22 year old Wendy Bennett sat at the dinner table surrounded by her husband's relations. She felt decidedly uncomfortable. It was nothing she had eaten; the food was amazing. Her husband John Bennett's older sisters, Alison, Mary and Faith were all excellent cooks; as was their mother. The banter was light and everyone, including eldest sister Alison, appeared to be in good spirits. Wendy felt she had been accepted into John's family. Despite being naturally shy and younger, she easily entered into their conversations.
There were only adults at the table, with the sister's children seated at their own table in the next room. In normal circumstances Wendy would have been relaxed and enjoying herself. Her issue was Alison's husband Conway Mendez, seated directly across the table from her. While Conway conversed politely; during the time he was not talking he would stare intently at Wendy. She had felt this stare previously, both from Conway and from men in her past. It was the lustful stare of a predator and as such it unnerved Wendy.
Alison Mendez was the oldest sibling at 34 years old and had three children to Conway, aged 8, 5 and 10 months. Each of the children shared their father's dark, Latin-American features. They were attractive children and Wendy had to admit their father was a handsome man. Tall, at well over 6 foot, he had olive skin and a full head of dark, wavy hair. Everything about him cried 'Alpha- male' and his personality complimented his appearance.
While his wife Alison was also a good looking woman the family had to suffer her poor mental health. Wendy had been told that Alison's post-natal depression had arrived with each child's birth and could carry on for some years thereafter. Tonight she appeared to be quite upbeat, but Wendy knew from her short time with the family that by tomorrow she could be bedridden, with low mood and thoughts of suicide.
Alison's health was the main reason John and Wendy had moved to live on the West Coast, three months previous. That and her mother's death a year earlier. Wendy had been married to John for two years. Four years her senior, he was born and raised in California. He'd moved to Pittsburgh for work, where they'd met and married. They'd lived happily there until John's family had asked he move back to rally around Alison and her family.
Wendy knew John was close to his family. All the family, John, the three sisters and their youngest sibling Ben, had attended her wedding. She had observed how much they interacted with each other. Wendy was always eager to please and with hr own mother's passing there had been little to hold her back in Pittsburgh. She had readily agreed to move west.
Mary continued to converse with her but Wendy couldn't concentrate. Conway's eyes were on her again. Mary was 31 years old, married to Ryan and they had two children, 11 and 9 years old. Wendy tried to include Conway in the conversation. As she did so she noted his gaze drop to her breasts then back to her eyes. Her heart began to beat faster and she lost the thread of what she was talking about. Wendy noted Mary quickly glance to her side at Conway.
"Did she notice?" wondered Wendy, horrified that the look between her and Conway might be misconstrued by Mary. Her discomfort rose.
"I'll clear away some of these dishes," Wendy said, looking to extricate herself from the situation.
"Yes, I'll give you a hand," she was mortified to hear Conway reply, in his thick Latin-American accent.
"No, no; I can manage; you've done enough, having us all here."
"No; I insist," he said, beginning to gather up some plates.
The rest of the family briefly stopped talking. Wendy hoped someone else would volunteer to help, but no one did. Going to the kitchen alone, with Conway, was not what she wanted. It was a bad look, if nothing else. She looked toward Mary who merely passed two plates across the table to her.
"It's nice to see Alison so happy," Wendy said, trying to make light conversation, as Conway followed her into the kitchen.
"Is she?" Conway answered. "I hadn't noticed because I haven't been able to take my eyes off you. You're looking beautiful tonight Wendy."
Wendy blushed, part of her cringing at such blatant flirtation, with his wife only meters away. However a small part of her couldn't help but enjoy hearing a handsome man speak of her in such a manner, in his deeply accented English. She made herself busy rinsing the dishes at the sink.
"Oh Conway, I'm not...., I'm not looking that special at all," she stammered honestly, thinking her black skirt and white blouse were not terribly impressive.
"And you smell great too," he said, moving closer to loom tall over her.
Wendy swallowed hard as he moved a hand around her and pulled her tightly into his flank. She smelt the musky odour of his cologne and felt his warm breath in her hair.
"Good enough to eat," he continued as he dragged his hand up her waist and around to cup her breast.
It happened so quickly, Wendy couldn't believe what was occurring and for a few seconds was frozen to the spot. This allowed Conway the freedom to squeeze and release her breast a number of times. Finally she made a move to break free, both scared and ashamed that the firm grip of the large man had caused a tingling sensation in her nipple. However, Conway wouldn't release her and they stood like that at the kitchen bench.
"Hmmm, you like that, don't you Wendy?" he said, deliberately running his thumb across nipple now showing out through her sheer bra and blouse.
"I need to..., I need to get back to...," Wendy stammered like a teenager, mortified that her body had betrayed her at such a moment.
She pulled free of him and made to move past. Conway grabbed her hand.
"We need to see more of each other Wendy," he said and deliberately dropped his gaze to run over her body, before returning to look her directly in the eye. "I need to see more of you."
"That would be nice," Wendy heard herself say, immediately filled with regret at having answered in such a manner.
She again broke free and quickly moved back to the dining room. Her heart was now racing a million miles an hour and she felt very flustered. Alison, John and their mother were conversing, but both Faith and Mary looked at her. She hoped they wouldn't notice her discomfort.
"You alright Wendy?" Mary asked.
"Yes fine, maybe we'll clear up later," Wendy said, downing her wine, as Conway retuned to the table. He smiled at her as he rearranged the obvious erection in his trousers, before taking his seat.
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