It still took a couple of days to recover from last weekend. All I really wanted to do was spend the entire day in bed making love to Shari in every way we could imagine, and we did have a very vivid imagination. Unfortunately, working was a must if I wanted to go to Switzerland in a month.
I was finally able to get away for a few hours and meet up with Becky and Kurt to fill them in on my plan, ask for their help, and swear them both to secrecy. Becky volunteered to go shopping with me, because believe it or not, she and Shari had some conversations about that very topic. I greatly appreciated her offer and accepted. We would have to do things quickly to allow time for the perfect one to be made. We weren't going to find the perfect ring already sitting in a case somewhere. Becky had a favorite jeweler that she recommended. They were only a few blocks from my office so meeting her there would be easy.
It was hard not to spill the beans to Shari myself; I am sure that Becky was struggling worse because they were talking everyday about the trip and things they planned to do. It seems that all of us except Shari had been to Switzerland before. I had been to Bern several times on business but never got to do much sightseeing. Kurt and Becky had taken a train from Milan to Paris and saw the Alps through the window of their train.
When I was finally able to get free from work for a couple of hours, Becky, Kurt, and I arranged a meeting with the jeweler. I knew that I wanted a platinum ring, but the diamond cut, and style had eluded me, so first we went over the cuts of the diamond. I fell in love with the princess cut as soon as I saw it, Becky agreed that it was the right one for Shari. The jeweler had a computer program that could show how the ring would look when completed. He started with a one carat on a simple band. It took about thirty seconds for the three of us to bump the diamond up to 4 carats then design another 2 carats of smaller cut stones surrounding it. It wasn't stupidly extravagant, much more to the little overly elegant side.
Becky commented that it looked to be a perfect size because Shari did have slightly larger than normal hands and it wouldn't overwhelm them but was still small enough that it also wouldn't become a hindrance when doing everyday tasks. We agreed on the final design, the engagement ring had the princess cut diamond in the center with a swirl of smaller diamonds around it. The wedding band had several smaller diamonds that would interlock with the pattern on the other ring.
The jeweler locked in the design on his computer, tapped a bunch of numbers on his calculator and wrote down a number on the paper saying it would be ready in six weeks. I wrote down a number twenty-five percent higher and told him to have it ready in four weeks. He wrote the new numbers and date on the contract and handed it to me to sign. I paid fifty percent down and shook his hand asking him to remember it when my bride to be comes in looking for a ring for me, Becky added that she would most likely be with her and he said that he would take it into account.
Back at the office I worked overtime on this project so I would have more free time on our trip. I had asked Becky and Kurt if we would be able to put up Jim and Jan, and Chuck and Billie for a weekend and would help with any extra expenses. They assured me that there would be plenty of room and that they would love to have the whole gang there for the surprise. She was working out how to make it all a surprise for her.
It wasn't that I was avoiding Shari, but we saw very little of each other for a couple of weeks. I finally got everything to a point where only minor adjustments to customer requests needed to be done and I could spend more time with Shari. We were still living separately but seemed to spend most of our time at her house. She normally was home from work before me and had supper started by the time I had gone home, showered, and changed, and got to her house. Instead of opening the door to the sweet smells of her delicious cooking, I was greeted by a very angry woman demanding that I account for myself over the last three weeks and why I had suddenly been so blatantly ignoring her.
I began profusely apologizing and tried explaining why I had been so negligent to her needs. I told her about the big project that was due and how important it was to me that I be able to spend time with her on the upcoming trip rather than being tied to my computer the entire time. She was still pouting and acting like she was still mad when I realized just what it was that she was doing. I offered to take her to our favorite little bistro for some supper then we would come back here, and I would give her all the attention she could handle.
I called ahead while Shari went and changed. Her little show of emotions had only happened a couple of times since we had been dating. The first time it really threw me for a loop. I wasn't expecting PMS from my trans girlfriend. Once we got through that first time and it had been explained to me the hormone therapy, she was on would bring this out when the moon and stars aligned and even more so when she was horny. I had to admit that our sex life had been lacking lately, especially after that long weekend of sex and debauchery that we had on the island. I was also aware of what would get her out of this mood and back to her usual bubbly self.
I loved the sexy little sundress that she selected to wear for dinner. Not only did it really show off her generous bosom, but it was also just barely long enough to be called decent in public, and she knew what my reaction would be to it. The host recognized us and looked Shari up and down, erased the mark he had made on his chart and wrote us down for the booth in the back. We sat on the same side facing out toward the rest of the bistro.
We decided to keep supper quick and light, so we ordered a couple of appetizers and a glass of wine for Shari and a Scotch for me. My hand never left her thigh but was all over it from her knee clear up to the lacy edges of her panties, teasing at her cock and balls with my fingers. She did ask about the project that had kept me so busy and understood when I explained it to her that if it went through as was looking like, I might be able to start working part-time because the results would have the company set for several years to come.
As we were finishing up our meal, Shari took my hand and pressing it firmly against her crotch, whispered to me that she had been a bad girl and should be punished for being such a bitch when I was only trying to make things so we could spend even more time together. I informed her that her punishment was going to be most appropriate for her actions earlier today. Giving her cock a good squeezing stroke, we got up and headed home.
When we arrived back at Shari's house, I instructed her to go and get herself prepared for her punishment while I got everything ready. I listened to her doing all the prep work for her expected punishment. This was a game we would play with each other. We were both switches and enjoyed both the dom and sub roles. Our relationship started when she stayed to care for me after I had requested to be the sub for one of my regular orgies that she had come to as a guest.