Important

‘What matters?’ she asked, sitting on the vacant stool next to him by the bar of the busy nightclub.

He could not have invented or imagined a more unexpected and strange way to meet the woman who would become his companion, his partner, the mother of his children.

‘It’s important to know what matters to those who we are considering as potential lovers,’ she added as clarification, before he had a chance to respond.

He hadn't thought of it like that until now. Perhaps because, when it came to looking for lovers, what mattered to him was whose body was going to satisfy his desire, his lust. Who would be the next one to take part in his next orgasm. The rest, practically everything else, was of no importance or relevance when this horny male approached another warm body.

However, this time it was he who surprised himself with his response.

‘Since you’re asking me such a question, instead of asking if I would join you for the next drink or the next dance, how about you tell me first what matters to you?’

Their bursting into laughter in unison was more satisfying than the casual sex climax they decided not to pursue or consummate that promising first night.