The first troughs of autumn had reached Syria and temperatures slowly started to drop after a long and searing summer. One of my main projects that I was managing together with my Syrian counterparts was coming to an end and it had involved a lot of work and overtime during the past weeks. Just one more final presentation and the last finishing touches on the report, and I would be looking at some days off to relax.
My first and last intimate encounter with an Arab woman seemed to have been long gone. To my big disappointment there had not been any chance to repeat or intensify the relationship with my Muslim lady, and my hunger for sexual pleasures made itself heard more strongly amongst the final project work steps. While sitting in my hotel room in Lattakia, the twitching in my trousers momentarily took my concentration off the document I was just reviewing. Hungrily, my thoughts wandered off to Layal, our cute project assistant, and my imagination painted her image into the overcast midday sky: strikingly dark features, black hair, short and slender figure with the typical Arab forms of well-rounded breasts and a shapely ass, dressed in tight jeans and a stretched top, invitingly full lips and a flirtatious look....
She was still young and probably did not have the faintest idea what kind of fantasies her appearance and her behaviour could evoke in a man β especially in one as desperately longing for a release of sexual energy like myself right now! While my mind debated whether her lips and breasts were actually for real or if they had seen some surgical help, other parts of my brain started imagining what it would be like to kiss her, to touch her, to feel her...
"Stop," I told myself, "there is a big presentation ahead of you, now finish your work and leave the dreaming for later!" Reluctantly, I went back to my notebook to terminate my tasks before heading off for the meeting.
The presentation was a success and we were all highly relieved to have the pressure of the last weeks finally taken off our backs. As usual, we intended to end the evening in our favourite restaurant with one of those lavish Syrian meals, where plates of colourful and tasty food were piled up all over the table.
"If only my love life would by be as colourful and rich as this table," I muttered to myself. In order to lessen my self-declared sorrow, I decided to use the occasion for one of my rare excursions into the world of the local anise schnapps arak; a little distraction would do me certainly good. When setting down my glass, I suddenly found myself caught in the dark eyes of Layal. Sitting opposite me and without lowering her look, she raised her glass and a "cheers" formed playfully on her lips, followed by a long smile.
I did not know exactly what to make of this, but of course it had its effect on my already weak self-composure. Automatically, my body reacted by joining some of the main blood streams in my groin and the familiar feeling of growing physical excitement set in. I forced myself to concentrate on another glass of arak, but I could not help watching Layal out of the corner of my eyes: unusually dark skin made her stand out from the rest of Syrian women and her make-up that night was certainly meant to emphasize strongly on this fact. Her eyes sparkled lively as she was debating some recent political events and the sound of her Arabic pronunciation stirred deep inside me. She had wonderfully exotic features, certainly a legacy of Bedouin heritage, but she dressed and behaved according to modern standards, not wearing any headscarf. Her thick, curly black hair flowed freely over her shoulders, and I had the impression that every time she pushed it back, she tried to ascertain my full attentiveness.
By the end of the main course, the effect of the arak had set in on me and I was happily making conversation around the table. Ever so often, Layal's and my gaze met in the middle of the happy commotion and we created a little oasis of our own across the table. She was clearly flirting with me, but I tried not to be lured into the temptation; after all, this was a conservative country and second thoughts were simply not acceptable. However, I could not help my mind racing as to the deeper meaning and especially her intentions regarding the situation; all I knew for certain was that my excitement was growing continuously and it kept fighting with my reason not to misinterpret any signs.
To keep my thoughts off the naughty track, I tried to stir up the conversation over the dark and sweet coffee. I exuberantly described to Layal my experiences in travels around Syria and Jordan and the beauty of the desert landscape. My mentioning of the photos I had taken recently raised her interest: "I would love to see them some time," she confided me with an innocent look while teasingly putting her hand on top of mine.
I chose to play along and give it a try. "Well, I have them on an extra CD in the hotel. If you have some moments to spare after dinner, I could show you. Or do you have other plans for this lovely evening?"
Obviously surprised by my proposal, Layal tried to regain her composure quickly and nodded, maybe a little to eager. "No, I have no other plans, and I really would like to see them. That sounds good, I have my car here with me anyway and we can go together."
At that moment, I just hoped she had not noticed my astonishment, which made me actually swallow all the coffee grounds at the bottom of my cup. When she slid off to the bathroom, I quickly had a sip of water to wash them down and for the first time that day I could take in the beauty of her motions: her curvy ass swayed lustily back and forth in her tight black jeans, her whole appearance radiated voluptuously and her awesome hair gave her the aura of a lion queen. By now, the alleviation after the work, the alcohol and her flirtatious behaviour had turned my intentions into one single direction: I had to have this woman, tonight, in whichever way possible, and I had to unload all my sexual longing and energy onto and into her. And it seemed that after all, she was not as innocent as I had suspected for so long.
I welcomed the fresh air outside the restaurant to clear my head and to adequately bid my colleagues good-bye. With lots of handshaking and Arabic cheek-kissing, I clambered into Layal's little Japanese car and we drove off across town towards my hotel. Her slightly nervous giggling showed a certain uneasiness about the situation, but she made no attempt to sneak out. We diffused the slightly raised eyebrows at the reception and entered my room. With little space other than the king-size bed, I bade her to sit down and offered her a glass of water, as I went off to fetch the photo CD and to start the notebook. With the shoes long gone, we were both surprisingly easy getting comfortable on the bed, obviously both enjoying the physical closeness of one another.
I do not remember if it was the arak, the lateness of the hour, her wonderful smell or a mixture of everything; but after a few minutes my attention drifted away from the photos and I found myself embracing Layal and pulling her closer to me. I was met with no resistance, quite the contrary: as if she had waited for a move from my side, she cuddled up against me and pressed her curvy little body against mine. My fingers found her slender hand, which ended in gorgeously long finger nails, and I caressed her wonderful dark skin.
We felt the heat of our bodies mounting, our breathing accelerating and our lust taking over the initiative for our actions. Our heads turned and our lips met. The contact was like an electric shock, the release of long-awaited energies that merged into our first kiss. I could just not get enough of her full and hot lips, her tongue was licking mine, her whole mouth embracing me. An insurmountable force pulled our bodies together and I could not even gather enough strength to embrace her with all the lust that I felt for her in that moment.
When we finally found a short break to regain our breath, she gave me the most wonderful and content smile that I had ever seen on her face and brushed back her hair. Playfully letting her finger wander over my lips, she looked me straight in the eye: "Before we get closer, I have to tell you one rule to follow, my dear lover: strictly speaking I am still a virgin and I cannot have straight sex before marriage. I just hope this is ok for you, it means a lot to me. We other alternatives, you know..."