The second the bedroom door was shut, Victoria excused herself and scurried off to her changing area. Conrad made himself comfortable on the bed. He hoped he wasn't getting ahead of himself by taking off his shoes, but tonight had been a good night with Victoria.
As Victoria approached the bed, she slowly worked on untying the knot on her black robe. Standing in front of the bed, she let the robe fall in a black pool at her feet.
"Happy Halloween."
Conrad couldn't believe his eyes. Under the robe she had a black teddy that didn't even cover half of her thing. It had one small orange bow in the center of the chest.
"When did you do all this?" Conrad asked.
"It's tradition, right? Every Halloween?"
Although he had the feeling he was caught, he pretended not to know what she meant.
"Conrad, surely you've realized by now that I'm the brains of the family." She laughed. "I knew the first year that Charlotte didn't like those disgusting films. I originally thought she was trying to convince herself. But recently she's gotten more and more adamant about this. Are you blackmailing our daughter?"
"Blackmail? God, no. Just old fashioned bribery."
"I'm surprised she agreed to it given how much she loathes spending time with me."
"That's why I bribe her." Conrad joked.
"What's in it for you?" She asked. Although she was slightly irritated by her theory that Conrad was looking to get laid every Halloween, she also wondered if he merely did it to torture her.
"I know how much you love spending time with her."
"Conrad." She knew he had an ulterior motive and wasn't going to let him cop out. Conrad sighed, knowing the same.
"Alright. It has been nice seeing a more vulnerable side of you."
"So you wanted to scare me?"
"In a way, I suppose. Sometimes when you're scared you-"
"Agree to sex?" She yelled. She was on the verge of losing her temper.
"Let me hold you. And let's not pretend to be innocent since you obviously had an idea of where this night was headed!" Conrad said, eyeing her up and down.
Although she knew he was right, Victoria was irritated at the way Conrad assumed she would cave. She had initially wanted to have an intimate evening with Conrad but now that her guard was up, all she wanted was to win.
Conrad sensed her hesitation. Over the years he had become a master at detecting the very second that her guard went back up. As much as he wanted to think otherwise, he knew that tonight was a bust.
"Do you want me to stay or go?" He asked, cutting to the chase.