cut the stems at an angle she placed the freshly delivered flowers in a tall glass vase. The delicate fragrance was already filling the room with a heady bouquet. Such an exquisite combination of colours and shapes required admiration. Picking up the card again a smile played across her lips;
To the lady with the talented fingers. X
They could be from any one of her clients. It was good to be appreciated and although she received many expensive gifts, flowers were always her favourite.

Calinda Carlisle worked from home as a beauty therapist. Her treatments included facials, peels, body scrubs along with manicures, pedicures, waxing and plucking; you know the kind of thing. Her luxurious, four bedroom, detached house in the suburbs of London was the perfect location from which to work and extremely convenient. The tall trees around the whole property also protected her from any prying eyes and gave her clients a calming sense of discretion.

Padding barefoot across the thick white carpet she placed the flowers on the table. Grabbing her coffee she sat down to go through the day’s appointments in her diary. Two bikini waxes, one half-leg wax, a dermo peel, one eyebrow shaping and a facial were scheduled for her daytime sessions. On the evening agenda she just had the one couple for an intimate massage.

Looking up at the flowers again her smile widened while remembering the couple she saw last night. She could tell they weren’t married even though they had made the booking in as Mr & Mrs. They came across more as Boss and Secretary but that was really none of her business, and it was that attitude that made her the best in the business.

Mr & Mrs Smith had arrived promptly at 7.30pm looking more like elicit lovers than man and wife. Most couples would present themselves as married, but the majority of them were nothing of the sort. In fact scrap that, none of her after dark clients were married.
Calinda greeted them warmly before she led the way upstairs to the master suite reserved for the couple treatment sessions. She opened the door and invited them into the beautifully set room. Candles flickered in every corner causing beautiful shadows to dance on the walls. Enigma played softly in the background creating a sexual tension as soon as it caressed your ears.

Lets go private to finish the story....
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