Liam's new job presented him with a new set of challenges, not just from a work aspect, but the female staff also. He was now working straight days as a Project Leader in a firm of Quantity Surveyors.
There was Sharon and Lizzie in his own office and then there was Sam, Dawn and Katy upstairs. Sam and Katy were the only pretty ones and young enough.
It came as a surprise when all of a sudden Katy turned to him one day and started talking to him. He had been there for a few months and had not yet talked to her.
They had been no need, for she worked in another department and had no direct dealings, on a day-to-day basis. That day, the department where she worked in Accounts had a problem and she came to Liam, as head of his own department.
He had dealings with the cause of their problem. She was secretly attracted to him. Problem discussed and a few phone calls later, problem sorted. He reported this to her and she was pleased.
Following his call to her she turned up at his office a few minutes later. She beckoned him outside; he got up from his desk and followed her outside. She thanked him again and enquired if she could buy him a drink as a way of saying thank you.
Now he understood why she had asked him to step out of his office, which was open plan and shared. No need to start any office romance gossip.
He told her it wasn't necessary, just part of the job, but accepted her invitation nonetheless. They arranged to meet after work that day at the nicer of the two local pubs. She bought a round for them and noticing her near empty glass, he motioned to her to have another.
She nodded. They talked about work and life in general as well as her probing him about his background.
She became quite animated and tactile. They sat at the bar on stools and faced each other. She was quite pretty. Wide brown eyes, nice teeth, shoulder length blonde hair that was not from a bottle.
She wore a knee length skirt, which was higher on her leg now that she was sitting.
Her legs were covered in thick ribbed tights and she wore a chunky sweater. Even so, he could see that her breasts were small. It was winter.
Conversation between them took on a more personal nature and Liam found out that she thought he was quite dishy and if he were to ask her out for a drink another time, she'd accept.
He dropped her off near her home. She kissed him. He kissed her back.
Katy got out of the car. No need for asking when he'd see her again or anything like that, they worked for the same firm.
Two days later, they were again at the same pub. This time, there was less drinking and more kissing, Within weeks of first talking to her, suddenly he'd gone from hardly seeing her with no conversation to now, where she was forever popping down to his office and being animated and chatty.