**Cindy is Lydia's receptionist, and was sent reeling home after a fateful first couple of days at work. New feelings and base desires surfaced, and she must do her best to navigate them while still working for a boss that she wasn't sure if she despises or not.**
Cindy rushed straight home after her tumultuous second day on the job, mind exploding with questions, comments, concerns, and alarm. She undressed in a flurry, shucking her button-down and skirt in favor of her comfiest pair of pajama pants and a shirt three sizes too big. She needed to do something to get her mind settled, and that something tonight was to veg out in front of the TV and let the Roku take the wheel. Several movies played back to back as she lost herself in the characters. Every so often a pang of guilt shot through her and she thought about how much she enjoyed Lydia and her vibrator. She'd change channels and settle back in with a large bowl of her favorite snack, peanut butter pretzel nuggets, and a big mug of tea.
There's no way that happened.
There's no way she did that to me.
There's no way I'm gay.
There's no way I liked it.
There's no way...
The only problem was that she was lying to herself and she knew it. Cindy had came, hard. She'd had an orgasm that wracked her body. She had cut her hair. She had obeyed Lydia.
And the flawed foundation of her internal arguments caused everything else to tumble down. She kept flashing back to the moment in the morning that she inserted Lydia's toy. Back to when it suddenly sprang to life. Back to how she ground it deeper into herself. Back to how she obeyed. Cindy finished her cup of Earl Grey with a final gulp and stared down at the dregs. Maybe they would offer insight. They didn't.
After an unsatisfying evening with movies she didn't remember, she turned the TV off, took her bowl and mug back to the kitchen to wash them off for next time, and headed towards her bedroom. The receptionist stepped over various articles of clothing strewn about the place before she remembered that Lydia had commanded she bring the pouch back tomorrow. "Yeah, sure, I'll never need it again." She murmured before setting it aside on her dresser top. Already, she wasn't so sure that was the case.
Cindy drifted off to an uneasy sleep, dreams full of Lydia's terrible grin, her voice, and her laughter. More than that, her scent. The sort of bra she wore. Her body. Worst of all, she remembered how good it felt when Lydia said that short hair looked good on her.
She woke up with a start a few minutes before her alarm was due to ring and groaned at the injustice of the world. Six minutes wasn't long enough to actually go back to sleep, but it was long enough that she hated the world and everything in it for robbing her of that massively small amount of slumber. After a few minutes worth of pouting, she rolled herself up and planted her feet on the floor, surveying the bedlam of clothes that made up the majority of her floor. "Ugh, I gotta clean this up." Luckily for Cindy, she hadn't had a boyfriend in more than a year, and hadn't found anyone she cared enough about to take home since she started working at the café. It didn't help that the guys she most enjoyed being around were either taken, or into men themselves. Typical.
The newly minted receptionist looked at her work outfit with moderate disdain. She'd only bought the one set because she wasn't sure what the dress code was like, or if she'd even like the work. She picked up her skirt and checked to see if it passed the sniff test. She was surprised at how well the ghost of her arousal mixed with the sweet-fresh scent of laundry detergent. It wasn't enough to be overpowering or weird, but since she knew it was there she would be able to smell it all day long. That was too much, and she instead went rummaging through her closet for something else that would be acceptable in the highfalutin office. "No, no, no, God no, no." One by one she pulled the hangers aside, dismissing each garment as she went. Nothing seemed to fit. Until she found at the end of her rack a straight denim skirt with a line of brass buttons going from the hip to the opposite thigh. She wasn't sure if it would pass muster, but she had nothing else, and she didn't want anyone to think she was dirty, so it would have to do. Besides, she was running out of time and didn't want to be late! Luckily her top was still good, so it got tucked into the waistband and she chose a thick black elastic belt with a circular brass buckle to tie the outfit together. She looked more like she was ready to wait tables at a barbecue restaurant more than anything else, but she shrugged in the mirror before snatching the pouch, grabbing her purse, and jetting off to the train station.
As she neared the towering office complex, her apprehension grew. She was going to get chewed out for her workwear, or worse yet sent home, and she knew it. After she pushed into the lobby, she hurried past security and into the elevator, feeling a thousand eyes (even if nobody was actually watching) boring into her. The elevator dinged to her floor and she hurried off, realizing as she went to hide behind her desk that she hadn't even put on her bra or panties! Her cheeks darkened and she looked down to make sure that her aereolae weren't visible through the fabric of her top. She could just make them out, but it wasn't so bad as to be lewd. At least so long as nobody stared. Luckily, the desk was such that when she sat down only her head peeked out over the edge. Nobody would see her unless they looked.
