Rose woke up early the next morning to find Phoenix sound asleep next to her. They were both still naked in his bed. He looked like he was getting a long needed good sleep. Rose quickly got up from the bed and grabbed some work clothes out of her suitcase, heading for the bathroom. She turned on the shower and hopped in, letting the hot water cover her from head to toe. After everything the night before, she needed a shower. Once she got washed up she got out and dried off, putting on her clean clothes. She started drying her hair when she heard a knock on the bathroom door.
"It's open," she called, going back to drying.
Phoenix walked in, a sleepy look on his face, but that changed quickly when he saw her. He grinned and walked up behind her, putting his hands on her waist. He kissed the back of her neck. Rose noticed that his sweat pants were on, but felt something pressing against her ass. She smiled to herself and hung the towel up, turning around to face him.
"Good morning," she whispered to him, kissing him on the lips.
"Oh yes, it is," he kissed her back and pushed her against the counter, pressing himself into her front.
"Whatcha doin'?" She whispered, reaching down and rubbing his cock through his pants. "Someone's awake."
He didn't respond with words, only started grinding against her, moving her hand out from between them so that he could rub on the spot he wanted. Rose moaned softly and then shook her head to take her mind away from this.
"Hey," she whispered, pushing him back slightly. "I really want to do this right now, but I need to head into the city for the day. Work stuff. I'll get an Uber back this evening."
"Aww come on," he kissed her neck, along her jaw. "I want you
now
though."
"And I want to keep my job," she pushed him back and smiled. "Tonight. I'll be back."
Phoenix sighed and stepped back, letting her move out of the room. "Fine, but just so you know, I'm going to be extra horny if I have to wait like this."
"Oh darn," Rose grinned and walked out of the bathroom and made her way to the living room. She grabbed her shoes, put them on, then got her phone and called an Uber.
She heard the shower turn on, so she stepped outside to wait for the car. She texted Phoenix just as the car pulled up.
R: I'll see you tonight... xoxo
She stuffed the phone in her pocket and climbed into the back seat of the car. The drive into the city was pretty quiet. Very few people worked weekends, which is one reason why Rose was feeling upset. She had to go to a conference that was going to take up most of her morning. Just as she was thinking about the meeting, her phone buzzed.
Mr. Kline: Rose, the conference has been moved back an hour, lost the venue we had rented. Meet the group at the hotel and we can proceed from there.
Rose sighed and typed a message back to her boss.
R: Okay, be there in a little. Thank you.
The ride was fairly quick. It didn't take longer than twenty minutes to arrive at the hotel. The building was huge. She stepped out of the car and walked up to the doors, entering the lobby. Her co-workers were sitting on the fancy sofas inside, talking about topics for the meeting.
"Rose!" It was her favorite co-worker calling her over. Serena was tall, black hair and brown eyes, and one of her only work friends. She walked over to Rose, her high heels clicking on the shiny floor. "Where were you last night?"
"Oh," Rose's mind ran back to last night, the best night she had had in a long while. "I will tell you later."
Out of all her co-workers, Serena was the only other woman besides herself. The rest were middle aged men who took their jobs way too seriously. Rose looked over at the guys who were laughing about something, then looked back to Serena.
"Wait a second," Serena whispered, smirking at her. "Did you have sex?"
"Shush," Rose waved away the topic, heading over to the others. She sat on one of the sofas, somewhat next to one of her other co-workers. He wasn't much into the conversation going on, so he looked over at her.
"Kline's making us do this stupid conference for what exactly?" He whispered jokingly, as to not be heard by the others.
"Honestly, I don't even know, Paul," Rose shrugged and pulled her phone out of her pocket. She was hoping to have seen a reply from Phoenix, but nothing. Just then a message popped up on her screen.
Serena: You. Had. Sex. I want details, girl. That shit is written all over your face and you're acting so chill today it's suspicious. Who was it and was he good?
Rose looked up from her phone and looked across at the other sofa where Serena sat, staring at her. Rose shook her head, setting her phone down in her lap.
