They both gave off the impression of being in a happy space on the personal front. As the bartender replaced their drinks, she pulled off her rubber band and undid her neat ponytail, shaking her head from side to side and running her fingers through her silky hair. He could barely conceal his lust, so to take his mind off that he removed his cufflinks and folded his sleeves up, revealing his muscular forearms, and now it was her turn to feel a little warm.
He handed the cufflinks to her and asked, ‘Could you keep these in your handbag for me please?’
As she turned around to reach for her bag, he got a good close look at her silky long hair. Freed from the high ponytail her hair fell till her lower back, and the golden-brown streaks looked sexy. A couple of drinks in and they were both getting a little flirty. He paid her a few compliments about her smile and her hair and confessed that her demure nature had always appealed to him. She was still a little shy and wasn’t so direct in her approach, instead of telling him that some of the girls in the office had a crush on him, especially because he played the guitar too.
He smiled back and asked ‘Were you one of them?’
She blushed a little and changed the subject. ‘Do you want to have dinner now or shall we get one more drink before we go?’
They ended up having two more drinks and flirted a bit more. As they got up to leave he thanked the bartender and tipped him while she tied her hair back into a high ponytail, but it was not so neat this time. By the time they left the bar they were practically arm-in-arm and had changed plans. He had suggested going up to his hotel room and ordering dinner there.
At least that way they could both get out of the uncomfortable footwear they’d been wearing all day and put their feet up and have a more relaxed meal he argued. She saw no flaw with his reasoning. Sitting in the back seat of the cab and still chatting away as they drove towards his hotel, they were both silently wondering the same thing. Was he just being practical about the footwear and the comfort or was he going to make a move on her, she wondered.
Was she just being friendly and polite in accepting his invite or was he going to get some action tonight, he wondered. His wife was in Singapore and her boyfriend was visiting his family in India, so they would not be disturbed. It could potentially be a fun and memorable night ahead, and they had nothing to lose. Time will tell, they both thought to themselves and left it at that. After over two hours of non-stop chattering, they suddenly seemed to have nothing to talk about when they were finally in the hotel elevator heading up to his room and an awkward silence engulfed them. As the elevator doors opened he made an ‘after you’ gesture. She stepped out and stood in the landing area not knowing which way to go.
‘To the left, he said as he pulled his key-card out of his pocket. Again the awkward silence as she walked ahead, conscious that he was eyeing her from behind. It made her feel awkward but aroused. The carpeted corridor muffled the sound from her heels but did nothing to lessen the sexy sway of her butt. Her ponytail swayed from side to side with every step she took. With each passing moment, it was getting harder to resist her. And with each step, she took she was becoming more conscious of his gaze on the back of her body.
She suddenly stopped when she heard a door opening slightly behind where she was and she turned around to realize that she had already walked past his room. He had opened the door and was smiling at her from the doorway. Slightly embarrassed, she smiled her demure smile again, looked down at the floor, and walked back towards him. He held the door ajar and stepped just inside to let her pass. As soon as she was in he let go of the door and it started to swing back shut very slowly. They just stood there in the entrance passage looking into each other’s eyes and didn’t say a word. As soon as the door shut the light from the corridor was cut out and the room went pitch black. The housekeeping people must have drawn the heavy curtains he realized.
They couldn’t see a thing and only heard each other breathing. They stood in silence for what seemed like an eternity before he finally said ‘I think the card slot is behind where you’re standing.’ ‘Ok, I’ll move and let you insert it’ she replied and realized too late how wrong that sounded. He knew he could pull his phone out of his pocket and use the light from that, or just reach out and pull the room door open again for a moment, but he didn’t want to.
In the darkness, the sound of her breathing and the smell of her perfume was accentuated and he took it all in. ‘It will be easier for you to turn around and do it yourself, it’s right behind where you’re standing’ he said and she instinctively reached out in the dark to take the key-card from the hand she knew he was holding out. In the dark, she couldn’t see a thing and ended up putting her palm around his forearm and then gently slid it down to his wrist and finally got the key-card and turned around to find the slot. His eyes had adjusted a bit to the darkness and he could clearly make out the shape of her body.
He stepped in close behind her. She felt his presence barely an inch away as she rubbed the palm of her left hand on the wall, trying to locate the slot for the key card which she held in her right hand. His vision was better adjusted to the dark than hers and he spotted the slot in a few seconds. He reached out over her left shoulder and put his left palm over hers and guided it to the little plastic rectangle. She could feel her butt brushing against his upper thighs and his chest pressing against her back now.
He could finally smell her up close and it was intoxicating. She tilted her head slightly to the right and back, anticipating the kiss on her neck as she felt him lean forward and bend down. Instead, she heard him whisper ‘You have the card’. A little embarrassed but very turned on, she slid the card into its slot, and at the exact same instant when the lights came on she felt his right hand on her waist and a soft warm kiss on the left side of her neck. He kissed and nibbled all over the side and back of her neck, cheek, and ear.