Paul looked at his watch as the lift doors opened. 9:15!
He was 15 minutes late! That would not normally be a big deal, except the dragon lady - Paul's boss- had warned him the next time that he was late would be his last!
He carefully opened the office door, getting a knowing look above her glasses from Jordi the receptionist. The look said "You are totally fucked, now, and you deserve it!"
Jordi smiled that insincere smile she was so good at , and Paul ignored her and walked slowly into the open plan office, hoping above all hope that the dragon lady was out , in a meeting or had not noticed his late arrival. He glanced casually at the glass wall to Ms Roberts's office, and his heart missed a beat.
She wasn't there!
She was out! Paul allowed himself a wry smile at his good luck. With a spring in his step, he walked round to his cubicle.
What he saw was not his empty chair in front of his workstation.
It was the Dragon lady!
"Hello, Paul!" said Ann Roberts, with a faint smile curling around the edge of her bright red lips.
"I, er,...Ms Roberts, I'm sorry , I , err..."
"Save it, sonny Jim!" interrupted Ms Roberts.
"I'll give you until 6:15 this evening to think up a good reason why today should not be your last day with us. See me then in my office. Capiche?"
Paul nodded. He felt a churning feeling in his stomach. The dragon lady intimidated him at the best of times, but he hated her having a reason to make him feel bad. She seemed to take a perverse delight in making him feel bad. Which she did.
Regularly.
Paul couldn't afford to lose this job. He cursed himself for having that wank in the shower. The caress of the warm water. The creamy lather of the shower gel. Why was all shower gel like sponk? He had squirted some of the creamy, milky, opaque fluid into his palm. Spread it on his skin. Felt the caress of the viscous fluid on his warm, wet skin. Idly rubbed the suds over his flaccid cock. Felt the thrill of his foreskin gently retract. The tingle of his hand pumping the head of his cock. The sensations are greater when his cock is not hard. Hand pumping faster now. More shower gel squirted into his palm. Cock hard now. Day dreaming of licking pert young breasts, sucking hard pink nipples.
Hand pumping furiously.
Heart pounding.
Cock throbbing.
Breathing faster.
The cum nestled in Paul's palm. White and viscous and opaque. Just like the shower gel.
He felt the delicious release. His spine turned to jelly, as it always did.
As he felt the kiss of the warm water on his skin, he surrendered to its touch. Oh my god! The time! Paul had quickly got out of the shower, dried himself, and raced to the bus. But too late. It was that wank that had made him late. And now it might cost him his job.
All through the day, Paul racked his brain for a reasonable story. Apologise? Invent a story? Tell her to stick her job? He decided to apologise and seek forgiveness . He hated having to humiliate himself in front of the dragon lady, but he could see no choice. He needed the job. Maybe she might relent.
Maybe.
At 5:30 the office staff started drifting away. One by one they went. Paul was usually gone by now. He lingered at his desk. Pretending to work, but he was too distracted to concentrate on work. Finally, the clock ticked over to 6.15.
6.20
6.25
6.30
Time dragged on. Paul wanted to get it over with. Why didn't she come and get it over with?
His phone rang. Paul answered it.
"I will see you now" sneered Ms Roberts.
Paul steeled himself and rose from his seat and walked towards Ms Roberts's office. As he walked through the office, he saw empty seats and computer screens showing screen savers. He felt a little vulnerable. The cockiness that he had felt earlier disappeared.
He walked to the door which was ajar. He knocked gingerly.
The dragon lady ignored him. She was listening on the phone, smiling and she gestured for him to sit down on the chair opposite her desk. He sat, she stood.
She stood in front of him, and reached across him to push the door shut. The door clicked behind him. As she stood in front of him, he could smell her perfume. It was incense like, aromatic and strong. This close to her, he could see her lacy bra through her white blouse. She stood over him, making him feel small. He wondered if he should look up. What is she was looking down at him, and she caught his eye?
He decided to look straight ahead. But all he could see was her blouse and the outline of her breasts. She was a little too close and so Paul looked away nervously across her desk. Papers, files, journals. No photos. She had no friends he thought. The conversation dragged on, and finally she sat down and crossed her legs. She was staring at him, talking away. She played idly with the telephone cord, wrapping it around her finger, all the while maintaining eye contact with Paul.
He felt his cheeks colour at the intense stare from this powerful woman who had the right to hire him and fire him. Why didn't she just get it over with?
Finally, she brought the conversation to a close and put the receiver down.
"Now then," she said in her schoolmistress style that she reserved for such occasions, "I've kept you waiting a little bit longer than 15 minutes Paul, haven't I?"
Paul was surprised. What was this question?