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I tore my eyes from his and reluctantly turned my head, looking down and away, dreading his intentions. I gazed absently at the laser-show of colorful lights being played out on the floor, in sync with the interim music, and wondered if it was my semi-muted hearing that caused it to seem less voluminous. I let the thought pass and held the position, as I wanted to take no notice of who may be watching. I felt dizzy and my eyes were still unfocused and glazed, which only served to provoke him further.
The energy and anger pouring from him made my body tremble, and my heart pound.
He tilted my head up to face him, but when I opened my mouth again, to explain – again, he shut me down, by placing his cold fingers against my quivering lips. There was no evading this. He wasn’t allowing me any such luxuries. No excuses would be accepted, or even explanations, evidently.
He stood back and with the same two fingers he’d just silenced me with, pointed toward his eyes, and warned, ‘You will look me in the eye, understand? Do not break contact.’ He quickly reached down and released the last, lower buttons on his 3/4 length overcoat and stepped in close, straddling my legs. It was in that moment, before raising my line of sight to meet his again, that I noticed the rapid pulsing of the large vein at the side of his neck, and a desperate need to lick him there overcame me.
He must have sensed it, because he leaned in, placed his forearm against the wall above my head, and lifted my chin with a curled index finger, effectively en-forcing eye contact – paralyzing me. In a hushed tone, he said, ‘A little farther – now, Open,’ with a calm ferocity I wasn’t quite expecting. He nudged my outer thigh with his knee, took his hand away from my face and lifted the front of my skirt just enough to gain access. In one fluid motion, he placed his hand between my legs, sweeping my panties aside effortlessly and pushed two fingers into my pussy, up to his knuckles.
I drew in a sharp, hissing breath over clenched teeth, with a gasp. My breath released with a whimper, and I reached for his coat in a feeble attempt to cover us. He simply shook his head no … NO, and gave me ‘the look.’ ‘Place your hands back where they were, and don’t move them again,’ he demanded, and removed his fingers. He lifted them next to our faces, and began rubbing my arousal between his fingers and thumb. His inky eyes bore into me, searching. When he got no discernible reaction, he placed his middle finger on my bottom lip, and slowly painted it with my own moisture.
With a cold, rather detached smile, he placed his hand on the side of my flushed and reddened face, and under pressure of his thumb, smeared the oxblood-colored lipstick up the left side of my cheek.
When he took what was left of whatever wetness remained on his fingers and wiped them against my neck, I maintained eye-contact, but could not prevent the spilling of my emotions. I groaned from someplace deep in my chest, and tears fell, unabated, down my mascara-blackened, pitifully tear-streaked face. ‘Bastard, he’s just a friend,’ escaped in a sob, from somewhere in the back of my constricted throat.
He ‘Shhh-shd me,’ chuckled an evil little sound and sniffed my mouth, inhaling my breath. With a prolonged intake, while making an up-and-down, round-and-round movement with his head, he then stopped and spoke gingerly against my lips, taunting, ‘Your mouth smells like cherries, and your lips,’ and he hesitated … ‘like a whores,’ cruelly slithered out, and I winced.
His eerie calm was disquieting and alarming, when combined with the vibes emanating from him.
I felt marked; branded – with scarlet lipstick streaked up my face, and my own scent spread over my lips and neck. He had marked me with my own desire; with some obscene new perfume: Eau de Parfum – La Pusse Naturel!
I felt ashamed and embarrassed, and wanted to melt into the floor. It was everything I could do just to remain standing, but I couldn’t move, and was grateful for the wall at my back.
He pushed away, straightened himself, smoothed and buttoned his long coat and simmered, ‘When I get home, you’d better be there,’ in a tone that sent shivers racing. He tensely ran his fingers through his hair, and paused – as if to say something more, then decided against it.
Just as the band began to play their next set, he turned and disappeared into the crowd.
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