"What do you mean, you don't own any lingerie?" Jacob asked.
"Well, I have bras and panties, but that's it," Vicky replied. "And they aren't anything fancy, just department store stuff. I've never had a reason to have anything really sexy."
"You're enough of a reason on your own. When you wear sexy things, you feel sexy, right?"
"Yeah, but what's the point of wearing something no one else is going to see?"
Jacob rolled his eyes. "The point is to make yourself feel good, Vick. To make yourself feel hot and sexy. To excite yourself by knowing that you're wearing something under your clothes that would make people's eyes pop out if they knew about it." He put his hand on Vicky's thigh. "Besides, you have someone who'll see it now."
Vicky smiled. "Yes, I do. I've bought lingerie in the past, though, and I hated how I looked in it."
"You didn't pick the right thing, then. We need to go shopping, you and I. I'll help you choose the perfect items, and then you can model them for me when we get back."
Just the thought of buying something more than her usual bras and panties made Vicky blush. "I don't have money for that kind of thing," she protested. "I barely have money for work clothes."
"Did I not just say I was taking you shopping? Don't worry about the money. I'll pay for whatever we find, on the condition that I get to see it the first time you wear it."
"Okay. Deal. But I doubt we'll find anything."
"Never doubt." Jacob got up and put on his jacket. "Let's go."
"Now?"
"Why not? We aren't doing anything else. Besides, if I give you a chance to think about it, you'll chicken out. Come on. I'll take you to dinner, and then we can hit the mall. I know just the store for you."
There was no store for Vicky, not if it involved lingerie, anyway. She didn't have the figure for it, as far as she was concerned. Her breasts weren't big enough, and her hips were too big. The one time she'd bought something sexy to wear for her ex-husband, he'd laughed at her and told her she looked like a stuffed pepper. She'd torn the green teddy into shreds and had never bought anything like it again.
But since she and Jacob had begun dating, she'd realized that he liked everything about her, including her body. The first time they'd made love, he'd told her how beautiful she was. He was the first man to see her naked since her divorce, and his reaction had surprised and aroused her. If he wanted to see her in lingerie, why not? Especially since he was willing to pay for it.
Vicky put on her shoes and jacket and followed Jacob outside to his car. "Try not to look like you're about to be executed," he teased as they drove out of the driveway.
"You never know," Vicky said. "I've heard scary things about the saleswomen in some of those stores."
Jacob rested his hand on her leg. "You'll be fine. I'll protect you."
He took her to their favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner, then drove to the nearby mall. With his arm around her, he guided Vicky to a small store at the end of one of the wings of the mall. "I didn't know this place was here," Vicky said.
"It's kind of out of the way," Jacob agreed. "But it's a nice place. They take good care of their customers. I think you'll like it."
At the store's entrance was a rack of royal blue camisoles, teddies, bras, and thongs. Vicky touched one of the satin garments. "Soft," she said.
"Beats the heck out of the discount rack stuff you usually wear," Jacob said. "Not that those are bad things. You look incredibly hot no matter what you wear. But imagine how one of these would feel against your skin. How soft it would be; how turned on it would make you to have something like this on under your work clothes."
"I'd never wear something like this to work."
"Why not?"
"I work in a daycare, Jacob! Why would I wear this stuff?"
"It isn't like the kids are going to see it. You'd wear it to make yourself feel good."
"I wouldn't wear it to work."
"Stubborn girl. All right, imagine how turned on you'd be wearing something like this under your jeans and T-shirt on a weekend. Or under your clothes on a date with me."
"You'd know I was wearing them."
"So imagine how turned on I'd be." He took one of the teddies off the rack and checked the size. "I think this would fit you. You should try it on. You like the color, don't you?"