Oriental Surprise 
By Crossmanx
Careful of what you want, you might get more than you bargained for!

Story inspired by an idea from Viv.

By Crossmanx at - crossmanx@hotmail.co.uk - comments and ideas welcome.

Oriental Surprise

Eric looked once more into the eyes of the woman stood next to him as the
official completed the certificate to finalised the marriage, he then went to
sign the papers and his thoughts drifted back to the events that had lead him
here so quickly. It had only been a couple of months ago when he had sat down
to at home to catch up on some e-mails, and a circular about Asian holidays
had grabbed his attention. In his line of work of investment and the Far East
markets, had meant that he'd visited the region on several occasions. So any
chance to go back there and take in the culture and life style always grabbed
his attention. He clicked onto the link that took him to one site, then
another and other adverts popped up until one really did catch his attention,
Asian Brides!

Eric was in his early 40's and had spent all his working life in some form or
the other in the finical world, either in investment, stocks & shares, trade
and selling & buying. He'd been particular drawn to the Asian markets and over
the years had done quite well for himself. Even though he'd chanced his hand
on a few occasions and they'd come through, generally he was a cautious man,
and it had paid off. He had a nice house that he owned, a flash car and enough
money in the bank to be able to retire and live very comfortably. Which was
exactly what he was going to do, Eric had seen too many of his friends and
colleagues burn out and fade into nothing, and decided that that wasn't going
to happen to him.

In a few moths time everything would be tie up, all his latest deals would be
done and dusted and he could look forward to a less hectic and a much slower
pace of life. Yes he would miss it all, but he knew when to get out and that
was when you were on top and had the money in the bank to prove it. The only
thing missing in Eric's life was a woman, a wife, someone to spend all those
retirement years with. There had been women in the pass but he'd made
sacrifices due to work and now it was time to turn things around and think
about him.

That's where the Asian Brides website had come into play, due to his work in
the Asian markets and going on a number of trips to China, Thailand, Malaysia
and the Philippines, one thing stood out to him about Asian and one thing he
really liked was the women. And with the internet and online dating why
shouldn't he find the woman that he wanted, that loyal, kindly, devoted type
of woman to look after him in his retirement. He might be retiring but he
wasn't that old and could still enjoy life and a good woman, but what he
really wanted was that companionship, someone to spend the rest of his life
with who would take care of him and be there for him. After all he'd made all
those sacrifices for the job over the years, why shouldn't he now think about
himself for change.

So he'd gone to the Asian Bride website, looked at the various different
profiles and viewed the ones that had appealed to him, but they were all the
same. A young Asian girl who promised everything and with a few innuendos
thrown in to entice the reader. He'd though it was all just a faint hope when
just then one faded, almost out of focused picture grabbed his attention. A
Chines woman, Jia, 40 and recently widowed, who was looking for a caring man
to share the rest of her life with, it all seemed too good to be true. Even so
he'd decide to take the chance and sent an e-mail, with a photo, and was
surprised and a little shocked when he received a reply. She'd sent a couple
more pictures of herself, they looked just like any normal holiday snap,
nothing to suggestive or flirtatious just normal phots of her. Eric liked
that, just good honest photos and she was quiet good looking to, sat down on a
park bench in a smart summer dressed, she even looked beautiful. Jia said she
was from China and had spent time in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, a
non-smoker who enjoyed cooking, reading, music, and sewing and admitted to
having a secret vice of enjoying horse racing. She was looking for someone
kind and sharing as the last few years had not been that good to her.

Eric was due to visit the Far East soon and suggested a meeting, it would only
be a brief one as it was a stopover for him on his latest business trip, but
she agreed. They met at a restaurant near to the airport and Eric was smitten
with Jia as soon as he laid eyes on her, Jia in Chines means beautiful, and to
him she was just that. She was petite as you might expect with most younger
Asian women, but for her age she looked good and had obviously looked after
herself. She still had a slim and attractive body, not like some older Asian
women who seem to balloon when they got to a certain age, Eric was pleased
about that.

They had talked and enjoyed the evening, Jia was a very polite woman, Eric
noticed that as soon as he walked up to her, she'd stood up and gave just a
hint of a bow as she introduced himself. She was a well-spoken and educated
woman, her father had been in shipping and they had travelled all over Asian
as a family. They had hit it off and Eric was disappointed that he had to
leave so soon to catch his next flight, but she had e-mailed him as he was on
the flight and the 'romance' started to blossom.

