For my real Garry with love from Mirandalynne. I hope I covered all our bases.
Miranda sat in the estate agency office, finishing up the paperwork for the sale she'd just completed. Every now and again she glanced out the window. The streetlights shone on the wet pavement. There was little traffic on the road---it was late, and she was tired. She tucked a stray strand of her dark blond hair behind her ear, pushing her reading glasses back up her nose as she checked the contracts before her.
She'd met with both the buyers and sellers earlier in the conference area. All in all it had been very civilized; all i's were dotted and t's crossed, coffee was drunk, hands were shaken. Her buyers' financing was in order. She had nothing to do but anticipate a very generous commission check for a job well done.
The green glow of the banker's lamp on her desk illuminated the brass buttons on her fitted navy blue coatdress. She was a curvy woman, and the style flattered her hourglass figure. Beneath the conservative dress she wore a lacy bra and a skimpy garterbelt to hold up her sheer blue stockings. She had "forgotten" her knickers, and had made sure as she crossed her long legs that she didn't reveal anything untoward to her customers earlier this evening.
She looked at her diamond-studded bracelet watch. She'd locked the street entrance when everyone left, but the side door leading to the parking lot was still open. Perhaps she should think of going home, but she'd wait a few more minutes.
Getting absorbed in entering data into her laptop, she never heard the soft thud of the door. But when his hand brushed her neck, she turned with a smile.
"Good evening, sir. How can I help you?" She rose in the dim light and met his blue eyes with her brown ones. The man was casually attired in a leather jacket and jeans, his brown hair wet from the rain.
"I'm looking for a property, a very special property. Something easily accessible to my interests. Something warm--" he raked his eyes down her body--"and rather cozy." The man cupped his hand beneath her chin and rubbed her lower lip gently.
"I believe I can help you. I know just the thing." Miranda turned as if to reach the multiple listings book, but he grabbed her before she got very far. Pulling her to him, he kissed her, tasting coffee and desire on her tongue.