*** This story is inspired from reality. I hope you'll enjoy it and, if it is the case, do tell me ***
I'm a settled man. I share my life with the mother of my son, we have a comfortable sex life, nothing fancy, but we are both happy with it. I never cheated on her, well, not until today...
I've been teaching at the local university for the past few years. I'm lucky enough to teach in a letters faculty populated mostly by girls (young women should I say). Whatever one reads here and there, it nearly never happens that a lecturer sleeps with students. Well, not me for sure.
I'm in my late 30s, appreciated by students and colleagues as being nice and friendly and always available. My office door is always open and I'm always here to give a hand when needed. As for my appearance, I'm tallish, thinish, short brown hair and blue eyes. Neither ugly nor a model, just a normal guy.
This is the story of how I came to cheat on my wife, with a student that didn't give me her name...
One day, she addressed me in the corridor. Not one of my students, but she was stuck with a computer and asked for help. She's 21 at most, small and thin, a ravishing smile and dark sparkling eyes, and the beautiful olive skin of an Indian girl. She did not wear any make-up; she really did not need it, and was dressed quite casually, but her lovely shape, smile and eyes made me even more friendly and helpful to her. She thanked me and that was the end of our first encounter.
A few days later, as I stepped into the tramway to go home, I noticed her, nodded and smiled politely, then took a seat for the trip. When I left the carriage a few minutes later, I heard a voice saying "Oh, so you live in this area too?" I turned around; she was there, taking the same direction. We small-talked in the dark streets for a while about the area, her life and projects... but I never came around asking for her name. At some junction, our ways separated. It was an awkward goodbye, our eyes meeting, neither of us knowing whether to kiss goodbye (we often kiss goodbye in France) or to shake hands. So we did not do anything and left each in our own direction.
Every now and then, we'd come across each other at university. We'd salute each other with friendly smile; eventually exchange a few words, but nothing more. I never really thought of her or that anything could happen between the two of us.
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This morning, I had to drive to the mall before going to work. I got there quite early so as to avoid the crowd. Within a few minutes, I had gathered all I needed and walked towards the checkouts. That's when I saw her. She was cute as ever, wandering in the same alley. As I walked past her, she noticed me and hailed "Oh, hello sir!"
We chatted a while in front of the coffee tables on sale; I even helped her chose one for its solidity and we ended up queuing at adjacent checkouts. As she was struggling with the package, I offered to help her carry it to her car, to which she replied that she was taking it home by bus. There was no way she'd managed that, so I offered the lift, which she gratefully accepted.
Once the package was in the back of my car, we drove off for the few miles between the mall and her place. Since she was sitting so close to me, I could smell her intoxicating spicy perfume. Every now and then, I'd glance in her direction and she'd return a smile and sparking eyes.
She gave me the directions and I parked close to her place. It took us some effort to carry her package to the fourth floor (no lift). Her flat was the typical student flat: one large room serving as living room, bedroom and kitchen; the bed serving as both bed and sofa. Still, it was nicely decorated and seemed comfortable, though slightly overheated.
"I wouldn't like to abuse, but would you help me mount this coffee table? In exchange, I'll get some coffee if you like." I genuinely accepted and started unpacking and mounting the thing. It did not take long and by the time she was coming back with the coffee, the table was up between her sofa bed and the television set.
She placed both cups on the new table and sat on the bed. "Thanks so much. I would not have managed on my own. I've been a bit silly buying this with no real means of taking it home. Come, take a sit and have your coffee, you deserve it!" she said, tapping next to her on the sofa bed.