Every fiber of his body wanted to fuck her.
It had been an intense few months. Between founding a successful firm, the physical intensity of jiujitsu, and his own self-imposed sexual austerity, he hadn't realized how much desire he was repressing. The entrepreneurship was by choice - he had always been driven, passionate and (inevitably) looking for a bigger challenge to push his limits. The jiujitsu was, well, also by choice, and for pretty much the same reason. The sexual austerity was different. He had broken up with Charlotte and he wanted to "reset." His typical response would have been to fill the void with a string of women, but he wanted it to be different this time: no sex, and no sex with self. It was brutal and mentally demanding to have that sort of self-discipline.
But every man has his limit. Even strong-willed ones.
And it began to dawn on him... that Karo was his. Or more specifically, her highlighted hair that he wanted to smell every time she turned around (with a flirtatious invitation). And her perfect hips that he desperately wanted to squeeze as he imagined taking her from behind. And her thin, sexy lips that outlined her moist mouth. Oh, heavens, that mouth... the things he wanted to do to that mouth.
And it didn't help that she was always flirting with him, ever since they were introduced at a work cocktail party by a mutual friend who helpfully emphasized how very single we both were (Can you even be 'very' single? One might wonder). And how he was doing this sexual austerity thing as a means to build self-discipline. Karo's eyes twinkled: a challenge to break him.
So it was that when they were both staying at the same hotel for a conference, there wasn't much left to break.
"Shall we grab a drink at the bar? Or are you staying off alcohol as much as women these days?" pinged the text message.
"Alcohol is fine, maybe women too, though you'll have to be persuasive," he responded.
"Come on down then, first round on me." He could see Karo's lips smiling that naughty smile even through the text message.
Karo was seated at the bar, wearing a long-sleeved burgundy top that did little to hide the contours of her breasts and a black leather skirt that was long enough to be classy but short enough to make him want to grab her ass in a frenzy of erotic desire. He wasn't too bad himself, all those hours lifting weights starting to pay off as he filled his white shirt with musculature and was dressed in blue denim that left no doubt as to how hard and spankable his ass was.
He remembers a conversation. Or at least, strings of words that had the potential to be a conversation. But it was obvious after Karo's "Hey handsome" when he walked up to take a seat by her that she was determined to break him tonight and to have him all to herself. He was not in any mood to resist. Heck, he was single. She was single. Or 'very' single. After months of austerity and finally feeling like he was over the break-up, he wanted to let loose. Or more specifically, he wanted to let loose inside Karo, between her legs.
He remembers the first round of red wine. And a question: "Would you like to share a bottle upstairs?" It was more a statement of fact, asserting what was about to happen rather than a question. And Karo's twirling of hair and bite of her lips as she murmured, "I'd love that," was simply a confirmation that she wanted him more than he wanted her, if that was even possible.
"I've been keeping my own austerity, you know... and I don't think I can any longer," she whispered.
They kissed in the elevator with an underrated anticipation. His tongue licked her tongue and lips, slowly and firmly, with his hands resting on her hips as she ran her fingers in his hair. She moaned as she squeezed and pulled his hair with a firmness that surprised and delighted him.
"Hmm, I think our austerity is about to pay off."
As soon as they entered the room, he picked her up with her legs around his waist. His mouth searched for her nipples underneath the burgundy top as he walked across the room and threw her on the bed and stripped her top off as she panted in anticipation and reached for the buckles of his belt to disrobe him.