Author's note: I am a brand new member, but long time reader, on this site. This is my very first attempt ever in my life writing something like this. I am rather proud of it, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Note #2: This story is also my submission for the 2019 Summer Lovin' contest. It's a bit of a late entry, but please vote anyway if you like this story.
Note #3: All persons in this story are fictional and over the age of 18. All acts contained within are completely consensual.
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A Limo Ride to Remember
"Oh my god, this is the biggest one I've ever seen!" Brittany gasped. She licked her cherry red lips as she gazed upon the giant hunk of meat presented in front of her. "I'm sorry, I just NEED to take a picture of this for Instagram." She reached into her purse, sifted through it for a few seconds, and took out her glittery silver cell phone. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"It's just a steak, Brittany," I said as I stabbed into a generous portion of my side caesar salad. Brittany glared at me.
"It's not just a steak!" she exclaimed. "It's a filet mignon, the best portion of meat money can buy, and a 16 ounce portion at that!" She delicately held her phone in front of her and snapped a few pictures of her steak at various angles. Soon she was satisfied, and placed her phone back into her purse.
I looked at the slab of meat on her plate; it truly was a steak worth marvelling at, I suppose. I doubted the notion that this young, beautiful, five-foot fuck-all Vietnamese woman could even finish it in one sitting. "I've never even had filet mignon before. I think it's a little overrated and way too expensive," I said.
She cut a small piece onto her fork and placed it in her mouth. "Mmmm," she moaned, closing her eyes. "I don't care how expensive it is, the company's paying for it anyway."
"Yeah... about that," I said, "do you think Josh will be okay with this?"
Brittany scoffed, "Oh, fuck Josh! He's our boss, not our dad. Besides, there is no rule about inter-office relationships."
Wow, she actually dropped an f-bomb. I've never heard her do that before; she's always seemed so sweet and innocent at the office. "Um, yes there is," I said. "It's like, literally on the bulletin board in the break room, and probably in one of those papers we signed."
"Well, even so," she said, "this isn't a relationship. This is a friendly Friday night out between two intelligent, mature, responsible adults." I nodded in agreement and dug my fork into my pasta, stringing up an excessive amount of cheese, dangling it down into my mouth. I'm sure I looked like a fool. Brittany grinned and continued to slide her knife effortlessly through her tender steak, taking small bites and smiling in delight with each one. On her final piece, she rolled it around her plate, grabbing as much steak sauce as she could, and carefully brought it towards her. As her fork approached her mouth, a large glob of sauce landed on her teal sequin dress, right onto her left breast.
"Oh shit, that's embarrassing," she giggled. She grabbed a napkin from the table and began cleaning off the sauce. I tried not to look, considering it was her breast that she was cleaning off. I tilted my head down slightly and took a mouthful of salad, glancing my eyes upwards at her as she continued to wipe the sauce off of her dress. Brittany looked at me and smiled. Shit, she caught me, I thought.
She leaned back in her chair and stretched. "I can't believe I ate the whole thing," she said in the girliest Homer Simpson impression I've ever heard. I couldn't believe she ate the whole thing either; she just ate one percent of her total body weight in meat. What a surprise this woman turned out to be. In less than an hour, I learned twice as much about her as I did in the three years we've worked together. Hell, this was the first time I've seen her in something that wasn't a pantsuit. She still rocks the same long, cute brown ponytail, though, glowing from the glimmering lights of the crystal chandelier above us.
I took my eyes off of her and looked past her shoulder, noticing the young waiter approaching our table. I reached into my pocket and took out our company's credit card.
"Can I get you two anything else tonight? Dessert, perhaps?" the waiter asked.
"No thanks, I believe we are done here. Thank you," I said. The waiter handed me the wireless payment machine, and after the payment with an overly generous tip, I smiled and put the card back in my pocket.
"Thank you so much," the waiter beamed. "You two have a wonderful night." Brittany and I stood up from the table and walked towards the main entrance. She stopped and leaned against the hostess stand for a moment to adjust her high heels. Brittany screamed as she realized the stand was not bolted to the floor, and both she and the stand began to topple over. I quickly leapt forward with my arms outstretched and grabbed her as the hostess stand crashed loudly on the floor.
Brittany looked at me, her beautiful brown eyes moistened up as she wrapped her arms around me. "Oh my god!" she sobbed, "Thank you, Jordan. Thank you so much!"
"No problem, Brittany," I said. "I wasn't going to let you get hurt." Brittany smiled. Her beautiful dimples were seconded only to her cute slight overbite that often gets exposed when she smiles. I've always loved that about her. As we exited the lovely air conditioned restaurant, we felt the sudden blast of warm summer Nevada air as we stood to the side of the crowded sidewalk.
"Come on, let's walk back to the hotel," she said. "We have an early flight back to Atlanta tomorrow."
"Walk back?" I asked. "Are you crazy? You took a cab here and you're wearing heels."
Brittany smiled. "It's so beautiful outside, I'd like to walk. Just look around you." She wasn't wrong. It really was a beautiful late August evening. The orange, pink, and violet hues of the sunset cascading along the Las Vegas strip was a spectacular sight to see. I turned to Brittany.
"That would be lovely, but I had something else in mind," I said, pointing towards the street. "Take a look over there."
Brittany's eyes widened as she saw what I was pointing at - a massive black Cadillac Escalade limousine parked on the curb. "You... you booked us a limo? Why?"
"Well, Josh only sent us on this business trip for two days," I said. "I've never been to Vegas before and I've always wanted to take a limo tour of the city. It seemed like a nice way to end our night."
Brittany flashed me her biggest smile ever, exposing both rows of her perfect snow white teeth. "This is so amazing!" she cheered. "I can't believe you did this for us!"
"Then let's close off this business trip with a beautiful experience," I said. We walked towards the limo, where the driver was patiently waiting, leaning against the vehicle and playing on his cell phone. He looked up from his phone as we approached him and stood up straight with his chin up, like a soldier standing at attention. In the blink of an eye, he went from stereotypical millennial to professional gentleman.
"Jordan?" he asked, relaxing himself and extending his open hand.