Exciting Stranger - Chapter 1 - 3

Chapter one - Adventurous week away

It is time for the company’s annual meeting and Adelle is their office’s representative. “I am sick of this. I don’t have the energy for those people. Every year the same tiring conversations, the same people, with the same problems. After every session, the men get drunk in a smoke covered room and the women gossip about each other. Some women behave like the men and I cannot stand it anymore,” she thought as she packed for her trip. She wanted to refuse to go, but keeping their financial welfare in mind, she decided to keep quiet and just go. At least it is a little diversion from routine and the company pays.

With a heavy heart, she continues to pack. She wonders why she packed the black dress. Why pack something when you are going to be alone in your room all the time? Oh well, it is packed and there is no time to unpack. John is already outside, waiting for her. He is honking the car’s horn. “Ill-bred bastard! He joined the company recently. Nephew of the boss. He does nothing in the office, yet he acts like he is the boss. He is very resentful because he cannot go.

They drive in silence to the airport. Adelle is very scared of planes, has been her whole life. Comparing to old sour-face in the car, the plane looks like a limousine to her. She gets out quickly and almost run into the building, leaving her bag to John. “Let him handle that.” She thought. “He is the gentleman.”

In Durban, she thankfully sits down on the bed. Glad to be here at last. She feels emotionally drained after the morning she had and the first meeting is in an hour. It is the meeting where you meet the new employees and get reacquainted with the others. She heard that there is a new employee this year, most probably someone’s aunt.

A few minutes later, she lies in the bath while her thoughts wonder to the evening’s activities. The new employee is probably a woman – someone’s aunt or a spinster or a sour-face old man who also did not want to be there either. They are always the same type. Annoyed, she gets out of the bath, downhearted by her thoughts. This year, the first evening is semi-formal. “Oh well, the black dress will have to do. Let’s see what happens tonight” she thought while she dressed.

Later, when she leaves her room, she looks good. The dress fits her wonderfully and the new longer hair, suits her. The low neckline shows just enough without looking too explicit. She enters the room and old acquaintances kiss her cheek. She loathes their smoky breaths and wandering hands on her ass, but ignores it.

Adelle takes a glass of red wine and looks at the people. She feels someone’s eyes on her and looks around. At the opposite side of the room, she sees the new guy. Little older than she is but she feels the shiver going down her back. His eyes are calling her. Quickly she looks away. Nonchalantly, she lets her eyes wonder over the other people, but they keep wandering back. The man is still looking at her. She can’t get her eyes off him! It is as if his eyes draw her to him.

Adelle sees him standing up and she instantly knows that something is going to happen. She does not see anybody else. Her eyes are fixed on the man who purposefully walks in her direction. Half way through the crowd, he is cornered by the company’s old ladies. All of them wanting a piece of him for herself, it seems to Adelle. “They are going to keep him there” she thought and truly they did. Peter suddenly spoke next to her. They are friends, both of them being with the company for a long time. He also does not like these meetings and they usually enjoy each other’s company. Her eyes wander to the stranger again and she sees that he looks a little uncomfortable in the company of the old ladies. His eyes are also searching through the crowd. “Nice man” she heard Peter say. “Do you know him” she asks, surprised at his remark. “Yes, he is our new area manager” Peter continues. “I see the two of you have been looking at each other the whole evening.” Her friend is observant. She is surprised. Peter gets up and Adelle decides that he must be tired of her company. She realizes that she really is not good company tonight.

The next moment, Peter is next to their table with the stranger at his side. Peter introduces him as Armand (his surname, she cannot remember.) His deep voice stirs long lost feelings inside her. (Adelle is a sucker for men’s voices.) His hand holds hers a little longer. Peter has disappeared again and neither of them notices it.

All through the speeches, the welcoming, the announcements and the making of their name tags, Adelle is only aware of the man next to her. Later, when everybody finished their speeches and the men goes to the bar, Armand asks her if she wanted to join him outside for coffee. Of course she wants to do it, but calmly she accepts his invitation.

It is cool outside. In fact, the weather is perfect – not too cold and not too hot. He orders the coffee and places his arm on the back of her chair. The heat of his arm touches her neck and she feels it inside of her too. They talk about many things. When the coffee arrives, Adelle folds her hands round the cup, thankful for something to hold, because her hands want to wander to other places.

Silence crept in their conversation – not uncomfortable silence. It is a safe, calm silence. They stare at the lights of the city. The sound of the waves calls them to the beach. Hand in hand, they walk to the beach, still silent. Adelle removes her shoes and walks barefoot to the water. She loves it when the water covers her feet. She always does this.

