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Primitive Instincts (VerboseVillain/AmeliaRP)

AmeliaRP

Super-Earth
Joined
Oct 31, 2018
Obsessive and single-minded? One would not think that such personality traits fitted someone as meticulous and conscientious as Courtney Cooper. Calculating, cunning and scheming were also a part of her psyche in virtually everything she did. Usually the 32 year old butterscotch blonde took immense care, especially with regard to the blueprint of her life that she had laid out for herself. Although rather introverted, she was convinced where she was going and how to get there.

At the age of 21, she graduate in Information Management. Within a decade, she had reached the fourth level of five to be a chief academic librarian. Eventually she also intended to add to her accreditation by studying for a PhD in her specialist field. With the aid of a small inheritance from her maternal grandmother, the ardent feminist had already bought herself a house and carried out most of the refurbishments herself. It included a nursery planned for the next stage to have a baby well in advance of her biological clock running down.

Never had she shown that much interest in the opposite or even her own for that matter. Relationship tended to be complicated affairs that involve emotional commitment which Courtney was not prepared to give. It seemed a rather remote possibility of being able to find your apparent one true love in a world with a population of more than 7.5 billion. But it was a natural function of the human body and she felt as much as the next person the urge to have her own offspring.

As with most things, Courtney would do it her own way. She did not have the slightest intention of going the route of intrauterine insemination. The 32 year old librarian had no desire for any clinic to place a catheter within a million miles of her fallopian tubes. She would do it the natural way like the vast majority of people. It was what human organs were designed for, even if they were quite ugly, she thought. Her only problem was that she needed some suitable guy to help her.

Rather painstakingly, the butterscotch blonde had been collecting data on a certain Nestor Jackson, a pediatric surgeon who worked at the hospital across the road to the university library where she worked. One could not go as far as accusing Courtney of actually stalking the doctor though at times she had followed him around as part of her research to know all about him. He seemed to fit the bill perfectly as the most ideal contender to be her sperm donor by conventional means. All she had to do was to wait for the most appropriate moment to approach him.

"Do you mind if I squeeze myself here? It's rather crowded today." It was at a coffee bar that the surgeon frequented during his morning break. Courtney, wearing a black jacket, spaghetti top and jeans, offered him a courteous smile as she took a seat opposite him. Her initial ploy was to see whether he would start a conversation otherwise she would once her hot chocolate arrived. The doctor himself was black and as a causican white herself, she was convinced from the research she had carried out that the mixed race baby they would have together would be much better due to the diversity of their gene pool.
 
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The doctor had been scrambling all morning. He’d been called in for an emergency at 5 AM, which meant that he had to throw on scrubs, run to the hospital, and get cleaned up before surgery. He had just gotten finished, and he still had to delay one of his normally scheduled patients, which meant that he was behind. So it was going to be a tough day. Still, it was worth it to save the little girl.

Nestor had always liked children. He spoiled his niece and nephew like crazy, and often enjoyed talking to his patients before and after surgery to reassure them. Unfortunately, he’d never had a chance to have children of his own. His life was just too chaotic. With his long hours, it was impossible to really meet anyone. And as soon as he did, it was hard to really build a genuine connection when he could be called away at any day or night. How could he think of a relationship when a child might be dying.

His dark skin hid the bags under his eyes as he allowed himself his morning break, heading for his favorite coffee shop. He needed caffeine for his attention and decided to request some peppermint creamer for his breath. While he’d brushed his teeth that morning, he could occasionally taste the fumes of his empty stomach.

He sat down, sipping his morning elixir, the barely visible furrows of his forehead easing as he enjoyed the cup. Before he could really notice, a cute blonde had excused herself and sat across from him. She was pretty, with a fair complexion and hazel eyes. A stark contrast to his coffee-dark complexion.

“Sure. Umm, I don’t mind the company.” His gaze wandered from her eyes to her lips and back. “It is kinda crowded. I wonder if they’re having a special today or something.”
 
