Julia’s iPad pinged waking her from her sleep. The soporific effect of the motion of the train had lulled her to sleep. Normally she would have ignored it but she was expecting messages from the office so she picked it up and opened it. A thumb print sign in brought a picture to her screen. It was a flash of a half naked man with a huge erection. Aware of people around her she automatically slammed her cover shut. Sitting...

The short walk back to her seat seemed to take an eternity. She tried her best to avoid eye-contact but it was so hard. Their first class carriage held nearly all males and most wore business suits. She was a woman and nearly all looked up at her; men away from their offices and homes; all looking for a bit of excitement. Julia dealt with a lot of businessmen and she knew what they were like. At thirty-two she could proba...

“Is everything okay?” Julia turned and smiled at John. She may have been standing close to him waiting for a taxi to take them into the city centre but she was miles away. Charles had smiled and winked at her as he stepped onto the station platform before disappearing into the crowd. Her mind was elsewhere. “I’m fine,” she told him. “Just a little tired.” “I shouldn’t have brought you all this way,” he told her. “You coul...

Julia wasn’t on her own long – John returned and sat down beside her. They kissed and he asked her about her day. She made it sound mundane but it was far from that. He told her that there was to be another meeting the following week, the date to be confirmed, but it would involve an overnight stay. “I... I don’t think I would be able to take two days off,” she told him. “With Jane away on maternity leave things are prett...