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By *wosmilers OP Couple
over a year ago
Heathrowish |
Since long before I met with my lady,I was working in a team. We carried out technical and safety checks on technology within the food industry. My team is one of 5 working in our region. There are similar arrangements all over the country.
As the most experienced on site, people tend to ask me for advice and I tend to mentor newbies. We have a site boss who takes overall charge.
It is an arrangement that works. The boss lets us get on with the work and the boss leaves us alone.
Perfect.
So, one year, a new Director of Strategy decides to call a conference to discuss future planning. Three days at a hotel in the middle of the country.
My boss, a guy with very little inclination to go to this event decides he will be on holiday instead. His attitude is that if it isn't broken, there is no need to fix it.
So who is called on to replace him from our region. That's right, yours truly. I didn't mind too much as it meant a week off of work with very little to do except to keep awake during the conference and then to enjoy the luxury spa facilities and highly rated food in the hotel.
Come the day in question, I arrived at the Hotel in the middle of the afternoon and checked in. The reception staff were very nice and the room was great. I unpacked and went down to the bar to get a drink.
At the bar, I bumped into a colleague from the next region who I recognised and we chatted over a drink. He was also unimpressed with having to attend the conference but,like me, decided that attendance was an easy option.
After an hour, he muttered something about using the spa before dinner and sauntered off. I was alone in the bar, trying to show some interest in the news channel on the screen at the far end.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a woman and a man walking into the bar from over my shoulder. He was in his 30's, slim, clean shaven, close cropped hair, chinos and a buttoned shirt. She was in her 50's, also slim with long, curly grey hair, white blouse and black trousers. A "Helen Mirren" type. They each had some papers and a small laptop. They were clearly not an item but were here for the same event. They sat to my left and in a few minutes, each had been served with a coffee.
I watched the news for another 20 minutes and decided that I would stroll up to my room and perhaps go to the spa. As I stood up, the guy at the other table also got up in front of me and headed out of the bar with his laptop.
I passed the table that he had sat at noticing the woman was looking at me.
"Are you here for the conference?" She said in a soft cultured voice.
I said that I was and introduced myself, apologising for the absence of my boss.
She introduced herself as Suzie and extended her hand. As I gently shook it, she held it for slightly longer than necessary saying
"Well, it is wonderful to have someone here who actually knows what to do when faced with a live situation". Her engagement ring and wedding rings were prominent.
I grinned. Either she was very naively making small talk or purposefully teasing me. She then asked me what my plans were for the couple of hours before dinner and I told her that I intended to go down to the spa. She smiled and said "Good choice" and I muttered something about seeing her later.
A few minutes later, I had collected by swim shorts from my room and was standing at the reception desk of the spa. The very fit looking male assistant began to explain that the public jacuzzi and sauna was still undergoing maintenance so there was only the swimming pool and the bookable private spa available. I asked if I could book the spa but was told that there has to be a party of at least two.
As he was telling me this, I was just on the verge of turning around and going back to the room when Suzie appeared. She caught the end of the conversation and suggested that we could share a booking.
I agreed. I had intended to use the jacuzzi and sauna in the public area but if it was in the private spa, it wouldn't be overcrowded.
We walked through to the changing cubicles and a few minutes later, we both emerged. I was in my shorts, carrying a towel and Suzie was wrapped in a towel just held under her armpits and extending down to her mid thigh, with the straps of her swimsuit visible above the towel.
We walked across the public spa area chatting about how nice the area looked and it would be great to use it the following day, once the work was done.
We went to the private spa which consisted of a small sauna which could seat 4 people on two stepped benches along with a round Jacuzzi which at a push, could seat 6. There was also a shower in the corner.
I opened the door and beckoned Suzie in while holding the door.
"Oh, a gentleman" she said with a smile. I followed her in and closed the door. She asked what I would be doing first and I said that after the shower, I would probably sauna. I asked if she wanted a shower but she said that I should go first in case it was cold. She told me that I was her tester.
I put my towel on one of the wall hooks and stood under the shower. I was sure that I heard a noise of the lock on the door but the shower was noisy. The shower has a control and I set it to warm but not hot.
I got out and she was standing there still wrapped in the towel. I smiled and went into the sauna.
A few seconds later I heard the Jacuzzi start and I assumed that she was enjoying the bubbles. I stayed in the sauna for about 10 minutes but it was very warm so I decided to get out and have a drink and a cold shower.
As I walked across to the shower, I could see Suzie in the Jacuzzi, submerged up to her neck in the foaming water. She called across to me "it's lovely in here, you should join me".
I said that I would as soon as I showered.
After showering, I climbed the steps and began to sit opposite Suzie. She smiled at me. I smiled at her.
As I sat down, our feet touched accidentally. I said sorry, as you do. We chatted and at one point, she raised her leg out of the bubbles and ran her hands from ankle to knee as she straightened and lowered it into the foam.
I asked if she wanted to use the sauna and then she replied with a sentence that took me by surprise. "You will have to look away when I do as I am not wearing anything...."
She pointed at the wall hooks and I could see a one piece costume hanging up.
".....unless of course you want to look at me".
I was lost for words. She moved across the Jacuzzi, her body still under the water and I could only say "What would you prefer?".
At this point, she looked at me and said.......
To be continued |
