If I hesitated, it wasn’t because of any reluctance on my part. I wanted Mason just as much as he wanted me. But we needed to find somewhere we weren’t likely to be interrupted, and even in my clubbing prime I’d never been a fan of having sex in the toilets. Too cramped, too insanitary and downright inconsiderate of all the people who needed the cubicle you’d taken out of commission while you fucked.

Then it came to me. ‘You said the manager’s talking to Ethan?’ When he nodded, I continued, ‘So that means his office is going to be empty. Let’s go find it.’

The office was at the...