I did not want to do this, but the lights were on, and Xavier had returned. He had something of mine I wanted. Worse, I needed it for tomorrow.
It was late and the last chapter of a less-than-impressive day. I only wanted a long soak in the bath and an early night to sleep off this funk. Today was a day of many mishaps; nothing went right. The final insult was my parcel delivered a day early when I was out.
My husband was away from home again, and whilst my work occupied me, the evenings were very different. Time was becoming my enemy, and filling it with anything more than tedium was an increasing struggle. Our house was remote, and getting anywhere required me to use our car. After today, I just wanted to stay in.
They say only stupid people get bored, but it was not that kind of boredom.
Our homes were two bungalows built on different sides of a valley with a narrow road connecting us. Dawdling toward Xavier’s house, I made slow progress uphill. Like ours, the master bedroom had a view over the bay and its beach.
There were no security lights as if Xavier would remember to turn them on… teenagers. Fresh from University, Xavier had the run of the place, and we knew his parents well enough. So, they asked us to keep an eye on him. They were blameless for wanting a holiday, and their instructions were simple.
Yes, I was the party pooper.
When two figures appeared on the balcony of the master bedroom, I don’t know why, but I ducked into the shadow of an overhanging willow tree. What was an innocent intent was now an intrusion. I do not know what was going through my mind. I could handle Xavier, just not this.
I recognised him immediately; he was a striking young man and shirtless. Dressed in a satin robe, I had never seen his redheaded companion before. They were similar in age, and her beguiling beauty struck me.
Why trash the place with a party when you could trash something else entirely?
Like his parent's marital bed.
God, I felt old, lonely, and fucking horny. I was in a fuck-you-world mood too. It was the perfect conjunction to inspire trouble. The need for excitement was a drug, and this felt ridiculous. Forty-six years old and hiding, spying on my neighbour’s son.
When she dipped in for a kiss, it triggered the devious part of my mind that my husband kept occupied. Being torn between leaving or staying, I did not contemplate it for long. My husband was not here, and my curiosity turned into action.
Removing my sandals, I crept barefoot, silent as a thief in the night. I craved excitement, and the sense of danger was the perfect tonic for these mundane few days. Under a dusky blood-red sky, crouched in a place with the darkest shadows, they would never see me. I might be here for five minutes or longer; I might see something or nothing. Even if it only indulged my growing crush on the shirtless Xavier, it would entertain me tonight with my fingers for company.
From the master bedroom, the lights were down low; long shadows and a yellowy hue cast an ethereal glow over his body. Xavier sat at the edge of the bed, perhaps a metaphor for his anticipation. I leered at his body, well-defined, limber, with the right balance of strength and endurance; this vision latched onto my mind and propelled my body into submission.
The redhead approached slowly, graceful as a gazelle. She was attractive, with brittle, elfin features and a comely smile. The robe was a mere accessory and did not hide her treasures when opened. There was no modesty as it fell from her body.
Oh fuck, it’s going to happen.
Aphrodite herself moulded her body. Slender in limbs, with sleek, long legs and broad-shouldered through her taut body, she was a wonder to behold. With wide handfuls for breasts, they would be well-hidden under clothing yet flared from her torso. Moulded to her body with no overhang, she bore the hallmarks of an athlete. In terms of build, we were similar; perhaps she was Xavier’s type, and my deviant mind wished it so.
Together as a couple, they were a feast for the eyes. With only the tom-tom beat of my heart for company, my tawdriest thoughts ran through my mind and merged into the dirtiest of fantasies.
I forgot my prosaic reason for being here. They would not hear my gasp when the redhead fished his erection from those linen trousers. It was a beauty, darker than his biscuit-toned skin, a brute if poorly handled. It required confidence to experience and a bruiser if you were timid with it.
My response was automatic. Too confined to remove my panties, I was grateful they stretched readily to accommodate my fingers. I was hot there and, when breached… liquid with passion.
It was not a masterful act, but their enthusiasm compensated. Neither was it a tick list of touch this, caress that, and shove that magnificent penis in there. Her porcelain thighs opened to reveal the candy-pink pillows of her highly aroused sex. The redhead did not have the measure of Xavier. Maybe they were new to each other, but she was passive, almost submissive. I pleaded with my imagination to fill in the details; we swapped places because I would take charge. I would pin Xavier down and ride him. Men like him needed to understand one thing; women can fuck harder and for longer.
Instead, he devoured her with a hunger only the young possessed. His muscular body was swollen as he laboured, banging the life out of her frantic body. He was assertive, dominating, maybe. With me, I would be a fiercer challenge.
Stabbing at my sex, I knew they could not hear me, but I was so wet. Sticky noises added to the frisson of excitement. Xavier’s tousled hair shook, bleached by the sun, and lank with exertion. The timid redhead clung to his body; her taut sinews tried to contain him, and she failed. She would feel that thick shaft inside her tomorrow.
