“You were worth it all,” she said, “I hope you think about us, and I hope we will be able to talk about it when I come back.”

“Thank you for understanding, B. I will think about it.”

She pulled me closer, her arms encircling my waist. She kissed my forehead, then my eyelids, my cheeks, the tip of my nose and then, my lips. Gently, she slipped her tongue into my mouth, finding mine and slowly took me into her. I felt like the entire world disappeared in that instant. She slowly moved her lips to my neck, tracing my jaw line with soft kisses, before she found the curve of my neck. I felt her hand glide across the back of my dress; my knees weakened as I trembled, goosebumps crawling over my skin with pleasure. I wanted to take her into my room and have her, I wanted to feel her bare skin on mine, I wanted her to take in every drop of my womanly wetness that had suddenly seeped onto the bare skin of my inner thigh. I had never felt so aroused by someone in my entire life.

She finally moved away from me slightly, keeping her hands around my waist. It took a split second before I finally opened my eyes, unwilling for her to stop. I found her staring at me with a slightly bemused grin. I blushed at my thoughts a mere moment ago, “Thank you again, Bette, for tonight. Will you call me when you get back from your trip?”

“I will,” she replied, lacing her fingers through mine and giving my hand a squeeze, “I’m going to miss you.”

She kissed me one last time on my forehead, “I’ll see you later, Tina.”

I watched her saunter away from me, her body’s fluid motion had me encapsulated in that single moment. She turned around as she reached the elevator, and lifted a hand to her lips, blowing me a kiss before she disappeared.

I unlocked my room door and walked in, lost in thoughts of the evening. And the when I switched on the lights, I suddenly realized I was surrounded by thousands of white, deep purple, yellow and orange calla lilies. I stood at my door, stunned for a moment, the lilies seemed to engulf the entire room. I shut the door behind me, still in completely and utter disbelief. Did Bette do all this?