I call him into the office. He's not working hard enough, the team are frustrated that they're having to pick up his slack and subtle attempts at correcting his behaviour have not been received. It's time to get serious.
He walks into my office, shuts the door and smiles at me as if he's here for a treat. I invite him to sit down, but he decides to stay standing not by my desk, but to the side of it. Fine. If that's how he wants to play it...
I cut straight to the point explaining why he is here, the context of the problem, what behaviours I had observed and the implications of all of this on the rest of the team. He listens and nods along. Then I ask if he has anything to add, anything he feels I need to understand that I am not currently aware of and he moves closer. He's now leaning on the edge of my desk, a few feet from me with no table between us.
"You are the reason that I don't get any work done,'' he explains calmly. "You...with your sexy outfits, your cute mannerisms and your flirtatious actions. How am I supposed to concentrate and work hard? You intentionally tempt me. Yet you seek to reprimand me? You're out of line and you know it." I stare at him unsure what to say. Where did that come from? I have no idea. I'm nothing if not professional and I definitely don't treat him any differently to the rest of the team. Yet he is so certain. Just the way he looks at me makes me want to defend my innocence, but now his hand is on my thigh - when did it get there? It's slipping under my skirt. I need to stop him before his fingers reach my...oh God! He smiles and proudly proclaims that I'm wet and he always knew I was a slut.
That's all it takes. I jump back. I'm no slut and his actions have been totally out of line. A sackable offence. With distance in place, I begin to explain the seriousness of his actions. What the process is for the next steps of competencies and that he needs to leave my office. Now.
He moves as if to leave, but at the last minute comes close to my ear and says how he's going to leave this room and tell everyone how much of a slut I am. That he didn't haven't to work as hard because he was giving me orgasms in exchange for an easy ride and that now people were complaining I felt bad and called it off. That's why he was being put on competencies. I stare at him to see if he's joking. Surely not? All I see in his eyes is defiance.
Don't! I say. And a glint appears in his eyes. Show me your breasts he demands. No! Then he turns to walk to the door and I know that everyone will wonder if it's true and I really am a slut. He's got me and he knows it.
I begin unbuttoning my shirt slowly as I refuse to meet his eyes. I'm determined to get it over with. When all the buttons are done, I spread the shirt wide and, with a triumphant 'There!' I show him my tits before starting to cover them again. He stops me. That's your bra not your breasts. I roll my eyes and reach behind before he stops me again. He doesn't want me to undo it and take it off, he wants the cups pulled down and my boobs spilling out over the top! Properly like a slut. Like I'm so desperate to get them out that I couldn't be bothered to undress properly. I do it. What choice do I have?
Then he comes closer. I stand there ignoring him and he circles around me. My breasts hanging out for all to see. God I feel exposed. It wouldn't have been so bad if he'd undone my clothes, but he hadn't so much as touched me! He'd just told me to and I'd done it! I am just like the slut he said I am. And now he is so close I can feel his body heat. I notice now that he's unzipped his trousers and is stroking himself as he watches me. I long to watch his hand, so I close my eyes. I don't want to react to this man. This is not what I had planned for my afternoon!