Unfortunately for her, Lydia looked. "What the hell are you wearing?" She crowed, making a few of the other receptionists peak out over their desks towards Cindy.
"Um, I didn't have time for laundry last night?" Cindy replied, unsure if that even came close to being a good response.
"And where are your earrings?"
Cindy shrugged instead of answering.
Lydia shook her head and stalked off to her office. Cindy let out a sigh of relief as her boss disappeared around the corner and glanced around to see who had heard the exchange. If anyone had, they'd already pretended like they hadn't, and were busy with work or their phone. Maybe Cindy got lucky. The day progressed more or less normally, with Cindy greeting visitors for Lydia, scheduling appointments, normal stuff. She really thought she was going to get away with it before Lydia waltzed back out to her station.
Lydia didn't say hello, "Check your email, you will need to go pick some things up for me."
Cindy nodded. Part of the job description included picking up lunch or snacks from what she assumed was the café, but wasn't sure. This didn't seem to weird. After clicking into her email she saw a list of addresses and popped them into maps to see where she'd be headed. Clothing stores? Was she going to pick up cleaning? Cindy frowned, not liking the thought of being someone's butler, but packed her purse all the same. At least she was being paid pretty well for the indignity. "Okay, sure thing." They hadn't spoken much since yesterday, and that was just fine for Cindy. "Oh, before I go," She trailed off, rummaging through her purse for Lydia's velveteen bag. She handed it over to a smiling executive.
Lydia leaned over the desk, "Good girl."
Cindy took a quick breath despite herself, and smiled uneasily. "Yeah, sure. I need to get going if you want me to go to all of these places today."
"Of course, meet me in my office when you get back." Lydia spoke while walking away, not bothering to wait for Cindy to acknowledge her request.
Cindy shouldered her purse and moved to the elevator, doing her best not to notice the other receptionists looking at her in the reflection of the polished brass doors. After a few minutes she was down through the lobby and out onto the street. She took a look at her phone and typed in the address of the first place she was set to visit. A clothing store a few blocks away. Perfect, she could walk there without too much trouble, and she did, disappearing into the throng of people that made up the blood of the city.
The store was the sort of place that had a name that didn't identify exactly what it is that they did. Lee's. Could be a sandwich shop, could be a bar, could be anything really. But this Lee's was a clothing store. She was greeted with the dry scent of fabric as she moved in from the street, and glanced at the few rows of racks that packed the small storefront. She took a look at some of the coats that were on the rack, feeling the thickness of the fabric and looking at the workmanship of the stitches. It was good. Too good for her to afford, she was sure, as none of the coats had a price on their tag. Handmade? Custom work? She wasn't sure. There weren't many, and the store wasn't large to begin with, so it was plausible.
"Can I help you?" A voice called out somewhere behind the racks.
Cindy bellied up to the counter to see a mousy older woman peering at her from over her spectacles. "Yeah, uh, I'm here--"
She was cut off by the woman, "Because Lydia sent you. Yes I know, she told me you were coming. Come on then, let's get started."
Cindy's brows furrowed, "Listen, I have other places to go, if you're not ready I can just come back."
The elder woman had already rounded a corner and didn't stop to respond, "Come on, you're not the only busy one!"
Cindy weaved behind the counter and followed the voice, glancing at the various mannequins, bolts of fabric, and other accouterments of what she surmised was an experienced tailor. She paused when she finally found where the woman had gone off to, visibly confused at what she saw. "Uhhhh?" She wasn't sure what to do next. The woman was sitting on a stool next to a small pedestal that was in the center of an otherwise crowded work area.
"Go on, go on!" Chided the seamstress, gesturing the receptionist up to the fitting stand. "You're going to have to take off the skirt so I can measure."
Wait, what? Take off her skirt? Cindy felt dread creeping across her body as she realized what was going on. It wasn't so bad that she was being fitted for clothes, but she didn't have any panties on! "I--I can't afford this," she stammered.
"Already been paid, Lydia's got an account. I make most of her workwear." Countered the seamstress. That wasn't the answer Cindy was looking for, and she took a small step back. "What? I don't bite, I promise. I just need to get your measurements so I can get started. It'll only be a few minutes."