Unwanted Competition

Mariana

I spin around at the same moment, about to say some unkind words to the rash woman who did that, when I realize that it is not a woman, as I had imagined.

" Are you crazy, Ethan!?" I ask, horrified by his attitude " This is a women's bathroom, you shouldn't be in here!"

He is not at all inhibited by my rebuke, quite the contrary, Ethan simply grabs me, holding me against the wall, one of his hands on my neck, applying minimal pressure.

I breathed hard, more from fright than anything else, and instead of feeling harassed by Ethan's raunchy outburst, I was feeling... aroused. Truly aroused, like never before, which made me even more upset than I already was.

The man slams me up against the wall, looking completely upset, and I'm turned on. I am a crazy freak and I didn't even know it until today!

"I want to know now, what is your relationship with Arthur. " he intimates to me while facing me with true hatred in his eyes " Don't lie to me! It was clear to everyone at the table that there is something between you."

I should have gotten serious, angry, and screamed at him to let me go because what he was doing was absurd, but I did something surprising even to me.

I smiled and soon my laughter turned into a laugh, which only contributed to making Ethan even more angry.

"Don't play games with me, Mariana. " he again wants to intimidate me " I am not at all willing to make a fool of myself in front of my partners."

His grip on my neck became a little firmer now and the hand that held my waist inserted itself a little into my flesh, and I felt a wetness between my legs, something inappropriate for the moment.

" There is nothing between Arthur and I." I was telling the truth " I didn't even know his name until today!"

He stared at me intently, his eyes assessing me at length, as if in search of some sign that I was lying, or if I was telling the truth and that situation left me with a dry mouth, a rather inconvenient moment for me to do what I was about to do now.

I ran my tongue over my lips, nervous.

Ethan followed my gesture with his gaze and did what I had been longing for at that moment, I admitted to myself, he kissed me with impetuosity and passion.

The kiss was hot and lascivious, his tongue invading my mouth without any delicacy and biting my lips as if to punish me, but causing indescribable sensations that made me clasp his shoulders with desire.

His hands were now roaming my body, running down my legs and up my dress in an indecorous way, but I didn't want him to stop now.

I squeezed his shoulders, pulling him closer to me, and I felt the bulge of his member against my sex and rubbed myself shamefully against that extravagant bulge.

"We shouldn't..." I still tried to bring some sanity to the moment.

"No... we shouldn't. " He agrees but abruptly assaults my lips again.

I was sure that my lips were going to be swollen from all that desire, but it was just wonderful and I wanted more and more of that mind-blowing passion.

His hands went back up under the skirt of my dress, quickly reaching the triangle between my legs, and before I could stop him, something I hadn't intended to do, however, his hand was pulling my panties apart and his finger was sliding down my wet slit.

"Let's get out of here. "Ethan says, his voice thick and husky, making me even harder.

"We can't just leave like this, Ethan!" I say, staring at him with narrowed eyes and wishing for just that.

He could answer nothing as we heard a female conversation just outside the bathroom entrance, and we stared at each other in shock.

I felt petrified at the possibility of being caught doing something so inappropriate as hanging out in the ladies' room of a fancy restaurant, but Ethan was quick and pushed us into one of the booths, and even managed to stop my startled scream by placing his hand over my mouth.

" Shiii!" He asks me for silence as if I could speak anything with him covering my lips in that rude way.

We heard at that moment what sounded like three women enter the bathroom and after a few tense minutes, to our total relief, they were already leaving.

"You go out and see if I can come out now," Ethan directs me, finally leaving me free to speak.

I look at him with irritation but do as he tells me, and after checking that everything is clear, I tell him he can leave now.

"Don't ever do something so stupid like that again. " I say when we are already in the hallway " Or rather, when you are with me, don't do anything stupid!"

He smiled, he seemed lighter now, despite everything.

"I'm going back to the table. " he warns " I advise you to go back to the bathroom and review your appearance, or people will think that some man caught you by surprise in the lady's room."

I roll my eyes at the look on his face, and I just walk away quietly, leaving me standing still like a fool.

Ethan

I returned to the table quietly and was even feeling more at ease now, although the fact that Mariana had assured me that there is nothing between her and Arthur does not imply that there could not have been at some point, something I am certain of.

But the strange thing is that until a few days ago, when I met Arthur for a drink in my office, he was a married man and completely in love with his wife, Gisele. As far as I know, their relationship goes back years, and since Mariana is only twenty-two, they couldn't have gotten involved long ago, before Arthur got married.

Whatever existed between them, something tells me that it is much more recent and that it doesn't seem to have ended well.

Anyway, today she is with me and I will not give any space to my friend and partner, because, unlike that imbecile Murilo, I know how to take very good care of what is mine and I would never allow myself to be made an idiot of by a woman.

"On this subject, Ethan still owes me," Arthur said suddenly, drawing my attention back to the present moment.

"You need to tell me what the debt is because I usually pay off all the ones I own. "I replied, staring at him intently.

"We were talking about Arthur's new enterprise, of which you are also a partner. " Benedict explained, looking at me very carefully " According to what he told us, you haven't been to the club yet."

Her lips were more prominent than before her trip to the bathroom, but perhaps no one noticed that detail, after all, Mariana had retouched her makeup and was once again flawless, unlike the bright-eyed, pouty-lipped, lipstick-stained woman I left a few minutes ago in the hallway.

The dinner went on in a mild atmosphere, despite everything, and I restrained myself at all costs, avoiding making any sudden movement that would draw the attention of my two other partners, when in fact my greatest desire was to ask Arthur directly where his wife was, while he did not take his eyes off my wife.

I couldn't blame Mariana, however, as she was avoiding my partner's gaze and conversing politely and attentively with the other two women present at the table, which pleased me to a great extent, as they seemed to have gotten along very well with each other.

But I was quite curious about Gisele's absence and tomorrow I would instruct my secretary to find out what happened to the happy couple since he did not give any kind of explanation about being alone at our dinner tonight.