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She wishes in her mind Matthew could be like this, spontaneous and playful.
Why couldn’t he be filled with passion and patient enough to give her the time she
needs to enjoy their lovemaking, instead of the three-minute quickies that please
only him but never her?
Talal enjoys seeing the glow of satisfaction on her face, her methodical
movements, and her bouncing breasts. He’s consumed already. He loves the way
she looks, the way she moans.
Sweaty and happy, she lies beside him on the carpet by the couch, placing her
head under his arm, they both relax for a few minutes. She wants to talk to him;
she wants to know the reason for the sadness in his eyes, though he puts his
finger on her lips and says, “Please don’t say anything. I had a great time. Please
just let it be.” He leans over and kisses her lips gently.
Emily is in heaven, higher than heaven if that can be, even when he gets up
and gets dressed. She’s in heaven even when she says goodbye at the door. She
smiles, and the fire is still evident in her eyes as he goes, leaving her with his
smile. That smile will remain with her for a long time.
She has been with that smile all day. Her mind is on two sad eyes that
mesmerize her; her mind is on that firm manhood she has not felt for such a long
time, a thought that makes her feel moist all over again. All day, she feels as if she
is in that same dream of eroticism that she lived earlier in the day, the dream she
shared with that sweet Iraqi man. She has felt like that all day and even in the
evening as she and Jennifer go to their beds, even when Matthew comes home at
about one in the morning.
He finds her half asleep, and although he wants her body, he dares not wake
her. He has to wait until she’s ready, even if that takes until the next day, or even
the day after. She has made it clear to him a number of times. That’s the way it
works with her—no objections, he knows.
The next morning about nine, well after Jennifer has gone to work, Emily is
up having morning coffee, remembering that she didn’t even offer Talal the
coffee she had promised when he came to her place. She remembers that firm
manhood that drove her to heaven and back so many times, yet her mind cannot
forget those two saddened eyes. An indescribable warmth overtakes her body, so
much so that even when Matthew calls her back to bed to help him release his
sexual hunger with two minutes of sex, she still feels overwhelmed by her
experience with Talal the previous morning. Their experience stands so vividly
before her eyes all the time, and so she closes her eyes and lets Matthew find
happiness in his two minutes of manhood.
As the day goes by, Emily puts together the last details for his fifty-fifth
birthday party.
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