Anna

He laughed, "OK, she is, bloody gorgeous." With that he got out of the car to greet her, I followed.

"Mike," Anna said, "this is my mother Lucia. Mother, meet Mike. And this is Caroline, his wife."

I gave her a big smile just to show that I didn't mind her being so pretty, kissed her cheek, and said, "Call me Lena, everyone does."

She smiled back at me then turned to Mike. "Hello Mr. . .. . . . . ," she said rather formally.

He smiled down at her, 'that' smile, and said, "We don't stand on ceremony, Lucia. Call me Mike."

She smiled and gave him the full blast of her blue eyes. God she was lovely. Mature and self-assured and quite horny I thought. "Thank you, I will," she said.

I laughed inwardly. Oh heck, I thought, how is he going to keep up with these women. She was obviously taken with him, I could tell by the way she looked at him. Oh, he fancied her as well, he couldn't fail to and he knew I didn't mind him looking. I'd have to think about this though. She was lovely and, if, if, she was amenable, it would be nice for him but I had Gianna to think about. Still, early days yet, he had her daughter for the time being.

"Well," he said looking at us all then turning to Lucia, "where shall we eat."

Lucia looked a little embarrassed, worried about money I expect, so I hopped in.

"Oh Mike, let's go somewhere really expensive. You haven't taken me out for a meal since we arrived," and I gave him a little pout. He would know what I was doing, telling them that the meal was on us.

"Good idea Lena. Well, where shall we go. The best food in Arona."

Lucia smiled up at him, oh god did she fancy him! It must have been the things that Anna had told her. "I know just the place. You can leave the car over there, it's my parking space, and we can walk."

"Lead the way," he said smiling at me and winking. He knew, he bloody knew. Now he was going to get a good look at her bottom as well! I took her arm and she led us round a couple of corners to a tiny little place tucked away between a grocers and a bakers. Well it was tiny from the outside, inside it was big and quite full. She obviously knew the staff because, after some chat, we were shown to a pleasant table overlooking a small garden. He was in 'gentleman' mode, he sat us all then, after the waiter had handed him the menu's handed them out. It's lovely when he does this sort of thing, makes you feel so important. I could see they were both impressed. It's a shame really, that this type of behaviour seems to have disappeared. I suppose it's because some stupid women think it's demeaning. I think it's lovely to be treated as someone, something, special and precious, but there you are!

We had a lovely meal, the food was exquisite and the wine delicious, although neither Mike nor I drunk very much. As the meal ended and we sipped our espresso coffees Mike turned to Lucia. Throughout the meal I had watched her watching him. Her mode turned from appraisal to one more calculating and I noticed her looking at me rather more closely. I suddenly began to suspect that she might think he was more available that she first thought. I suppose that she, a very, very attractive mature woman, felt that she could give him more than a, supposedly, inexperienced young girl. I laughed inwardly, she stood no chance at all and I was sure he would notice it as well.

"Lucia," he said, "Anna has told Lena about your job disappearing." He looked at us both. "I don't know whether Anna knew, or if she told you, that I own half of ................" Lucia's eyebrows raised in astonishment.

"Your partner is Bernardo . .. . . . . .?"

He smiled, "Yes, for my sins, he's my partner."

"Oh," she said probably realising by now what this lunch was all about.

"Well, Nardo, that's his nickname, Nardo wants to start a new software section of the company. He says it's getting too expensive to hire in the talent on a daily basis, we need our own department. He's looking to staff it." Mike looked at me, he didn't want her to know the exact position they were thinking of. He carried on.

"Nardo always likes to interview new staff for important positions himself. He says it lets him get to know them and them to know him and the company. I told him about you and he'd like to meet you."

She raised her eyebrows. I sensed she was feeling a little bit apprehensive.

"If it's possible, he'd like you to go down to Bologna tomorrow. If you use the train he'll arrange for you to be met at the station and taken out to his villa. You can stay overnight and, on Wednesday, have a look around the company offices and the factory facility then come back in the afternoon. How does that sound?"

Now she definitely looked unhappy. I bet she thinks the interview will take place on her back, I thought. Mike noticed but I didn't think he could handle this so I piped up.

"Lucia, you'll love Nardo. He's such a nice man, and his wife Sally, she's lovely too. She'll make you so welcome and you'll meet Amy and the children. You've met Amy haven't you Anna?"

