Edited by: Pope1944. Thanks!
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Lea was a wanted woman. At work, with her friends or with family. Lea was popular for very many reasons. She was a hard working woman, really knew how to have a good time and she was a wonderful cook as well as a remarkable hostess. She was charming, always smiling even when life was tough and she usually attracted people from the moment they met. The fact that both her parents were born in Venezuela, which made her pretty exotic here in her almost racially uniform town, only added to her appeal.
She was also very popular with men, of course. That Venezuelan face, skin tone, eyes and body type would have made her popular just by itself. Lea was a beautiful, warm and even now at almost forty, she still exuded an air of sensuality whether she wanted to or not. In fact, when she was young, she even posed for a few nude modelling websites.
That meant that Lea, while very beautiful in a classical way, was also blessed with a remarkable body. First off, she was naturally curvy. Very much so. During her early teens she'd had to buy bras every damned season because her cup size would go up so damned fast. Soon after that, she'd had to find jeans that would accommodate her hips and rounded thighs that were not designed for fat women. Lea wasn't fat. In fact, her waistline was only 22 inches. It's just that her breasts and hips seem to have forgotten that she was tiny! Lea was in fact pretty short, standing at a hair under five feet tall, and that small stature made her curves look even more pronounced.
Most of the time, Lea took all of this in stride and managed to handle all that attention, sexual or otherwise, with ease. She wasn't even aware that this easy only added to her appeal! She had grown used to men vying for her attention, especially now that it was common knowledge that she was single. She wasn't ready for a new man in her life, but it was reassuring to know that once she was ready, she could have her pick!
But sometimes Lea wished she could simply blend in the crowd. Sometimes, alone at night while eating ice cream on the couch, she considered what it would take for that to happen. First, she'd have to become a lazy ungrateful bitch. Second, she'd probably have to shave her head clean, given that her long blue-black hair was one of her most stunning assets. Third, probably a double mastectomy to get rid of those two large breasts that even a turtleneck couldn't disguise. And fourth she'd also have to stop from ever bending down because one couldn't really get rid of one's ass!
Back when she was at college, her ass had caused an accident! Really! She had been wearing yoga pants with a tank top, something she didn't dare do these days. Not because it wouldn't look good, but because she was now fully aware of the consequences. After getting out of the library, she had dropped a book and innocently bent down to pick it up. Two guys, who happened to pass by on their bikes at that exact moment, both crashed because they had been distracted. One of them had even needed stitches!
In any case, the only place she could be truly relaxed and at ease was at home. Which was, all thing considered, very well. She now lived alone with her son ever since his father left them more than a year ago. When Lea learned that he had been having regular affairs for the previous three years, the hot blood in her vein had exploded and she had kicked him out of their house. She now received a nice check every month in the mail, and made of point of spending it on frivolous things.
Like lingerie. Lea liked lingerie a lot. And given her unique figure, she usually needed to buy high end bras. Now she could. Her lingerie drawer was now filled with works of art from Empreinte, Chantelle, Simone Perele, Anya Lust, Prima Donna, Aubade and Lise Charmel. She even had a set of made to measure, ridiculously expensive Christina Aielli! She still couldn't believe you could spend close to a thousand dollar on a set on lingerie. But damn! The first man she'll show this to was going to melt!
The only thing she was happy about that separation was that her son Gabriel had been almost a man when it happened. If it had happened back when he was twelve, it could have been disastrous. But he was 18 now and seemed alright with it. Maybe still bitter, maybe still angry, but his world hadn't crumbled to dust. He had begun to take on responsibilities as the man of the house, which was good.
Sitting in her couch very late a Tuesday night, Lea knew that everything wasn't all fine with Gabriel. His frustration and anger with his father was perfectly understandable, but she feared that it had had an effect on his own romantic life. Four months after the separation, Gabriel broke things off with his own girlfriend and had been single since. "Then again," Lea thought, "so have I. Is he stil single because I am?" She didn't know. Maybe she should accept one of the regular invitations she received?
Just after she turned the TV off, she heard Gabriel walking upstairs. Then climbing down the stairs. When he turned the corner Lea stood up, puzzled by this late night appearance. Gabriel usually slept like a damned log! She walked up to him and asked him what was wrong, but got no answer. His eyes were opened, but he was staring past her. She looked behind her, saw nothing, and frowned. Was he sleepwalking?
Lea smiled, remembering that Gabriel had done a lot of that between the ages of ten and thirteen. It had vanished as suddenly as it had appeared, but her doctor had told her that it was very normal. "Just don't wake him up unless he's getting into serious danger!" he had said, looking very serious. "It could mess him up." Lea had missed the irony and had returned home convinced that this myth was real. And so for those three or four years, she had never woken him up.
She was smiling now, standing in front of him and looking up at him. He mumbled something incomprehensible, then opened his arm to take her into a hug. A big, long and hard hug. Lea squeezed him right back, more than happy to share that hug. It had been a long while since their last one, with Gabriel now too old for them. Her head pressed against his chest, Lea grinned as her son held her tight.
About two very long and sweet minutes later, she felt him relaxing his hold and she knew it was over. But to her surprise, before he pulled away, Gabriel reached down and grabbed one of her buttocks with his large hand and gave it a good squeeze. Lea clamped her mouth shut so that she wouldn't laugh out loud and was laughing quietly as she looked at him going back up the stairs to his room.
The facts that her shirt didn't reach her ass, nor that her small panties had barely covered her full, rounded buttocks didn't really matter to her. After all, Gabriel had never attempted anything like that before and he was clearly sleeping. Lea went to bed herself a few minutes later and she fell asleep smiling as she though about the hug.
After briefly thinking about it the following morning when he ambled into the kitchen, half awake, Lea forgot about that sleepwalking incident. She went about her day and for the first time in a long while, she looked at her male coworkers differently. "Maybe it was time to open up again?" she wondered. The few emails she received from her male friends were also read with a slightly different attitude. Lea had a good idea of who, among all the guys she knew, was interested by her. What she didn't always know was who wanted more than just a night of fun with her.
Not that she was opposed to such a night, of course. Lea was very open-minded about sex and even though she didn't like to think about it now, she and her ex-husband had done some pretty wild stuff early in their relationship. They had done a few threesomes with another girl and even one with another guy, had gone to swingers clubs, adult hotels in Mexico where they'd had sex on the beach with people watching them... Oh Lea wasn't shy or prude in anyway. Come to think of it, maybe a few nights of carnal pleasure would do her good!
Then again, she wasn't twenty anymore and knew that the stakes were different now. She would have to be careful who she chose to do this with. Enjoying this new outlook, Lea spent every free moment of her day thinking about who she would let into her life. Or at least her bed.
Back home, she was in a great mood and Gabriel noticed. She was evasive when he asked her why. While they had a very open relationship, this was not really his concern. Gabriel didn't push. Maybe he was aware that she had stayed out of his own love life? Lea prided herself with the fact that she hadn't ever asked probing mom-questions about his love or sex life. He was pretty open about it, which was good, but she didn't push him.