It had been a hell of a day. It had started when her PA called in sick. Her meetings seemed to have all run over. She had bawled out a supplier for incompetence. Then to cap it all the trains were delayed.
She was seething as she headed home from the station. She walked up the path to the door trying to calm down before she got into the house. She inserted the key into the lock, took a deep breath and tried to force calm and good humour to reappear.
She went through the door dropping her designer briefcase in the hall and pulling off her coat. She smoothed down her skirt and ran her fingers through her hair before heading into the sitting room come office where he was sprawled on the sofa, typing on his laptop, naked except for some old faded jeans.
"How are you sweetheart?" he looked up from his laptop smiling, "glad your home."
She tried to smile back but struggled to maintain the illusion of being calm and in control.
"Oh bad day? I'm sorry darling." He said seeing her face.
"Its been full of arseholes," she spat out the word seeming somewhat incongruous with the groomed conservative image.
He got up and walked over to her brushing the top of her hair with a kiss as she admired his long hard body.
"Well your home now and I'm sure I can help you to relax," he said as she leant against him and he wrapped his arms round her, holding her and soothing her.
Her blackberry rang then, the shrill noise cutting across the silence.
"Fuck!" she exclaimed, "can't they manage anything without me?" She grabbed it and looked at the phone. "Its an important supplier, I need to get this. Sorry."
"Go right ahead," he said a note of exasperation entering his voice. To many of their evenings seemed to have been interrupted like this recently and it was getting old.
"Yes," she hit the button to pick up the call. She listened for a moment before embarking on a string of quick brusque responses. Her fingers ran unthinkingly over her pearls, playing with them, twisting them, clearly displaying her irritation.
He reached out and helped her pull off her suit jacket as she talked. Her white blouse was just fractionally to sheer, he could see the lace of her white bra if the light caught her right. Her long legs were covered by a fitted black knee length skirt, her legs covered in sheer hold ups with her feet encased in black patent high heeled stilettos. He admired her legs as she paced the room, her breasts jiggling as her hands waved in the air as if the person on the phone could see her gestures of irritation and explanation.