She runs into the water and laughs like a child when the water hit her thighs. Armand is watching her, surprised at her youthful behavior. At last, when she turns around and comes back to him, his arms immediately goes around her. Adelle forgets about everything and everyone. He kisses her and his strong arms are holding her to him. At last, he lifts his head and she sees the invitation in his eyes. She can only nod, yes.

The way back to the hotel feels shorter this time. They reach her room and he shuts the door softly behind her, while kissing her cheek. His hands lift her dress up and reaches for her buttocks. Her legs feel like jelly and as her hands crawls to his hair, she knows that she won’t go to bed alone tonight.

Armand picks her up and carries her to the bed. The dress falls off her like it was never on her in the first place. His hands play with the g-string and then the bra falls to the floor. Her nipples react instantly to his touch. The moment his mouth touches them, she feels like she is floating. His warm breath in her neck let the last of her resistance crumble. That, she could never resist. Between her legs, she feels a warm, wet feeling creeping up and she moans as his tongue made its way down, down, down. Then he thrust his tongue in and out of her and his hands drive her high in ecstasy.

He stops and Adelle watches him getting rid of his clothes. She sits up and sees his erected penis in front of her. She licks the tip and teases him with her tongue. His moans are driving her mad. With her hands on his balls, she sucks and licks him, taking him fully in her mouth. Her hands wander to his buttocks and she licks him like she usually licks her ice cream, first around the tip, then close to his body upwards with the shaft, all around it again. It is throbbing in her hand when she teases the small opening with her tongue.

Adelle feels him stiffening and knows instinctively to stop. She wants him inside her, this very instant. She lies back and draws him with her, in the same movement lifting her legs and opens them. She feels him entering her and then starting to move very slowly. She moans and the faster he moves, the more she wants of him. She clutches at the bedclothes and then she feels waves of pleasure sweeping over her. With a deep thrust, he spills his seed in her and she called his name as they both reached the top together. Again and again she felt the waves flowing over them.

Exhausted, Armand fell next to her on the bed and held her in his arms. They fell asleep, spent and happy.

The next morning, they are almost late for the meeting. The rest of the week, they are inseparable and each meeting a wonderful experience. Adelle pays no attention to the meetings, she only thinks about the passion that awaits them in the hotel room later. They sit next to each other, their hands wandering under the tablecloth.

The end of the week is speeding nearer and they both realize that they won’t see each other again. They knew it and made a date to meet on the beach for the last time, to walk on the beach and make memories for the future.


Chapter two - Farewell on the beach

The week speeds to an end. The last meeting is on Friday. It is a formal reception and everybody is invited. The black dress, once again, has to do. It is the first time that they end the annual meeting with a formal dinner. Adelle wonders about this but realizes that she has to go. She wishes that they could rather do something else. The thoughts of the end of the week and the normal, boring trend of things back home, instantly depresses her.

She never once thought about home. To tell the truth, she did not even miss her home. There is nobody to miss her either. Louis is also away on business. He has been working in another city for a few months now. The promotion and financial benefits could not be ignored. She could not resign and go with him either. They both decided it was better this way. They spend most weekends together. Louis. She shakes her head and walks to the bath. Armand is smoking outside. He will be with her shortly.

On the balcony, Armand is just finishing his cigarette, his thoughts with the week’s events. It was amazing. He can’t believe that he, a married man, can have so much adventure and still learn new things too. The feelings and passion with Adelle, took him way back in the early years of his marriage. He cannot even remember his honeymoon being this exciting. He too, did not think about home. His work takes him away from home a lot, but they still make time for each other. These times are never dull, but one tends to get into a routine. You start to know what the other person is going to think or say. This week was unbelievable.

Armand hears the water in the bathtub. Lazily he gets up and goes inside. Maybe Adelle needs someone to wash her back. He slightly smiles as he enters the bedroom.

Adelle lies with her eyes shut in the big bath. This is one of the luxuries of this hotel that has her keep coming back for more - the big bathtub. Big enough for two people to easily fit in it. The tub of this room is big and round and sunk in the floor of the bathroom. On her first night in this room, she felt a little lost in the big bath.

They still have plenty of time and she thinks about their date on the beach tomorrow. It will be the end of a wonderful week. Her thoughts wander off and she does not hear the door of the bathroom being opened. Softly, Armand enters and sits next to the bath. For a while, he just looks at Adelle where she lies with closed eyes. He put his hands into the water and caresses her body. She smiles and opens her eyes. There is no misunderstanding in the message they send to him.

