Cindy and Simon couldn’t be happier and went to bed Sunday night, looking forward to just seeing each other the following morning. The only challenge in their minds was keeping their quickly growing relationship under wraps at the office. There were no rules against nepotism, but they could be separated or even fired if their work suffered as a result. They’d talked about it during their lie-in last night and agreed they...

"I think we deserve a special prize for that," Gemma said, laughing with Colin. Although Colin found it slightly odd to complete the stranger's dating questionnaire, he understood that Gemma was helping a friend establish a locally focused meetup group. He believed it was the kind of enterprise worth encouraging and aimed to put a positive spin on the results of his and Gemma's responses. "Scoring zero is fantastic," Coli...

As Jack led Emma to the station's night exit, she thanked him for helping out a confused stranger. It hadn't occurred to her that returning to her hotel would require more than re-tracing her outward steps, and she felt relieved. "I only live a minute away, so I'm used to steering people in the right direction when the trains run all night at the weekend," Jack explained. "Don't let that kind of information slip. I'll be...

Dianna sat in her car, gripping the steering wheel so tightly her knuckles turned white. Her heart pounded against her ribs, the weight of regret pressing down on her like an anchor. She had been a fool, a blind, selfish, arrogant fool. Paul had left, and now, only now, did she realise what she had lost. She had spent the last three days spiralling, drinking too much. None of it changed the truth. He was gone, and the hol...

"So, the vice squad has been disbanded, and you'll all be working for the vibe squad starting tomorrow." The room fell silent, aside from a stray fart that echoed around the room. It seemed to sum up what had been said so perfectly. The police chief was a powerful man, more like a character from a movie than in charge of a northern town ravaged by the loss of its industrial roots. His announcement had been shocking, but t...

Megan smiled as she walked along the street. Her mind was full of memories of doing so previously, how she had slipped on the wet moss that covered the pavement, and how George had saved her. Her mind drifted back to the suggestion that a 'slippery when wet' sign should be in place and how thoughts had turned to other times when her body might need similar warnings posted. She also remembered how he had dropped off his do...

I answered the knock at the hotel room door, surprised to find a sexy man carrying a folded massage table. "Your husband hired me to give you our five-star massage." I glanced at Richard, who smiled. '"Oh, yes, please come in!" As he set up, he said, "Full body oil massage... oh, and I usually give my clients a happy ending. If that's OK." I smiled. "What's five-star about a single orgasm?" By my third, Richard's hard coc...

The store didn’t open until noon on Sunday, and June only went in because Keith asked her to, for an unexplained reason. He opened the door just for them around eleven-thirty and went straight to the office, June following him. She smiled when she saw him retrieve the cane and hand it to her. “I was hoping you’d let me cane you,” she said, taking it and whipping it through the air, hearing the telltale whistle it made and...

The left side of Elaine’s face rested on the massage table, with her breasts pressing against it and her back arching to present her heart-shaped asset to her masseur. He opened the bottle of oil, his trusted companion when performing one of these client favorite massages, pouring a copious amount on the crescent of her cheeks and watching it streak down to the back of her thighs. The hands that had expertly relieved her...

It was a grudging courtesy to my mother. One of her country club vipers had a son visiting home from college. "Mother, I told you I didn't like men a decade ago. Haven't changed my mind." "Nonsense, dear. A nice dinner out. What can be the harm?" The things we do. He picked me up at 7:00. By 7:05, he figured out I was queer. The jacket and tie helped. The dinner was as expected, but not a total loss. When the blond valkyr...

Shortly after my birthday, I realized that I was missing the most important gift: one from me for myself. I wanted something that would help me deal with all the stress that started tormenting my life lately. Something relaxing. Maybe a book with meditation instructions or yoga exercises. So, I started searching the internet. After I had read through the hundredth advertised bestseller for mindfulness and the umpteenth ca...