From what I know about her personality, she'd also be a natural to lead the team.

I say to her, when she’s come to the end of her story, “I’m going to make a prediction. They at least nominate you to the short list of new manager candidates. You go at least to the semi-finals on this one. You’re a natural leader, and you speak not only great Greek,” referring to our favorite ethnic foods, “You speak Geek fluently!”

I had made her laugh, but she looked a little worried.

I know a way to erase those worry lines.

I slid over to her sofa right next to her. I slinked my hand up her shirt and pulled it over her head. “I have noticed that you're pretty brazen lately,” I look at her with a twinkle in my eye.

“What do you mean?”

And there are those worry lines of hers again.

So I pull her close to me, and I say with exaggeration, “Well ... I’msureyou dressappropriatelyatwork.” She raised her eyebrows at me. “But I've noticed that whenever we're together on a date, you don’t wear a bra.”

To my great pleasure, she burst into laughter, “How else am I going to seduce the man of my dreams? A woman's got to use her wily ways in the best way she knows how. Right?”

I throw up my hands, “Gasp! Noooo!! Say it ain’t so! You have a man of your dreams??!Shazam! And who might that be, Lady Fair??”

In response, she jumped me! She planted her warm lips on mine and pressed her naked breasts against my chest.

My shirt didn’t last long. Neither did the rest of our clothes. And when she turned away from me and bent over in all her naked glory to pick up our clothes, I just couldn't resist. I said, “Don't move a muscle.” I was so hard by then I wasn't sure that I could wait. Her luscious booty was calling me as she bent forward enough that I saw her pussy just begging me to take her.

I just had her spread her legs a little bit and I scooted under her on my back and licked her wet. But I warned her again, “Don't move!” I scrambled up to stand behind her and told her, “Guide my cock into your pussy vault.” I licked my fingers and got my cockhead wet.

Beatrice reached through her legs for my shaft and moaned, “Come here, I've got you.” I held her by the hips and gently pushed myself deep inside her pussy. She moaned again, “I think I'm coming right now. Why have we never done this before?”

That made me even harder if that was even possible.

Baseball scores. Political crisis. Don’t come yet!

I rocked into her and heard her sharp intake of breath as she shouted out, “I'm coming!” and I began to thrust with more energy.

Knowing she’d had an orgasm, feeling her grip me, I thrust harder and harder, faster and faster. And did my own shouting.

And we collapsed in gales of laughter on top of our abandoned pile of clothes.

Chapter 40

Beatrice

Itdidn'ttakelongfor management to confirm that Jeff would no longer be in charge of my team. What wasn't clear is if he still had a job in the company. But I have to admit none of us worried very much about that. We were more concerned about who would replace him.

One afternoon I got a call to go to the HR manager's office and I went with my heart in my throat. What could they possibly want to ask me? I was worried enough that I didn't mention the call to any team members.

Holy macaroni! I hope they're not firing me, too!

And if they aren't firing me? Are they transferring me somewhere else?

I don't wanna work anywhere else in the company! I like where I'm at.

I fretted from the moment I got the summons, and until I walked to the Human Resource Director’s office. His assistant whisked me in.

Aww, fudge! Frickin’ fudge! I'm in trouble now!

The DoP, the Director of Projects, the man that we had been gossiping about not very long ago, was sitting there, too.

Neither one of them wasted any time. “Good afternoon, Miss Wills. I'm sure you've heard our announcement that your current supervisor is leaving the company.”