They had discussed many details across the Internet, they had conversed over the phone, and she'd quivered from his voice alone, but this was to be different, in person. Her hesitancy would be tested to its breaking point. It was a moment she'd waited so long to encounter. A need built over the hours of conversation as he peeled away every layer of armor upon which she'd relied all her life, baring her soul in ways she'd never thought possible.
Now, on a sunny Wednesday at the coastal cafΓ© they were meeting, they were taking the next step, and she felt utterly out of her depth. He had slipped in quietly, sat behind her, and noted the book in her hands. The code that would introduce them came in a low, gravely timber. The gasp that escaped her lips, the nearly imperceptible jump, and the way the goose bumps ran over her exposed skin pleased him immensely. The flush to her skin that He'd made happen again and again but never had the pleasure to experience in person until now. He figured that was how she'd react, and the side of his mouth turned up in a half smile that came without warning, as it often did with this girl.
When He'd received the confirmation of her ticket being processed at LAX, He smiled and thought of how often He could make her blush on this trip and looked forward to keeping count. She was so collected and in control as a general rule that he couldn't wait to break the mold of propriety and let her authentic self form. He would revel in that long-absent spark of submission that burned all the right corners in His soul. The desire had rekindled in a way that blazed back to life once He'd begun to consider her for His own.
She wanted- no... She
needed
to be delivered into the freedom only His touch could provide. He knew she was the one He'd been waiting for. Her timidity tugged so profoundly that He wanted to simultaneously wrap her in His arms and do the most depraved things together.
He was sure she could feel the intensity of His attention burning against her back as He sat across the opposite table, watching every subtle cue. The tremor as she lifted the steaming mug to her lips, the contraction of the muscles of her throat as she swallowed, the pulse against her pale skin, and the deep red flush that rose in her cheeks with every minute shift of His stature, how she tensed hearing the clearing of His throat, relaxing as she felt His breath against the back of her neck.
"Are you ready, My dear?"
This was the moment. Her cue to turn and properly meet the man who had carefully, patiently, graciously discovered the missing piece that would make her whole. This man, who made her realize her true ambition, had been buried deep inside herself all along, but now she dared to reveal it. Now she could submit. And now, as she turned, she fell into the depth of his dark hazel eyes, knowing this was exactly where she needed to be.