Ch 4 The Assignment

By Emmeline Q. Bailey

She tossed and turned that night as her thoughts continually turned to Colin's gentle touch. How he had held her while she silently came in public. Her heart raced as she played that moment over and over again in her head.

The next morning, she found herself seated across from Lizzie with two half empty champagne flutes on the table in front of them. Lizzie's eyes were wide and her mouth was hanging open.

"So you just hate fucked him in the back of the limo after he made you come in Colin's arms??"

Grace cringed at Lizzie's harsh words, shushed her and said, "Alright! I'm a horrible person!"

She drank her champagne as Lizzie laughed, "Grace, you're a bad ass! I mean, what did Brad think was going to happen when he took you to a swingers' game or whatever that was? And how hot was it with him teasing you from afar with that vibrator?!"

Grace's thoughts drifted back to the night before when she was sitting on that barstool realizing it was Colin talking to her. Her cheeks flushed as she recalled the first moment she felt the vibrator come to life inside of her. She took another sip of her champagne and focused on Lizzie's expectant face.

"I can't even begin to describe how hot it was and I really thought he could hear the buzzing. I squeezed my legs together thinking it would keep him from hearing anything but it just intensified the vibrator. Brad was smirking from where he was watching me and he turned the vibrator up! It was like a hot little secret between the two of us," Grace said. They both drank from their champagne flutes and Lizzie motioned to the server to bring more then motioned for Grace to continue.

"I really thought I could get out of there before...well, you know! And I basically fell off the stool into Colin's arms and his touch was so hot on my skin and I'm sure I was flushed."

The server came by to refill both flutes and both girls took long sips before Grace continued, "The vibrator was so intense by then and I couldn't help but tremble as I came in his arms. And then I just scurried out of there 'cuz I was mortified."

Lizzie signed dreamily and said, "Do you think Kevin would go for this? Maybe we need to 'spice it up' too!"

Both girls laughed heartily and continued to talk and laugh all through brunch. The rest of the weekend went by in a blur and, before Grace knew it, she was back in the office.

Grace was straightening up the stacks of files on her desk as she heard a knock at her office door. She looked up to see her boss Christopher.

"Good morning, Christopher! What's going on?" Grace said.

"Good morning, Grace! I hope that you had a good weekend. We just got a huge case and I'm going to need you to help out. Colin will need all the paralegals that he can get," Christopher said.

"Colin."

"Yes, Colin Gilmore. He asked me earlier if I could spare you. Is that alright? I can help you delegate the cases you're working on now to clear your plate," Christopher offered.

"He asked you for me specifically."

"Yes, and I think this is a great opportunity for you."

"To work with Colin," Grace mused as she nodded.

"Please head to his office as soon as you can and let me know by the end of the day which cases you need to delegate," Christopher said as he left her office.

She flopped into her chair and let out a big sigh. Colin asked for her specifically and all this time, she had thought he had absolutely no clue who she was. She shook her head and reasoned that it must have been a suggestion from one of the other partner's that she had recently worked with. That had to be it.

With shaking hands, she ran a hand over her outfit and straightened her hair. After taking a deep breath, she headed towards Colin's office. She knocked once she got there.

"Come in."

As she walked in, her heart was racing.

"Grace, is it?" asked Colin. She just nodded. He went on, "Patterson said that you were the best paralegal on his last case. I'm happy to see that Christopher was able to spare you." She nodded again, hearing her heartbeat thundering in her ears.

"Not much of a talker, huh?" Colin said as he began putting files into a banker's box.

"I...um, I'm ready to help with whatever I can," Grace stammered. Colin picked up the box and closed the gap between them. She took the box and turned to leave but Colin grabbed her elbow.

As she looked up at him, he leaned down to softly say into her ear, "You don't look nearly as flushed today as you did on Friday night."