Standard disclaimer; this is a serialized story, so if you haven't read the other parts up to now it won't make a lot of sense.
Also for those who've been reading so far, the story takes a bit of a darker turn from here on, definitely moving into non-Consent territory, possibly branching into Erotic Horror. It doesn't get gory but like I said, definite tone shift.
Thanks to everyone who's been rating, favoriting, and commenting so far.
Friday arrived and Kimberly was a ball of nerves.
Thursday afternoon she'd finished her work on the marketing campaign and sent a sample to her boss. She half expected to be called into his office for some sort of review laced with suggestive innuendo, but she didn't hear anything. About an hour before she was due to leave she stopped by his office and he mentioned he'd skimmed her campaign and didn't notice any issues. He had been perfectly professional and didn't even smirk or raise an eyebrow to allude to their earlier tryst. Kimberly thought he either had an excellent poker face or he was so used to workplace liaisons he barely thought about them. She wondered if Parker actually had a harem at the office and she was now in some list of girls, but she put it out of her head lest she get her libido going even stronger.
When she came in Friday she saw multiple e-mails from Heidi, sent overnight. At first they'd seemed nervous but pleading, then they degenerated into anger and accusations. Heidi had actually felt a bit scared when she read:
"If this client doesn't see something the company's going to have to lay people off and you just passed up a promotion, while I was moved ahead. The bosses love me and I bet most of them don't know your name. If you're upset at me fine, but at least be smart enough to save your own ass!"
She'd tentatively broached the subject with her boss, but Mr. Parker assured her that if what he'd seen of her work was any indication they didn't have to worry about losing the client.
Kimberly returned to her desk a ball of nerves and waited to see how the day progressed.
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"Elle!" Kimberly shouted when she got home.
Her lover emerged from her study at a jog. She wore one of her kimono-like outfits and looked concerned until she saw Kimberly, who wore a triumphant grin.
"They went with my campaign!" she shouted.
Elle smiled and Kimberly dropped her bag to run across the room, then shrieked and laughed when two tentacles snagged her under the armpits and brought her into the arms of her lover. They kissed deeply and Demorelle's tongue got involved in the kiss for the first time all week. Kimberly began insistently tugging at the folds of her outfit, trying to remove it, but Elle blocked her efforts, eventually wrapping her arms at her sides.
"Elllllle," Kimberly whined.
"Patience sweetling," she replied, "I want the whole story first, and you often forget to speak clearly when something's inside you."
Kimberly felt a thrill at her words and started practically babbling as Elle carried her in her arms like a bride.
"So my boss-"
"Tyrell?"
"Mr Parker, yes, he came by my desk at eleven and said the directors got a call from Heidi's client saying Heidi had told them she'd have to return to the office and consult before getting a campaign for them, and they were disappointed because she'd been there all week. The directors were upset at the lapse and wanted to talk to Heidi, but she was already on her plane and wouldn't be available until...um...now-ish I think?"
"Anyway, he said he could get me in to meet with them if I was ready, and now was the perfect time. I was nervous as hell but I said yes. They set up the meeting for a half hour later and Mr. Parker practically had to push me into the room. I stood like an idiot in front of them for a couple of minutes before my boss prompted me, but then I started talking and just kept going. At the end they kind of looked annoyed and they had me step out of the room. I went to my desk and almost cried, then I had to go to the bathroom and use the vibrator, though it was more to relieve the tension. By the time I got back to my desk, he called me into his office and said I was going to present the campaign to the client!"
"Directly? So you're flying out?" Elle asked.
"No, like, right then! They set up a video conference or something and I was in the conference room presenting to them halfway across the country. I nearly shit myself; I wasn't even in a nice outfit!"
"I think you look fine," Elle said.
"You think I look fine regardless, you just want to get in my pants!"
"I also enjoy getting under your shirt," Elle said and Kimberly felt one of the tentacles slip up the middle of her stomach and begin to weave it's way under her bra and around her breasts.
"Hey!" she objected, "Do you want to play or do you want to hear the story?"
"Continue," Elle said, although her tentacle didn't retract and was slowly massaging Kimberly's breasts now.
"So anyway I finished the presentation and the client was all excited. They wanted to know why the advertising rep hadn't had it and that led to a kind of awkward silence on our side but one of the directors brushed it off. Of course once they were off the phone they asked the same thing. I didn't know what to say because, I mean, Heidi screwed me over but I didn't want to throw her under the bus. But then Mr. Parker said he'd heard about trouble with the campaign through the grapevine and asked me to put something together because he knew I could do it fast. The directors all accepted that, and we left, and Mr. Parker said he'd try to finagle me a commission out of it!"
Elle turned and kissed her in celebration and Kimberly squirmed against her girlfriend, rubbing as much of herself as she could against her taller frame.
Elle pulled back from the kiss and asked, "So did you fuck him?"
"What? No! Why?"
"Well he let you work on the project and he saved you from ratting Heidi out. You didn't think that deserved some sort of reward?"
"Well..." Kimberly said, embarrassed until she realized there was no reason, "Wait, why am I trying to justify
not
having an affair with my boss? You keep pushing me, what's that about? You getting tired of me?"