They did not hear my muted orgasm as I appreciated their urgent fucking. She clasped the sheets as Xavier powered into her from behind. Braced as she shook, her nubile body trembled, and the black void of her mouth made the loudest petition through the thick panes of glass.
Good girl, take your climax. He gave you that, at least.
Recognising how his body seized, I heard Xavier’s groans at the apex of their union. He stabbed hard enough to make her breasts quiver. I doubted that he was so easily appeased. He wouldn’t treat me like that, and the tables would be turned. I would be the baying, untameable slut that readjusted his attitude. On that thought, the wave peaked, crashing through my wretched body, and blunted the gnawing ache.
My pallor might be peaky with a post-orgasmic glow, but I knocked on the door anyway. Smiling with my eyes, Xavier was sheepish, with his half-naked body still flushed. I tried to be all innocent, but muscle memory can be a complete bitch. I doubt I looked it.
Making my request, he chuckled with nervous relief and disappeared. From a distant doorway, that white satin robe hid her body again, and she smiled nervously. Although, she had the sixth sense of female intuition when she acknowledged my grin. I suppressed the shiver that his cum wettened her inner thighs.
For once, I had age on my side and made it clear I was next to have him. The redhead had a choice, let me have him alone or join in to help me. I think she understood because she melted back into the room.
Yes, be the messenger. Plant the seed because it will flourish in his mind.
Xavier handed over the small cardboard box, and I let my eyes speak for me. Thanking him, it lingered as an explicit need. He might understand what was unsaid, but that was too much to ask.
My plan was hatched as I sauntered downhill with a spring in my step. The redhead might try to exhaust Xavier tonight; good luck with that. I would have him soon and create a memory he would never forget.
Warm in bed, I writhed to release it. The image of them fucking propelled my imagination and brought me to the rapture of bone-rattling shudders.
That is the trouble with danger… the profound exhilaration it creates.
I needed more of it.
-=-
I left it a couple of days, and this time, the parcel arrived on time as expected. Yes, I would snare Xavier under false pretences, and he would not care when he was balls-deep in me. A problem in our en-suite bathroom would lure him into my boudoir. I needed a man to help me replace the shower hose. It might sound like the script of a mediocre porn film, but Xavier was young, and it would work. There was plenty of time to apply charm, some very overt flirting, and the spider would trap the fly.
Walking towards his house, as the double garage appeared over the crest of the hill, there were no parked cars, and my heart sank. My trip was a wasted one, and just as I was about to turn for home when I glanced at the front door. There, seated on the floor and propped against it, she had her head in her hands.
It was the redheaded girl, and I could hear muted sobbing.
“Hello.”
The sudden movement suggested I startled her. Looking up, I saw her mascara was not waterproof.
“Are you okay?”
She was not, but what else could I say?
Her features contorted, stricken with pain; there were not many reasons why for someone so young. Fighting back more tears, she shook her head.
Poor thing and I crouched down to her level.
“Let me guess, men, huh?”
Still speechless, her skittish nodding threatened another outburst.
“I’m Ines, the neighbour,” gesturing to the house next door.
“Yes, I remember.” Her breathing stuttered, “I’m Eve.”
The need to cry snatched her breath away to say more. Still, she managed a weak smile, and I sat down to join her. I kept a pack of tissues in my handbag and handed them over.
“Thanks.”
“I would say that he’s not worth it. Clearly, he is to you.”
Dabbing her eyes, she blew her nose. With tears, snot, and runny mascara, the woman had it bad.
“So you are waiting for Xavier?”
“Yes… I text… texted him. But… but he just dump….”
I did not need the last syllable, nor would I let her suffer.
“Aw, ma cherie. I am sorry to hear that.”
I admired her resolve, pulling herself together.
“I don’t think he’ll be back soon. He has a summer job.”
I think it registered, but she maintained that faraway gaze. I let her process the inevitable conclusion she could not stay here.
“Eve, I cannot leave you like this, and you can say no if you like. You are welcome to come to mine, yes? Dry your eyes, straighten yourself out. It’s only me there, and my husband is away. What is it you English like in this situation, a cup of tea?”
It was a muted chuckle, “Yeah, a cup of tea would be great.”
Eve turned to look at me and smiled, “Thanks.”
I gestured to my home, “Come on, and if it helps, a problem shared is a problem halved, non?”
Holding out my hand, I aided her onto her feet.
-=-
“Up the stairs, first door on the left. In the en-suite, there’s everything you might need in there. Help yourself. I will put the kettle on.”
Her doe eyes settled on mine, “You are very kind.”
I returned a kindly smile; I adore compliments, “And your tea?”
“Oh, a little milk, no sugar.”
“Sweet enough, ma cherie?”
Eve chuckled, “Something like that,” she paused, “Ines, thank you.”
I liked her sincerity and smiled, “De rien, no problem. We are women, and I have been where you are now.”