It was to be a special day for her or at least she hoped so. Much could depend on setting a future course for her life. Otherwise it may have to be going back to the drawing board and finding another suitable candidate, which would be difficult and very time-consuming. Courtney just hoped she would not have to start her search again. At least at worst, it would set up further contact with the target doctor if not more.

"Every day ought to be special really. We only on this planet for such a short while and we need to maximise it, don't you think." As she spoke, the 32 year old librarian was interrupted by the water bringing the drink she had ordered at the counter. Conveniently it was the only coffee shop she knew that served her favourite vegan and organic drink that was also dairy and soya free. Before tasting it, she stood up and took off her jacket, hanging it behind the chair. It was quite obvious that she was wearing no bra under her pink printed silk top.

Sitting back down again in her skin-clad jeans, Courtney resumed making patterns in the froth of the hot chocolate in her tall glass mug. Every now and then she would glance up to see if the tired looking surgeon was watching her. "I also wish I had more time for myself. But I suppose everyone also wishes so. Never really have time to just relax with the person you wish, even if you had time in the first place to find him." This time she offered him a light giggle that jiggled her ample sized bosom.
 
“That’s actually a nice way to look at it. I could certainly use some optimism after the day that I have had.” He looked down to get another mouthful of coffee, and then his eyes nearly bugged out when he saw her take off her jacket. The soft fabric of her top couldn’t conceal the soft curves of her breasts, and he almost swore that he could see the pointed outline of her nipple.

He quickly looked away when her head turned back to him, although he couldn’t keep his eyes from flickering between her chest and her eyes. “Yes. It’s difficult to find time for yourself. Almost impossible at times. But I’m lucky that I have the day off tomorrow. Doesn’t mean that I won’t be called in, but at least I will have time for other things that are important to me.”

The giggle and its aftereffects made something deep and instinctual stir inside of him. “I don’t suppose that you’d be free tonight? I could really use a sunny personality like yours after a long day.”
 
"Oh! Oh! That's so kind of you. We going to make it a special say after all." A smile beamed from her face. It was more from the eyes than with the mouth and not quite as flirtatious as the Mona Lisa one in the Louvre Museum. Courtney had achieved what she had set out to achieve and with the doctor and not herself doing the bidding. "I suppose I should say I have to check my diary but I know for a fact anything written in there must be in invisible ink.

"Courtney Cooper by the way. I happened to work just across the road in the university library. Sounds boring doesn't it." The butterscotch adjusted her position in her chair as she reached out with her hand. She began to wish she hadn't put on her tightest pair of jeans, being sure that she must be displaying a camel toe. It was no longer needed to catch his attention. The doctor as she knew hardly had any social life similar to herself.

"Must really be my lucky day. And so quick too. I didn't even get a chance to finish my hot chocolate." Why was she talking so much, she started to question herself, fearing that her tongue could so easily spoil everything and make it all turn sour. Or was she just being overtly critical of herself as so often she was. "Here am I so eagerly accepting and we haven't even decided where we are going."
 
At first, he wondered if he’d been too forward. The horror of the unanswered question lingering for a mere second. He was incredibly awkward and was having a hard time thinking with the cute blonde in front of him.

Then she answered, and he relaxed. A grin crept across his face as she talked, the stresses of the day lifting away. God, the way she wriggled there in her seat. The way her lips pouted around every word. It made his blood hum with a deep bass which straightened his posture and widened his shoulders.

“Oh, well, umm...” God, he hadn’t even thought that far ahead. Think. He was a smart guy. Why couldn’t he think? His eyes found her cleavage, and he had to rip them away. “Oh, there’s a little restaurant around the corner. It’s called The Palms.” Yes, perfect. The place was intimate, if pricey, built for privacy and quality rather than mass dining. “My name is Dr. Nestor Jackson. I’m a pediatric surgeon at St. Luke’s, just down the street. Working in a library doesn’t sound boring to me. I love books!”

He almost wanted to pull the words back into his mouth. ‘I love books’. God, what was he. Twelve? “I mean...umm...I enjoy reading. Do you have any recommendations?”
 
