Beginning
Charlie admired the way Gregory walked, moved, talked, and smiled. She liked his tall, lean body, his thick wavy hair and his dark brown eyes under the slightly bushy brows. His rimless glasses gave him the air of an executive, someone important, well-educated, powerful. Her new boss was everything she could have hoped for.
As Personal Assistant to the Vice-President, she had seen two other men come and go in the four years she held the position. Neither of them deserved a second glance, but Gregory, now she had trouble looking away. He had been in the job four days and every time she saw him she squirmed, just a little, squeezing herself in anticipation of feeling his weight on top of her. She couldn't help it. It had been a few months since Peter the Beater had finally left her alone. She had not thought about sex since, but now, since Monday, things were different.
She sat next to him at the table in the boardroom, making notes, recording the conversation around the table as they discussed the leasing of another ten aircraft. Multi-million dollar contracts were on offer and customers needed aircraft to satisfy demand on the longer routes. The merits of Airbus versus Boeing were discussed. The Chief Financial Officer described how they had them underbidding against each other for the order and advised a delay. Gregory suggested that now was the right time. Customers could go to other brokers if the deals were not available soon. The vote favored Gregory who instructed finance to get the best possible price by the end of next week then affirm the notes, locking the price and the contract down.
"Charlie, in my office, please."
Charlie followed Gregory along the hall to his corner office. He pointed to the chair in front of his desk, sat down and asked her,
"You need a drink, coffee, tea or something?"
Charlie made sure her skirt sat an inch above her knee, showing off at least a part of her long, shapely legs.
"No, thank you. I'm fine."
"Yes, you, er, fine, okay then. Er, I wanted your advice. You've been here four years, I've been here four days. What is Malcolm Marshall like as a person? He's offered me the use of his yacht any weekend I'm free. He tells me he never uses it and would be happy for me to take it out. We were talking about what we do in our spare time and I mentioned sailing, but I don't have a boat here on the East Coast. Mine is in San Diego. He told me to use his, it's moored in Baltimore."
"He's lovely. A genuine gentleman. He's been head of Personnel for about ten years now. He's married with young kids who keep him busy at the weekend. I've been to his place for a BBQ a few times in the summers. His wife is adorable. He told me the last time I was there that he has no time for leisure. He used to sail and play golf but now his family come first. If he offered it to you, take him up on it. He has no ulterior motive, I assure you."
"Right, good. Thank you. I was hoping that was the case. Are you free this weekend to come sailing?"
"Er, me. Goodness. We hardly know each other and now you're asking me out? Well, goodness. What a surprise. Er, yes, I suppose I could. When will you go?"
"Tomorrow, Friday, after work, which for you and me will be three o'clock. We'll drive down and get there before dark. Give us time to unload and get everything ship-shape for Saturday. Are you okay with early starts?"
"Er, yes. No problem. I'm up at five-forty-five every day to get here so that's not a problem. "
"Right, bring a bag to work in the morning. Leave it in your car until we knock off. I'll drive my car and we can pick yours up on Sunday night. How's that sound?"
"Great, yes. I never sailed before. What do I wear?"
"Nothing, er I mean, nothing special. Jeans and T-shirts. Shorts maybe since the weather is fine. A swimsuit, of course. Bring a couple of towels. I've no idea what he has on the boat. I'll call and ask him now. See you tomorrow then."
"Yes, of course. Tomorrow. Good night for now then, Mr Hamilton."
"Call me Greg when we are alone or out of the office. Good night, Charlie."
The drive in Greg's Maserati to Baltimore took just under three and a half hours. They found the marina and the boat without trouble, thanks to Google maps and GPS. Greg parked the car and carried two large duffel bags through the marina gate, pausing to register at the office. Charlie toted one shoulder bag, wearing her stretch jeans and a white sports shirt, as suggested. 'Lucky Lucy' sat at her mooring at the end of the jetty and at the far end of a short pier. The furthermost boat from the office. As they approached, Gregory said,
"Wow, what a beauty. I never did ask him how big it was. This looks like a forty-foot Sparkman and Stephen's. A real classic. It must be older than me. I'm glad I brought you along to help. Sailing this alone would have been a handful. Goodness. This should be fun. Here, hand me your bag."
They stepped aboard the sleek wooden yacht. Greg dropped the bags through the small door above the steps leading inside the cabin. He changed his shoes and walked around the deck, checking everything as he went. He checked the batteries and started the engine, letting it idle to cool the fridge, heat the water, and top up the batteries.
"Malcolm has someone come aboard every week to run the engine and make sure everything is ship-shape. Normally tomorrow. So we get to do it this weekend, charge the batteries, and the ship-shape thing, I mean."
Charlie noticed how Greg looked at her body. Charlie was proud of her great body and drew admiring glances and lustful looks many times from many men, some of whom got to enjoy her well formed, powerful body. Sometimes women too glanced her way. Charlie was used to it. She didn't mind it at all. Greg's gaze made her do her vaginal squeezing once again, in anticipation.
"Greg, I'm a big girl now. I know what you want to do. I know what I want to do. I just hope we both want the same thing. I'm not such a prude that I won't have sex on a first date. It's happened before. I think we need to eat something first, don't you?"
"Let's just unpack first, then we can eat. There are two cabins at the front and one big one at the back. Which would you prefer?"
"Let's put all our stuff in this cabin and sleep in the big one? How does that sound?"