And now a couple of months later and Eric was stood in front of the registrar
now signing the marriage certificate and with Jia by his side, his new wife.
His job was coming to an end, he was set for retirement and he had a beautiful
woman to now share that with. The newly married couple set off for their
honeymoon and everything was perfect, well almost, Eric had fallen head over
heels for Jia and loved her, they got on, had similar interest, she looked
after him, the sex was great and yet he felt there was something missing, but
couldn't put his finger on it. When they returned from honeymoon and moved
into his large house, Jia was a lovely woman and a good wife to Eric, she
cooked for him, she kept the house immaculate, she amused him and talked to
him, they made love.

Every time he came home she was there to care for him, pamper him and
entertain him, but still there was something that she was holding back,
something that Jia wasn't letting go of or telling him and it started to worry
Eric. Finally after nearly a month Eric decide to confront his Asian Bride,
'what was worrying her, was this all a scam, did she really love him, what was
wrong!'

It was one of those newly married 'talks' voices were raised and accusations
were thrown around, mainly by Eric, as he was concerned now as his worries and
anxieties where eating away at him. Finally Jia confessed, she told him
everything, but it was not what he expected. She had been recently widowed, he
knew that, but what he didn't know was how his ex-husbands family had treated
her, how she had been left with nothing and had to live from day to day on the
charity of friends and her own family. How she had been mistreated by her
ex-husbands family and how they had taken everything, her home, the money, her
possessions, even her cloths.

She was affair that it might happen again, yes she loved him, but she was
scared as she didn't know if she could go through all that again. Eric held
her as she wept; he said over and over again how sorry he was and he would
never let her go through anything like that. He held her there long into the
night as she cried herself to sleep, and Eric vowed that his wife would never
feel fear like that again.

The next day and Eric told Jia that he would show her that she would never
have to worry about anything again, he would show her just how much he loved
her and she would be safe a secure in the future. As he was about to leave for
work he handed over a bundle of cash "go and spend this on yourself, I don't
care what you buy, burn it, throw it away, spend it ... ... It's you're and
you'll never have to worry about money or somewhere to live ever again", with
that Eric left.

During the day Eric finished off some of the final things he had to do prior
to retiring, that would be only in a couple of weeks now, but his main task
today was to visit his solicitor. He went through changes that he wanted put
into his will and current status, he argued and debated his wished with his
solicitor, and stood fast to the modifications that he wanted to be made. He
waited as the new papers were drawn up, he knew these would show to Jia that
she had nothing to fear in the future and now she would be truly happy with
him.

That evening as he travelled home he couldn't wait to tell his new wife about
what he had done, he called her up and told her " ... ... I've changed my will
and you are the sole beneficiary, no one else is mentioned, everything goes to
you and I've had the house deeds put in your name, it's your now ... ... " He
also told her about a bank account and other monies put aside purely in her
name, she sounded surprised and shocked at his action but happy, which is what
Eric wanted.

When he got home he rushed inside "Jia ... ... Jia ... ... Where are you I 'm
home, I have all the documents here ... " He almost fell over a heap of boxes
that's seemed to have been just dropped in piles in the hallway, 'strange the
house was never this untidy!' He ignored them and rushed around trying to find
her " ... ... you need not worry about anything again ... ... " He run into
the large living room, there she was "I told you I would ... ... " He suddenly
stopped and sniffed 'what was that smell?' Jia was sat down in one of the
large plush chairs her hand draped over the side, then she raised the other to
her mouth, and placed the cigarette in it. She took a long drag and blow the
smoke out in Eric's directed, the man stood there holding all the papers he
had arranged that day in one hand and with a confused look now on his face.

"Your smoking!" The woman grinned "you don't smoke ... ... you said you don't
smoke" the grin now turned into a smile as Eric, still looking quite confused
dropped his hand that was holding up the paper and dropped them down on a
nearby table. "You know I can't stand the smell of cigarettes and yet you ...
" She stood up and interrupted him "in that case think yourself lucky it's
only a cigarette, I couldn't find any descent cigars earlier and I've been
drying for a smoke for ages."

"You lied to me about your smoking?" Eric was just getting his head around a
few things now, the woman rolled her eyes, her last husband had been slow as
well, and it was quite annoying. "What else did you lie about?" As he came to
terms with the fact that she had lied to him about smoking he suddenly noticed
the way in which she was dressed for the first time, and he had to look twice
to make sure he was seeing right. There she stood, cigarette in hand and
dressed as he'd never seen her before, she wore a pair of leather trousers,
with matching leather boots, a white blouse and a black leather waistcoat. The
overall effect was exquisite; with her petite physique and gorgeous oriental
looks she was quite stunning.

