It was 8AM, Sunday morning, and Olga Petrovsky's taxi had just arrived in front of the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel, in New York City. Normally, after a long flight involving the crossing of many time zones, she would be absolutely exhausted and ready to sleep. However, this time she felt quite refreshed and knew she would not be able to sleep for a few hours. The reason for her vitality you may ask, a most eventful flight.
Olga had met a man named Chris while travelling on a private jet from Cairo, Egypt to New York City. Upon entering the plane she was immediately attracted to him. Exactly what attracted her initially, she could not say. He was definitely handsome and exuded confidence, but she had come into contact with many men like that throughout the course of her life, so that could not have been it. Perhaps it was just her, she saw someone she wanted and just went after him. This type of behavior was certainly out of character for her, but she liked the way she felt. She felt ALIVE!
After checking in and reaching her hotel room, she called room service and ordered breakfast. After eating breakfast and watching a bit of television, she decided to lie down and get some rest. However, she just couldn't sleep. She just continued to replay the events of her flight over and over in her head. Of course the sexual encounter was the highlight of the thoughts she had, but the conversation she had with Chris afterwards was remarkable as well. It was so relaxed and natural. They joked and laughed like friends that had known one another for years. She felt as if they could discuss anything.
After about an hour and a half of daydreaming, Olga allowed her logical mind to take over. Her logical mind told her that Chris probably had many girlfriends and that she would never hear from him again, despite the fact they had exchanged contact information. Her logical mind told her that she lived in Moscow, Russia while he lived in New York City. Her logical mind told her to stop behaving like a school girl and act like the accomplished business woman you are. Her logical mind told her she had preexisting commitments which would make a future with Chris literally impossible. However, despite her best efforts, just before falling asleep, her last conscious thoughts were of Chris.
Chris Knight emerged from the taxi which had driven him from Kennedy Airport to his Long Island City high rise apartment in Queens, New York. As he arrived at the front door to his apartment building, it was quickly opened by a smiling door man.
"Good morning Mr. Knight, you've been away for a few days, go anywhere interesting?" asked the doorman.
"I was in Cairo, Egypt for a few days on business. Didn't get to see any of the sights though. Only saw the airport and the hotel," replied Chris.
"What a shame Mr. Knight to miss the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx and all the other historic sites. Guess you'll have to go back on your own dime to see all those things?" said the door man.
Chris replied succinctly, "Yes, I believe you're right sir. I believe you are right."
"Need any help with your bags sir?" asked the doorman.
"No thanks, I'll manage,"answered Chris.
Chris then shook the doorman' s hand and deposited a ten dollar bill in his hand for his warm reception. Chris then made his way to the elevator and took it to the tenth floor. Upon reaching the tenth floor, he exited the elevator, made a right and walked three doors down to his apartment. When entering his small one bedroom apartment he was always impressed by the floor to ceiling view of the mid-Manhattan skyline from his living room window. That view, by itself, made the twenty-five hundred dollar a month maintenance fee all worth it.
It was just about 8 AM and Chris was in serious need of rest. He would have usually slept on the flight, but because of his fortuitous meeting with Ms. Olga Petrovsky,
he didn't sleep at all and he didn't regret it one bit. He looked forward to seeing her again very soon. In fact he planned on sending her a text this evening, just to see if her interest in him had not worn off since their meeting.
For now, Chris grabbed himself a bowl of cereal and went straight to bed. Within minutes he was fast asleep. Great sex had that effect on Chris, he could not resist sleep after having had a satisfying sexual experience.
It was now 5PM and Olga had awakened about a half-hour ago. She had decided to go the hotel restaurant and have dinner at about 6PM. She wanted to turn in for the night by 9 PM because she had several morning sales appointments with high-end shops on Fifth Avenue. You see Olga sold one of a kind merchandise to high-end stores around the world. That's why she was always on the road. Her friends always told her that she spent more time away than she did at home. This of course meant she had to sacrifice some of the things other twenty-eight year old women enjoyed such as partying with friends and relaxing vacations. However, Olga' s discipline and focus earned her the right to run her own business and amass millions in her bank account.
At dinner her phone dinged indicating that she had received a text message. When she read it, to her utter amazement, she saw the message was from Chris Knight. The message read, "Hope you are settling in nicely in the city, hope to see you soon, Chris." Although it was a simple message, it reignited all of the feelings she had prior to going to sleep this morning. The first questions on her mind now was how and when she should respond to his text? However, after several minutes of thought, she decided to text Chris back right away. She came to this conclusion because their initial meeting grew out of both parties being open and honest about their feelings. There was no game play, no one tried to gain advantage over the other. So Olga felt, why introduce those negative qualities to their growing, whatever this is?
Olga's text back to Chris was simple and to the point. It read, "I have settled into the city quite nicely. Thinking about you a lot, please give me a call later, Olga."
Chris was shocked when he heard his phone ding with a text message not more than fifteen minutes after having sent his initial message to Olga. He was even more amazed by the fact that she had been thinking about him and that she wanted him to call her. The time was now 6:45 PM. He figured he call about 8 PM, not too early, not too late, since tomorrow was a workday. In between now and then he would order something for dinner and ponder what he would talk about when he made his call.
Olga had returned to her room and was watching a bit of television before it was time to turn in. Just as the show she was watching went to commercial break, her cellphone began ringing. She grabbed her cellphone from the night table next to her bed and quickly saw that it was Chris. Inside her head, she jumped for joy.
"Hi Chris!" Olga said with a smile in her voice.
"Hi Olga, how are you doing?"
"Just fine Chris, just getting ready for bed. I have a long day ahead tomorrow."
"Oh, please forgive me for interrupting you. I'll talk to you at..."
"No, No, No Chris!" Olga interrupted. "I was just watching television trying to wind down. In fact, I have been having trouble sleeping since I met you."
"Why is that, Olga?"
"Just thinking about what happened on the plane and how at ease I feel with you."
"Well to be honest Olga, I've been feeling the same way about you as well. I didn't have trouble sleeping, but while I've been awake, most of my thoughts have been of you."
