[Note: this chapter is long, with a slow buildup.]
I was surprised when Daoud introduced me to his new girlfriend when we returned to school in August. I was jealous when I first met her. We were never "official," but I figured I would have "first dibs" on him for our senior year. We exchanged small talk over the rest of the year, but I gave him and his girlfriend respectful space.
I graduated summa cum laude with my computer science degree and a body count of three: Doud, a convenient FWB who lived in my apartment building, and some guy I gave a drunken handjob to while I was my slutty cousin's wingman during a spring break trip.
I happened to graduate when the Great Recession was approaching its worst. Job prospects were few. I split my discretionary time between job interviews and graduate school applications. I received two mediocre offers at notorious job mills, so I elected to hide from the terrible economy in business school. I was lucky enough to get into a prestigious program in New England. I moved there at the beginning of August.
The MBA program was far easier than my computer science degree. Since it was easier to keep my grades up, I had more time to meet people, enjoy life and local culture, and curate letters of recommendation. I dated a little my first year but found nothing as scintillating as my time with Daoud.
I landed an internship at a well-known tech company in New York state after the first year of business school. It came with shared corporate housing and a small living stipend. Trent was second-in-command of my team, which consisted of 11 employees and two interns.
At the end of my first week, I was required to attend a meeting with all the interns and some of the team leaders. I took no notice when Trent sat next to me. A grey-haired VP of something was droning on about diversity or something. I was completely checked out, mindlessly doodling on my notepad.
Trent leaned over and wrote in the corner. "His lips are moving, but all I hear is Charlie Brown's teacher's voice."
I pretended to sneeze to hide my laugh. He scribbled again "Mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah. It's seriously all I can hear."
I feigned irritation and scribbled my reply. "You're going to get me in trouble!"
He wrote back: "Only matters if you don't want to be in trouble."
Was my boss flirting with me? I felt like I should be offended. I glanced to see whether he was smiling. He was not. Instead, he was looking at me like I was a ribeye steak. His direct, intense, and sexual attention was in direct conflict with workplace standards.
I paused, my mind in conflict. The VP seemed to be wrapping up his presentation. Trent leaned back to my notepad and wrote "He has given this same presentation the last five summers. I wish he would just say something unexpected."
Ah! Something I could talk about free of conflict. "I got this speech in college every year. Unexpected would be great!"
The meeting ended. I expected Trent to chat. Instead, he stood, barely nodded at me, and left the room. I returned to my cubicle for the day.
***
At the end of the workday two days later, I was changing my shoes from my heels to flats for the walk to the train station. I unclasped the buckle on my left shoe when heard Trent's voice above me.
"I will help you with that."
I looked up to see him standing just outside my cubicle. He didn't ask or offer. He stated he would help. This seemed forward. The kind of help he offered was intimate. This is a workplace. I should be offended. I know I should. I should reject his help and go about my business. I tried to conjure up indignance, but his direct statements had taken over my will. My body betrayed me as my cheeks and chest flushed, my tits tingled, and my pussy dampened.
Despite my body's reaction, I resolved not let him get away with such an outwardly sexual comment at work. I steeled myself to put him in his place. I turned to him ready with a zinger and saw him looking directly into my eyes with unspoken, lustful intentions. The words got stuck in my mouth. Without breaking eye contact with him, I found myself slouching back into my chair. I slowly raised my foot in his direction.
He knelt on one knee, took my calf in one hand, and grasped my shoe in the other. He slowly slipped the high heel from my foot, then held me by the arch with one hand while caressing up my leg with the other.
"You have amazing legs. They would be better in stockings."
Again with the instructions! I was completely entangled in righteous anger, but also inexplicably turned on. He took his time caressing his way up my leg, up the inside of my knee under the hem of my skirt and stopping a few inches up my thigh. He then removed his hand, put my flat on, and gently put my foot down.
"Now the other one." More fucking instructions disguised as requests! And why could I not resist? Was he a vampire? A hypnotist?
My mind raged with dissonance. But the part that wanted to obey him won out over rational judgment. I felt myself spreading my legs intentionally to give him a view of my panties before shifting my weight to the other hip and extending my right foot. He repeated the same thing with the other shoe: remove, hold, caress. This time his right hand stroked its way to within an inch of my boiling pussy. He spoke again.
"Do you have stockings?"
I nodded haltingly.
He put the other flat shoe on me, placed my foot on the floor. Then he stood and left wordlessly. I was suddenly aware of the prickling in my nipples, the deep flush on my chest, and my completely soaked panties. A minute or two after he left, I managed to rouse from my reverie. I realized I would be late for my train and hurried to the elevators.
***
I woke up the next morning and went for a jog, mentally going through my task list for the day as I ran. Unlike most mornings, I had to force myself to focus on my tasks, rather than on the encounter with Trent the day before. I returned to my apartment and took a shower. I resolved in the shower to dress as I always do.
Hair still wet, I went to my closet and got out my standard fare: skirt just past the knee, blouse, scarf, blazer, camisole, and foundation garments to prevent visibility. I laid everything out on the bed and went to do my hair and makeup.
I finished my hair but was unsatisfied. I spent another 10 minutes putting it up, but with tendrils around my face. As I did my eyes, I added a little more liner, mascara, and shadow. Not like I am going out to a dance club, but still more than usual. I skipped over my regular lipstick and picked something more red.
I returned to my room and walked past the outfit I picked. I went to my special drawer and picked out a matching lingerie set: bra, panties, garter belt, stockings, all in black. I put those on, then picked out the shortest skirt I could get away with at the office. To go with that, I selected a translucent blouse. I skipped over the camisole. And left the first two buttons open. And omitted the scarf.
I put the blazer on but left the scarf off. I looked in the mirror wondering what was in store for me that day. Something was wrong. As I studied my reflection, I reached up under my skirt and slid off my panties. I had to work hard not to admit to myself that I was dressing as a "respectable office whore," and that I was doing it for Trent. I went to work.
***
Forty-five minutes later I was responding to emails at my workstation. Trent appeared at my cubicle. He complimented my outfit. As he was turning to leave, he said "Let's chat later." Again, not asking.
"Sure! I would love to!" I responded, too eagerly.
"4:00." No hint of upward inflection.