He gets into the bath with her and slowly starts to explore her body, every corner, every exotic place. His fingers traces a path through the foam, all over her breasts, teases the nipples. Then it follows the way down. Adelle feels the shivers down her back as she enjoys the feeling of his finger on her skin. In one smooth motion he draws her on his lap and starts to rub her body with the soap. His hands move slowly over her shoulders, cup her breasts and then he rubs her nipples between his fingers while he kisses her neck.

She feels his erection against her buttocks as he gets more and more excited. The warm water runs over them as she sinks down on his erection. With his hands on her hips, he moves her slowly up and down. Then she lies against his chest and her breasts rise above the water. Immediately, his hands cover them. Adelle hears Armand’s breathing getting faster and feels his legs tightening under her. She is beyond stop at this moment, she hears someone moaning and with a cry, she reaches her climax. For a while, her body still quivered with the contractions of the orgasm. Never before did she have so much fun in a bath.

They remain in the bath until they both are calm again, and then slowly get out. Very slowly they dry each other with the warm towels of the hotel. Another joy Adelle cannot get enough of. Then they dress for the reception and smile slyly at each other as they walk to the reception.

At the reception, everybody is still the same. The speeches are the same again and this year Adelle does not even listen to it anymore. Her thoughts are with their parting tomorrow. Absent-minded, she claps her hands at the right moment and talks to colleagues next to her. She tolerates the goodbye kisses and wandering hands of the older men. Even the pecks on her cheeks of the old ladies are tolerated without a word. After all, it is another year before she would have to endure it again. The only difference this year, is the interesting turn of events that befall her.

At the end of the evening, the men wanted to have a last farewell drink. None of the women wanted to go so Adelle decided not to go either. Armand had no choice but to go with the men. They decided to sleep in their separate bedrooms for the night because he did not want to wake her up in case he got in very late. Thus, Armand reluctantly went with the men and Adelle returned to her room.

Adelle went to bed early because she is a little tired from lack of sleep during the previous nights. She did not have much time to think and ponder before she fell asleep either.

Her first thoughts when she wakes up very early the next morning, is their appointment on the beach this morning. She wonders how Armand’s night turned out. She herself is well rested and looks forward to their meeting. As she turned on her other side, she sees the note on the pillow beside her. It is a note from Armand. He was called home unexpectedly. He will contact her as soon as possible. She must be good and he is really very sorry to miss out on their date.

Adelle is furious. Why did he not wake her and explained in person? Well, he owes her nothing. She can pack and leave at once. There is nothing to keep her here anymore. She’ll try and get an earlier flight home. There is nothing she wants to do for the rest of the day anyway.

Eager to get back to normal as fast as possible, she gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom. The big bath has no attraction today. She showers quickly and puts on a jean and T-shirt. Luckily, there is a cancelation on an earlier flight and she must be on the airport within an hour. Hastily she packs her bag and phones a friend to pick her up when she gets home.

After a quick breakfast, she went to the airport. She arrived early and sat down to read her magazine, while waiting for the plane.


Chapter three - Back home

Adele’s friend immediately senses that something is wrong, but she keeps quiet. She knows Adelle very well and she knows it is best to let it rest. Adelle will speak up when the time is right. You don’t mess with her when she is in her current state of mind. She drops Adelle off at her home and returns to her own home and family. She knows that they will have time during the week to catch up on the week’s news.

Adele makes herself a cup of coffee and unpack her bag. She hates unpacked bags standing around the place. She also does her washing. It is not much but the coming week promises to be very hectic. She does not want to leave it for later. Late that afternoon, she pours herself a glass of wine and takes a seat outside. For the first time today, she can let her thoughts run over the week’s events in Durban.

It is memories which is going to last her a lifetime, she thinks when the phone rings. It is Louis, her husband. He just wants to hear if she is home safe and they talk about the work and then he says good bye. She makes a note in her diary to buy food and his favorite beer. Next weekend he will be home again. Another week is ahead of her; one with its own challenges.

Armand does not call. She is a little downhearted by this, but realizes that he cannot phone with his wife around. In fact, he might still be busy with the crises that took him home so urgently. She opens her laptop and starts typing a report about the annual meeting. It keeps her occupied until late that night. She does not notice the time flying by. It is only when she feels the chill of the cool wind on her arm, that she realizes what the time is.

She goes to bed with a sandwich and a cup of tea. In a short while, she falls asleep. Her cell phone is in the study. It rings and rings and rings, but Adelle does not hear it.

Adelle almost overslept on Monday morning. If the neighbor’s dog did not bark, she would have. It is 6 o’clock! She gets out of bed and runs to the shower. No time for slow reactions now. She has to hurry up because there are a few things that need to be done before the week’s staff meeting starts.

