She is waiting for me as I come down the jetway, wearing a white sundress with multihued orchids emblazoned on it. Her shoes are white, to match the dress, and she wears a large-brimmed straw hat bearing a band that is the same red as her hair.
She does not wave as I approach, but when I draw up in front of her, she reaches for my hand and, throwing caution to the wind, we engage in a lingering kiss. Oddly enough, there among the teeming and anonymous hundreds, I feel less exposed than any other time we have been together.
We proceed to the taxi station, where we catch the shuttle for the hotel. I have reserved a suite at the conference site, at a reduced rate, but still pricey. If asked I will say that it was all that remained for my last-minute arrival. Among the other lies I've told to get away, this one would hardly stand out.
Of course, none of this concerns me as we take our place at the back of the shuttle, holding hands, oblivious to who might see us. My wedding band is in my pocket. I had taken it off and pocketed it on the plane, drawing a censorious stare from my female seat-mate.
As in my fantasy, we kiss our way up the elevator, to the ninth floor. Her lips mold themselves to mine, our mouths adjust as we move, our tongues sliding against each other as we probe. Again, the exposure; the elevator is glass. The vague possibility that someone I know might see us hovers at the edge of consciousness. I am too besotted to care.
It takes only two tries to get the key to work and we are in the room, alone at last. She steps forward into my arms, grinding herself against my surely obvious erection. Her hand fumbles with the belt, the button, the zipper, releasing them all sufficiently that she is able to free my cock from its confines. I am extremely hard, the skin stretched taut. As she runs her fingers gently along my length, I swear that I can feel every blood vessel, every feature of my skin, in stark relief on her fingertips. I moan into her mouth, and it is all I can do not to explode on her right there.
Then, firmly grasping me, she breaks the kiss.
"Do you want to come right now?"
"Yes...no," I manage to croak.
"Which is it?"
"Both."
"Well, here's my problem, lover boy. I want to feel your tongue on my pussy and I want your hard cock inside it, in that order. But I want to shower first. Now," she says, with a devilish grin and a gleam in her eyes, "the conundrum." Where has this sang froid come from? Other times she seems so wanton and abandoned, but now she is completely in control. "I hear guys your age sometimes have problems getting it up again. I want to get on my knees and let you come in my mouth, because I don't think it's fair to leave you in this state and... well... because I feel like I've been wet ever since that email and you deserve some reward for that. You going to have a problem getting it up in a half-hour or forty-five minutes?"
As I respond, I am shocked by how confident I sound. "To fuck you? Not a chance."