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Fantasies Incorporated 01 - The Taxi Ride
(Bridy McAvoy)

As Jenny sipped at the last of the magnificent Merlot that had accompanied the meal she watched through lidded eyes as her fiancé savoured the warmth of the brandy he had ordered. The meal had been fabulous and Colin had been on top form, laughing and joking and chatting with her all through it. She still found it difficult to realise that this Mr. Right had wafted into her life fifteen months ago and she was now only a few weeks shy of becoming his wife and spending the rest of her life with him.

Her eyes sparkled as she watched him; the handsome man she fully intended to ravish once they got back to her flat. It was a Friday and neither of them had to do anything in particular for the whole weekend. She had plans for the whole weekend though. Her throaty chuckle drew his attention.

"What sweetheart?"

"Nothing. I'll tell you later."

Her voice sounded throatier than normal too and she realised that the two bottles of wine and her own salacious thoughts were providing him with several clues as to her plans. The pale blush at this thought rose up her cheeks and the way his eyes flared told her without words that he had read the signals very clearly indeed. Christ, she thought how am I ever going to keep my hands off him in the taxi?

He signalled the waiter and settled the bill using his gold company Amex. Following the successful conclusion to the deal he had been working on for months his boss had told him to take 'the little lady' out for a swanky meal and charge it. Colin had done just that and Jenny had sucked in her cheeks when she saw the prices on the menu. All in all the meal, including the drinks, had come to over four hundred dollars.

They waited in the vestibule to the hotel as they gazed with disappointment at the spring downpour that had started whilst they were finishing the meal. Neither of them had a coat or an umbrella with them and she thought the rain would ruin her hair if she walked out into it.

The doorman came to their rescue as a parked cab suddenly turned on its hire light and he flagged it down vigorously before it could pull out. He held a huge umbrella over them as they dashed into the back of the taxi and was rewarded with a huge smile and a flash of thigh from Jenny together with the equally welcome twenty note from Colin.

"Where to mate?"

The white driver looked around at the giggling couple.

"Seventh and Park please."



"Ok. Filthy night isn't it?"