Helen headed straight to the bathroom in a daze. She needed a minute to herself to process what had just happened, or even thirty seconds but knew she wouldn’t be able to get it. Alvin came after her and although she tried to increase her pace as quickly as she could without flat-out running, his long legs and shrill voice called out to her. “Helen! Helen!”She turned around to face him. He withdrew with a hiss of breath through his teeth. His reaction crushed her even more and brought tears to her eyes. Aaron had seen her this way! For the first time in more than a month, they were seeing each other again, and she looked like a homeless stray cat. She wanted to bury herself in the ground.“You met the new CEO?” He asked excitedly. “How was he?Does this mean no one else from their team had gotten to meet him?, She wondered. “I didn’t meet him,” she replied. “I just ran into him on the way down from the VP’s office. They’re going to have lunch.”“Oh, alright then,” he said. “He’s su

After the party was announced, the manager, Henry, came out of his office.“Marketing team two, you’re forbidden to attend this party. Your account is still a fucking, bloody mess.”The groans were deafening, and it made Helen look around to see if they had suddenly gotten more members than she was aware of. She realized then, that other employees were also grumbling on their behalf.“Just for tonight, boss,” Aarif called out.Henry was already heading back to his office. “Just for tonight, Henry,” Lee pleaded. “There’s pizza, tacos, and a barrel of red wine.”The floor erupted into excitement again, but Henry slammed his door shut behind him to the amusement of many. Soon, the chatter died down, and they got back to work.Later that evening, at just after 7:30, Helen headed down to the floor with Alvin and found it nearly half-filled with the employees. There was laughter and clusters of teams acquainted with each other hanging out. And, of course, the expansive table of food by the

“I-I came here to speak to you.” she finally said. It took all the courage she had. He didn’t even bother looking at her. “Go ahead.” The elevator door dinged open, and he got in.She didn’t move. “Aren’t you getting in?” He asked.She released a heavy breath. “Aaron,” I called, and the elevator doors began to close.His gaze was on her, and she thought that he would reach out to stop it, but instead, he remained in the same position, leaning against the wall with his hands in his pocket.The elevator closed, and she blinked. It took her a few seconds to process what had just happened, and then she realized he was leaving. She couldn’t believe it.“Dick!” she swore, as a surge of anger shot through her. She pounded on the downward button, intending to go after him.Finally, it arrived.She hopped on, but as she arrived on her floor, she stopped it and got off. “Fuck him,” she said, as her eyes misted at his cool dismissal. She returned to her desk and took her seat to calm down but

He brushed the tendrils of escaped hair away from her face. “I have another request for you.” With his thumb and forefinger, he lifted her chin upwards so he could lock her gaze with his. “It’s been more than a month and a half. Any longer and I will cease to be able to function.”Helen's face immediately began to flush with heat as she processed what he was saying. Shy, she tried to pull her gaze from his. He wouldn’t let her. “Helen, I'm serious,” he breathed. “I need to be inside you. How about tonight? Anywhere you want.”Right then, what she wanted more than anything was to kiss him, hard and deep. So her hands lifted to hold the sides of his face. He didn’t wait. With a slant of his head, he crushed his lips to hers and she tasted him again. It was like coming home from a long, arduous, and very unnecessary journey. As his tongue dipped and stroked hers, she felt her knees begin to weaken, the fire he wrought in her heart, draining her entire body of the stamina needed to even

Despite her resistance, Aaron's hand stroked the bud of her sex, her hands on his shoulders to keep her somewhat stable.“Aaron… stop,” she said.Then he managed to slip her thong aside. He slipped a finger into her and then another. Her eyes rolled into their sockets, her lips falling open. “Oh,”she whimpered. “Holy fuck.”His phone suddenly began to ring. With a deep sigh of regret, he pulled his fingers out of her and banded an arm around her legs to hold her to him, before retrieving the phone from its handle.“Your four ‘o'clock is here, Mr. Edwards,” Joseph informed him.“Give me a few minutes,” he responded and returned it to the receiver. He rose to his feet, and kissed his girl, completely and wholeheartedly in love with the woman that she was.She hit him on the shoulder but then melted into the kiss till a loud knock on the door brought them both back to earth.“You’re going to pay for this,” she said, as she pulled away.“I’m looking forward to it.”“How did you even take