Summer sun tingled across my bare shoulders as I slipped my hand into my husband's, matching my stride with his as we walked from the student union to the building on the university campus where he taught. His messenger bag filled with student papers and his textbook copy set up an alternate rhythm on his opposite hip.
I'd decided to take advantage of the first really warm days of late spring to break out my summer sundresses, the ones that allowed me to go without a bra. Today's was a light blue with little yellow flowers, cut low in front and with a swingy skirt that brushed the middle of my thighs. I was such a contrast to my husband in his khakis and 'professor polo' as I had dubbed it.
But that wasn't the only contrast between us. He's 15 years older than I am - mid-40s but doesn't look his age. His hair is sandy blond and trimmed neatly, a clean-cut square peg looking kinda guy. Me? My tumbled mess of hair is three different shades of blue and purple, and I wear patchouli because it turns me on. He's always the big spoon because my head just reaches his collar bone. His hands are twice the size of mine. He has to plan everything, and I am unpredictable and spontaneous. Today he's allowed me to kidnap him for lunch before he teaches his afternoon freshman world studies class, in spite of the fact that he knows I could very well make him late.
As we walk along, I brush his arm with the side of my breast, feeling my nipples rise and stretch the fabric across the front of my dress. He looks down at me with a wicked grin, knowing exactly what I'm up to, then chuckles a little nervously as we walk past a group of students.
"Don't worry," I assure him, "I won't expose you to campus scandal - I'll only strip you naked with my eyes."
"I'm not worried," he says, letting go of my hand only to slip his around the curve of my waist and pull me closer so that our hips move together while we walk. He places a quick kiss on the top of my head. "Mmmm...warm."
"This weather is amazing. Too bad you have to spend the afternoon indoors with a bunch of spoiled college kids, when you could be spending it outdoors with me." I slipped my arm around his waist as we neared the building entrance.
He tipped his head down and looked meaningfully at me over the top of his glasses. "Why do I feel like we would cause a campus scandal if I were to spend the afternoon outdoors with you?" His gaze slipped down my neck to my exposed cleavage, then flicked over the evidence of my arousal, making my pulse race as much as if he'd done the same with his tongue. "Spring has a certain effect on you, love."
I looked up at him through lowered lashes and gave him a seductive grin as I closed most of the distance between us. "One that you rather enjoy..." I was about to come up on my tiptoes to give him a perfectly innocent kiss when we were interrupted by someone calling his name.
"Dr. Logan!"
We both turned to the sound, and my legs went weaker as the most sculpted and stunning young man smiled and waved as he walked toward us. His thick, black hair shone with a reddish tint in the midday sun, and all I could think was how I wanted to bury my fingers in it as I guided his head down between my thighs... how I wanted my thighs wrapped around that slim and taut waist... I had to blink quickly to make sure none of that showed on my face, and plastered my "good wife" smile across my face while my husband spoke to him.
And then, I couldn't help myself. I had to get his attention. "I hope my husband hasn't made your lives miserable with too much busy work just before break." I leaned against his arm, making sure that the fabric on my dress stretched and pressed across my tingling breasts. I shifted my weight and crossed my legs slightly, pressing my thighs together to quell the heat that was rising between them.
"Oh, Bennett, this is my wife, Violet. Bennett's one of my senior seminar in global policies students."
"Nice to meet an upperclassman," I purred, letting my gaze slip down to where Bennett had shifted his own messenger bag to cover his groin. I grinned, thinking I knew exactly why he'd made that move, wishing I could see his eyes behind the dark sunglasses he was wearing. Then I'd know exactly what effect I was having on him.
"I've got to get to class. Stop by during office hours and pick up that journal I was telling you about," my husband said to Bennett, pulling me along the sidewalk toward the door of the building.