Gloria and Leo had arranged their meeting by text, and after both had finished work, he arrived at her house and she let him in.
"Nice place," he told her after they'd exchanged pleasantries.
"Thank you," she told him.
"I guess in your case, sex is a bit of a money-spinner," he laughed uneasily, not entirely comfortable cracking jokes in Gloria's company.
"I guess you could say that," she said, offering him a drink.
He asked for a glass of water and watched as she poured herself a glass of red wine - her second of the evening. As she handed him his drink, she told him: "Leo, I've been...preparing myself and I'm ready to see if I can take you."
He took a sip. "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure I'm ready to try. Just try to relax, yes?" She could sense he was nervous, and why wouldn't he be? She tried not to, but she cut a dominant figure in her elegant dress, seamed stockings and stiletto heels.
She flicked her shoes off as she took a seat next to Leo and started rubbing his shoulders, trying to relieve some of his all-too-obvious tension. It seemed to help and after a while, she ran a hand down his chest towards his crotch.
"Can I ask you something?" Leo piped up, stopping Gloria in her tracks.
"Of course," she purred, swivelling round to face him.
"Are you married?"
"Oh, no. I'm divorced," she happily confirmed. "My ex-husband ran off with a younger woman years ago." Her words seemed to take a weight off Leo's shoulders and he smiled with relief. The irony was that now she had also swapped marriage for something much more exciting with a far younger partner.
Gloria smiled back at him and after gulping down the rest of her wine, stood up, took him by the hand and beckoned him to follow him to her bedroom.
Leo cast his eyes around the impeccably clean and beautifully furnished room. A huge bed took centre stage with plush pillows and a green duvet cover. He could see Gloria's collection of vibrators on one of the bedside tables, all lined up neatly alongside a big tube of lube.