It had been a typical day in the office. The phone ringing off the hook; an inbox full of e-mails; the boss stressed and grumpy and my assistant leaving early because she wasn’t feeling well. I worked through my lunch hour, but by late afternoon I was still unconvinced that I had really achieved anything useful. So when it came to six-thirty, I decided that the one thing that I really needed was to relax with a drink. I s...

When the session had ended, Cassie and Melina took me up to the top floor of the house. A door was unlocked and I was led into a simply, but comfortably furnished bedroom. Apart from a large double bed with an iron frame, there was a bedside cabinet, an easy chair and a low coffee table. A number of books and magazines were scattered around the room. A half-open door from the bedroom revealed an en-suite bathroom. The roo...

So Lisa, did last night go as you expected? I don’t mean exactly as you planned it, but did it end more or less as you had imagined it would. Doubtless, you would like me to think it all happened by chance, but I know you had it planned from the start. Asking me over, while Rob was out of town, to cast an eye over your CV. You could have e-mailed me a copy, and we could have talked it over on the phone. Besides, you know...

As arranged, I arrived just before two o’clock. Having found the address, which was in the middle of a long Georgian Terrace, without difficulty, I knocked on the door and waited. Within a few seconds it was opened, and a girl in her early twenties with short blond hair and a slim, almost boyish figure stood before me. “Oh hello, I am Steven, and I think that you are expecting me.” “Hello, yes we are. My name is Cassie. F...