Sex in the City 01 London by Maxim Jakubowski

Author:Maxim Jakubowski [Jakubowski, Maxim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xcite Books
Published: 2010-08-14T21:00:00+00:00

About the Story

WHEN I WANDER CENTRAL London I play a private game. I try to view things as a tourist might; the imposing streets, the grand palaces and the eclectic mix of people. Doing this always gives me a sense of ownership and pride even though I actually own nothing in this glorious, sprawling city.

In my early twenties I did live in London with a cute boyfriend (who went on to become my husband) for a short while. We were poor, it was cold and grey, but we were happy. I remember one night we went to bed with the luxury of a borrowed gas heater and woke up covered in sticky floral wallpaper. It had literally slid from the walls overnight because of the extreme dampness in our flat – which six months later was condemned and pulled down!

Having progressed from those meagre student days, a few years ago said husband took me to a charity dinner at The Grosvenor House Hotel. I knew very few people, and as he chatted with colleagues I was content to sink into a leather chair in the Champagne Bar and indulge one of my favourite pastimes – people watching.

The ambiance was muted; men kept their voices hushed and ladies sipped golden bubbles with little fingers poised. A pianist tinkled in the background and the sombre bar staff were attentive yet discreet. It struck me that with all the elegant dresses and finely suited men, a passing time traveller would have had difficulty guessing the year, or even the decade, we were socialising in. There were no mobile phones, no bluetooths and no ipods on show, just chic people on their best behaviour. Perhaps a glance out the window at cars slicing through dark puddles would have given a clue; limos, Lexuses, Bentleys and Mercs, rushing the rich and famous, royalty and celebrity to the other Park Lane venues surrounding us.

As people arrived in the Champagne Bar and greeted one another it became hard to tell who was catching up with old friends and who was being introduced for the first time. I studied my husband in his pristine tux holding a perilously thin flute of champagne. He laughed at something someone said, nodded his head and then turned and caught my eyes. I returned a smile and wondered what it would be like if ‘we’ we’re just being introduced for the first time.

I’m pleased to say if we had just met at that moment, I’d still fancy him like hell and still want to have his babies. But what would it be like to play a game, come back and fool everyone? Could we in fact fool anyone? Or would people guess by our familiar body language that we were a couple and knew each other’s deepest, darkest desires? And what about the genteel staff in this sophisticated hotel, would they be so crass as to challenge our behaviour if we thought up the naughtiest way possible to become acquainted? It got

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