"I wouldn't dare venture any medical titles. You be much more enlightened than me from all the journals and magazine you must read." It was such a peculiar curve ball he fired at her that caught her by surprised. It unexpectedly exposed perhaps how nervous the otherwise rather cool doctor composed himself. Obviously her specialty would be in academic books being the deputy chief university librarian when no doubt such a question would be eliciting more fictional works. "A nice compromise for you could be The Surgeon's Surprise Twins. You could find it unusually intriguing."

As Courtney drained the remaining organic hot chocolate from her glass mug, there was a translucent expression on her face of self-satisfying smugness perhaps too much so. Although her recommended novel did not entirely reflect her our position in seeking a natural fertilisation of her own egg, it was coincidentally about a surrogate mother where the sperm donor was actually the clinic doctor. It would be a clue for him to chew over about her real intention in alluring him on an initial date if he could read between the lines to draw such an implausible conclusion about her extraordinary plan. However it was likely she may even tell him by the time they go for their meal at The Palms.

Looking over once again towards the surgeon of the preferred ethnicity of the desired seed she was seeking, the 32 year old blonde could not help but think how predictable the male species was regardless of whichever gene pool they came. Despite no doubt being such a well-educated man in a select professional of immense skill and talent, it proved so easy to ensnare him into her little ambush. In fact Nestor was so keen to even unwittingly help her tie a noose around his own neck. "It has been such a pleasure to meet you Dr Jackson. I look forward to enjoying your company later this evening. About 8 pm would you say." Standing up she again offered her small hand to his own much more dexterous ones that may one day find their way to a very intimate part of her body on particular authorised terms of course. The strangest thing of all was that she even liked him a little.
 
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He instinctively stood up with her, raising her hand to his lips. Then he grimaced. Why did he constantly act like some love-sick teen. “It will be lovely to see you tonight.” Shut up. He was coming on too strong again. What was he, some sort of stalker. He’d been to four years of medical school. Still, all the education in the world couldn’t keep the smile from his face.

He drank the final dregs of his coffee, wishing that he could stay longer. But his pager was going off, which meant that there was another emergency that’d delay the rest of his surgeries. “We might need to make it 9. I’m getting an emergency page, so I need to go, but I look forward to seeing you tonight.” He hurried off, hoping that he could clean up before they had the next patient in the OR.
 
Despite all the planning, Courtney was strongly thinking of changing her strategy. Her original idea had been to confess all to the doctor. To be straight with him about what her rather extraordinary offer was and hopefully persuade him to accept. Being normally so single-minded it was quite rare for her to even consider revising her approach, especially when it would be a complete turn-around. Maybe she may not need to tell him she started to think as she went back to the library for the rest of her work day. Although the 32 year old butterscotch blonde had little real experience with men compared with most her age, she felt confident she could have perhaps even a full blown sexual relationship with him during which time she may conceive.

It was what ordinary people do, if she classified herself outside the norms of the average person. Courtney thought she would need to do some thorough investigation into the subject but there was probably quite a certain percentage of the population who do become pregnant during pre-marital relations, either on purpose or by accident It did not matter for her analysis. But of these there would also be quite a number of women who do not bother or even deliberately do not tell the male partner that they are due to become fathers. It was not that the blonde was trying to justify what her new scheme in the development stage would be, only that it would be more usual than what she had previously hatched.

Had Nestor made such an impression upon her so quickly to drastically alter her long-drawn out arrangement she had first envisaged? It was certainly true that he had made an unexpected impact on her. The result could transform the technicality that she had been prepared to put herself through to be naturally inseminated. Courtney would not yet go as far as thinking that the experience would be enjoyable to any great degree but that it may very well become less of the ordeal that she secretly feared. When she got home there was a certain spring in her step as she went through the process of getting ready for what was effectively one of her distinctively exceptional dates.

