I -- The Pool Party
"Dearest, are you sure I have to wear a swimsuit at the party?" I could not believe Akbar expected me to dress in a mere handkerchief to the party that night.
"Of course, dear," he replied, "I am sure you do not want to look really out of place." I had not looked out of place at any of the other events since coming to Saudi, and his statement did not make the least bit of sense to me.
"But this is Saudi and not the kind of dress that the locals permit," I was adamant too.
"I know that, but we are in an expatriate compound and may as well be somewhere in Western Europe as far as local laws apply," he answered, leaving me wondering why he was so keen on my being relatively unclothed.
I was not yet twenty when I had married Akbar; he was moving to Saudi, right after my graduation from college in the US for the start of his first real management job. I was a typical Pakistani girl, from a conservative Peshawar-based Pathan family, but thankfully the kind that believed in getting me the best of education available in the city. He was from Islamabad, which though not the universal centre of liberty is Paris compared to Peshawar. Despite pressures from home, we had decided to hold off on having kids till we were at least financially independent. I was as virginal as could be when we were hitched. Akbar had spent some time in college in the US and I could not really vouch for his being uninitiated. Smartly, however, he had never mentioned any past trysts to me or anyone else I knew.
Despite my conservative values, we did have a marvellous sex life? In bed Akbar was wonderful and considerate. I had often thanked my aunts for arranging this match, given that I could have easily have been tied to some feudal Pathan lord who would have used my body and kept me in isolation in some village mansion. I enjoyed the feeling of his cock inside my vagina. All the same I did find his odd requests for anal or oral sex a bit disquieting. Though agreeing to anal intercourse on occasion, given the fact that this was a popular activity notably among the Pathans, I was not inclined to a blow job, having my pussy sucked or usage of any sort of sex toys. Akbar kept telling me that I continued to have as tight a cunt as could be and that I would milk him dry every time we made love, which in our first year of marriage was pretty frequent.
"Hernan has invited all of his friends to a party at our pool next weekend," I advised Akbar as he walked in the door.
Surprisingly he did not know about this. He thought this was weird since Hernan worked for the same company and they saw each other many times during the course of the day. Hernan was from Peru, had also been educated in the US and lived on the same compound as we did. The company we worked for had placed most of its international staff in this location and quite a few of us were living in town houses around one of the pools on the rather large facility.
I wondered why Hernan had not mentioned anything to Akbar, but talked directly to me. I sensed that he was hot for me ever since I had arrived in Saudi after our wedding. Many of the guys around had commented that in addition to being the youngest of the company wives, I was also the prettiest. Hernan had made a point of inviting us a number of times since my arrival to various events, and given that Akbar had frequent business trips out of town, he made sure that I was never alone. Usually he was getting a few of the guys over to our house where I would feed them home made food and they would help me get over the tension of being by myself for extended periods of time. At the odd party, when there was dancing involved, and if Akbar was on trip or sitting one out, he would make a beeline to have me as his partner. I saw no real issue with this; the first time Hernan had ever asked for me to be his dance partner, Akbar assented without batting an eyelid. I would certainly also dance with other guys at the party, since the male to female ratio was very much in my favour and I never was left alone due to my obvious assets, but somehow Hernan would always be the first to ask me and to get the lion's share of my company. Nothing untoward ever happened, but still it was thrilling that someone had a thing for me. After all, how many girls mind a little bit of extra attention? Some of the other wives chided me about his crush, but no one really figured that anything was going on or ever would.
"Shireen, you are not going to need those shalwar, kameez and dupattas at the party," Akbar had declared on coming home and finding me getting my wardrobe ready a day prior to the party, "are you planning on being the odd person out?"
"What are you expecting me to wear?" I responded, knowing well that the lesser the better would be his idea. It had taken a while before I had actually started wearing pants and shirts, and had no experience of any other dress type. In fact, I had no problems wearing the black all-covering abaya that was accepted practice for females in the country, something the other females on the compound could not understand.
"The normal dress code at a pool party is shorts or swimwear," he coolly replied getting a look of near horror from me, "but don't worry, I'll handle things if there are any issues." Boy did he think he was most assuring, after all I was the one doing the baring!
"Akbar, do you have any problem with the fact that I let you enjoy my body any way you want," I reasoned, "Why is it that you have to put me on display for everyone else also?"
I did not agree that everybody there that would be in that sort of attire and that it was very much a part of my wifely duties, being a rather religious person, to heed the suggestion of her husband. Was it not surprising that he wanted me to do something quite contrary to religious dictate, while rationalizing it as my faith based duty? Ah, the men of my country, great folks when they want to be, hypocrites otherwise!
I was late coming back from a visit to a friend in town and knew that the party would be starting in a short time. Hernan was already setting up the barbecue and other necessities for the event as I ran into our house. He signalled that I should change and get to the pool double quick. Akbar was in the shower and I figured I had to forego my dip in order to be on time. I was surprised on finding a few swimsuits, bikinis, hot pants and tank tops on my bed, rather than the clothes I had laid out prior to leaving. Akbar was clearly up to something. I grabbed a bunch of the items and pulled him out of the shower demanding, "What exactly are these and who are they for?"
"Take a look outside and tell me what you think," he responded in a most soothing tone, indicating that if I was not comfortable he would try to fix things.
I peered out the bedroom window and saw that all the women at the pool were indeed wearing short and revealing clothes. Seeing that I had been in a huff going back into the bedroom, he waited in the shower for an extra long while, hoping I would cool down. My anger continued to grow as he extended his stay in the shower.
The incessant ringing of the phone jerked me out of my state of ire. It was one of our neighbours, Lana, calling. Her husband also worked for the same company and they were also expected at the party.
"How come I do not see at the pool?" she asked.
"Just getting ready," I replied, trying not to take out Akbar's anger on Lana.
"Are you putting on something really, really nice?" she pointedly asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Haven't you seen the lovely outfits Akbar bought for the party tonight? I am sure you will look stunning in them." So Lana knew that Akbar was getting me the stuff.
"And how can you be so sure?" I retorted.
"Oh, just a learned guess, and the fact that your husband would be so happy to be with the prettiest and sexiest, not to mention most stylish, lady at the pool," was her quick reply.
"I am not so sure, these are all so revealing," I complained.
"Come on, I went to store to get these for you, poor Akbar was mortified about talking to the store staff." That cleared up where the items had appeared from.
I tell you what," she added, "I'll also wear something very sexy. But I bet you will be the star of the evening."
"How can you be so sure to bet that will be the case?" I still was trying to weasel out.
"I'll organize a little poll among the guests and if you do not win, I swear to walk around the pool topless before the party ends!" That was an argument clinching dare from Lana.