"Mmm, she was with you last year wasn't she."

"Yes, well she stays with Nardo and Sally now and helps with the children." I was trying to show Lucia that she had nothing to worry about. Well, this little tirade of mine and made it clear to Mike what was worrying Lucia and he wasn't one to beat about the bush, not where business was concerned.

"Lucia," he said, "you are a beautiful woman and I've no doubt that many bosses have tried to 'interview' you using, how shall I say, underhand methods? They might want interviews to take place other than in an office?"

She blushed, looked at him shyly, and nodded. "Well, Nardo is not like that. He wants to speak to you, to get to know you and to assess how good you are at your job. He'll want to see some of your work, then to show you the company so you know what to expect. That's all there is to it Lucia, nothing unspoken, no expectations."

She looked at him somewhat taken aback at his bluntness but he was like that where business was concerned. He hated that women should be treated differently when they went for jobs and that sort of thing so he would be angry if anyone thought that his company did that.

"I'm sorry," she said smiling gently at him, "but, well . . ."

Now he gave her his very best smile, "Yes," he said, "I can understand you might suffer from that," then his smile got even bigger, "but I can't for the life of me understand why." She looked at him askance then saw that he was joking and laughed with him. We all laughed together. Then I saw Lucia flash a concerned glance at Anna and Anna shake her head. What now, I thought, money? Ah, she might not have the fare. I kicked Mike under the table and as he looked mouthed 'money' at him as they looked away.

"Well Lucia, what do you think? Do you want to have a crack at the job?"

She nodded, smiled, and said with a flash of her lovely eyes, "Yes, I think it might be nice working for you."

Hell, there was a promise in that if ever I heard one. Even Anna looked at her mother a little sharply. I realised that I might have to really assert my claim to him here. Oh I wasn't worried about him but she might, just might, think she could keep him. I knew there was no chance. How you might say, well I just knew (and I was right!). She was a confident women and I'm sure she would think that I was no match for her. She'd quickly find out otherwise if she tried it on with him. Oh I don't mean made a play for him. If I said so he would, if I didn't he wouldn't. That was it. If I did let him she might think he was fair game, well he wasn't!

He quickly interjected, breaking my train of thought, "We always pay expenses on these occasions so here's 250 euros to cover the train fare," and he fished out the notes and passed them to Lucia. She looked relieved, they must be very short I realised. I'd have to probe Anna about it.

I decided to be rather bold and just let her know exactly who was boss here, well boss of him and his favours anyway. It might embarrass him and Anna a bit but hey, who cares really. They could both handle it.

"Lucia," I said smiling my best smile at her, "are you OK about Anna staying with us for the rest of our visit?"

She looked a bit shocked at that, I suspect that Anna hadn't told her that I had arranged everything so supposed Lucia didn't realise I knew or agreed.

"She is of age," Lucia said, just a bit stiffly I thought but then she smiled, "and she had not been lucky with boys, eh Anna?"

Anna smiled sadly, "No, I find them boring Lena, like I told you."

I laughed, wanting to show them both how easy I was about all this. "I know," I said, "most of the time they don't care about us do they." I looked at Mike knowing I would embarrass him but I knew he would understand what was going on here. "It's different with a 'real' man," I said flashing a look at him. "A real man thinks of us. Don't you Mike?" I laughed inwardly. Poor Mike, he was under the cosh here wasn't he, three women talking about him.

"Err, errrm. I suppose so," he managed to say as he regained his composure, then smiling, "you should know Lena!"

Well, that made me blush just a bit. I could see Lucia watching us both quite closely now, trying to judge our true relationship. He must have noticed the undercurrent here, noticed Lucia's interest was more than just bedding him because he turned, put his arm round me, kissed me, and said, "But then, when you love someone as much as I love Lena, it's always going to be marvellous isn't it?"

Oh god, see what he does. I saw that Lucia's face had dropped somewhat. He'd made it clear where his love was so now time for me to pop up and try to explain.

