Karen listened quietly and patiently, as the man opposite her explained the ins and outs of his late
Karen listened quietly and patiently, as the man opposite her explained the ins and outs of his latest technological breakthrough. Honestly, it wasn’t her kind of thing, but in a situation like this, she had to be professional - polite, charming, encouraging, letting him finish his little spiel before making her excuses and getting up from the couch to talk to another of the guests at the party.Whatever he was saying, it sounded horrifically complex and intricate. Karen had to listen very, very carefully, concentrating hard, if she was even to have an inkling of what he was babbling on about. That wasn’t working, and so Karen resolved to tune out the finer details, just nodding along and smiling, polite murmurs of agreement, or a small shake of the head if his intonation suggested she should respond with disagreement - anything to keep him talking so that he could finally get to the point he was seemingly forever circling around.Leaning forward, her chin resting on her knuckles in an expression that was intended to signal encouragement and interest, Karen strained her ears to really listen to his words, take them in. Even if she couldn’t understand, she wanted to hear more, needed him to keep talking in that low baritone.He really was quite the genius, Karen was realising. She allowed her eyes to flick up and down his body, briefly, hoping he wouldn’t notice and think she was checking him out. To tell the truth, though, she… kind of was. He was just so… dreamy. So handsome, and strong, and so much…. man… that Karen caught her gaze wandering down to his crotch, and lingering there. A moment or two later, he made up Karen’s mind for her. She reached over, planting a gentle hand on his knee, and smiling mischeviously.“Say, why don’t the two of us find somewhere private, and you can show me more of what you can do?”The man grinned and nodded, taking Karen by the hand. The field test had worked like a charm… -- source link