A one-night stand is a casual, non-committal sexual encounter between two individuals that typically occurs only once. It is often characterized by a lack of emotional involvement or expectation of a future relationship.
To the world, she was Priyanka Biswas—heir to a shipping conglomerate, philanthropist, and a woman whose face graced the covers of business magazines with the caption "The Iron Lily." But tonight, the armor was off. She had checked into the hotel under the name Barnita —a nickname from a childhood summer she never spoke of, a persona that allowed her to be anyone but herself.