was being driven in his Bentley, and all within the past 24 hours. I was beginning to wonder if I was in the middle of a hallucination or something?
Okay, I use my fair share of drugs, but mostly it's just weed, nicotine, and alcohol. There is, of course, the occasional line of coke, but really, that's an exception. The weed is kind of, sort of, illegal, but the coke is definitely illegal, and I'm a nervous person, one who doesn't like to break the law. At the moment, I was as clean as a whistle. Whistle clean, I call it.
I had also given myself an enema, just in case the evening went that way, you know? Jeez, I really did know so little about Mike; I didn't even know if he liked anal! Actually, I had decided to go to the party just to see how the super-rich, the ruling class, party! I hadn't expected -- at all -- to get a hugely expensive gift like the Buccellati necklace that suddenly and yes -- I'll admit it -- totally superficially, made me like Mike; it made me like Mike a lot.
Be aware, however, that I was predisposed to like Mike. I didn't have sex with him just for kicks; I had really liked him from the get-go. The two of us had chemistry. I was kind of hoping things would evolve to the point where we could each want to keep the other, possibly for a good long while, you know?
Mike's face lit up into a smile that seemed to glow in the dark when he saw me. "You look ravishing, Luisa. You'll be the talk of the benefit," he said. I wondered what he meant? We made the short drive to the museum and before I could get my seat belt off and arranged to exit the car gracefully (no panties to be exposed for this girl!), the chauffeur was right there opening the door for me.
Mike took my arm and he led me up the steps and into the pavilion. It was like a huge, gigantic cocktail party with everyone dressed to the nines. The men were in tuxedos and the women all looked ravishing. I felt singularly underdressed and was embarrassed. Mike sensed this and he said, "You have an understated elegance, my dear. You have the face and the body that obviates the need for a flashy dress. Every man here tonight will want to get his hands on your tits. Too bad most of them will be frustrated!"
"Most of them?" I asked. "Don't you mean all of them, Mike?"
Mike just smiled. "Come here, Luisa. There's someone I want you to meet," he said, and he led me over to a small gaggle of women who completely silenced themselves as soon as we were within ear shot. I'm not an idiot. I knew that meant they had been discussing us.
"Beth, Gayle, Susan, this is Luisa. She's with me," Mike said.
"No kidding, Sherlock," Beth said. She was clearly the alpha woman of the gaggle, and too elegant to have said 'no shit, Sherlock.' I liked her instantly. We all began talking. I remarked at how beautiful the pavilion was, and the women nodded appropriately.
"These events are so boring," Gayle suddenly said, which caught me by surprise.
"Yeah. The men bring us, eye candy on their arms, and then they go off and network and leave us alone. What's the point?" Susan added.
"I disagree. Don't you enjoy our own company more than the stuffed shirts filling up this place?" Beth contributed.
"Okay, that's a point, but it's my nature to flirt, and no man will flirt with me here, because they know I "belong" to Steve," Susan said, including the air quotes around the word "belong."
"Belong?" I naively asked. I suddenly noticed none of the women were wearing wedding rings.
"Sugardaddy's, honey, like your man, Mike Schwartzman. Have you met his man servant Hyungsok, yet?" Susan asked.
Beth looked annoyed at Susan for having said that, and I blushed a lovely shade of scarlet, I'm sure.
"Judging by her reaction, I'd say that Luisa has definitely "met" Hyungsok!" Gayle piped in. She too used air quotes. Now I was thoroughly embarrassed.
"Relax, Luisa. Gayle and I have also "met" Hyungsok at one time or another. Indeed, Hyungsok is the reason Gayle is no longer Mike's sugarbaby, right Gayle? She enjoyed Hyungsok a bit too much, it seems. Quite justifiably so, I might add!" Susan said. "How long have you been Mike's girl?"
At this point I was totally flustered.
"That's enough, girls," Beth said. "Give poor Luisa a break. I have the impression she's new to this, am I right?"
I nodded.
"Mike gave you that necklace?" Beth asked.
I nodded sheepishly again.
"You have good taste," Beth said. "It's beautiful and it graces your neck perfectly. It says "you" quite convincingly." Again, with the air quotes! It was a disease with these women, it seemed.
"Thank you, but I didn't choose it. Mike surprised me with it only an hour ago," I said.
"Yes, we all know Mike's style. You'd been dreaming of that necklace though, hadn't you? Checking it out longingly on your computer?" Beth asked.
Before I could ask how she knew that, Beth then asked, "You know what he wants after an extravagant gift like that, don't you, honey?"
I suspect I blushed again. "Oh, she knows," Gayle said.