I bent forward conspirationally to the other two women and spoke as if he wasn't there. I knew he wouldn't mind, he was used to it wasn't he. "He's a man," I said softly, "and his eye wanders." I smiled, "I don't mind that, other men's eyes wander over me, well they do when I'm not pregnant anyway! I like it and he doesn't mind. He knows I'd never go with another man unless he said so and I know he'd never go with another woman," I looked directly at Lucia now, "unless I said so." I turned to Anna, "He likes you Anna, and you like him. With him it won't be fumbling and an unsatisfying grope, with him it will be exciting, new, and wonderful. So, if you both want to, it's OK by me. I know he's mine you see, I know he'll come back."

Looking at both of them I could see I'd made my point. Anna already knew and now Lucia did as well. She could look, she might even be able to sample, but she couldn't possess: he was mine!

Of course, all this time Mike had sat there, not bemused but with an odd smile on his face. I think he was happy to let me make the position clear because it could have caused some bad feeling if Lucia had tried it on and he'd refused, as I knew he would.

Now he laughed, "Well," he said, "If you three gorgeous women have finished dissecting me it's time we got back." He wanted to end it here, I think, before any other issues arose.

"Are you OK about tomorrow Lucia?" She nodded. "Do you have a mobile?" Again she nodded. "Well, if you phone, here's the number, from the train Nardo will arrange a car. He won't be at home when you arrive, but his wife, Sally will meet you, OK."

She smiled at him now, a sexy smile which did promise more, but that calculating look had disappeared. Oh, I had no doubt she might try but she knew really she had little chance. "Yes, thank you Mr. . . . . . . . "

"Mike," he interjected smiling his 'I wouldn't mind fucking you' smile, "call me Mike. As I said, everyone does and we don't stand on ceremony in our company."

His smile had worked it's effect on her because she blushed ever so slightly. She had know exactly what 'that' smile meant unlike most of the young women he used it on.

"Yes, errrm, thank you Mike," she stuttered. "Will I see you when I get back," she added in an obvious come on.

He smiled again and she blushed even more. "I expect we can all have dinner together eh Lena?"

I smiled, in charge now, "Oh, I'm sure we can," I said with a big smile, "and perhaps we can get to know you better," I added with my 'I wouldn't mind fucking you' smile.

Now she really blushed. Perhaps she hadn't experienced all girl sex. Mmm, interesting. But, I thought, enough of that, you'll need to speak to Gianna about all this.

She looked away, unable to meet my eyes or his and said, "Yes, I hope so."

With that we walked her back to their flat and sat in the car while Anna went upstairs to get a few things.

He turned to look at me smiling, "Well," he said, "that was interesting. Do you know it's really good for a man's ego to have women fighting over him."

I laughed, "We weren't fighting over you."

"Oh no," he said raising his eyebrows, "it sounded pretty much like that to me."

I pouted at him, "You could see the way she was looking at you. She wanted to bed you," I said smiling. "I don't mind that but she was starting to look a little bit calculating, looking at me as well. She was wondering whether she could steal you from me. You'd be quite a catch for her you know, rich, handsome, and by all accounts, pretty good in bed."

"Only 'pretty good'?" he said laughing.

"Well, all right, bloody good," I responded. "I had to make it clear who was in charge here." Then I got serious, "If, and it is and if because I have to talk to Gianna, if we do let her have you." He raised his eyebrows questioningly. "Yes, if we do let you have her and she does want you, I wanted to make it clear from the beginning that you are MINE. Well mine and Gianna's."

He smiled his lovely smile, leaned over and kissed me, "I'll always be yours, amata. I like having all these women, of course I do, but I love you and I'll always come back because I never really go away."

This made me a bit sad, happy sad, not sad sad, and I kissed him back. "I know," I said, "that's why we let you have these lovely women. We know you'll always come back. Look, here comes Anna. I wonder what they said upstairs?"

He got out and took her small suitcase and of we went back to the villa, arriving about 4:30. I took her straight upstairs to the bedrooms.

"Make some coffee Mike, I'm going to have a chat to her about tonight." He smiled. She was to have the main bedroom with the mirrors. I wanted her experience with him to be one to remember for the rest of her life.

"This is your room Anna," I said as we went in.

"Oh, it's lovely," she said slightly overawed I think.

I opened the blinds so she could see the view. "It's nice and romantic," I said smiling, "and the mirrors make sure you can see everything," I added.

She blushed a bright red, "Oh, oh, you mean, oh."

