The House Party
© Bad Hobbit 2012-2024
Part 2. Something Different
Anrep sat up, pulled a part of the towel from under him and began wiping at the fluids that seemed to be coating his loins. Fleming retrieved a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his robe, offered one to Anrep and took one himself, lit them and then stretched out on the bed, leaving a suitable distance between himself and the big man.
Anrep blew a stream of smoke towards the ceiling. "She is an amazing woman," he intoned.
"I've never met anyone like her. She's such an enigma. A perfect lady around the house...."
"And a perfect whore in the bedroom. Yes, the ideal woman indeed. Gilbert is a lucky man."
"Do you think so? He knows about both of us, you know, but he doesn't seem to be jealous. I'd be furious if I knew my wife was sleeping with other men - especially under my own roof."
"Then it's a good thing you're not married. And of course Gilbert knows. He's known about me for years, and they've had separate rooms since the boys were quite small. Maud is discreet, but most of the visitors know what goes on here, and surprisingly, Gilbert seems happy to let it. When did you start fucking Maud?" Anrep asked, nonchalantly. Fleming was still a little shocked at the Russian's casual use of such crude words, even in this context.
"If I recall, Maud and I first made love when she and Gilbert were in London," he said, a little stiffly. "I guess it was about six years ago, 1932 I believe. Before my last trip to Germany."
"I've been fucking her since twenty-six. Twelve years, and she still fascinates me. She's like no other woman I've ever met. She can be aloof, sensual, provocative, haughty, shy, domineering, submissive and unbelievably earthy for a woman in her society. She is always different, and the wonderful thing is that she just loves sex. Some women are terrified of my cock. Maud adores it - she can't get enough of it, and she climaxes almost every time I fuck her."
Fleming thought ruefully that hadn't always happened for him, but he agreed with Anrep that Maud was the most fascinating of bedfellows. "Yes, and she seems to get even better as she gets older. 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety'. I just wonder how many others have had the pleasure of her body over the years."
"Well, she has always moved in artistic circles. Singer Sargent, Augustus John, Nicholson, Matisse, Picasso, the Bloomsbury group. I'd be surprised if she wasn't fucked by Clive Bell. I certainly fucked his wife, Vanessa - but then everyone did back then." He chuckled at his own remark. "There's a rumour that Matisse's Odalisque was Maud, so she may have posed nude for him, though Matisse was getting a little old to fuck younger women by then. Whistler hangs on her every word, but I don't think she's invited him between her legs yet."
"What about Hill? Is she his type?"
"I'm not sure. He seems to be at Mottisfont a lot, and Maud dotes on him, but he's young enough to be her son. I may be wrong, but I think young Derek likes to receive as well as give, if you understand me. Perhaps he is also Gilbert's favourite?"
"I'd guessed as much. You know, Anrep, this is quite an amazing household all round."
"Look, my name is Boris. I've lived in England since the Bolsheviks took over my country - over twenty years - but I still can't understand why you British still call most of your closest friends and acquaintances by their surnames. You and I have met here on several occasions, and now we have just simultaneously fucked the same, fascinating woman, but you still want to call me 'Anrep'. I will call you Ian if you don't mind."
"Of course, old chap. As you say, just an old British habit that doesn't want to die. But as I say, it's a strange household."
"You should have seen the Bloomsbury Group in its prime. I once walked in on Lytton Strachey buggering Duncan Grant while he was in turn fucking Vanessa Bell. Meanwhile, down the hall, you could surmise that Virginia Wolff, Vita Sackville-West and maybe Dora Carrington were involved in some tripartite lesbian activity. Now that was a
very
strange household."
"It seems you artistic types are more open to that sort of thing. It's not something I've had a great deal of experience in, apart from here. Now when I was in Germany..."
Fleming's words were cut short as Maud re-emerged from the bathroom. This time she was naked but for a small towel draped around her neck and, Fleming thought, she looked radiant. True, her body was less trim than it had been when they had first become lovers, but the changes were subtle - a slight sag of a breast, a little more fleshiness across the hips. As far as Fleming was concerned, nothing that would undermine his fascination with this woman. She put a small jar by the bedside, dropped the towel onto the bed, climbed over Fleming and settled herself between him and Anrep.
"Gentlemen, that was very enjoyable, but I need to be made ready for the second round of our pleasures this evening and I've gone a little off the boil. Would you be so kind as to get me bubbling nicely again?"
The two men immediately set about Maud's request, kissing and caressing all the places they knew she loved. Fleming stroked her hair, kissed her eyelids and her earlobes, licked and nibbled her neck and shoulders. All the while, he stroked her arms, teasing the inside of her elbow with his nails.
Anrep, meanwhile, ran his hands over her stomach and abdomen, stroking her hips and down her thighs. He licked her inner arm, then moved to outline her breast with his tongue.
Fleming noticed Maud was responding, her breathing quickening, her eyes closed, her head moving languidly from side to side. As Anrep moved to suckle a nipple, Fleming's hand stroked slowly up her thigh and gently cupped her furry mound. The soft moan that escaped her lips encouraged him to slide his finger deeper.
Slowly, carefully, he and Anrep raised Maud's level of excitement. An exploratory finger told Fleming that she was wet again, aroused to a level where she would soon be ready to receive either Anrep or himself. He stroked more insistently along her slit, and her passionate cry told him he could easily take her from here to climax with his fingers, either before, after or during intercourse.
"Wait! Wait!" Maud suddenly moaned, and both men slowed their caresses. "Need to - need to do something - special!"