Thursday had been a struggle. Somehow, hung over and guilty, Rosanna had dragged herself into the office. A day of black coffee and penitence followed.
What *had* just happened?
Well, without putting too fine a point on it, she had fucked Taylor Swift in the toilets of an expensive Mayfair club.
Or, to be scrupulously and lawyerly accurate, she had been fucked by Taylor Swift in the toilets of an expensive Mayfair club.
And it had been good. But wrong. But very good.
And now she was sat at her desk, trying desperately to concentrate on the senior partner's tracked changes to a complex contract, rather than the ache between her legs.
But all she wanted to do was text Taylor back.
Rosanna buried herself in Microsoft Word for the rest of the day, not even venturing out for a lunchtime sandwich.
That evening she had a long lazy bath, watched an hour and a half of a disappointing detective show on Netflix, followed by twenty minutes of perfunctory sex with Greg. As he snored beside her, sated, she scrolled through gossip stories on her iPad.
"Dua Lipa Steals The Show At Brit Awards", caught her eye, on the MailOnline.
The pictures were the best bit of the story. The brunette pop star with her endless legs, pouting down the camera, wearing a skintight white dress that did nothing to conceal the fact that she was quite clearly wearing a black lace thong underneath.
Still horny after her unsatisfactory shag with Greg, Rosanna slipped a hand into her underwear and rubbed herself to a speedy orgasm, imagining what it would be like to bury her face between Dua Lipa's thighs.
With that achieved, she fell asleep. Her exhausted brain delivered her a stream of bizarre and fanciful dreams, some charged with wild erotic desire, others surreal and inexplicable. Through all of them, the sharp cheekbones and blonde hair of a particular American goddess made repeat appearances.
***
The next morning Rosanna dressed smartly in a tailored dark grey business suit, and a silky white blouse. Professional. Partner. The perfect corporate lawyer.
As she sat on the District Line train, still above ground, she pensively crafted a reply to Taylor's message.
What to reply with? Friendly but dismissive? Something dirty? Ask to see her again? She knew what she *should* do, morally speaking. Break it off, send a polite farewell, and return to a life of blissful upper middle-class domesticity with her partner.
No more flings, no more secrets, no more lesbian outings.
But realistically, was she going to see the American singer again? Probably not. Would a "Dear John" text to Taylor Swift be a little...well, meta?
"Keep it light and flirty", Rosanna thought to herself. A little bit of naughtiness to help the day pass. A nice memory with half a promise of more to come, though never to be acted on.
As she thumbed "send" on her text, Rosanna's phone chirped with a notification.
"CALENDAR: 11am GMT. New Client Intro. Ms. Alison SjΓΆberg."
Her brow furrowed a little. She didn't recall an Alison SjΓΆberg. It sounded...Swedish maybe? She texted her assistant Melissa a screengrab of the calendar invite with a question mark.
Melissa replied almost instantly. "New client. HNW. Very discreet. Her people asked for you by name. We've set you up for an hour at 11am."
Irked by the secrecy Rosanna was still in an irritable mood as she stepped off the crowded tube and shouldered her way through the morning City crowds to Aitchison Maitland's offices.
Life contained enough surprises without her own colleagues trying to inject suspense into the day.
As she stood in the lift, her phone pinged again. It was Taylor.
"Other dresses? That does sound promising! Not that you asked, but I'm free this evening, just some dull meetings with lawyers to survive first. I'll text you when I'm done. T xxx".
Rosanna's stomach gave a little lurch. That sounded alarmingly like a date.
***