’ ‘I think you should come up one weekend, Boss. Aleksy would be happy and of course you can then take Annabel out for dinner as you promised.’ ...‘You’re not going to let that go. Are you?’ ‘Nope! You are going to have a lovely home and you will need a lovely hostess for that home. Someone who knows the area and who knows the right people with whom to mix.’ ‘Are you seeing yourself and Aleksy as part of the mixture?’ ‘Of course. If you are going to re-locate the office there then you need me. ‘I’d love to,’ She said quickly. She looked back with a tentative smile. ‘I’d love to go…with you.’ ‘Great.’ he hoped he didn’t sound as relieved as he felt. ‘I’ll ask him which weekend would work best, and get back to you.’ ‘Great.’ she repeated. He walked her back to her car as usual. This time Maria took his hand and they walked down the street hand in hand. Her hand was so small in his but he could feel strength in her relaxed grip. A full grin kept threatening to splithis face in two. When. When I started to feel shaky and out of control, I reached out to get him to stop. He pressed the tip of his tongue onto the skin on my torso and ran it up to my chest, kissing me lightly and making me strain upwards towards him. Avoiding my mouth he kissed my neck and mumbled, “What now?” I didn’t answer and instead stared up at the ceiling, feeling a wave of nausea unrelated to the alcohol. “What do you want?” “Mh.” He kissed up my neck and jaw line, navigating towards my face. “I want to. Payal was a most beautiful woman after my mom that I have seen, even she was an adult.She was a light brunette, green eyes with gentle fame that no woman other than my mom has compared to.Of course, when I was little, she was just pretty, and I would tell her every opportunity that I could.She would laugh and tell me how cute I was.She was divorced, so there was usually no man in her life, as she was devoted to her son.Back then, my biggest wish was that I could be older, so I could take payal.