Beth and Reid - Chapter Five - Sex Stories

Beth and Reid - Chapter Five

... sure she already has a cosmo waiting for you.’ he finished. Beth smiled in response and left the two men who immediately started real estate shoptalk. She walked through the large wooden double doors and had to admire the space in which the Gala night was being held. A cavernous space, it was lit with a number of chandeliers casting a delicate glow all around the room and at least a fifty or more round tables had been set up, elegant table dressing of wild flowers and tea light candles adding extra ambience to the room. A band had set up in one corner, continuing the same type of soft jazz Beth had heard in the foyer and it blended quietly with the buzzing of conversations and clinking of ice in glasses. She made her way to the bar at the far end of the room as a mature woman with a blond bob spotted her and waved her over. ‘Beth, sweetie you look stunning!’ the woman stood and embraced Beth lightly, a peck on the same cheek as her husband had just done. ‘Love the shoes!’ she exclaimed. ‘Thanks, Candice, you look great too. Is the hair new?’ Beth queried. Candice used a hand to pat the underside of her immaculate ash blonde bob. ‘New-ish,’ she replied, ‘I had it done a few weeks back but am finding it a little harder to maintain than I thought it would be. I’m thinking about taking it even shorter, Dame Judy Dench being my newest inspiration.’ She patted the leather bar stool next to her and Beth gingerly eased herself into it, the plug being pushed deeper into her body and ...

... making her insides clench in private delight. She did not let it show on her face however. She looked at Candice and agreed that a shorter style might suit her better. She was in her late fifties and although was still stunning for her age, had reached that point that mature women all seem to reach eventually where they embraced short hairstyles and owned going grey, the sort of quiet sexiness of actors like Helen Mirren. ‘Either way I’m sure you’ll own it,’ Beth affirmed with a smile, she noticed a full martini resting in front of her, ‘is that for me?’ she asked. ‘Of course darling, you need to catch up with me!’ Candice raised her own glass and drained the dregs, taking out the olive and using her teeth to pull it off the end of the toothpick with relish. Beth smiled in thanks and picked up the glass, silently wishing it was the cosmo Charlie had said it would be. She took a sip and suppressed the urge to cough, it was stronger than she was used to as martinis weren’t really her thing. She didn’t want to seem rude however. ‘The boys already talking business?’ Candice guessed. ‘Of course,’ Beth replied with a melodramatic roll of her eyes. Candice laughed and gestured to the bar tender for another round. Beth took a large gulp of her martini, the alcoholic burn now not so noticeable. They chatted for a while about this and that but nothing of any real significance. Beth had known Charlie and Candice for years now but being that Charlie was Reid’s boss there had always been ...