Eric also took in the mess that engulfed the living room, there were more
boxes piled up, similar to those in the hallway, as well as carrier bags and
packaging all over the place. Garments, boot, coats and other accessories were
strewn around the room and over the furniture, she obviously been on a
shopping spree. Well Eric had given her the money and told her to spend it
all, but to be honest he never expected all this. Then 'cough, cough, cough'
Eric spluttered and waved away the smoke that his wife, who was now stood in
front of him, had blown in his direction. As she replaced the cigarette to her
mouth; he noticed that she was wearing a very bright red lipstick, 'she never
wore anything like that, what was wrong with her?' But even so, the bright
colour lips against the black and white of her outfit did give her a very
desirable look that even Eric could 'appreciate', but this wasn't the woman he
knew!

"DON'T do that!" He screamed, showing his disproval, "how dare you smoke in my
house you know I can't stand the smell and ... ... " "But darling ... " she
interrupted him "I thought it was my house now!" She blow more smoke his way
and replaced the cigarette back to her smirking red lips. 'Her house!' Eric
looked down at the table with the papers on it, he felt betrayed and as if
he'd been take for a fool by his Asian bride, had she just used him? He picked
up the papers and looked at her, he looked at his beautiful and now very sexy
Jia, and "you're getting nothing" he growled. With both hands he took the
paper, held them up to her and was about to rip them in half to show her he
meant it, when WHACK!

Out of nowhere a hand, a female hand, had come round and slapped the man hard
across his face, he was shocked SMACK! A second, even harsher blow struck him,
he staggered a bit and one hand let go of the papers THUD! Now a painful blow
to his gut that winded the unprepared man, making him stagger even further
backwards. His hands flap around, the paper still in one of them, Jia grabs
that arm, turns and WOOOSSSHHH! BANG! She throws her new husband over her
should and into the floor, Eric lands with a hefty thud, as he went flying his
grip on the papers realised and they went everywhere. Now as he lay there on
the floor a shower of gently floating papers rained down all around him.

"You wasn't going to rip them up where you my dear?" Jia looked down as she
stood over her husband "why you little ... " WHACK! Jia's boot presented Eric
from finishing his next rant at her, and a few more boots make sure he doesn't
try a start any more conversations just yet. "Well my dear thank you for
showering me with all this ... " She picks up a couple of the pieces of paper
and starts to quickly scan over them " ... ... by the looks of things
everything is in order, I'll have a proper read later whilst you're making the
dinner and tidying up the place." Eric can see she's a bit distracted now
"I'll also tell you about your new duties around my house, as your have so
much time on your hands when you retire I thought I would give you something
to ... ... " ARRRRHHHH!

Before Jia could finish Eric had seen a chance, even though he was still on
the floor, he throw his leg around and caught Jia by surprise. He'd hit her
just at the back of her leg, shocking her and catching her in just the right
place to make her leg buckle and catcher her off balance. Jia wobbled, but she
was not that too distracted, her arm shoot out and grabbed onto the side of
the settee to steady herself. Eric had pushed himself halfway up off the
floor, but Jia was fast and now in a steady position, to strike back CRACK!
Her leg swung round and struck Eric, he lurched, stumbled and tumbled across
the room, knocking into tables, chairs and ornaments but somehow managed to
stay on his feet.

Jia was not happy, her face screwed up, her lips tightened, she pushed herself
to her feet, quickly undone the leather waistcoat and throw it to the side,
Eric turned to see a very annoyed Jia came at him, she jumps and WHACK! Her
boot drove into his body, there was a loud sharp sound and a painful fire to
his rib cage, 'hopefully is just one cracked rib' but he's not sure. Eric
drops to his knees as he holds his aching side, now his screwed up face tell
her that last blow really hurt. She let him get use to the pain, after all
with what she has in mind this will be nothing, she walks around him as the
man comes to terms with his current predicament and the hurt he's feeling.

"Did I tell you about my first husband, he was a nice man, quite a lot like
you. But he thought he could take one liberty too many, so I had to end the
relationship ... ... Permanently!" Eric looked at her, he pushed himself
upwards too his feet "You ... ... You killed him?!" She laughed, amused by the
look of shock on his face, Eric stood there looking at this woman that he now
realised he knew absolutely nothing about, he didn't know who or what she was.
Jia watched Eric, leant over to one side, a hand covering his sore aching
side. "But I did make a mistake there, you see all the money and the house
where still in his name and his family where very determined that I should get
nothing, they really didn't like me, see I told you the truth about that." She
bent over and picked up one of the pieces of paper that still littered the
floor "but thanks to you, my loving husband, all that is taken care of now,
I'll be taken care of ... ... No matter what happens to you ... ... I'll be
alright!"

