Cautiously

"Ah," you say, not quite certain how to respond to this news, "I ... hadn't known I'd be accompanied all the way across the Pacific. I'd thought maybe you guys would wait 'til I landed in Thailand to start selling me on the idea."

Malee smiles at you once again and squeezes your hand. "Well, Mr. Dantanavanawong would have, and you can probably expect to hear a lengthy sales pitch from him on the job, but I had a more ... personal ... reason for wanting to meet you."

"Oh?" you ask, "Do tell."

Her grin widens and her eyes sparkle. "What, you don't want to hear my sales pitch first? About how hard life as a Thai peasant ... girl ... can be and how Phuhying Dek phuchay Fashions saved me from all that drudgery and hardship? About how luxurious life as a fashion model can be?"

You chuckle and turn your hand over so she can play with your palm. "No, I'd pretty much figured that out on my own. 600,000 baht is a pretty penny even in the U.S., especially for someone who hasn't graduated college yet. So why did you come over to recruit me if your ... maybe our ... boss is waiting to do the same thing once we get to Bangkok?"

"You."

You can feel the confusion on your face. "Excuse me? I don't understand."

"I came here for you, Aaron-whose-surname-means-the-same-as-my-given-name. Because you are gorgeous. And sexy. And I see such tremendous, untapped potential in you. I want to recruit you because I want you as my lover and because I want to help you realize all of the potential within you. And if I return to Bangkok with you already willing to work for Phuhying Dek phuchay, Mister Dantanavanawong will almost HAVE to place you in my ... care."

You hear everything she says, but most of it will form no impression in your memory, blasted out by the one word she says that really matters.

"You ... you think I'm ... Me. You think I'm sexy?"

Oh, well done, Captain Smooth, you think.

But Malee doesn't seem to have noticed your tripping over your own tongue. Her smile widens even more, and her hand drops from yours to your inner thigh, which she squeezes. "Very sexy," she purrs, "Now get over here and kiss me."

"Yes, ma'am," you say, leaning in for a kiss,