A big business suite at a high-end hotel in Hanoi. Or it could be another East Asian city. The grind of business, of flights, of meetings all grind together into one after a while.
I'm doodling on my pad, waiting for the chairman to wrap up this meeting so I can get out, grab a drink, seek some excitement. It's been a long trip.
Others are restless too, there's a sense of closing up. Across the big boardroom table, I'm sure I see the door handle move a little. It moves again. I see part of a face when it inches ajar. 'The maid might be cute', I wish to myself. You like cute. You like Asians. You like ladies. You especially like cute Asian ladies, I easily remind myself.
"That's all, gentlemen." Chairs scrape, papers shuffle, briefcases snap shut. Goodbyes all round. The maid - you - slips in and starts to clear up in the corner.
Mmm, I think as I see her - your - shape from behind. Perfectly petite. She'd fit nicely.
You must've sensed my glance over as you look over your shoulder, catch my eye and smile shyly.
Yet there's something there I see. A hint? A glint? A micro-expression which gives me the excuse to dally.
I pretend to read messages on my phone until I'm the last suit in the room. You move to tidy around the table, taking cups and plates, each time taking the ones closer to where I'm standing.
I'm standing close to the table, a little deliberately, in the hope that you will- and you do squeeze into the gap. You're slender, and your uniform is tight around you as you brush against me.
You pick up the cups and look up at me. Your eyes say what I'm hoping - daring - to read:
"I'm willing to be *used*"