On the way, the deputy chief library had booked a hairdressing appointment and was talked into having a flowery hairdo with a texture and messy finished. She even ordered a black open back mini dresses with a v-neckline and a pair of ankle strap heels as well as a clutch to go with it. It was after all quite an expensive restaurant he was taking her to and there was no way of knowing where they may be going afterwards. Since the surgeon had reset their date for 9 pm, she timed her arrival for 9.10 to ensure he was there when she arrived at The Palms.
 
The rest of the day was a ball of stress and frustration. While his emergency patients were doing well, his scheduled patients were angry and failed to understand the delay. He liked all of his patients to feel cared for, but by the time 8 pm rolled around, he was completely drained. He barely had time to change into an emergency black suit that he kept in his car, with patent leather shoes and a brown belt. A quick spritz of cologne got rid of the sweat of the day, he hoped, and then he had to take off. While he lived close, he wasn’t sure that he could make it on time.

Of course, on time for him was ten minutes early. He’d spent twenty minutes filling up on bread and drinking wine, wondering if she was going to stand him up. The wine helped his nerves, but it also made the world lose some of its sharp edges. When she showed up, he did his best to stand straight so that his drinking wasn’t obvious. The last thing he wanted was to come across as some sort of alcoholic, when truthfully he drank so little that even a couple glasses of wine were making him tipsy.

“Meety to happ you again.” He smiled in an attempt to cover up his nervousness. “I mean ‘Happy to meet you again’. Did you have a good day at the library?”
 
More than one in 10 doctors develop problems with alcohol or drugs, Courtney had been reading up. It was not thought to be surprising given their high pressure jobs, they needed some outlet. They also had relatively easy access to more dangerous stuff if they wanted to experiment. Stalking him previously, she had not really suspected there was much of a problem but the bumbling way he greeted her made her think she may have been not accurate with her summation. If he needed a way to escape and channel some of his frustration, she believed that she could provide him with other means to do so that would be much more fulfilling to her.

As he welcomed her, the butterscotch blonde stood much closer to him and lingered longer when they shook hands. She could smell his musky odour, a mix of the fragrance he had sprayed onto himself and residues of his own perspiration. It was far from unpleasant for her. From the overall impressions of his persona, she could only guess that he had again had a hectic day and perhaps did not have the luxury of being able to go home and shower before meeting her. "Rushed off your feet as usual? But look we don't need to eat her, we can always go somewhere else if you prefer to chill more."

How much of a hooker was she sounding, a bad one at that. It made her cringe as she went to sit back in her seat opposite. Not deliberately but she also flashed him much more thigh than she commonly did but was more to do with the shortness of her mini dress. Not having a tight hem also allowed it to easily ride up her legs. "I get the feeling that my day at the library was rather less frantic than yours. I'm serious if we want to move on though. If you want to get totally smashed I believe there are more suitable clubs, some I suppose you can party all night though you probably need some white substances." Courtney did not want to come over that she was suggesting they did but felt she was now seeming more like an unspent teenager.
 
His face went into shock, and he backed away slightly. “No, no. I’ve just been waiting for twenty minutes, and it’s been a long day and...” Calm. Calm. Focus. This was the hottest tail that he’d had a chance at for a long time. “I’m sure that after dinner, I’ll be sober enough to drive. If you are worried about me, I can get a ride home. Maybe you can drive me. But we can sit and enjoy dinner, at least, right?”

He smiled unconvincingly and pulled out the chair for her. At least she didn’t just leave in a huff. That was promising, and his eyes couldn’t stay off of her figure. He was glad that he had the next day off. It’d be likely that he’d be imagining her for his next few jerk-off sessions, at a minimum. If he was lucky, maybe he wouldn’t need them.
 
Did he have everything pencilled out more than she did? He was already effectively inviting her back to his apartment by suggesting that she could drive him home. It was becoming a dream scenario. Everything was fitting into place without Courtney having to manipulate it. She began to wonder if his nerves and driving may be to do that he was worried about his performance in advance, presumably guessing that they were likely to end up in bed. Could it be that he was even more inexperienced than she was? No regular girlfriend came up during her research about him. It didn't necessarily mean the findings were correct as it may have been he was just good covering his tracks.

