She found him smiling. That alone was a great relief to her.Okay, now if I can just play this up and not go too far either direction, she thought. Wi...h luck, I won't sound like either a total ass or a total harlot.She strolled casually towards a group of Lords at one of the curving tables. Their faces brightened when they saw her approach. She kept her step lively, picking up her feet a bit more to let the bottom of her dress swish around her legs more and draw attention to them. She caught. We left after agreeing that we will reject the proposal saying some reason or the other.After that we went to priya's house for a formal visit. There I saw Priya's sister who welcomed us in their home. Now that was a very homely girl with the same kind of appeal that Priya's got. ANd then my mom introduced her saying she was Raji. Priya's mother and was shocked in a pleasant way. If this was how priya will look 10-15 years from now then it is a shame that I will not be able to make good this. "I expected some reference to our earlier coupling but he knew we both still had it on our minds and that it didn't need mentioning.There was a chilled bottle of Champagne, a very nice one, at that, standing at our table which the maitre-d opened and poured for his approval. He nodded, then our glasses were filled.We lifted them as he left us alone, Eric toasting, "To chance encounters in Victoria's Secret and to my very good fortune."I laughed and said that it seemed we both had good fortune. The women in our circle of friends would start off casually gossiping about what was going on in their lives, which would gradually morph into what their husbands were doing, and then change further into what their husbands were doing wrong. When it came to things they did wrong, husbands were the preferred topic, even beating out how horrendous their children’s moods, untidiness and eating habits were as the greatest source of merriment.It would start lightly, a little emphasis here and there.