Restored to all her youthful glory, we sat on the patio sipping on two mugs of tea. It was a pleasant enough afternoon, a little cloudy, and the sea breeze kept the temperature moderate. Eve told me everything. Xavier was a copper-bottomed shit, thinking with what was between his legs and not what little he had between his ears. It was a ‘one and done’ thing and felt used. Regaling her sense of stupidity, I would have none of it.
At a mere eighteen, her emotions had turned from sadness to anger with herself.
“I was such an idiot to fall for him.”
“You, and all over the world, probably millions of women are falling for the same trick.”
She huffed, “If that is your way of making me feel better… it’s worked.”
I laughed, “Well, I am glad. Men like Xavier are not worth it. A good man would never do that to you.”
I admit I would not fuck him now; beauty on the inside mattered to me as well.
“You are right,” she sighed, “and he is not worth my tears.”
Her bright eyes were no longer tainted pink, and the little makeup she used amplified her beauty.
“Eve, you are a very striking woman. You should have them eating out of your hand.”
I doubted she would make them do such a thing. She struck me as a woman that wanted them to take charge. This would be a rocky road for such a fragile creature and littered with a lot of heartache. Men with the required skill for such a delicate rose were few and far between.
“I imagine you make them jump through hoops to get to you,” she grinned.
I waved away the notion, “Once upon a time. I am French, and it is what we do. I am older now, too old for that kind of attention.”
“No, I think you are attractive.”
“Thank you,” my whimsical smile made her respond in kind. “Maybe, Eve, I could pass on a few tips?”
“From a woman of experience?”
Oooh, that look, that was unexpected and forward.
I flashed my eyes, “Perhaps.”
A prickle of heat rose from her feline cheeks. Of course, I indulged our connivance with a neutral expression, a calling card to see if we were on the same wavelength.
“You know, Ines, this is the funniest thing….”
And she halted; there was a natural hesitancy in her expression.
“It’s okay, you can tell me. It is possible I have heard it before… and maybe experienced it.”
Eve toyed with the handle of her mug, “Well...” and leaned in to take me into her confidence, “He wasn’t that good in bed.”
So, she had someone else to compare it to – another man. Her innuendo was a mirror image of what we shared that night. It was a transference, a hardwired moment of more than female intuition. With her gimlet eyes locked on mine, I had the gender wrong. Then, it dawned on me that I gave her that ‘fuck me’ expression that night.
I was misconstrued, and my body flushed in this bold silence. I had almost thirty years on Eve. It was outrageous, this eighteen-year-old woman might be naïve with men, but she undressed me with her eyes.
Her gaze would not quit, “When you collected that parcel, you wanted him?”
“Why not? He is handsome enough.”
“You’re married, though.”
It was a lopsided smile, something mysterious but a hint nonetheless, “My husband and I have a very accommodating arrangement.”
Now, I was out on a limb and revelled in that sense of danger again. We were on that wavelength, and it seized my mind as the implication soaked through me. Reaching out, Eve took my hand, and the spark of our connection ignited my body.
“Ines, does that accommodation extend to women, too?”
Complete with coquettish eyes… fuck, that’s one hell of a come-on.
I had to purr with encouragement, “Clearly, it extends to women for you also.”
The idea that this nubile, young thing might sate my loneliness filled my body with an intense longing. Eve’s fingers toyed with my diamond engagement ring.
She nodded thoughtfully, “And I saw this glistening in the shadows that night.”
From aroused to superheated, I was found out, “Eve… I…”
“It’s okay,” delivered suddenly, a sense of vulnerability cast a pall over her features, “What did you think of me?”
I was spluttering, “You were beautiful… you are beautiful.”
“So are you…” she whispered, “I won’t say anything.”
“Th… thanks.”
I realised the courage on display was uncharacteristic, and I was indebted to her discretion. No doubt, Eve worked herself up today to quench a sexual need. Her emotions ran high, and regardless of her distress, I knew their power to seize the moment… any moment.
Pure instinct took over, and it was pointless to deny it. I did not want to, so I stood, dragging the chair over the stone slabs. With a fragile expression that betrayed Eve’s inexperience, I could take full advantage of her, and she would let me.
No… I would never do that.
Holding out my hand, a kindly smile made my invitation, “Would you like to find out how beautiful you are?”
Sliding hers into mine, she stood. Already lost, her uncertain eyes provoked the need for my reassurance.
“Eve, have you done this before?”
She nodded, chewing on her bottom lip, “Yes.”
That was enough for me, and I wrapped my arms over her shoulders. Eve’s gaze dipped to my lips, and then with wide, defenceless eyes, she tilted her head. I placed it there, my longing and a salve for her sullen heart. Those silken pillows, reticent at first, yielded a statement of nascent passion. Heady with its tenderness, the promise of tutoring this young flower surged through my body. Only my experience kept my passion in check.