The first I knew something was going on was when she put her hand in my lap.
Under the table.
In the restaurant.
"Can I show you the dessert menu?" asked the waiter as he cleared our plates.
"Oh, I think so," she said. He nodded, looking straight down at her hand. She just smiled at him.
"Now, Benjamin," she said as the waiter left, "how about dessert and then brandy in the bar?"
I had lost my tongue, to be honest. Then again, I suspected that the question was rhetorical anyway.
She looked into my eyes and moved her hand along my lap. She held my gaze, smiling, her eyes sparkling and excited. She moved the hand back towards her and then away from her, obviously checking for any signs of movement beneath the thin black material.
I twitched.
Or rather, my cock twitched.
Her eyes opened wider and her smile turned into a grin.
"Madam? Sir?" The waiter placed the dessert menus in front of us and retreated again.
She removed her hand and picked up her menu.
"Mmm, cheesecake, I think," she said, "with whipped cream." She made the last two words sound utterly filthy and adjusted her position in the chair alongside me.
I looked at my menu but the text was a blur. I held it further away and, slowly, my eyes settled down and I could read the four dishes. I put the menu back down, on top of hers. The waiter returned.
"What can I get you, Madam?
"Cheesecake with plenty of whipped cream." There it was again. Those two words, lengthened and contorted around her mouth to sound absolutely debauched.
"Sir?" The waiter looked at me just as her hand took up its former position.
"Chocolate," I said.
"The Chocolate Fondant, sir?" he asked. I nodded.
As he picked up the menus he looked directly at her hand, his gaze lingering for a second longer than was necessary. I glanced at her. She was smiling up at the waiter; a smile of satisfaction.
"Thank you," she said, as he left.
"Chocolate Fondant," she said, "isn't that the one that always goes wrong in the cooking shows?" she asked. Her hand began its movements again. I could feel her fingertips through my trousers as she applied some pressure.
I nodded.
"Y-es," I stumbled, "I don't know why they even try it."
"Perhaps it's because it seems impossible? There must be great satisfaction if you get it right," she said.
"I guess s..." I stopped completely as her fingers gripped my cock, pinching out the shape as if she was pinching a roll of pastry. A sausage roll, perhaps.
The waiter returned.
"Cheesecake for Madam; and the fondant for Sir. Please enjoy." He retreated once again. She removed her hand from my lap and picked up her dessert-fork and spoon.
I cut the fondant with the edge of my spoon; liquid chocolate oozed out of the chocolate sponge, thick, hot and steaming. It was a perfect fondant.
"Oh, well done," she said, looking at my dessert. I glanced up at her. She had a spoonful of whipped cream poised alongside her mouth. She saw me looking and licked her lips before opening her mouth and putting the spoon inside. When she withdrew the spoon she had whipped cream in the corner of her mouth. Both sides.
I looked back at my plate and cut a small piece of sponge with the spoon. I put it into my mouth and looked over at her. She was licking the sides of her mouth with an exaggerated motion; slowly and sensually. The cream disappeared but she kept her mouth slightly open so that I could see it on her tongue.
"Mmm," she said, "so good."
I concentrated on my own dessert, gulping down the delicious chocolate and savouring the delicate sponge. I scraped around the plate with my spoon, clearing every last bit of chocolate sauce I could. I put the spoon and fork down on the plate and sat back, satisfied.
"Well, someone enjoyed that, didn't they," she said. She finished her dessert with a final spoonful of cream, going through the same regime as before, and called the waiter.
"We'll take coffee and brandy in the bar," she said, pushing back her chair. She led the way from the restaurant to the bar and sat down on a leather sofa.
"Come and sit beside me, Benjamin," she said. I sat down next to her on the sofa as the waiter came over to the low table in front of us.
"Coffee for two and two large Martell XO's, please," she said, smiling at him. He nodded and went away. The bar was quiet; it wasn't yet nine o'clock; and we were in a shadowy corner. She shuffled slightly, so that her leather skirt rubbed on my trouser-leg. The skirt had ridden up when she sat and the hem was now halfway up her thigh.
She put her hand on top of my thigh, squeezing it gently.
"Well, that was a lovely meal, wasn't it?" she said. Her hand moved up my thigh to my groin. She began to rub again, caressing my cock through my trousers. The waiter reappeared with a large tray from which he deposited mats, sugar, cups and saucers, a coffee pot, a plate of chocolates and two brandy balloons. He looked up at her face and asked;
"Will that be all, Madam?" Then he saw her hand. It was stroking, slowly and steadily but there was no mistaking what it was doing. His training took over and, when she said, 'thank you,' he nodded and turned on his heel. I looked at her. She was smiling after him.
She poured the coffees and slid one in front of me before passing me a glass. I sniffed it and then sipped it, carefully. I'd only ever had cheap brandy before but this was thick and intense, with none of that harshness.
"Good?" she asked.
"Really good," I said. It warmed the back of my throat and then all the way down. I put down the glass and sat back in the sofa. She picked up her coffee cup, took a sip, and put it back down. Then she sipped her cognac and lifted her head, as if she was savouring the taste of the spirit mixed with the coffee in the back of her mouth. She turned slightly and replaced her hand in my lap. She massaged me openly, staring at my face.
My cock twitched in her hand.
"Mmm, you like that," she said. It wasn't a question but quite obviously a statement of fact. I let my head fall onto the back of the sofa and closed my eyes while she continued to massage my cock. I felt her hot breath in my ear as she leaned in;
"I'll bet you'd like me to take it out, wouldn't you?" I sat up, quickly.
"No," I said, looking around the bar. There was no one in eyesight of us but I was terrified of being seen. She smiled, saying,
"Sorry, darling, I didn't mean to tease you. That's not fair, is it?"
It seemed that a spell had been broken. She removed her hand and passed me my coffee cup. I took a gulp, then another. I picked up the cognac and took a big sip of that too, swallowing it too quickly and coughing, loudly.
"Okay?" she asked as the cough subsided. I nodded,
"Sorry," I said, embarrassed.
"Don't apologise, darling; my fault entirely," she replied. We drank our coffee in silence and then finished our cognac. She made the air-cheque sign to the waiter and then signed the bill when he brought it over.
"Shall we?" she asked me. I stood up, taking her outstretched hand and helping her up from the sofa. She put her hand through my arm as we walked to the lift. I waved my room-card at the sensor and pressed the button marked '7.'
"Have you had a good day?" she asked, leaning against me.
"Lovely, thank you," I replied.
"I'm so glad," she said as the lift came to a stop. The doors opened and we turned left down the coridoor, stopping outside the door marked '727'; my room.
I turned to her and leaned against the door. She kissed me on both cheeks and then held my face. I kissed her on the lips, just a quick kiss, and she smiled.
"I'm just next door if you need anything," she said. I smiled and nodded, turning to open my door.
"Goodnight, Ben," she whispered as I stepped into the room. I turned and smiled at her.
"G'night." I closed the door behind me and turned the lights on. I pulled at my tie and undid it, throwing it on the chair. I popped the top button of my shirt and kicked off my shoes, still laced up, using my heels and toes, just like I used to after school.
I sat on the edge of the bed. On the table beside me was the programme from this afternoon's performance of Les Miserables with a light-blue coaster from the champagne bar at Fortnum and Mason, where we'd been after the show. Beside them, standing up was a 21st birthday card.
I stripped out of my clothes, went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. The hot water seemed to invigorate me and I began thinking about this evening, and her wandering hands.