The bedroom looked as expected. A huge bed with wrought iron partitions. Clearly, there needed to be options for tying up. Bedside tables on the sides, an armchair under the window. And another door, logically a bathroom. He left her standing in the space, sat…

In the morning, Lucy couldn’t find a parking space. It was always difficult in the small streets around the business centre where they had their offices. She never stood in the reserved spots in the underground parking lot – there were cameras there, and most…

When the door finally opened, it did so with such force that she wasn’t sure it stayed in its hinges. The slamming of them wiggled  her just the same, and adrenaline began to flow into her bloodstream in overwhelming doses. Lucas walked around her and,…

Lucy was sitting in a chair facing the clock on the wall. She watched the second hand intently, considering whether she could stop it by force of will. The hand moved again anyway, revealing that there was only a minute left until four o’clock.Lucas’s door…

The next day he didn’t get to work until about ten o’clock. He looked like he had been celebrating all night. It brought a smile to Lucy’s face. He hadn’t even walked in, still in his jacket, he leaned against her doorframe and watched her….

„Please,“ her voice skipped. „I just wanted to help you. Don’t punish me for this.“„Lucy,“ his voice softened beyond compare.„I don’t want to punish you! You saved my head and I owe you a thank you for that! And you will get it, such as…

The meeting lasted over two hours, which was time for Lucia to think through a thousand possible consequences of her actions. The effects on him, because how she was going to react and how she was going to explain it she still had no idea….

From next door came the rapid tapping of a keyboard, the flipping of papers, here and there some of her words or short sentences. He had never noticed this her talking to herself, and it brought an involuntary smile to his face. He leaned back…

She sat at her desk and listened to the frantic footsteps approaching her office.„Idiot!“ He swears.He walked around her desk without stopping and walked in. She’d never heard him slam the door before, but now she expected it. He didn’t do it and, on the…