Lee rang the doorbell and shifted the hefty weight of the box in her hands to her other hip. When Edward opened the door he had dust in his hair and a streak of white paint like a screaming slash across his forehead. He filled up the doorway, blocking Lee's entrance. "Um," she said, trying to peer around him into the apartment. Finally, the weight of the box propelled her forward and she stumbled inside, tripping over his feet and brushing up against him. She felt her right breast smash against his bicep as she practically fell into the apartment and the contents of the box spilled out.
"Nice going," Edward said as he bent over to pick up a few things. Before he could replace them in the box, his hand froze.
"Oh, let me get that," Lee raced to shove all the box's previous contents back inside, and snatched at what was in Edward's hand.
Edward could tell whatever it was was making Lee very uncomfortable. She was cringing and covering her eyes a bit. "Lee, freeze. Don't touch me. If you move, you're going to be in a lot of trouble. Here you come into my new apartment and we haven't even started decorating and you've already made a mess."
"I know, Edward, but I brought in the wrong box and..." Flustered, Lee made a gesture as if to pick up the box and swap it with what was in her car.
"You brought the wrong box?"
"Yes, I just came from a party... I mean, from another... anyway, I had two boxes in my car. One is with all your decorating stuff. Please, Edward, let me go get it. It's really nice. I found all this Japanese stuff..."
Edward continued to eye the item in his hand. "But this looks Japanese, Lee."
Lee wished she could cave in on herself and tried once more to snatch it out of Edward's hand. "Edward, please. Just let me go and switch..."
Edward caught her skinny wrist in his hand and pulled her forward so that her face was inches from his. If she puffed out her lips, she could maybe brush up against him. "Forget it. Obviously, you don't want me to see what's in this box. Or what's come out of it. I'm your boss, so really, your business is my business, right? What if this was something that could damage our work somehow?"
"Oh, no, Edward, it's not. Really, I promise." But she sighed, sitting back and curling into a little ball.
Edward said, "Good girl," and turned his attention back to what was in his hand. "What is this, Lee?" But she refused to speak. "It does look Japanese. Are you sure it's not for my apartment?" She shook her head furiously, then buried it back in her hands. "It's a very pretty box. I could put my shaving stuff in it maybe. Oh, wait, there's something inside of it!" He cracked the lid open and stifled a laugh. "So, what's this? Did you bring me paperweights?"
Lee was shaking her head again and looked quite miserable. "Yes, Lee, I know they are not paperweights." He took two round, metallic objects out of the box and rolled them around in his palm. "What are you doing with these, Lee? What would you be doing with them?"
"I, um... they're pretty..."
Edward crawled over and held the two orbs in Lee's face. "What. Are. You. Doing. With. These?"
"Nothing!"
"You're lying to me. Get up."
She rose to her feet, staring at him warily. He grabbed her around the waist, from behind, and pressed the two silver balls into her stomach. She groaned. "Lee, why do you have these?"
"I... I don't know. Someone gave them to me."
"That box was brand new, I broke the seal on it. You had to have known what was inside."
"I thought it might look nice on my desk," she concluded feebly.
Edward slowly rolled the balls down the curve of her stomach and pressed them roughly into the gap between her thighs, pushing them up so they smashed into the seam of her jeans. "Stop lying to me. I could fire you for that."