"So I'm the one who supposed to stay sober? There's no reason though why we can't share a cab then neither of us have to worry." It was a more lighthearted remark than a 'touche' moment. Courtney wanted to keep him onside, benevolent and primed up until at least he has fertilised her. The rest of the meal passed pleasantly, while they took turns to make the occasional flirtatious comment. There seemed no reason for either of them to encourage the other. It seemed that they both wanted the same thing even if for different purposes. The option of telling him remained a likely possibility but more to hold in reserve for the future if and when needed.
 
Even despite the tiring day, he found himself rejuvenated in her presence. She had a certain optimism that was infectious. Of course, the constant flirting didn’t hurt. It’d been years since he’d last been on a date, and he found himself counting touches, like last time.

There, his hand on hers. A graze on the forearm. The slight brush of his knee on hers. On through the night until they had finished, and it came down to the awkward question. Would they, or wouldn’t they? He’d had the foresight to bring a condom, but she seemed pretty coy on just where the night would leave.

“Well, the check is paid, and I suppose that we should be getting home. Do you feel good to drive? I probably should take a cab, to be honest.”
 
It was all largely new territory for Courtney. Throughout her life she had been far from being a social animal. Usually she would have no interest in the least in small talk. Certainly no more than the courtesy few words or odd sentence. Yet her acting performance had been quite exemplary as the precontrived pair made banter and virtually propositioned one another throughout the meal as if they were real lovebirds preparing a nest. The blonde librarian may not have won any Oscars but she hopefully at least passed all of her auditions. It was a complete departure for her to have a man like putty in her hands.

"At least I can pay for the taxi. It is only a fraction of the restaurant cost." There was to be no partying until the wee hours. They both had an unwritten script to share some carnal pleasures but it was to be at his rather than hers. At least she would be able to escape as and when necessary unlike the problem she may have in getting him to leave her place after they had exhausted their most primitive needs. Putting her hand on his to prevent him using his card, she took hers out of her clutch to give to the driver as they arrived. Courtney had visions of him flattening her against the wall as soon as they opened the front door and having his wicked way without having time to undress but that was only for the movies.
 
He frowned. It was against his nature, but... “Yes, that is fine.” The call was quick and perfunctory. Doubtless, just one of many the driver would make that night.

Nester led her out into the dim light of the streets. Few cars came by at this time of night. Mostly partygoers and other travelers of the night. The doctor looked down at the blonde, marveling at her delicate beauty. She seemed so open. Hardly capable of any sort of devious plans or dark designs. His eyes went down her body, and then back up to her lips.

For a moment, the world seemed still, just the two of them waiting for a cab. She was so soft. Eager. He couldn’t pull his eyes away from her mouth, and he leaned in instinctively to get closer to her. His nostrils flared slightly as he caught her scent, something deep inside of him knowing that she was ready and fertile, even if he would never have brought those words to mind.

He leaned in towards her, his lips approaching hers but not quite touching. His eyes closed, and he could smell the bright odor of her breath.
 
A kiss was something alien to her. It was an expression that could imply more than affection but emotional attachment, even love. Between a couple it represented romance, more for the movies or fairy tales, not of real life. Not for Courtney anyway. She was unprepared, even not admittedly thought about. If she had told him that she was only looking for a sperm donor, there would be no question of them being intimate in such a way. It would be just primitive fornication.

When his lips approached hers, she noticed his eyes were closed. It was how most people kissed apparently. But there aren't that many other things carried out without seeing, sleep obviously, blink of course and even sneeze. The brain is thought to be incapable of coping with the combination of visual data and tactile sensations and not because sight can not focus on something as close up as someone's face when smooching. The 32 year old blonde's problem suddenly had become rather starkly about how involved did she want to be with this guy.

