It had been almost a week since Eva had started her new job. She had seen a lot of the gorgeous Dan but he had been mostly business. He was pleasant enough during store hours and he taught her well about her job, but she had not heard any more mention of his dominance. He was the typical boss so far. He gave instructions and expected them to be followed. He answered questions quickly and was very patient when she asked him to repeat instructions to her. He was very good at his job both as an employee and as a supervisor. However, even though he relaxed more after store hours she saw nothing more of the passion he had displayed on that first day. Maybe she had been mistaken. Maybe she had read more into the situation than she thought. "Oh well," she thought, "it was a nice fantasy while it lasted." She decided to put the whole thing behind her since she was glad to have this job with a group of nice people to work with.
However, on the second week of working in the evenings he began to dismiss all the employees early except for Eva. When Dan was alone with Eva he got to know her a little more as they would work on stock together. She began to see a more whimsical side of him as he would joke and share stories with her. She tried hard not to read anything else into their talks because she was really getting to enjoy those times alone and she did not want them to stop. She had never been very good at reading another person's intentions so she kept telling herself that he was just letting his hair down and was not really trying to get as close as she felt herself getting to him. She also noticed that even though he would laugh and joke there was always a little bit of no nonsense, dominance to his behavior. There was that word again. She told herself that one night when the time felt right that she would ask him again about his meaning of that word.
One evening just before the store was to close Dan motioned to Eva. "Come with me Eva I want to show you how to lock up. Eva followed him to the entrance of the mall where he showed her how and where to lock up.
"I am going to put you in charge of lockup for a while so pay close attention to what I tell you," he said.
"Yes Sir," she answered as she helped him pull down the steel gate that locked the store off from the rest of the mall.