“Just ignore it.” Edward mumbled and tried to pull her back.
“We have to stop.” Gladys mumbled. She stood up and did up the buttons of her blouse.
“Baby we don‘t have to, come here.” He lounged back with open arms. A quick glance around the room showed his jacket on a chair, his tie draped on the coffee table. Gladys smoothed down her skirt, picked up the fallen ruffle and began to put her hair in order.
“Don‘t tell me you‘re ending this here, now?” Edward ran a hand over his head and looked down at himself. His shirt buttons were all undone and his erection was throbbing.
He‘d accompanied her to the employee end of year party by her firm and had loved her scarlet figure hugging blouse with the pencil skirt she wore. Comparing the sheer joy on his face when he joined her at the office with the disappointment on it now clouded her eyes.
Edward didn‘t know what to do in the face of her tears. After the fallout a couple of months ago, the last thing he wanted was to make her unhappy again. They had resolved that problem and over the past month had grown even closer.
After the deep phone conversations and the way she‘d run into his arms at the airport yesterday, he thought they were ready to move their relationship further. When she agreed to come home with him, he‘d been hopeful but couldn‘t have foreseen it would end like this. He‘d wanted her to help him with his unpacking but one thing had led to another and now here they were. He jerked to his feet and started pacing the sitting room floor in front of her.
“Darling, you‘ve said how much you care about me several times but it‘s not enough. I‘m sorry to bring this up again but frankly, we‘re both adults. We should...” He stopped. Gladys prompted him after a while. “What?”
He turned his back to her and continued, “These sexual episodes are really hard on me, Gladys. You only go as far as YOU want and then you leave me frustrated and wanting…”
“I‘m not without feelings myself Edward. I want you too…”
“I know that and that is why I‘m confused.” If he were to be fair, it was obvious there was no pretense in her reaction to his caresses but it seemed she found it easy to switch off when she wished. “Don‘t you want to see how this ends? Can you just imagine the two of us together fully? I know I want to fill you, make love to you completely…”