An Affair of Love

It began as a purely sexual arrangement between anonymous strangers. Now, some time after it has ended, a woman and a man recall their unusual affair in separate interviews. She, single and unattached, placed an ad seeking a partner to join her in playing out a sexual fantasy she had long wanted to try. He saw the ad and responded. They differ on certain details he says they saw each other for six months, she believes it was three or four, but both speak fondly of their time together. Talking to the unseen interviewer, they will pause every now and then for a private smile, a vivid memory.