Author notes:
Thank you kindly to Todger65 for editing my story and offering advice. I think I lost my way on the overall plot line for the story I first intended, but it still reads as a nice story just the same. I hope you like it.
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Julie brushed the long, honey blonde hair away from her eyes and reached for the wine glass as it was being refilled.
"Thank you very much."
She knew she shouldn't have, but she had never mastered saying no to another drink of alcohol, and she was still very nervous. Smiling with glittering, grey eyes she raised the glass to a silent toast as he sat back down opposite her in the small restaurant. He returned her salute with a huge grin.
"That was a lovely meal, thank you, Sinclair."
"Oh please, call me Sinc. And we haven't ordered dessert yet, I'm sure something on the menu will tempt you."
He smiled again and she smiled back. Was he was talking about the menu or something else altogether? Everyone at the office called him Sinc, but a few of the older men called him Sin at the most odd occasions. He was a little mischievous and maybe that was it.
"It is getting a little late and my dress isn't made for a chilly evening."
He stood up and rolled his dark, formal jacket off his shoulders and wrapped it around hers before she could protest. "It's a shame to cover your beautiful blue dress, but I won't let you get cold."
His ploy worked, and she picked up the menu to scan the desserts as the waiter appeared magically from nowhere. "There is so much variety, I don't know what to choose," she mused.
"We'll both have a chocolate buttermilk bundt cake," he said to the waiter, "and add a little port wine sauce as well please."
And with that dessert was settled. Julie didn't know what it was, but it sounded delicious and high in all the things that were bad for her figure.
"Well, what shall we talk about while we wait?" she said, inviting some conversation.
"Nothing about work," he said, and then they looked at each other deciding what else they had in common.
Julie realised she didn't really know much about Sinc at all, not personally. Professionally he was well respected across the country for his experience, having spoken at many international conferences and nationwide rallies. He had been supervising her department for a couple years now, and before that she had heard of him. While they didn't work directly together, she was familiar enough to chat with him about work, but personally she was drawing a blank.
His silvery hair and moustache put him maybe in his mid fifties and well outside her perceived dating range. At twenty seven her options were severely limited due to her work hours and her sometimes difficult nature. It had been a long time since she'd been asked out, and even longer since she had gotten far with a man. They didn't seem to stick with her too long as her personality was challenging, and required more effort to get used to than most of them had the patience for.
Why had she said yes to him, the right question at the right moment? He had asked, she said yes, and then they were out the office door and he was driving her here.
She found herself still studying his face intently when he broke the ice and they settled into small talk about travel until the dessert arrived. He topped her wine up again but didn't pour any more for himself as he was driving later.
The dessert was delicious, and the port wine sauce divine and heady. It complemented the wine she had already drunk and added a little mellow haziness to her world that made her feel warm inside his jacket despite the cool air. The waiter appeared instantly when Sinc pulled his wallet out of his pocket, and before a check even appeared he had handed over two notes and told the waiter to keep the change.
"Well, let's go for a drive," he said and stood up. They walked out together, he held the door for her, and then he comfortably rested an arm around her waist as they walked to his car. She didn't know what to say and let it ride; she was warm and happy and felt safe enough with him.
He held open the door to the big, dual cab, cherry red pick up and she climbed in. He jumped in the other side and started it up with a rumble and slid the heating up a little.
"You can throw the jacket on the back seat, it'll be warm enough in a second. Now let's drive."
She shrugged the jacket off and threw it across the empty back seat and settled in putting her belt on.
"It's a beautiful blue dress," he said as they got under way, "I'm glad it's not hidden under that jacket anymore."
Julie laughed. "This old thing?"
But it wasn't old. A nice velvet blue with embroidery across the chest. Almost too good for work, but some days you dress to impress, even if only yourself.
"I like it. You're so beautiful, I don't know why you're not married."
And suddenly her breath left her and it seemed like the sweetest thing anyone ever said to her.
"I'm really not that beautiful, and I'm not the easiest person to get along with. No one's ever toughed it out."
He just smiled across at her and nodded. No one had toughed it out for a very long time, and suddenly she felt lonely and unloved and a little desperate for affection. He leaned across and held her hand without a word, then moved both their hands up to change gear, and then he just held her hand again and ran his thumb along hers. Julie melted and couldn't stop smiling to herself. She didn't know what to expect from a man his age, but he was making some very good moves and she was enjoying herself.
"And why aren't you married?"
"I never had time for it," he said, "Always busy chasing greener pastures. I regret that now, I should have found someone nice to settle down with before now."
She didn't know exactly how that was aimed, but it was sweet. He squeezed her hand, and then they were turning into a driveway. Her heart beat faster realising they were at his house and he was about to invite her in. Her thoughts exploded into whirl of confusion: should she ask him to take her home; was her makeup unblemished; which underwear did she have on in the rush to leave for work in the morning; she wasn't on birth control and she wasn't carrying condoms; how would she get home in the morning?
As she watched him round the front of the pickup and open her door, her thoughts showed her that she was going to go in and that she was open to whatever may happen. She unclipped the buckle, picked up her handbag, took his offered hand and slid out beside him.
Sinc smiled cheerily at her, closed the door, wrapped an arm around her hip and led her to the front door. He keyed it open and motioned her in, his hand sliding down over her ass as she stepped in. Her heart jumped into her throat as his fingers lightly trailed her ass cheek and let go as he turned and closed the door behind them.
"It was a lovely dinner," he said turning back to her, brushing her hair away from her face and standing close. "You are so beautiful, Julie."
She blushed and looked down in embarrassment.
"Thank you," she softly answered with a growing smile.
He stood close, his hands resting gently on her hips as he leant forward and kissed her cheek, his moustache scratching and tickling her skin as his little kisses trailed across her face. Her body froze in place, unable to respond, her hands lightly pressed against his chest. She turned her face away, inviting his kisses to trail across her cheek to her neck. She could feel his teeth scraping her skin and his heavy breathing hammering in her ear.
She let out a deep sigh as Sinc's hands explored up and down her back. His gentle kisses covered her over and over until has hand cupped her head to turn to face him and his kisses became more insistent. His tongue licked her lower lip, searching for a way in, and involuntarily she responded to his passion and put her arms around his neck and pulled him onto her, her tongue electrifying their kiss into deep passion as she melted into his mouth. His hand settled on her ass, pulling her hard against him. Her breathing became heavy, and heady with lust as she gave him a taste of all her passion.
She felt him fumbling below where his belly pressed hard against her, and then the firm pressure of his cock poking into her. His hands settled back on her ass and pulled her hips tight against him as he ground himself against her.