My thanks to Aries77 for editorial assistance without which this story would not have gotten published.
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Ann was sitting in her car across the street and down a few houses from her own house when she saw headlights coming down the street towards her. She wondered if this would be him. The car slowed as it drew closer, as if looking for an unfamiliar address. It kept coming and Ann's pulse quickened. Finally, the car stopped directly in front of her house, the house she shared with her husband of less than 2 years.
It was amazing to Ann that she was at this point after only 18 months of marriage. But she had married young; they were both 18 at the time of the wedding. And, contrary to popular opinion, they did not "have" to get married. She did love her husband, Greg, but he worked full-time and went to school 5 nights a week. Weekends were spent studying and/or working overtime to generate additional money. Something had to suffer and that something was Ann and, more specifically, their sex life. Ann was increasingly lonely and resorted to self-pleasure to fill the void which was exacerbated at the moment by the fact that he left this morning to go out of town for several days without them having sex before leaving.
After a moment sitting in front of her house, the car pulled into the driveway and Ann's pulse quickened even more. She watched as a man emerged from the car and started towards the front door. Her pulse was at a break-neck pace as he reached the front door and rang the bell. He rang again when there was no answer and knocked a moment later.
Ann thought to herself, "it's now or never," and, with her heart nearly beating out of her chest, opened the car door and walked to her house. Every step brought her closer and closer to that imaginary line in the sand. The distance to the house was short in physical length, but seemed to take forever and at several points her legs almost buckled on her and she started to turn around. Nonetheless, she kept on until she finally reached her driveway. Halfway up the drive, Ann found the courage to speak and blurted out, "Are you looking for someone."
The stranger turned and Ann immediately was struck by how handsome he was. He smiled and replied, "Yes, I'm Mark and I'm looking for Ann."
Crossing that line in the sand, Ann was somewhat surprised to hear, "what a coincidence, I'm Ann," come out of her mouth.
Mark's eyes took in Ann as she approached the porch and was pleased with what he saw. She was a mere 5' 2", shoulder length strawberry blond hair and a delightfully curvy body. They had met a week or so before through her job - she was the customer service phone agent that helped him with his issue. He was smitten by her voice and flirted with her during the initial call. Ann was coy, but his flirting did spark something in her. She couldn't do much on the call because all calls were monitored and she would've been in jeopardy of discipline if she acted anything but professional. However, she did have full access to his phone number from the database and stealthily jotted it down.
Ann couldn't get Mark out of her mind for the rest of her shift and rushed home when it ended. It was a school night for Greg and she was alone. After wrestling for some time, Ann nervously picked up the phone and called the number in Mark's file. She was conflicted listening to the phone ring, hoping on the one hand that he would answer, but afraid he would on the other hand. She was just about to hang up when the phone clicked and she heard the familiar voice say "hello."
She hadn't planned what to say and almost hung up the phone again, but somehow managed to stammer, "Hi, this is Ann."
Mark was surprised to hear her voice, but recovered quickly and simply said, "I was hoping I'd talk to you again."
Ann made some silly pretext about this being some kind of follow-up call from his earlier issue, but Mark realized from the background noise she wasn't at work. He used that to his advantage and they ended up talking for almost 2 hours most of which was a mutual flirt session. The call ended just before Greg was due to get home from school.
Ann was so aroused after the call with Mark that she couldn't wait for Greg to get home. Unfortunately, as was too often the case, Greg came in and immediately went to bed since he had to be at work extra early in the morning. Ann was left to her own devices and masturbated herself to sleep thinking about Mark.
Ann and Mark talked off and on over the next week, including this morning after Greg left to go out of town. She did not have any intention of actually meeting, but the loneliness was especially difficult this morning and she found herself inviting Mark over that evening and here they were.
Ann brushed past Mark, opened the front door and stepped into the house without saying anything more to Mark. He remained standing on the porch until she finally said, "Are you coming in or going to stay out there on the porch and give the neighbors cause to gossip?"
He smiled and said, "I thought you would never ask," and stepped across the threshold.
Ann took his jacket and hung it up in the entry closet and then took her own coat off. She was dressed underneath in jeans and a pullover sweater. They went into the kitchen and she fixed them both a coffee while they made awkward small talk. They finally returned to the living room with Ann taking a seat on the end of the small couch and Mark on the other end.
They continued their small talk, but it gradually took on the context of flirting and sexual innuendo. Finally, Ann excused herself and went to the master bedroom. She returned moments later, dressed now in a knee-length cotton summer dress and, for the first time, Mark was privy to the smooth skin of her shapely legs and the soft cleavage of her 36C breasts. Ann dropped back down on the couch in the same spot as before. She was facing sideways with her back against the armrest, one leg draped over the front of the couch with the foot resting on the floor. Her other leg was tucked cross-wise with her foot under the other thigh. To Mark's great enjoyment, this caused her dress to ride up mid-thigh and almost provided a glimpse of her panty-covered mound.
The talking and flirting continued for a little while until Mark finally made a move. He scooted over to Ann and, as he did, she lowered her face to avoid looking at him. Mark rested one hand on the exposed skin of her thigh and with the other hand on her chin, gently raised her face. Their eyes locked and Ann knew what was coming, but was unsure how to react. Mark leaned in and Ann's eyes closed. He gently kissed her on the chin and then withdrew. Ann's eyes remained closed, but her lips had parted slightly to pull in more air for her labored lungs.
Mark leaned in again and this time met her lips with his. Their lips parted momentarily during which Ann took a quick inhale of oxygen. Mark pressed his lips to her again and this time the kiss was met with urgency. He slipped his tongue between her lips and it made passionate love to hers.
Ann was lost in how truly wonderfully Mark kissed. They kissed for what seamed like ages, finally breaking for both to catch their breath.
Ann used the opportunity to stand up and move to the floor in front of the fireplace. She sat down facing the fireplace with her legs to the side and crossed, using one arm for support from the floor. Mark slid down behind her, wrapped an arm around and pulled her against him. Ann's head was tilted inviting Mark to her neck. He leaned in and started nibbling, kissing and caressing her neck with his tongue. This was her most erogenous non-sexual area and a shudder went through Ann and a moan escaped from her mouth. Mark kept up his assault on her neck, but at the same time, began to caress her arm with the fingers of his hand. His fingers on her arm, coupled with his warm, moist lips on her neck, sent chills up and down Ann's body. And every time his hand moved up or down, his arm would brush across her breasts, which only heightened her arousal.
Ann's breasts were heaving and the blood was rushing into her nipples forcing them to strain against the fabric of her bra. Mark could feel her nipples against his arm and slowly walked his fingers across the gap between her arm and the side of her breast and cupped the globe in his hand and gently kneaded it. He bunched the fabric of her bra between his fingers and rolled the captive nipple between them.