Page 104 of 12 Days

Epilogue

It’s finally quiet in and around the house. It’s been a long day, but it happens from time to time.

I take a gentle whiff of my fresh, hot cup of coffee. It’s much later than I’d normally drink coffee, but it seemed like the kind of night for it.

I stare on as my computer screen flashes to life brightly. A moment later, I briefly check the goings-on of friends and family. It’s a normal, quiet night.

But something different catches my interest: an ad for a new perfume.

I’ve been looking for a new scent, so this is fairly serendipitous. It almost seems like those internet ads really know what you’re thinking, right? Scary. But this looks really intriguing.

I don’t normally click on ads, but the gimmicky name really catches my interest.

True Love.

Didn’t the lady down the street say something about this? Something about trying it out in the test phases…I don’t remember. I always tune her out.

But she did say something about the experience, didn’t she? I did notice her and her husband have been doing much better since that time, at least. I mean, it’s not like a perfume could change a marriage, but it’s nice that she’s happier.

I nod to myself and click the ad. A very well-placed, clever page loads up. As expected, the very same ad for the new perfume is right there on the home page.

Buzzy phrases are splashed liberally across the screen: Bring out your desires, succumb to your inner pleasures, open up your lust…silly things.

But then again, it’s a little more…risqué than I’d expect, I guess, even for a perfume ad. There’s even a video link. How strange that they would have a commercial right there on the ad space?

I click over to the full product listing. Mod: Ace your job interview!Soleil: Experience unbridled happiness! A whole list of others, with taglines to match.

Quite the busy company, I must say. There’s links to other parts of other businesses, but really, it’s only the perfumes I’m interested in.

I click back to the main page, slightly unimpressed so far. It all seems very over-advertised, to be honest. Very corporate.

That sort of thing doesn’t really get my attention. Still though, the video is intriguing. Would they really feature their commercial directly from an ad link?

My curiosity finally gets the better of me, and I click it. A rather gorgeous woman appears on screen, wearing a rather smart suit, but one that is a little more revealing than something I’d ever wear…specially to an office of any sort.

“Hi there! My name is Alyssa Morrow,” the woman begins. “I really appreciate you joining us on our website. We’re incredibly excited to have debuted Tambour, the newest fragrance from us here at True Love.”

“We have made some arguably lofty claims, as many of our viewers and customers have let us know, and I’m here to let you know, from personal experience, that it is, in fact, all true!

“Tambour interacts naturally with the inner lust of its wearer to create a unique experience that really does need to be seen to be believed, but there’s absolutely more than just our word for it!”

She goes on to list features and ingredients. Not exactly an exciting ‘commercial.’ She moves on to testimonials, and I perk up for a moment hearing the name of the woman up the street, but as she drones on, I’m about ready to close the page and go about my night. When suddenly…

“Listen…I know I must be boring you, huh? I know why you’re really here.”

I stare at my screen, nearly in disbelief at what I’m seeing. She’s beginning to unbutton her jacket and the blouse underneath. What’s going on?

She quickly reveals rather ample cleavage, hidden and accentuated by a gorgeous, and very obviously expensive, matching pink lace bra and panty set.

I settle back in my seat as I stare at this elegant woman strip completely nude. I peek around my shoulder for a brief moment, knowing no person would be behind me, but still. It’s not exactly the sort of thing I watch.

If anything, I’m more the occasional naughty romance novel reader. Definitely not this.

But I can’t deny it. I want to see more.

Once she’s fully nude, she picks up the perfume bottle next to her and applies a light dab of it on her wrists and neck. She stares directly at the camera, directly at me, and smiles wide.

Something in her look changes after a moment. She’s more…brazen. Her body is quickly becoming obviously aroused.

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