A beautiful woman walks down the boardwalk. There are a lot of beautiful women around here, and a lot of them walk this way, this one didn't seem that special at first glance. Maybe it was the lack of fake blonde hair, fake boobs or fake tan. No, that wasn't it; a woman can carry all that baggage around and still manage to be interesting in her own right. I watched her for a moment, walking along, sketchpad under one arm.
I knew.
She was wearing a short, tight sundress. Nothing special, not when you can look around and spot a half dozen women in bikini's like they were born wearing them. The dress was a little on the small side, ill fitting. Normally that's bad, but this seemed deliberate, a choice. The low cut back and spaghetti shoulders precluded a bra of any sort, but the dress supported her bouncing breasts fine, almost shelving them for display. I could see from where I watched her nipples poking into the cups. I watched the hem sway around her upper thighs as she walked on her wedge sandals and I knew.
She wore nothing under that dress, nothing at all. It wasn't natural for her, that too short dress, the lack of panties. She walked like a woman with a secret. She walked like a woman on her way to get fucked. That was what had drawn my attention. I watched her walk and suddenly I was excited.
I wasn't alone in watching. She looked over and saw me watching her and smiled faintly. She knew I watched her, and she knew I knew her secret, or at least some of it. It was in her eyes, in her smile. She almost nodded, an imperceptible tilt of her head, permission to watch, bringing me into her secret confidence, making me part of whatever was happening. When I stood and moved towards the walk, she merely gave that Cheshire grin and turned to keep walking, perhaps just a tiny bit slower, a tiny bit more exaggerated.
People forget the boardwalk isn't built right on the beach but above it a good seven or eight feet. Women especially forget that there are gaps in the boards. No one really hangs out under there during the day. Too much dirt and trash falling down as people go by carelessly. Its filthy under there sometimes, especially during tourist season. But this morning she was the only one on the walk, and I was the only one under it, catching up to her as she paused near the very end, shaking out her hair in the morning sun. I looked up just before she stepped away, off the walk where I could no longer follow. I caught a glimpse of pale pink skin, a flash of her secret sex, and she was gone.
Well, not gone, not exactly. Regretting my missed chance for more of a show, for certainly she had stopped to give me one, I slowly made my way out from underneath, thinking that it was done. I looked up at a flash of movement; saw her lingering at a corner, as if waiting, before she continued on, out of sight. Hmm... this seemed promising. I liked watching, but only as a diversion, or a prelude. I could not tell which this was, but certainly she had invited me in, and I intended to follow.
I followed her a short distance to the houses that overlooked the beach in the hills nearby. I watched her walk up the stairs that lead to a door, enter and then she was gone. A moment passed before I recognized the house, there are so few people that live around here that it is hard to be a perfect stranger, especially if you are semi-famous. I had managed, in my own way, to be mostly anonymous, but that is another story.
The artist. He wasn't really that great, he'd made a decent living showing in galleries. His main income, however, was his students. Many of them rich, other's famous. It gave him the prestige he craved, and if rumors were correct, access to all the young women he could lure into his studio. The studio overlooked the ocean, and from most angles it was private enough, far enough from the beach, high enough up that you couldn't look in. The best angle was presumably by boat, with a telescope.
There was another option, of course. More daring but more rewarding. It was, of course, to stand on his very lawn. There were few bushes and trees, to avoid obscuring the ocean front property he had strived so hard for, but for the daring and clever there was enough cover to avoid a casual glance. I rested in the lee of a small tree, casually, unmoving in a way that caused the eyes to pass right over me. Once it had been a useful talent, now it was a mere parlor trick, and the key to an occasional voyeuristic foray.
The Artist was sitting at a Deco desk, all black lexite and odd angles. He was still youngish, just a shade past his prime and trying hard to hide it, masculine in that way that women seem to dream of. He was also a bastard, getting women to submit to his lust in return of a break on overpriced 'art lessons' until he tired of them.
The woman I'd seen walked into the studio, coming down the stairs from the front area of the house with a slow sultry walk, even more exaggerated than it had been on the beach. She spared a single glance out the window, a glance for me, and I knew she was playing him, letting him play her. I just didn't know why, and at the moment I didn't really care. He stood with a half smile, greeted her, entirely unaware of our little exchange. He kissed her hand with a little flair before taking her art pad and sitting down, inviting her with a wave to perch on the corner of his desk. She did, crossing her legs so that the hem of her dress rode up revealing even more smooth thigh. From this angle I could just barely see soft velvety skin between her legs, tantalizing, but he could not.
He studied her artwork slowly, carefully. I knew what he was doing; looking for ways to convince her she needed improvement, but that only a few more lessons with him would change her forever. Her face fell on cue, the perfection of her act only broken when he looked down as he rested a consoling hand on the bare skin of her thigh. I couldn't hear the conversation, but I could follow the subtext. Now he was selling her on the idea of more advanced lessons, more expensive lessons. Hope, then loss on her face, on cue, she couldn't afford his prices, but she so desperately wanted to learn. She leaned back a bit, leaning down towards him. Now she was playing the reluctant ingΓ©nue, pretending to awkwardly seduce him, even as she played him like a fiddle. I wondered, just for a moment, how many layers to this game there were. His hands were a little too familiar. At first I thought he was playing along, and this was all for my benefit, but as I watched it became clear. They'd done this before, they'd played through this little scene, he'd already raised his rates and had already fucked her, probably every time she came in. This was a new hand, new stakes. Curious, I thought. She was biting her lip, afraid, unsure now. There! The nod of assent, the surrender to his demand, whatever it was. He rose to meet her halfway, kissing her fully, passionately, letting her respond. Her act was dissolving into reality now, but he was still playing the game, still seducing her; every action was designed to put her at ease, to lose her in the moment, the passion. You could see it in his deliberate reserve, almost rehearsed behavior.
She stood, facing the windows, facing me, and he came up behind her, totally engrossed in her, focused on her like he might on a canvas. Her eyes were one me, on the window as his arms caressed her body, his lips on her neck. She melted into him as his hand groped her breast, palming the hard nubbin poking through thin material, she closed her eyes when his other hand pulled up the hem of her dress, stroking the bare skin over her sex; her hips grinding against his.
He untied the spaghetti strap that held up the top of her dress, peeling it down her body, letting soft breasts swing free, bouncing slightly as she breathed deep. In a quick second he had her undressed completely, and as she stepped free of the discarded garment she turned and crouched before him, tugging at his jeans, freeing his cock. It was already hard, out only a moment before her lip locked around it, sucking it in, devouring him whole. He was enjoying her mouth on him, his eyes closed his head thrown back as she fondled and caressed him. After a moment he tugged his black t-shirt up and off, tossing it aside before pushing his jeans down and stepping free, never breaking contact with her mouth. I could see her hand between her legs as she sucked him.
He smiled and said something, tugging her gently to her feet, pressing her back against the desk. She sat, then stood as he shook his head, turning her around. I tried to picture the conversation in my head, tried to imagine what he was saying, but I came up empty. Perhaps this had something to do with their deal?