Just got off a plane and straight into a hotel limousine, I have come to hate hotels; I wanted a place of my own.
I'm well off, in the world of finance. I've worked hard and set up my own business. I travel the world but my main port of call was London UK.
I spent more and more time there than anywhere else, so I had thought for a long time about finding a place of my own, in or around London. I had asked several estate agents to look out for a place for me. I have been to see a few, but none suited my requirements or me.
I live alone, never married; no kids have had the odd girlfriend here and there, short term 'friends.' With the type of job I had, with all that travelling I did, just gave me or my partner no real chance to build up any meaning-full relationship.
My last relationship with a woman by the name of Jolene ended in disaster, we had been together for about six months; I liked her very much and felt ashamed when it ended.
I was on a business trip in another state, and had a fling, a one off spur of the moment thing which I never thought anyone would find out about. But Jolene did, and she left.
As I mentioned, I was in the limo laid on by the hotel as they knew I was coming. I checked in the front desk and the principal manager greeted me, "Welcome back Mr Woods, your luggage has been taken to your usual room. And I have some mail for you." He handed me the mail.
I signed in and made my way to my room. It was late, eleven thirty or so. I put the mail to one side as I had not felt up to reading anything right at that time. I took a shower and went to sleep.
The following morning I had a shave another quick shower, got ready and went down for breakfast. It was all ready for me at my usual table. I had brought the mail down with me to read over breakfast.
It was eight o'clock; I had seven items of mail, four were from estate agents and the others were work related. I put the work related ones down and started with the agents. The first two were rubbish, not even sure why they sent me those, did not tick any of my boxes.
I picked up the third and just as I had it in my hand, the waiter came up to me with a lady besides him and said, "Mr Woods, a lady to see you sir." He left.
The lady, a very short lady, English, around five foot five tall. Short brunet hair and seemed a little plump.
She said, "Morning Mr Woods, I'm Emma, from the agency."
I wondered what type of agency, I stood and asked, "Morning Miss, so where are you from?"
She walked over to where I had been sitting and placed a finger on the top unopened letter, the one I was just about to open, she said, "From this one Sir."
There was a logo on the letter of the agency, I stepped back and said, "Okay, shall I open it or are you going to tell me what's in it?"
She said, "You may open it if you like, or I can take you there and you can see for yourself."
She had a very mature voice, looked very friendly.
It was my free day on the first day. Because I never knew what the flights were going to be like, I had always made it a rule not to have any business meetings on the first day of arrival.
I asked her, "Shall I at least have a look to see if it is at all suitable, before we waste each other's time?"
She was very sure of herself and said, "You would be wasting your time opening the letter. You'd be far better off looking at it for yourself."
I asked, "Okay, you've got me interested, would you join me for breakfast and then we can go?"
No other agency had ever bothered to send someone round in person. And since that agency had, I was intrigued to see what sort of property they had to offer me.
I pulled out a chair; Emma put down a black brief case besides the chair and sat. I asked the waiter for another place setting. We chatted a bit, and I found out that she had just started this job three months ago. She lived with her parents, had one younger sister. Had had three boyfriends and had been going out with the fourth one for two months.
A very polite and professional lady by all means, I was impressed with her style right from the word go. I asked her, "When do we need to be at the property, is there a meeting time?"
She said, "No the place is empty, I have the keys."
I said, "Okay so if you have finished then shall we go?"
She finished her coffee and said, "Yes if you are ready."
I called the waiter over and said, "Put this on my room."
Emma stood and picked up her case and said, "Thank you."
I asked Emma, "Do you have a car or shall I order the limo?"
She said, "Limo would be nice, never travelled in one before."
We walked out to the front desk and I saw the concierge there, I walked up to him and said, "Please bring the limo out front."
The concierge asked, "Would you like a driver Sir?"
I looked towards Emma and she said, "If you don't mind I'd like to drive."
I thought it strange that if she had not been in a limo before, then she may want to take the back seat. But if she wanted to and she obviously must have known the way, I said, "Okay, you drive."
I looked back towards the concierge and said, "Just the limo, thank you."
As we walked towards the front doors, the waiter came up behind me and said, "Mr Woods, shall I have your letters taken to your room?"
I had forgotten about them, I said, "Yes please, thank you."
Emma led the way out and we waited two minutes while the limo came round.
I asked Emma, "How far is this place?"
Emma wore a black pencil skirt, knee length, a yellow blouse and a black matching jacket. When Emma had gotten into the limo her skirt had ridden up and showed quite a bit of thigh. Intentional or not her legs looked really nice even though she was a bit on the large side; she had ample thigh flesh to show off. Nice eye candy for the journey ahead.
Emma looked up and noticed me looking at her legs, she shifted them a bit and it made her skirt ride up further, she said, "Not far, twenty minute drive."
We set off and she went through the basic property outline, number of bed rooms, bathrooms en-suits, kitchen contents, lounge area, dining area. And also the sort of furniture the place would have.
She commented, "Nice car drives well. I'll have to get one of my own."