"Sit down Anna and let's have a talk," I said as I sat on the bed. "Now, are you sure about this? I want you to know that he doesn't expect anything, you can stay with us, enjoy your stay, without going to bed with him. He needs to know that you really want this Anna, do you."

"Oh Lena, yes, yes I do. I said before, I've been dreaming about this. You've told me what he's like. Lena, he's so marvellous to you isn't he?" I nodded, then she turned to face me.

"I'm sorry about mother, she came on rather strong didn't she? You must forgive her Lena, she's been alone for such a long time. Since my dad died I don't think she's had any man friends, it's not done in Italy, she's a widow you see."

I smiled, "A very pretty widow," I said. Then to calm her, "No, I don't mind. He would be a very good catch for her wouldn't he. He's mature, rich, good looking, and, I suppose she knows, good in bed, and he's kind and considerate. I don't think a woman can ask for much more than that can she."

"Thank you for not being too hard on her. She really liked him, I could tell."

I laughed, "Yes," I said, "I think that was pretty obvious but she was also thinking about something else Anna." I looked at her seriously. Was she mature enough to understand what went on? "She was thinking about keeping him, stealing him from me."

Anna looked shocked, "How, how did you know that?"

"Well, it was in her look really and how she looked at me. She was thinking 'how can a slip of a girl like me keep a man like that happy?'. She became a bit calculating. Did you notice how he was very firm about there being no hidden agenda with her visit to Nardo's and how he looked at her. No desire on his part which is unusual because I knew he fancied her. He was sending her a subtle message."

"Is that why you embarrassed me about staying and talked about 'real' men."

"Yes, he knew what was happening. He's seen most of it before Anna, that's why he said those things in front of her, so she knows where his heart lies. And that's why I made it clear that I decide who he goes with. What did she say to you when you got your things, did she mention anything?"

Anna looked a bit unsure, I suppose it was a bit of a confidence what her mother had said, but I wanted to know. If we were going to let him have Lucia I needed to know how she felt.

"Come on Anna, we don't have things to hide here. I won't breach your confidence, you can tell me."

"She said that he was the handsomest man she had seen for ages and she was all wet for him," she laughed. "Oh Lena, she was in a bit of a state really. Those last two smiles of his, you know the ones where he really touches you, got to her I think. She was surprised that you trusted him so much, you know let him go with other women. And that you were so young. I had to explain to her that he loved you, that I'd seen you together, you know in the restaurant, and how he treated you."

"Did she say anything more about me?"

"She asked how pregnant you were but I didn't know. Oh Lena, don't be cross with her. She has been lonely for a long time and he is so attractive, especially to her."

I smiled, "I'm not upset with her, far from it. I can understand how she feels. He has another love, at home, we share him all the time. It's like he has two wives. She's almost the same age as your mum so I know how attractive he is to women that age." Although I hadn't spoken to Gianna I felt it was time to bite the bullet with Anna, just in case.

"If I said so, would you mind him having her?"

She looked really shocked now. "Err, errrm, no, no I don't think so. Would you let him?"

I laughed, "If I thought it would be good for him, yes I would. I think it would certainly be good for your mother but, and it's a big but Anna, we're only here until Monday morning and, if he does, it'll mean less time for you."

She looked pensive, "Why?" she asked naively.

I laughed again, "Because, because, he's only human Anna. A couple of nights with you and he'll need a rest if he's to tackle a mature woman like your mother who hasn't had a man for ages."

She blushed now, deep red. "Oh, I hadn't thought of it like that." Now she did, remaining pensive for a while. "No, it would be selfish. If he teaches me then it would be nice if he could satisfy mother as well." She looked at me coyly, "Perhaps he may be able to manage me again afterwards?"

I laughed, "You're learning Anna, perhaps he might. You change into something sexy," I said, "there are a load of clothes in the wardrobes, some will be your size. There's lingerie as well for later," I added with a smile as I left.

Mike was in the lounge with coffee. "Well," he said, "how is she?

I smiled, "She's fine. She wants you, you know that don't you?

"I guessed," he said laughing.

"So does her mum."

"I guessed that too," he said still laughing, "I don't think I've ever received so many green lights from a woman. God knows what Anna must have told her."

"I suspect quite a lot. Anna just told me she really had the hots for you. She hasn't had a man since her husband died."