Ben's birthday was coming up and Sarah wanted to do something special for him this year. And she knew just the thing. He'd been talking about a deal he'd seen for a photo shoot where they provide the outfits, the setting and they would print and bind the photo book and send it in the mail within two days time. She had acted like she wasn't too thrilled with the idea when Ben had pointed it out to her. But then the next day, when he was gone to work, Sarah, found the deal online, and bought a voucher. Then she showered, dressed, and hopped in the car.
As Sarah drove the 45 minutes to her destination, she got increasingly nervous. What should she expect? Will the photographer be a male or a female? Will she be safe? These and many more questions filled her mind as she pulled onto a dank, side street in the city. It was raining and there was a slight nip in the air. But Sarah was sweating. She spotted the sign OFF THE WALL PHOTOGRAPHY and pulled up in front. Her nerves were going crazy. Deep breath, Sarah. She stepped out of her car and walked up to the glass door.
DING, DING!
Sarah stepped into what felt like a museum of beautiful photographs. The decor was rustic, but felt regal. She recognized a few of the well-known landmarks from the area. There was a man that looked to be in his early 30s at the counter doing some paperwork. He was wearing a black button up shirt with a white tie and jeans. Both ears were pierced and she noticed a tattoo peaking up from under his shirt stretching up his neck. He looked up as she walked in and just stared at her. She felt self-conscious. "Can I help you with anything?" he finally managed to ask. Sarah looked around. "Um, I'm sorry. I must have the wrong place." She turned to leave, but he walked around the counter toward her and said, "What were you looking for? I may be able to help you. We are more than what you see here."
Sarah looked at him a little hesitantly. Maybe this was the right place, after all. She pulled out her phone and pulled up the voucher she had purchased that morning. "I'm looking to redeem this." And she held the phone up to the good-looking man. He looked at it briefly, then looked at her with a slight grin and said, "Come with me."
Sarah breathed deeply as she followed the man to the back of the store and through a heavy black curtain. On the other side was a large room sub-divided into smaller rooms. There were racks of what looked like ballroom gowns and boas and lingerie lining both sides of the hallway. There was a beautifying area for hair and make-up with marquee lighting on large mirrors at each station and every kind of make-up paraphernalia you could ever need.
"Wait here."
Sarah walked over to the racks of clothes. She picked up a hanger with some thread on it. People wear this?
"Hello. My name is Celia."
Sarah whipped around, startled by the voice behind her. "Hi, I'm Sarah." She went to shake hands with the lovely woman, but realized she was still holding onto the hanger, so she turned and hung it back up instead.
"You are here for the Boudoir Photo-shoot. Is that right?" Celia's voice was as lovely as she was beautiful. She was foreign. Possibly from Spain. With long, dark hair and soft skin, and a killer body, Celia seemed damn near perfect. She was wearing a form-fitting red dress that ended above her knees and accentuated her perky D-cup breasts. Sarah was enamored by her.
"Yes, that's right. I bought a deal online and I'd like to redeem it for my husband. It's a gift."
"And a fine one, it is, too. You'd be surprised how many wives come in to make a photo book for their husbands. Some are quite old, in fact. Age doesn't seem to make much of a difference in the eyes of a lover. Tell me, what does your husband like?"
Sarah described some of her ideas that she thought Ben might like in a photo-shoot. Celia led Sarah to the wardrobe area and pulled out a kinky corset with thigh-highs, a garter belt and high heels. Sarah looked at it uncertainly as Celia held it up for her.
"Come on. You will look lovely in it. And Ben will go wild. You described him to me, and I think this is something he will like. Go on, now. Try it on in this changing room. Just call me when you're ready. I'll be right over there."
Celia instilled such confidence in Sarah that she took it from her new friend and went into the changing room. When she managed to get it on correctly, Sarah looked at herself in the mirror and thought, I'm either really crazy, really stupid or really in love with my husband. With that thought, she stepped out of the changing. Celia and the man whom she'd met in the front of the store were off to the side talking quietly, when the man looked up, stopping mid-sentence. He was staring at Sarah with wide-eyes that seemed to be devouring her. Celia turned around. A smile stretched across her face as she walked back to Sarah with open arms. "Sarah, you are simply lovely. And might I add, smoking hot! Come. Let's do your hair and make-up and get you off to the show. Izaak will have fun today!"
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Sarah was completely in awe with her new mentor. Celia was beautiful. She was smart. And that accent just made her more beautiful and smarter. She was confident and had the amazing ability to calm Sarah's nerves and instill a quiet sexy confidence in her that Sarah wasn't familiar with outside the doors of her home. As Celia led her to the photo room, Sarah started to get excited about what was to come. She was going to do this for her husband and have fun in the process. She was determined.
"Sarah, this is Izaak, our photographer. Izaak, Sarah."
Izaak held out his hand to her and said, "The pleasure is all mine." He had loosened his tie and unbuttoned his top two buttons so that Sarah could see a little chest hair. She held her hand out and Izaak kissed it. She was oddly turned on by it.
Izaak took her over to a large bay window with a single white chaise in front of it. The room was large and rustic with wide-planked hardwood floors and unpainted barn paneling on all the walls. Besides the chaise, the only piece of furniture in the room was a large four-poster bed. There was a piece of artwork on the wall, but that was where the setting ended. Everything else in the room was lights and screens for capturing the right mood for each shot.