I sat there as still as a statue. “Jesus Christ Tony! Come on! I ain’t got all goddamn day!” I breathed in, ensuring to not exhale, forcing my beating heart to slow down with the lack of oxygen. When my borderline hyperventilation had been dutifully crushed before it had a chance to develop, I exhaled once again. “I am an adult woman. You are an adult man. What is the fucking big deal?” At this juncture Claire turned roun...

I couldn’t breathe. Lust, anticipation, desire, guilt, shame, ecstasy all combined into one intoxicating cocktail and had rendered me drunk with insensibility. I glanced at my sexual Virgil, catching her eye and meeting my gaze with her own as she favoured me with a smile laden with erotic promise and curiously, a tinge of tenderness as well. I did not dare speak lest I broke the enchantment, as if my voice would sully th...

My mind buzzed with a number of conflicting thoughts, emotions and ideas as to how best to resolve this unfortunate turn of events. Panicked by the ambush, I found myself floundering and desperately trying to maintain the stony faced façade that was my trademark, humiliated at the discovery and appalled at my own stupidity. I made my move. “How much?” I asked.I may have spoken Mandarin for the effect it had, serving to br...

Trapped in the murky water of my thoughts, I found myself struggling to properly excise myself from the difficult reverie I found myself wrestling with. With the mental door opened, I could not contain the intensity of the thoughts any longer. Here I was, walking side by side with my dear friend Claire, the single occupant of my sweaty, fervent and lustful dreams. Guiltily I found myself fantasising about her, ashamed at...