Paul took a call from a young woman called Reena who told him she needed help with 'a personal matter'. He asked her why she thought he could help. She replied that a friend had been helped by him and highly recommended his skills. She asked if she could come to see him as she didn't want to discuss the matter on the phone. He agreed and they arranged for her to call at 7.30 the following evening.
Paul was excited at the prospect of helping another young woman with her sexual problems. But, when his doorbell rang, he was shocked to see a person covered from head to foot in black. A pair of beautiful almond eyes with long black eyelashes was the only indication of the female beneath.
He invited her in and tentatively inquired, "What can I do for you?"
She nervously glanced behind then she stepped inside and quickly closed the door behind her.
Paul asked her if it would be possible to remove her head covering as he would like to know who he was talking to. Without a word she removed the veil to reveal her face. Paul was astonished to see the beautiful face beneath the veil. Her cheekbones were high and finely chiselled. The nose perfectly shaped. Her light coffee coloured skin was smooth and unblemished. Her full lips were naturally crimson and, when she spoke her teeth were pearly white and even. Her hair was pinned above her head and, when she removed the pins, it cascaded like a jet-black glossy waterfall down below her shoulders.
Paul gasped. "You're absolutely gorgeous!" he remarked, "It's a crime to keep such a beautiful face covered."
"Oh, thank you," she replied, "that's partly why I've come to see you. Let me begin at the beginning. My parents escaped from Iraq and I was brought up in England. I had a happy childhood but, when I was sixteen my parents forced me to marry a man twice my age because he was 'a good Muslim'. They disapproved of what they perceived as the loose morals of the West and hoped that my husband would keep me in check. Of course, it wasn't a happy marriage. But I persuaded my parents and my husband to let me go to university and get a good education. Their condition was that I would wear the veil and full burqa at all times, so I wouldn't be temptation to men." I was forced to agree in order to get my education and I have worn it for so long that I am scared to wear normal western dress. My husband turned out to be an absolute beast and treated me so badly. He thought a woman should be a slave to her husband and obey him in all things. I'm a spirited woman, but he forced me to obey by beating me if I refused to submit to his will. My clothes always covered the bruises so not even my parents were aware of his brutality.
"You speak about him in the past tense. What happened to him?" Paul inquired.
"He suddenly travelled to Syria to join the caliphate and fight for Islamic State. Allah be praised he was killed last year. Recently, both of my parents were killed in a car accident, so now I'm totally alone. I don't have any siblings and all my other relatives live in the Middle East. I've never met any of them."
Paul was intrigued by her story and wondered where this was going. "So, what can I do to help?"
She replied, "I'm still a good Muslim but I want to set myself free from the Arab dress and customs. I've read the Holy Quran and nowhere does it say that woman should cover themselves from head to foot and be subservient to men. Mohammed said that women should be respected and their needs met. A couple of my friends at university told me that you are an expert in helping women to enjoy themselves and their body and find pleasure in ..." She trailed off, obviously embarrassed to continue.
"I suppose you mean 'sex'." He interrupted. "Yes, it's true that I do help women to enjoy their bodies and enjoy the pleasures of sex. I believe that all bodies are beautiful and everyone is entitled to enjoy sex, if that's what they want to do.
"Then I've come to the right person." She said. "I do so hope that you can help me too."
"Shall we start by removing this ugly black dress?" He ventured. "Do you have other clothes you can wear to go home?"
"Yes, I'm wearing them underneath." She smiled. "I was hoping you'd say that!"
Without another word she pulled off the ugly black garment. Underneath she was wearing a flowery summer dress which clung to her curvaceous figure and finished in a flared thigh length skirt.
A pleasantly surprised Paul remarked, "Oh that's so much better! How do you feel?"
"To be honest I feel practically naked." She said, "I haven't been outside without my covering since I was a girl."
"How do you feel about your body?" Paul asked.
"Well that's another big issue for me." She said, feeling totally embarrassed. "I've never been totally naked as an adult. My parents and my husband told me that nudity is a sin. I've just washed each part of my body separately while keeping the rest covered."
An astonished Paul asked her. "Did you even keep your clothes on when your husband er... made love to you?"
"I don't think he ever 'made love to me' as you put it." She replied. "He was rough with me and took his own pleasure with no thought for mine. He was content to lift my nightdress in the darkness of our bedroom and thrust a few times till he grunted with satisfaction, rolled over and went to sleep. I never saw what he had down there but I don't think it was very big. He was quite fat and it only seemed to peek out a little bit from the roll of fat down there."
"Well," began Paul. "I think we've quite a lot of work to do. But I think I can help you. Firstly, I think your parents were entirely wrong about nudity. In the bible it says that God made man (and woman) in his own image. Adam and Eve were completely naked and without shame in the Garden of Eden. I think many Muslim's ideas about modesty and nudity are based in Arab culture and they are all about men controlling and subjugating women."
"Yes, I completely agree," she replied. "I've been thinking about this a lot. I want to throw off this cultural yoke and live free as a woman. I think I can be a good Muslim and worship Allah in my own way. I want to respect and celebrate my body and enjoy the pleasure it can bring me. Can you help me with this Paul?"
"Yes, I think I can," smiled Paul. "I'm so glad to hear that you have thought this through for yourself and I think you've come to the right conclusion. It won't be easy throwing off the clothes and habits that have weighed you down for years and made you a slave. But you're an educated woman and I believe you can do it."
"Where shall we start?" she asked.
"Paul thought for a moment. "Well, already taken the brave first step by removing the burqa in front of a man. Where do you think we should go from here?"
She took a deep breath and thought for a moment before replying. "You seem very nice and respectful and my friends have told me a lot about you. You said that all bodies are beautiful, would you mind if I go further and reveal mine to you?"
"No, I don't mind at all." replied Paul. "But I want you to go at your own pace. I don't want you to feel forced in any way. You can trust me to be respectful. I'll try not to embarrass you."
"This is going to be difficult for me." She said. "But I feel that it's something I need to do. I need to liberate myself from the culture that's been preventing me from fully enjoying my life as a woman. I hope you won't laugh at me."
Of course not. Said Paul. Can I get you a drink?
"Just water please." she replied.
When Paul emerged from the kitchen with her glass of water, she had removed her dress and was sitting demurely on the couch dressed only in a black bra and panties trimmed in delicious black lace.
"You look really beautiful." Paul remarked as he took in the sight of her full breasts barely contained in the underwired half cup bra. His eyes travelled down her body taking in the slim waist and broad hips. Her panties fitted low on her hips with high cut leg openings that accentuated her long slim legs beautifully. The lace was mostly transparent except for a diamond shaped opaque modesty panel that covered her sex. He was pleased to see that she had obviously made a real effort to depart from her usual modest clothes. She sat on the couch with her legs pressed together enduring his admiring gaze. Her face and upper chest were bright red with embarrassment.
"I think you are very brave," he said. "I know how hard this must be for you."
Much encouraged by his empathy she continued. "I bought these clothes this morning. I found it hard at first but, when I tried them on, I found I was enjoying myself. I felt rather excited and I must admit I'm feeling excited again now. This is all so new to me."
She stood up and slowly rotated her gorgeous body before him. The rear of the panties was even more brief than the front. The waistband was a mere string that encircled her beautiful hips and a small triangle of lace thong descended from the waistband narrowing to a string between the superb rounded cheeks of her behind.
Paul gasped. "Your husband must have been a complete moron. He didn't know what he was missing. Your body isn't just beautiful - it's absolutely stunning!"