Eric swallowed hard at that, it wasn't so much what she said but the tone in
her voice that made him very nervous, she was a cunning, crafty woman and Eric
should have known better, Asian are a meticulous people. But Jia's still in
the mood to have some fun, and with Eric back on his feet she makes another
quick and deadly move SMACK! A twist of the body as her legs comes up and
around, and then the final flick of her foot as it makes contact with the side
of Eric's head. He stumbles, his head on fire and swirling in a sea of pain at
the same time, so he didn't see Jia step closer and grab him. Her hands go
round the back of his head and heaves his head downward, as she pull him down,
she uses her knee and hips to thrust upwards. Driving her knee hard, and very
fast, three powerful blows to Eric's gut are followed by another session of
painful tough blows WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! With her firm hold on him around his
head she uses her arms to throw him about, almost off balancing him but not
quite as she shakes him around. But in reality she's just altering her own
position, rebalancing herself as she changes her feet's position and then
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!

Her other knee is now brought into play, it's now the left legs that's driving
upwards and causing the man even more hurt and agony. She now turns, twist and
pulling her arms, still around his neck, sharply round Eric is dragged off his
feet and thrown back down to the floor THUD! "I did mention that I've studied
various martial arts, kickboxing and origami ... ... !" She mocks him " ...
... I can show you all my moves and show you how to make a paper animal." At
this moment he'll happily settle for the paper swan rather than another kick,
slap, punch or throw!

Jia pulls Eric up and goes through an array of different kicks, punches and
throws, to show him exactly what she has studied in the past, the only thing
she didn't do was make an animal out of the paperwork still covering the
floor. She might do that later! She even faints a few flick kicks to make the
man jump nervously, but follows these up with a real kick as well, can't let
Eric get away with anything, not when she's having so much fun. Her feet kick
out, high kicks to his upper body and head to knock him down and low kicks to
his legs and groin to take him to his knees. She pounds him as he tries to
resist with kicks and punches, elbows that are driven hard into his body and
even a head butt too, aimed at the bridge of his nose, breaking it and
splatter blood everywhere. She pounds him enough to drain the last of his
strength and any resistance that he may have had.

She stands there perfectly balanced on one foot whilst with the other she
holds her stance and flicks out her boot, aiming at his head and making
contact each time, them jumps onto the other foot so her other boot can also
have some fun as well WHACK! SMACK! Another couple of perfect hits, Eric drops
to his knees, then onto his hands, battered and wary he doesn't know how much
more he can take CRUNCH! ARRRHHHH! Jia brings her foot down on his
outstretched hand the sound of damaged figures and the cries of agony from her
husband go to make his new wife smile.

"Up on your feet if you know what's good for you" she taunts him some more,
Eric was already on one knee, he has some faint hope that maybe he could still
do something, he wasn't use to losing in business and in his job, but this was
something completely different. "Look why don't we just ... ... " he's almost
on his feet now, but Jia's not listening, she didn't remember giving him
permission to speak. With one leg bent forward and trying to grab his breath,
Jia sees the perfect opportunity, she jumps, lunging forward her foot lands on
the upper part of his leg that's bent forward towards her, she uses this as
her step then swings her other leg frontward, it drives through, accelerating
and come up straight into the man jaw. The sound of her boot smashing into his
lower jaw fills the room, catapulting the man backward, the force of the blows
summersaults him, sending him flying across the room. Eric falls to the floor,
crashing into a heap of battered, beaten and defeated male.

As he laid there breathing heavily and trying to deal with the pain that now
engulf his body Jia sat down on one of the corners of the settee so she could
address him. She leaned over to a nearby table, the only one still standing,
and selected a cigarette for the box there and placed it to her red lips, lit
it and took in a long, deep lungful of the hot smoke. She looked down at him
and slowly exhaled the smoke in his direction, Eric coughed and spluttered, he
hated the smell of cigarettes and the foul taste of the smoke, "don't worry
dear I'll stop smoking these as soon as the cigars I've ordered arrive, but
now, as I said, we need to talk ... ... "

Jia explains how things are going to be after the retirement and how she was
going to fill all that spare time he'll have, looking after her. She collects
all the papers from the floor and sorts them out "I'll read through these
tonight and tell you in the morning if there's anything you've missed out."
"Oh and by the way I was thinking, with all those friends you have, all those
well to do friends, that many of them would benefit from retiring and taking a
bride before they retire. I have lots of friends that we could introduce to
your colleagues!" It wasn't sounding like a good idea to Eric "you can tell
everyone how wonderful it is to have a Asian bride and we could start our own
Oriental Surprise business ... ... After all dear you got a surprise tonight
didn't you ... ... .!"