The soft warm golden cascade of giggling notes washes over me, all innocence but still, to my ears, so seductive and sensuous.
She wriggles her hips to accentuate the musical notes of her laugh as her eyes shine brightly with a wicked sense of naughtiness.
Her beauty, her shy charms, her innate gracefulness, and supple flawless skin captivate me.
Does she truly not realise the power she has over me, does she even know that I would reach up and throw the moon off its axis, if only she asked, she could command the world to kneel at her delicate tiny feet and I would make it happen for her.
If she only knew, she would ruin me.
The strong afternoon sun highlights her slender frame, making her glow, her hands weave their way around from her back as her hips sway gently, drawing her thumbs across the bottom hem of her tight white singlet, teasing the fabric and toying with me.
Agonisingly slowly, her index fingers capped with long polished nails slips under the fabric, making small circles on the soft skin of her stomach, and then they begin to lift. The fabric inches upwards, over her flat stomach, the deep cleft of her navel captivating my gaze, she is enticing.
Her hand continue to lift the thin white fabric as my eyes devour every inch of flesh she carefully reveals, then she pauses, hesitates, and in a small voice she almost whispers, "Are you sure this is ok?"
I fight to calm my breathing so my response does not come out all ragged and horse, "Yes of course Natalie, after all it was your idea, but of course, if it would help, I can always close my eyes!"
She giggled once more, her voice quiet, almost whispering, "No that's ok." Then with her green eyes sparkling with fun and with a quick fluid movement; she lifted the rest of her singlet up, over her breasts, and off her head, throwing it casually aside, she stood before me, naked except for those tiny little denim shorts, and I am lost; I am done for, for she is perfection.
Her slim torso, her small pristine breasts firm and taut, and her delicate pink nipples, the vague hints and suggestions contained within the tight little tops she has worn all summer now realised in her beautiful naked, perfect flesh.
I fight to keep my mouth from dropping open and retain my friendly, reassuring smile, but I cannot stop the words, "Totally stunning" I gasp.
If she noticed the gasp in my voice she chose not to comment, she simply smiled her beautiful smile, a slight blush rising on her delicate cheeks as she whirled around to sit back down in the sun lounger.
I sit, slightly back from her to maintain my perfect view of her stunning body, glowing with health in the strong sunlight, my eyes hidden by the dark sunglasses, for which I am grateful; she cannot see the look of deep burning lust that must be blazing in my eyes.
Such a dangerous, potent situation, a beautiful disaster in the making, the way she has been with me from the moment she came back. My beautiful niece, my twin sisters' nineteen-year-old daughter, now home for the summer from university, she seems to have grown so much in the last year, and it is all good.
I would have to be blind and stupid not to notice her naΓ―ve dance of seduction. Her soft slender hand covering mine every chance she got, her awkward signals, and such innocent flirtatious looks. She acts shy, her bottom lip quivering. She is desperate to please, and the subtle interplay between us, the intimate confidences she shares so readily. The direct, and the indirect questions, the unsubtle ways in which she asks and confers, as if she cannot get enough of my words and I smile my warm smile each time she acquiesces so readily, eagerly to my slightest suggestion, and her almost seemingly desperate need to please me.
She watches me so intently; I can feel her eyes boring into my back as I walk across the patio to my own home. I have watched her also; late at night, her bedroom light shining bright, and her blinds remaining open as she stares directly at my windows and slowly, teasingly disrobes. She parades herself in front of me, every chance she gets, the short bathrobe left a little too loose, so that tantalising hints of firm breasts are exposed. Around the garden on hot afternoons she wears the shortest shorts and the tightest of tops, she makes every effort to let me know that I should look, that I should want.
Today is special, both her parents are out of town and she is sitting in my back garden, she asked if I minded if she sunbathed topless and why, oh why dear god would I object.
To me she is beautiful, mouth-wateringly beautiful, and so full of awkward youthful grace. She reminds me so much of my sister when she was her age, and it breaks my heart to see my beautiful sister with such a careless bully of a man. I know Natalie is my niece and it tears at my very soul but the possibilities hang so precariously in the space behind my eyes as my subconscious desires rise to the surface. Her smile, her slender frame, and flowing red hair, how she moves with such youthful ease, limbs seeming to flow like a lithe reed, then her smile shines like a beacon, infectious.
Then an opportunity for us to be completely alone, it was unexpected, my Sister's Husband having won a free weekend hotel trip to the West End, taking in a show, for his department hitting some sales target. Sis did not want to go, but he insisted, not that he was interested in spending time with my sister, but more to show off to his work colleagues. I knew Sis would find it hard, but I guess she knew it would be harder to refuse him than to simply go and keep out of his way.
I have lost count of how many times I have had to step in the middle of his anger, his bullying, lost count of how many times I have told my Sister to leave him, but she would not whilst Natalie was growing up, she always was stubborn that way, a child should have two parents she insisted. Even though I know exactly where she was coming from, as her twin, to a single Mother who struggled to raise us both, but I could not agree less with her on this issue.