"Everyone," Mr. Kline finally showed up, his stupid suit and tie look being a little over the top. All of the other guys had the same suit and tie, but Rose just didn't like her boss, so she made any excuse to not like him. "I spoke with our main office and they said we should be able to just use the hotel's conference room. It's big enough. Serena, you will be taking notes today. Our competitors are going to be sneaky and we need to catch everything, and since you're great with detail I figured you're best suited for the job. As for Paul, please make sure to keep track of any financial changes. The rest of the guys, assume your usual roles during this meeting."
Everyone nodded, except Rose. She knew he had some special thing for her to do. He always did. She was one of the newest members of the company and Kline would always give new members special treatment to get them to like him. Serena had warned her about him, though, so she was prepared for anything he could say.
"And Rose," he turned to where she was sitting and flashed her a smile. "Since this conference is going to be the most important one while we are here, stick by me and I'll show you the ropes and what I'll need you to do. All right everyone, let's head to the conference."
Ugh. Great. The less time I have to spend around him, the better... this was going to be hell.
"Sounds good," she lied, putting on a fake smile. She stood up and followed the rest of them to the room. Serena walked up beside her.
"Careful," Serena's voice actually sounded concerned. "I went through some really weird shit with Kline. He's manipulative. I've got your back if you need me."
Rose got the impression that something pretty serious happened between them, so she nodded. "Okay..."
In the conference room there was a long rectangular table which was surrounded by black chairs. Everyone took a seat, Rose making sure she was close to Serena. Paul sat on the opposite side of Serena. Another group of people entered the room. This was their rival company's CEO and higher up's.
"Everyone, please welcome CEO of Omega Zeron, Mr. James Richter and his crew," Kline introduced and everyone shook hands.
Rose felt her phone buzz in her pocket, so she took it out under the table and glanced down while no one was looking.
P: Miss you tons already. Have fun at your thingy. xxxxx
She shoved her phone between her knees and held it there, not wanting to put it back into her pocket and make it obvious that she wasn't listening to the meeting. Serena was taking notes beside her and Kline was busy talking, so Rose was able to reply fairly quickly without being noticed.
R: You have no idea how boring this is. Pretty sure my boss is a creep. Should've seen the way he was looking at me. Eugh. Can't wait for this day to be over.
"Rose, can I have you join me?" Kline was looking right at her.
Rose shoved her phone in her pocket quickly as she stood up. She walked around the table to where a whiteboard stood with a diagram written on it, Kline getting right up beside her.
"Show Mr. Richter our recent changes in structure and finance, please," Kline had a weird tone in his voice. Rose didn't know exactly all the details, but began anyway.
"Um, okay, so," she felt flustered. She hated speaking in front of people. "As we have on the board, you can see last month our stocks went up ten percent, whereas yours dropped by five. We have made many changes which have benefited our company and its employees, providing a better workplace and in turn helping create better products."
Kline stepped forward and pointed to one thing on the board and said, "And if you were to sell Omega Zeron to us, you'd make out well. Your team would be hired on with us. Our company would be willing to change our name to Zeron Syntax, still giving the name recognition."
There was a long pause before the CEO of Omega Zeron stood up and walked over, examining the board carefully.
"I think..." he scanned the board one more time, then turned to Rose and Kline. "We may consider. Give us two weeks. We will continue with another meeting next week. For now, let's talk about finances."
Paul stood up from the table now and walked over, taking Rose's place. Rose quickly went to her chair, getting her phone out of her pocket and holding it in her hand under the table. It buzzed twice.
P: Sucky. Sounds like a creep to me.
P: Just be careful..
R: Oh I will, don't worry.
P: Off topic... dinner again tonight?
R: Sounds great. I'm up for anything. I'm sure I'll be hungry by the time I'm back.
P: Any idea when that'll be?
R: Actually, I don't know yet. The meeting is about halfway done. I need to catch up on some late work that I didn't finish the other day. Reports due and such.
P: Try for 8? That'll give you plenty of time to get stuff done.
R: Yeah, I should be able to make it by then. Hey, gotta go now. Talk later.
P: All right, then.. I love you.
