The story so far is that I recently took my first lover since getting married to Phil eight years ago. After an extremely passionate first encounter today's episode will recall the second time that Mike and I met for the sole purpose of having sex.
The day before we were to resume our affair Mike called and asked if I liked to go on picnics and (of course) I said yes, so he suggested I should dress accordingly and he would pick me up from work at half past one the next day which, in the finest English tradition, is our early closing day. My routine that morning was the same as usual - get up around 7 o'clock, shower, dress, breakfast and leave for the book shop at around eight-thirty. The conversation around the breakfast table with Phil and his daughter (my step-daughter) Jacquie was the usual mix of family stuff and banter, but my mind was also on what this afternoon might bring. That is until Jacquie asked us if her friend Robin could stay for the weekend?
Phil and I are far from being prudes and we were fairly certain that Jacquie was in a sexual relationship with this Robin character as she had stayed over at his house a couple of times recently, but we'd not met him yet and this was the first time she had asked if he could stay over. Knowing that this moment was inevitable, Phil and I had previously agreed how we would react so, when he looked at her and said "Yeah, that's fine as long as you're sure it's what you want" it didn't come as a surprise and I simply smiled in agreement to her. On my drive into work I remember thinking that Jacquie had never had any of her previous boyfriends stay over so I figured this one must be special and we could be in for an interesting weekend.
Business was brisk at the shop that morning with several book sales and a delivery from one of the publishers that we deal with, which included the first edition of the book that indirectly started all of this off. I spent some time setting up the display on the promotion stand that the publishers had sent and placed a several of the books onto the shelves as well. It would be interesting to see which of our customers would buy a copy. Personally, I couldn't wait to read it in its entirety and I was pretty sure Phil would want to as well! One other thing of note happened that morning which was to lead to me finding the excuse I would need to stay away from home occasionally and that was a request for us to start a book club. I promised I would look into it and let the enquirer know but in my mind I was already figuring out how I could use this to my advantage.
As lunchtime drew closer I began to wonder what Mike had planned for the afternoon. A picnic somewhere, obviously, but what about afterwards? As suggested I was appropriately dressed in a snug fitting pair of slacks, one of my favourite blouses, self-support stockings and my de-rigueur heels (I also had a pair of flat shoes with me to change into before leaving the shop). Underneath my blouse and slacks was a fairly revealing but not overtly sexy bra and panties. On the dot of one-thirty Mike sauntered in through the door dressed very casually in chinos, plain t-shirt and trainers but wearing a beautiful smile. My heart rate went up a notch as memories of last week and anticipation of this afternoon flashed through my mind. As he strode towards the counter I moved to the front to meet him and I knew I had a broad grin on my face. He looked around to see if there were any customers in the shop and not seeing any came right up to me, wrapped his arms around my waist and planted a kiss on my lips - a kiss that lasted longer than it should have and left us slightly breathless.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked, "Give me two minutes to change my shoes and I'm all yours" I replied. "Mmm, I like the sound of that" he quipped. So, less than five minutes after Mike walked into the shop we left together and got into his car, which he had cheekily parked on the yellow lines outside the shop. "Where are we going?" I asked as he pulled away from the kerb. "A little woodland area that I know about ten miles from town" he replied, "I've got everything we need for our picnic in the boot". "And afterwards?" I enquired. "Ah, lets just see where the afternoon takes us, shall we?" was his mysterious reply. About twenty minutes later Mike pulled into a small car park at the edge of a wooded area that covered the floor and sides of a shallow valley. I was pleased to note that we were the only ones in the car park. We took the opportunity to have another kiss and a bit of a cuddle before getting out of the car and retrieving the picnic from the boot. I was impressed to see a large wicker hamper, which Mike was to carry, and a large blanket which he handed to me. We then walked off, holding hands, down one of the trails leading into the woods.
As we walked along chatting about what we'd been doing since our last meeting we were surrounded by oak, elm and birch trees and birdsong filled the air. After a few minutes Mike led me off the trail onto an almost invisible track that climbed gradually away from the bottom of the valley. We walked on until we came to a small grassy clearing where the sun's rays created a pool of light and warmth. Mike stopped and said "Okay, we're here, lets lay out the blanket and see what culinary delights are in the basket, shall we?". By this time I was thinking never mind the culinary delights when can we get down to the carnal delights ... but I simply agreed to his suggestion and started to unfold the blanket onto the ground.