Her reason for not confessing why she had gone out with him effectively on a date was reverse logic. She had already admitted to herself that she liked him though was not quite sure why. But was it enough to be more conveniently embroiled with him. Her lips were puckered. It was a spontaneous reaction. They were a coral colour, similar to her labia, but did not imply her willingness to accommodate his manhood, not quite yet.

Her response was almost chaste. The kiss was brief. It was full-mouthed but devout. More like a slightly prolonged peck, a little more lingering than her intent. When he opened his ebony eyes it was likely he would have seen hers sparking ice blue ones. Was it mere relief that her first test was over or more like she was giving him her assent to proceed to the next stage. Curling her tongue she linked her lips and offered a tentative shy smile. Courtney felt a little embarrassed for responding.
 
With a sigh, he pulled away, nose still filled with the smell of her. His stance shifted slightly as he tried to prevent his masculine reaction to her from being uncomfortable. God, where was that taxi?

Once it got there, they paid and got it. The drive was relatively silent but...comfortable. Like they didn’t feel the need to be anything but next to each other. They finally got to his house. It was a three-story home with a small footprint, designed for urban living. The bottom floor was mostly a garage, kitchen, and dining room, with a small porch and yard at the back.

The driver dropped off the doctor, who turned to look at Courtney. “I’m not likely to go to sleep for a while yet, if you want to come in for a drink.”
 
As if on cue, the black surgeon invited her into his house for a drink. The excuse of course was nothing more than a euphemism for a fuck to put it at its bluntest. His lack of subtlety also did not go missing in his reference about staying awake. Courtney was already struggling to keep up her facade of making small talk. Not for the first time she wished that she had just told him what she basically wanted without any frills. But she was already way down the route of deception and had even less enthusiasm about trying to explain herself now.

Her hand was again in his when she simply nodded her approval and soon the two accomplices were inside his architectural example of a space-saving house. For some reason she had expected him to live an an apartment but she didn't have much preference for either. "Do you mind if I get rid of these. Just my feet are killing." The librarian was not used to wearing such heels and quickly kicked them off as they made their way towards what seemed like the kitchen.

"If you have anything for me to wear, I can also quickly slip out of this dress which is a bit trying." She had already began to regret that perhaps they should have gone back to her so she could have easily changed. It was hardly appropriate just to take off her mini dress in front of him wearing only a pair of boy's style panties underneath. The doctor though already had been less than ingenious, she though she may as well be equally as tactless. "Or would it be better if we just go straight to bed?"
 
He nodded at her removal of the heels, and he removed his own shoes at the entry to his home and put on house shoes. He gestured toward a rarely used dress set, admiring the curve of her calf as she lifted her feet out of the heels. He’d begun to go into the kitchen to check his liquor cabinet when she made her suggestion.

His eyebrow quirked up for s moment, and his eyes sought hers, as if seeking confirmation that the question was real and not just some dream. He stood there for a long moment before smiling. He sauntered over to the sexy woman in the hallway, his large hands running over her back down to get a firm grip of her rump, pulling her into him.

He kissed her again, but this wasn’t the chaste question of the prior kiss. This one was long and deep, taking full enjoyment from her lips and breath. Once he’d been satisfied, he withdrew slightly. “You can wear whatever you want. I’ve got a spare doctor’s coat upstairs.”
 
It was her original plan just to meet him and do the deed at the time of the month when she was most likely to conceive and then be gone. Courtney had not thought it would be so simple and that it was likely to need several visits before she would become pregnant. Much was to do with her rather hasty offer. The last thing she wanted was any sentimentality on either side but he was yet again feeling obliged to kiss her.

The expression of any affection was almost alien to the blonde. She had wrestled to respond their first brief peck on the lips. This time it was much more enthusiastic with wet lips and a slightly open mouth. It was also more enduring. The blonde did not find him nor the kiss particularly repellent. It was not unpleasant, just it was in her mind that this was not what she should be doing with him. Her other much more distressing experiences largely from her teenage days remained carved on her mind.

