"Good evening, I'm Marissa." I looked at Marissa, as the woman sat down next to me at the bar of the expensive hotel I was staying at. She was beautiful, most men's dream woman. She looked in her early thirties and expensive. That is how I knew she wasn't for me.
She was dressed in an expensive-looking tight, low-cut, black cocktail dress. Her full red lips curled into a well-practiced seductive smile and long blood-red fingernails made her look like a huntress going after her male prey. She crossed her legs, exposing the lace top of her stockings, and leaned towards me showing her ample cleavage. The smell of her perfume was intoxicating. Her accent wasn't that of someone from New York. I guessed she was from one of the southern states but it made her incredibly sexy and I think she knew it.
"Good evening, I'm Zac" I replied politely a little more nervously than was necessary, her company for a few minutes would probably be for free.
"Are you here for business or for pleasure?" She asked, her eyes sparkling when she said pleasure. The barman put down a vodka martini for Marissa without her asking. "She comes here often", I thought.
"Business, a lot of business. I'm going to be here for a couple of weeks." It was true but international business trips had long lost their appeal and were terrible for relationships so the company of a beautiful woman for just a few minutes was a welcome distraction.
"How about you?" I asked politely.
"Most definitely business but hopefully pleasure too," she smiled seductively turning her head to one side, and raising an eyebrow in a well-practiced act. I could feel myself stirring in my trousers.
"I'm sorry, I think your idea of business and pleasure is too expensive for me," I sighed in disappointment knowing my time with her had come to an end.
She ran her fingers down my arm as she began to walk away. It had been a long time since a woman flirted with me even if Marissa was a call girl,
"Pity, you're quite handsome and you're accent is to die for," she said with an apologetic smile as she walked away.
"I hope you have a successful evening, Marissa." I told her with a warm smile. I had enjoyed her company and I didn't want to be rude.
"Thank you," she smiled back, gently, touching my shoulder her brow furrowing in appreciation. With that smile, I got to see who she really was just for a brief moment and I don't think many people got to see that and don't think many people were polite to her either.
I finished my drink and went back to my room. I watched tv but couldn't get Marissa out of my head it was like she had bewitched me.
I decided to go for a walk. I saw Marissa at the bar, by herself. Maybe I judged her wrong. I walked over to talk to her.
"Hello again, Marissa," I said to her nervously. "I apologise if I have got this wrong but how much are you?"
Marissa turned round and turned and put on her seductive smile again.
"For you $500," she said lifting one eyebrow seductively again but there seemed to be a little despondency behind that seductive veneer. Despite the price, I was still severely tempted.
"I'm sorry, you're still too expensive," I reply regretfully, resisting my primal urges.
She looked disappointed. I could see she was not having a good evening. I looked around the bar and saw a man, he looked in his early forties. He was well-dressed and looked arrogant. He had a look of a man who was used to paying for his pleasure.
"Do you see that man, the well-dressed one by himself? Have you tried him?"
She noted who I was looking at.
"Do you think he can afford $500," she said teasingly. At another time, in different circumstances, I thought we could be friends and enjoy each other's company for free, it wasn't though but for some reason, I don't know why, I wanted to help her out anyway.
"I think you should him charge double. The more expensive you are, the more he'll like you, I think. It boosts the ego of those kinds of men that they know that they can afford it."
She smiled gratefully and introduced herself to the man. The barman brought over a fresh vodka martini for Marissa.
I left the hotel for my walk. I went to a less well-heeled bar, one where I wouldn't meet a woman as intoxicating as Marissa. I just wanted a drink for company tonight.
When I returned, I met Marissa walking out of the elevator. She smiled at me again, the same smile she gave me twice before that evening, the one that showed me who she really was. That smile was more seductive than her working smile.
"Thank you, you were right," she told me, touching my arm as she passed which sent a jolt of electricity through me. I felt her night was through though. She still looked beautiful and her perfume was still intoxicating despite what she had been doing with her client. I couldn't help but watch her swaying hips through the closing lift doors as she left the hotel.