Bride of Convenience

Chapter 11

Tuesday night came faster than she expected, she had decided to wear her red dress. Underneath though she wore her black lacy bra, pants that matched and her stockings with suspenders. Her red dress had a sweetheart neckline and short flowing sleeves, the dress was firm around the bodice and then fell into a flowy skirt that reached the top of her knees.

She arrived at Harrison’s, and he opened the door for her. Kissing her lightly on the cheek.

“So you chose the red number. I’m impressed. I hope you like Tai food, I order some and thought we could just eat in and hang out.” He took her jacket as she entered

“I love Thai food. Thank you.” Ten minutes later the doorbell rang, and Harrison got up to receive their food.

“Do you want to grab some plates from the kitchen and we can eat by the fire if you like?”

“Sounds great.” She said as she got up and headed for the kitchen.

When she got back to the couch, she placed the plates on the table, and Harrison was observing how perfectly this red dress fitted her. He would love to take it off her. Smiling at the thought as she sat down on the couch with him her skirt rose up and revealed mid thigh a garter belt. Feeling like he couldn’t breathe for a second, his body reacted immediately, and he tried to adjust his seating so that his pants weren’t as uncomfortable over his growing erection. She hadn’t noticed what he had seen. He watched her smoothed down her skirt wondering if that was the little black number she told him about. She looked over and smiled at him. He needed an excuse to leave her for a moment otherwise he couldn’t be held responsible for what he would do.

“I’ll grab some wine.” He stood up and walked toward the kitchen.

“Oh, yum, I love chilli basil beef it’s one of my favourites.” She called from the lounge room.

“Mine too.” He answered. He had a quick swig of wine in the kitchen to soothe his nerves then he walked back out in the lounge room and filled the glasses. His mind was not on food but on her and what pleasure he could give her.

“You're not eating, aren’t you hungry?” She asked innocently. He was very hungry, but it had nothing to do with the Thai food in front of him. He needed to get into a safe conversation and stop these images in his head.

“So tell me, what makes a girl move countries and marry a guy she doesn’t know?”

“Well, recently things had changed for me and most of everything I had back there was gone. I was finding it hard to find a job, and I had never been overseas before so it was a bit of an adventure really.” He knew why all this had happened, but he couldn’t reveal that to her.

“How long have you known Kate?”

“We went to college together, and she was my best friend. We just got on so well, and even when she moved overseas, we kept in touch. She was probably one of the reasons I came too. To be able to hang out with her again is great and meeting Stacey, she’s a lovely person too.”

“Stacey’s great. Paul’s very lucky to have her.”

“How do you know Paul?”

“Well, I first met him when he applied to work in my firm. That was when he was twenty-five, so we have known each other for thirteen years. I introduced Stacey to him.”

“Yes, she told me that. Apparently, she dresses all your girlfriends.” Harrison laughed.

“Some of my exes didn’t know how to dress appropriately for the kind of evenings I attend, even know they were models. I guess someone always told them what to wear.”

They talked about events that were coming up, and Harrison mentioned a ball. It was another charity event; however, he always had the first dance with his partner. Her face went white. He looked over at her and laughed.

“There’s no need to be nervous, it’s just a dance, only about five hundred people watching us.” Her face only got whiter.

“It’s not a big deal, Julia. Are you ok?”

“I can’t dance!” She rushed out. She looked down as if embarrassed.

“Sure you can, you danced at Paul’s birthday.” He said

“Oh, sure, plain silly hanging out type dancing not some kind of ball type dance!” Her voice rose slightly.

“So I’ll teach you. It’s straightforward.” He reached for her and as their hands meet his body felt as if it was on fire. How did she do that to him? They strolled into the space behind the lounge, and he put his hand on her waist just above her hip. Her quick intake of breath told him she was a little uncomfortable being this close to him. He took her other hand in his and entwined his fingers in hers. She seemed to stiffen.

“Ok, you need to relax and just follow my lead. Ok?” She nodded but did not look confident and didn’t seem to relax at all.

“Julia, if you’re that stiff, you’re likely to hurt yourself.” He was watching her and realised she was holding her breath. “Julia, you need to breathe too!” Taking a deep breath seemed to relax her every so slightly in his arms. He started slowly, and she glided like an angel in his arms. Stepping and moving with grace, she was incredible. He smiled at her and said “Now turn” she turned and as she spun her skirt lifted to give him a glimpse of her garter belt again. He felt an emotion stir down deep inside. “Great, now a dip.” He placed his hand firmly in the middle of her back and gently lowered her. Her back arched and her hair fell flowingly towards the floor. He had the urge to run his palm from her stomach all the way up to between her breasts. Would she stop him? Then if he moved his hand to cup her breast would she slap him or enjoy her n*****s hardening to his touch. Because no doubt they would definitely harden for him. How fast could he remove that dress if the situation called for it? What was he thinking? He quickly pulled her up. “And that is it. You did fine. So nothing to worry about.” Boy, he needed her to go home soon before he lost all control.