Chapter 20
Several nights after her blistering sex experience with Alex, Ken stopped her in the hall after she was coming from an emergency surgery.
"I haven't seen you much lately, honey," he began.
"I've been a busy girl. I am a nurse, you know."
"You've been doing a lot more than working at your job."
"Meaning what?"
"Meaning that you've been having quite a bit of sex. I heard all about your affair with Eileen."
"How did that get out?" she asked, her face becoming flustered.
"You can't ever keep a secret around here. Eileen has gotten some guilt feelings about it. She told it to the psychiatrist, then started discussing it with me. She said that she was feeling real guilty. She wondered whether she was out of her mind or something. I assured her she wasn't. As a matter of fact, I told her she was a very sweet young girl. She just needed to practice a little more restraint. I think that you're going to have to learn the same lesson."
"That's really a good one, coming from you," she chuckled. "You're not exactly what we could call a Trappist monk either."
"No, I guess I deserve that rejoinder," Ken said solemnly. "Anyhow, I'd like to have lunch with you tomorrow. How about me picking you up at your place?
"If you want a hot piece of ass, honey, come right out and say so. I get tired of this bullshit routine."
"Incidentally, I also heard about your little experience with our energetic intern."
"Yes, I had some sex with Alex. It was loads of fun."
"I'll tell you something. You've got to practice a little more restraint. It's imperative that you do it. Word really gets around at this place. AH you've got to do is let some administrator catch wind of it, and that's it. Your whole career will be ruined."
"You've got your future as a doctor to think about."
"I certainly have. Like I said, I'm having second thoughts."
"You sure are. You're using a more subtle approach to get a piece of ass."
"You're selling me short, honey. I've got your best interest at heart. Honest I have."
"Listen. I'll believe that when I see your cock going down."
"I can't help responding that way. You're a beautiful woman. But what I'm trying to tell you is that I'm concerned about you. I really am. I don't want to in any way mislead you into thinking otherwise. But I'd like to take you out to lunch."
"You can have your piece of ass. As a matter of fact, I even know a room that they're not using. We could use the same one that I used with Alex."
"I know all about that. I'm not interested."
"You've got to be kidding. I guess you're tired tonight. That's it. You must have gotten some ass earlier tonight."
"No, that isn't the case at all. I mean, I'm not interested because of the way you're talking to me. I don't buy your attitude, baby. I think I could straighten you out with a little bit of conversation."
"Alright, we'll play it your way. We can engage in some conversation. So let's save the whole thing for later. I've got work to do."
"I'll pick you up at your place tomorrow. I want to prove to you that I'm not a guy that just wants to jump on you and have sex with you. You mean much too much to me."
"Alright. We'll just see what happens."
Terry didn't notice until she walked away from Ken how hurt an expression he had on his face. Perhaps, she thought, she had been a little too harsh in talking to him. What had hurt her was hearing the kind of lecture he was delivering when he had been one of the people who had come on the strongest in sex with her.
The following day Ken arrived in his Cadillac Eldorado at a few minutes after noon.
He was wearing a bright electric blue suit that gave him a look of dignity. Terry couldn't help but admire the way he looked. He appeared very handsome.
They had dinner at a fashionable French restaurant, after which Ken decided it was time for him to take Terry back to the apartment.
"How about going to my place?" he asked.
"For a drink, I presume," she laughed.
"You've got the wrong idea."
"I'm sure I do," she chuckled. "Yes, I'm sure I'm all wrong about this whole thing. Come on now, Ken, you're normal. You've been chasing me for a long time. I'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that there's been a change. You want my body, and that's all there is to it."
"I want to talk to you."
They arrived at Ken's fashionable apartment. They sat down in the living room. Ken seated himself in an easy chair, while Terry sat down in a chair a few feet away.
After she settled herself in the chair, Ken began to talk in a different way than he ever had previously.
"I'm trying to tell you one thing," he said. "I'm serious about you, very serious. I don't want any more of this screwing around nonsense. I love you, baby. I'd like to go steady with you. Actually, you can kind of call it an engagement, if you want to. Just that I'd want to see how well we can get along with each other. The better we get along, the greater the likelihood that we can have a successful marriage."
"You're thinking about marriage?"
"Yes, I am. You know, they might talk about all this freewheeling bachelor stuff, but I think every guy down deep wants one beautiful chick that he can screw any time he wants it. You've got a beautiful body and a gorgeous face. Not only that, but you've got the tightest ass around, and sodomy has always been big with me. Even though it's to get a gal that you can score with in that way. I love you. If we can get along properly, I think we ought to give marriage a whirl."
"I hardly know what to say."
"To prove to you that I'm not interested in just a piece of ass, I won't even make an overture toward you. I mean, just because I brought you to my place doesn't mean that I have to fuck you. I want that point understood right here and now."
"Sure, I understand it. But I thought of something, Ken. I'm earning a new respect for you now. I really am. As a matter of fact, I can hardly believe it. You're such a serious person now. Before all I could think of was a carefree playboy."
"I'm developing a different image, honey. I'm growing up. I hope you don't mind."
"As a matter of fact, I don't mind one bit, darling. I love you very much."
"That's the way I like you to talk."
Terry looked over at Ken hungrily. It was she who at that point desired sex.
"I would like to go into the bedroom," she said. "I hope you don't think I'm being too forward in suggesting it."
"I don't think that at all," he replied. "I understand that it's being offered in the right spirit. And I mean completely what I just said. I think we're going to get along beautifully, honey. Just as long as you lay off having sex with other guys and girls."
"That Eileen fling was just something I had to go through," she explained. "I guess you could say that a spoiled little girl in me suddenly emerged then. I just wanted to see what it would be like to seduce a beautiful girl. Now that I've gotten it out of my system, I don't really care if I screw her again. As a matter of fact, I'll have a long talk with her tonight and straighten the whole thing out."
"I wish you'd straighten things out with our friend Alex as well."
"You'd better believe I'm going to do that," she said. "I just want to fuck with you, honey. I want your cock inside me."
"Now you do have me horny," he laughed.
"Let's go into the bedroom."
They got up from their respective chairs and walked slowly into the bedroom.
Ken's heart began to pound pulsatingly with anticipation.