He stood, frozen in his tracks, his mouth open, barely daring to breath lest he should draw her attention to his presence. Torn between fascination, guilt and eroticism as he watched her.
It was his first job away from home. A fresh faced young man with so much to learn, thrust into a completely new but exciting environment so far from what he knew and was used to. A newly hatched turtle making for the crashing waves.
She was his boss. She'd hired him. He couldn't quite believe she had. A daunting woman with a sharp mind, an acerbic wit and an earthy sense of humour. As well as a disarming smile and porcelain skin.
He found himself caught between fear and respect for her and wondering how it might feel to grasp her wrists, overwhelm her with passion, maul those small but fascinatingly pointed breasts that sat high on her chest, and bury himself in those passionate lips whilst gazing deeply into those sparkling eyes.
As the weeks went by he found his lust ever harder to contain. Sneaking glances at her cleavage in the tight, low cut sweaters she often wore and at her silky legs, losing himself as he dreamed of exploring ever further up them to what lay beyond his gaze. And then he would realise that, lost in his dreams and his lascivious thoughts, he had looked a little too long, and he would rapidly glance away, blushing furiously in case she had become aware, knowing that he was fundamentally vulnerable to this woman, who was so close but so far away.
On occasions he seemed certain that she had caught him looking. Could she not have seen where his eyes lay? Could she not have realised what occupied his thoughts? Could she be aware and enjoying the attention, or could she be scornful of such unwelcome attention?
He tried to put the thought of her away but every morning he found himself confronted by this unyielding temptation. This paradox of power and lust and danger.