This is a longer version of the story originally submitted for the February '23 author contest "750 Word Challenge", since there was interest in a longer version. This version starts off the same as the original, picking up right before where that one left off (and, of course, is totally NSFW).
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"What's up beautiful?" I asked my coworker, as she had a frown on her lovely face, unusual for her.
"Oh, hey! Not much, just the tag on this sweater is annoying me!" she replied.
I take a look; Emily is wearing a soft-looking sweater that hugs her curves very well, over snug denim jeans. The sweater has a conservative neckline, but with the size of her breasts, it doesn't need to be low-cut to be sexy. I think to myself, as I watch them sway provocatively under the sweater with her movements "
Now I understand why they sometimes call them 'sweater puppies' - these things have a life of their own!"
"Oh, would you like me to take a look? Maybe I can remove it without damaging your sweater?" Anything to get closer to her, prolong this conversation.
"Would you? It has been driving me crazy, and it's been too busy for me to go to the restroom and try to fix it myself!"
With that, she turns her back and tilts her head forward, pulling her hair up and out of the way, exposing the pale, elegant length of her neck to me. I take a step closer, and as I do, I get a whiff of her perfume, something subtle and floral. I lift my hands to the neckline of her sweater, grazing her neck as I grab the neckline to expose the tag, and her skin is as soft as it looks.
I have been admiring - hell, let's be honest with ourselves here, lusting after - Emily for months, ever since she first started working in my department. She's about 5'8" tall, a few inches shorter than me, with wavy auburn hair, sparkling blue eyes, and a gorgeous smile that she displays often. And, as I mentioned earlier, curves for days that even conservatively cut clothes couldn't hide. She's also very easy to talk to, which is good, because we often end up closing the department together, which makes the work go by much quicker. And, she is currently single. However, for her day job she works at the bank with a good friend of my ex-girlfriend. So, we flirt, but that's as far as it goes, although I, for one, would not be opposed to ignoring the collective wisdom, and for once attempting a relationship with a coworker. So, is this a step forward? I could easily have handled the traffic during the post-work, mid-week dinner hour so she could go to the ladies' room & remove the tag herself.
All that goes through my mind quickly while I examine the tag. It's stitched into the seam of the sweater, and it does not appear to be designed for easy removal. I try gently pulling on the tag, with hardly any give. "I don't want to ruin your sweater, Em, but this tag isn't the quick remove type," I tell her.