She grabs her phone and bag and runs to the car. At the office, everything is chaotic. Her secretary is not there. Her child almost drowned in their swimming pool and she is in hospital with him. Two clients did not want the other employees to help them and insisted on waiting for Adelle or take their business elsewhere and to top it all, the boss is early too. He is in a bad mood. Adelle has to get in and save the day. There is no time to see if she had any calls on her cell phone.

She works through lunchtime and at half past five; she realizes that her cell phone did not even ring once the whole day. Everybody usually calls her at the office during the day. She takes out the phone and sees that the battery is flat. Oh well. She can go home now. The secretary will be back tomorrow since the boy is out of danger. Luckily the nanny discovered him in time.

Adelle buys herself a roll and salad on her way home. She charges the phone and starts preparing dinner. While the chicken cooks, she takes a shower and then has her dinner outside again. She switched on the phone and sees an unfamiliar number. She does not know the number, but wonders if it could not perhaps be Armand. She decides not to call him back.

The next few days find everything back on track. She is very busy at work but everything is running smoothly again. At night, she sometimes thinks about Armand, but true to her nature, she does not call him. He can call her first if he wants to talk to her. On Friday she can go home earlier and quickly does her shopping. She also has enough time to put dinner in the oven before she has to pick up her husband at the airport.

She stands very still while Louis approaches her on the airport. He still excites her. She experiences the old feeling of excitement when his arms go around her. The promises in his eyes still take her breath away. Just for a second, Armand’s face crosses her mind, but it disappears quickly when Louis kisses her.

At home, they immediately forget about food and work and being away from each other. Their clothes form a line to the bedroom, the passion of their greeting is intense, and almost like they are afraid the other person is going to disappear. Much later, they lay in each other’s arms, satisfied and happy.

Suddenly Adelle remembers about the dinner in the oven. Luckily she used the ovens time schedule and the oven switched off in time. She heats up the food a little and Louis pours them each a glass of wine. The weather is lovely and they have a hidden spot where they can sit, hidden from prying eyes. They are unaware that they forgot to put on clothes.

It is very late, when they went to bed again. Louis takes her in his arms again and this time he makes love to her like a precious doll; lovingly and slowly. She falls asleep in her husband’s arms.

At four o’clock on Saturday morning, she wakes up. She smells the smell of love in the room. Sleepily, she turns over and reaches for Louis. He is not there. On his pillow is the print of his head, but his place beside her is cold. He must be away for quite some time. She had such a lovely dream; she did not even feel him getting up.

She gets up and puts on her dressing gown. She starts to look for him and sees that the light is on in the study. Adelle walks to the study, Louis is behind the desk. He is so absorbed in his work that he does not see her. Quietly she tiptoes closer. She gets on her hands and knees and crawls under the desk. He is still unaware of her presence, or is he? She reaches for him and the dressing gown falls from her shoulders. Softly she caresses his thigh. He moves his leg slightly but shows no other reaction. Adelle gets a little closer and caresses with more intense movements. She licks his thigh and he opens his legs. Her hand wanders from the thigh to his erection. Fascinated, she watches the erected penis getting up and when Louis opened his legs a little more, Adelle got on her knees between them.

Slowly, rhythmically she licks it, caresses his legs with her hands, and then sucks harder on him. She feels Louis stiffening but he does not stop working. She sucks faster and harder and she hears his fingers quieting on the keyboard. He moves his chair back. She smiles secretly. She knew he would not be able to continue working in these circumstances. He pulls his fingers through her hair and she crawls up against his body. Their lips meet halfway and they kiss each other while she gets up on his lap.

While Louis sucks at her nipples, his hands wander over her buttocks and then up against her back. She arches her back and pushes her fingers in his hair. Then she hears paper and things being cleared from the desk behind her while he deeply kisses her. He pushes her back and fills her. Slowly he begins to move. The rhythm of their love song picks up speed and gets more intense. She is being swept away by the sound of his voice in her ears. She feels the waves of passion building up inside her while Louis stiffens and his penis lures them to meet his. They climax again and again. Exhausted, he lies on her; breathless and with beating hearts. He puts her on his lap and held her close to him. She puts her head against his cheek and feels his beard against her face.

Adelle does not know how long they sat like that. After a while she went back to bed, while Louis finished the last part of his report. When she woke up later, he was sleeping beside her.

The weekend went by in a flash. On Sunday afternoon, Adelle took Louis back to the airport. The parting is difficult as usual because they don’t know when their schedules would allow another weekend together. She returns home and starts to tidy up. Tomorrow will be Monday again and she still has a lot of work to do.

Later, in her bed, she remembers Armand and wonders why he has not called her yet. Maybe he is also one of those men who take an opportunity when it comes his way, she thinks before she falls asleep. It is Armand who calls her name in her dreams.


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