His offer of one of his white coats was rather bizarre but Courtney took it as underlining his nervousness and likely lack of experience. He obviously was not much of a womaniser otherwise he was likely to have a wardrobe of suitable clothing acquired for a long list of lovers. "Should we go and have a look? You can bring the drinks and glasses with you." As she walked upstair, the librarian was already loosening the side zip on her dress. Once the strap across her shoulders was unhook, she was ready to slide it and step out of it.
 
He fixed the drinks in a hurry, the sight of her loosening her dress fixed in his mind. It’d been a while since he’d felt the rush of excitement from seeing a woman climb his staircase, and he didn’t want to miss a single moment with her. Once he got the wine in the glasses, he stomped up the stairs after her, unable to mask his eagerness to be around her.

Upstairs, a short hallway connected a master suite, two bedrooms, and a smaller bath. He’d bought it with family in mind, but sadly, had never been able to make it happen. There was always something that came up.

Once he caught up to her, he almost hovered close, anticipation making his nose flare and his eyes dart around. He brought one of the wine glasses up to his mouth, enjoying the warm dry taste. “My bedroom is back that way,” he said, pointing towards the master suite.
 
With the doctor suddenly so close behind her, Courtney started to panic a little. She was unsure what she was doing in the first place other than acting so abnormally. Plans she knew often backfired when they are changed at the last minute. Switching the light on as she entered the bedroom, she saw to the right of her a temporary safe haven for her. "You don't mind if I use your bathroom, do you?"

How foolish had she been? The 32 year old blonde began to chastise herself, wondering how she could escape after leading the doctor on. Sure she still wanted him to father a child for her but this was not the way to go about it. As she sat on the side of the bath, she really doubted if she could go along with all this. It wasn't that complicated though what she wanted. He simply had to ejaculate his seed into her then she could catch a taxi back to her own house.

"Sorry if I've been using your place as if it is my own. I don't think I've been very polite." It was as much as Courtney was willing to admit when she came out the bathroom wearing a robe of his that she found on the back of the door. It was still far too big for her but probably a lot better than the doctor's coat he had suggested earlier. Across her arm was her black dress which she had taken off and was wondering where to hang it. Take it step by step, she was telling herself.
 
The bathroom itself was a picture of order, despite the chaos of the doctor’s schedule. A walk-in shower stall was lined with granite and had multi-directional shower jets. To one side, a soaker tub designed for two lay beneath a large window that could be opened to overlook the lights of downtown. The bathroom mats were hung up, since he hadn’t anticipated company and didn’t want trapped moisture ruining the wood floor.

He managed to regain his composure somewhat as she went into the bathroom. Just breathe, doc. Breathe. It felt like he was a horny teenager again, in the car with just his sweetheart and the radio. He’d done this before.

By the time she got back out, he’d regained control. Sipping on a glass of wine, he looked out of his sliding door, across his small balcony, out to the city outside. Lights glittered in the night, and he wondered how many of them out there were couples. Families. He sighted, and then looked up as she entered.
 
With the balcony, the bedroom took on the extra feeling of amplitude, allowing the illusion that there is space even though it was not that small anyway. It had been landscaped with a minimum of furniture, playing on the natural colourings of white and light green to add to the composition of further expanse. The fresh windows themselves had a sense of peace. purity and tranquility. Courtney liked it and the atmosphere it created helped her to compose herself.

“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Their sober wishes never learned to stray.” She quoted from Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,' taken by Thomas Hardy in his idyllic realities of a farming community in Victorian England, dealing with the themes of love, honour and betrayal. The academic librarian put one of her arms around the doctor's waist as they looked out together at the view. It was hardly the bustling masses of the city though perhaps the late hour had something to do with it.

"Along the cool sequester'd vale of life, they kept the noiseless tenor of their way.' It was of a life once passed. They were the custodians set to bring in a rising generation, which Courteny had planned to do with the seed of the tall pediatric surgeon standing next to her. He was the unwitting donor though the 32 year old blonde still had yet to decide how much if anything to tell him. "You're not Sergeant Francis Troy, the dashing but heartless cad who marries the heroine in the novel, are you?"
 
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