The Remembrance of the Reluctant Representative
"You realize," he said, "Anna, it isn't cheating if your husband doesn't find out."
Millie Dynamite
Β© Copyright 2016/19/21 by Millie Dynamite
NOTE: This work contains material not suitable for anyone under eighteen (18) or those of a delicate nature. This is a story and contains descriptive scenes of a graphic sexual nature. This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, whether living, deceased, actual events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.
Prolog
You've crossed into Millie's Vast Expanse -- a land of seductions filled with tender, loving ecstasy or affairs of brute force where plunder and murder walk hand in hand. A place where wrongs are perpetrated with relish and revenge is extracted in a primeval frenzy.
The Expanse is as broad as your imagination and as deep as your lust. Filled with adultery, fornication, brutal betrayal, and occasionally tender mercies. In one long stretch of the Expanse is a particular place and time where misogynistic bosses use coercion and fear or seduction and inducement to have their way with their female employees.
He's an aggressive man who got to the top with cunning and stealth. He hunted and trapped his prey in such a cunning way they become willing participants in their abuse. He enjoys his female employees as playthings, taking from them what he wants, giving them in return only what he must. Afterward, he abandons them to their ordinary, mundane, mind-numbing existence. It is the 1980's, in a place called America, greed is good, but a controlling influence is better. Cruising at 30,000 feet, your descent begins into Millie's Vast Expanse. Buckle up -- it's going to be a turbulent journey.
The Remembrance of the Reluctant Representative
"The hair -- They say the hair is everything, you know. Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls... and just wanted to go to sleep forever? Or lips -- and when they touched, yours were like... that first swallow of wine... after you just crossed the desert. Tits! Whoo--ah! Big ones, little ones, nipples staring right out at ya... Like secret searchlights. Mmm. And legs -- I don't care if they're Greek columns... or secondhand Steinways. What's between 'em -- passport to heaven." Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Scent of a Woman (1992)
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Years have passed since those wonderful hours of my indiscretion. Still, the memories haunt me of my cruel betrayal of our wedding vows. The shame burns inside after all those years. And yet, such a sweet memory of precious, stolen moments often invades my thoughts, and I become cloaked in a haunting, sentimental desire to replicate the wonderful experience.
Often, I become melancholy, with a fierce longing, gnawing at my mind, to recreate those adrenaline-charged hours of erogenous ecstasy. I can only regain my equilibrium by indulging myself with a conscious, waking dream of the whole exhilarating affair and self-gratification until the cravings subside.
Afterward, in rough waves, an exact mirror image of the ecstasy as my guilt and the shame flood over my soul. Carrying my responsibility, my betrayal of my dear, sweet husband hurts me -- I hunger so to confess to him and beg for forgiveness, but I keep these things to myself. For I alone fell from grace, therefore, only I should bear the pain.
Seeing the report in the paper brings the recollections flooding back to me in a brilliant, blinding flash. I remember the odor of his drink sitting on the tray as the plane started descending. He winked at me, drank down the liquid in a single swallow, and handed the stewardess his empty glass. Thurgood turned and gazed at me. His blue eyes were so brilliant and kind with a mischievous twinkle.
"Don't be nervous, Anna, we will be on the ground in a minute," taking my hand, he held onto me, smiling at me as the knot in my stomach grew tighter. I hated flying, but his mighty hand calmed me, at least somewhat.
"I have such plans for you during our free time. I intend for us to celebrate our terrific year at this convention. You realize you are one of my most successful sales reps this year."
With a tender strength, Thurgood squeezed my hand. His calming deep melodic voice kept reassuring me about our safety as he continued to compliment me on my work. Out of the blue, he said something which caught me off guard.
"I must confess, you are quite beautiful, my dear. I have always had a soft spot for redheads. And you, my dear Anna, you are," he paused, searching for the word, "stunning." I was confused by his compliment. After all, my married boss made a comment on my appearance. Above all, I couldn't understand this, for I am also married. Blushing, I cast my eyes downward.
"Now, now, no show of modesty, my dear." His hand touched my chin, with a tender persuasion, he lifted my face. "What lovely eyes," he said, his commanding voice was all concentrated on, "such a dark shade of green, deep -- drawing me into them ... I may well lose my way in your beautiful eyes. I'm certain your husband is quite happy with you."
He leaned toward me. In the first place, I wanted to turn away, should've turned away -- I didn't, and his lips met my own, our soft, hot lips pressed together. To my shame, I not only let him kiss me, but I also returned the kiss, and a white-hot, burning passion flashed between our mouths. God, what was I doing? A hard jolt jarred me, and I bounced in my seat as the wheels hit the runway. We broke apart, and he turned away from me, staring forward.
"Being forthright, the pleasure was mine, to kiss such a lovely woman as you," he turned back to me. "I took your mind off our landing, didn't I, Anna Marie?" he broke into a bright smile. I realized he was only playing with me to keep me from worrying. At least, I thought he meant to take my mind off the landing. His attention couldn't be my form or face; I hated my appearance, freckles on a grown woman.