OVERTIME
(c) WJF 2022
Six-twenty. Damn. I thought I would be out of here before 6:00pm. I have to get this project out before I leave for the week of vacation where I am planning to go for a ride. If I finish before 7:00, I think to myself, I can still get a couple of hours of sleep before I leave at midnight (I hate riding across the city during the day. Las Vegas is too hot to be out in the sun, especially in August).
Fifteen minutes later, as I am finishing up, I hear the back door of the office open. "I locked up," I grumble to myself as I get up to investigate.
I spot Colleen, weary and wilted from the heat, scurrying across the back office. Reaching her desk, she heaves her tote up into her chair. The bag, stuffed to overflowing with files, looks like it weighs more than she does. Even exhausted, she exudes an innate sensuality that leads me to believe than my boss, no, our boss hired her so he could get into her pants, or in this case, up her skirt. I can't help but stare at her lithe form, clad in a knee length black skirt, a black linen blouse with one of those with a wide neckline, drooping off one shoulder and sandals gracing her tiny feet. Sandals. That's different. She usually wears running shoes because I keep her running all day long at work.
Retrieving a bottle of water from the fridge, I walk up behind her. As I set the bottle on her desk, she jumps. "You startled me, " she pants out.
"I thought you might need than," I state. I am so close to her, I can smell the remnants of her perfume mixed with the salty tang of sweat. I can see the sheen of perspiration on her shoulder and neck, slowly drying in the cool, air-conditioned office.
She takes a long draw off the bottle and leans back into me. "I needed that," she smiles over her shoulder. "Thanks."
There has always been a good-natured teasing between us ever since she started working here, but nothing this open. It has usually been overt, hiding it when the rest of the staff is present in the office. This is the first time we have ever been alone there.
I take a chance.