4 am. My internal alarm clock woke me up. It took a second to get my bearings. The world was coming into focus. Katie was still fast asleep laying on my chest. I reached down to move the hair that had covered her face. Even disheveled, she was a breathtaking sight. My hand traveled down the length of her back to rest on her shapely ass. Her breathing was still steady, a good focus point. I slipped back into sleep, listening to her breathing as a lullaby.
7 am. I was pretty impressed I was able to get 3 more hours of sleep. I felt Katie's fingers travel up and down my chest. "Hey cutie, good morning."
Katie met my eyes with a warm smile, "Good morning sexy boy."
"Let's get breakfast, I don't have to be in the office for another hour and a half."
"Baby, I want to but I've got to get back to Alex and the kids." She sounded genuinely disappointed.
"Tonight? Can I see you again?"
"Ugh, I want to but I'm out with Alex tonight." She leaned in and kissed me. "Look, I want you to know last night was special for me."
Okay, here it comes. She is going to try to let me down easy. I turned to look at the clock, shielding her ability to see me roll my eyes. I knew the deal, but I also knew I wanted to see this woman again tonight. "Yeah, no it was awesome. We were freaking amazing together. It's just... We didn't get to do the fun stuff," I turned and smirked.
"Oh, I thought it was pretty fun last night," she countered with her own smirk.
"Yeah, but we were tired from traveling and you really didn't get my best." I let out a long sigh. Would she bite?
"Hmm, that's too bad. I don't do anything half-assed." She was now lying face down resting on her elbows. She cocked an eyebrow.
She was making me work for it, but I was still in the game," Oh no, I've seen your ass and there is nothing half about it for sure. You know I'm elderly, get a couple of Geritols in me and we will be swinging off the chandeliers," mimicking her, I cocked my eyebrow even higher, wiggling my face for emphasis.
"Baby I can't," she pleaded.
"Look, I know you are being sweet and trying to let me down gently. I totally believe you and Alex should spend time together and I don't want to mess that up. Tonight is my last night in town and I'm imploring you to do us the favor of seeing me tonight." She went to open her mouth. Her body language was all wrong, so I cut her off before she could say anything. "You don't have to say anything now. Think about it. Will you do that for me?" The game in my voice was gone and the smirk wiped off my face. I was sincere.
Her face softened, "Okay, I'll see what I can do." Her body language did not improve.
Doing my best dumb and dumber impression I piped out, "So you're telling me there's a chance." Humor cut the tension and she rolled her eyes.
I lay there, still naked, and watched her shower and reenter the room to get dressed. Her breast gently swayed as she walked, "Perv much?" She mocked me jovially.
"Yup, adding you to my peeping collection." I jumped across the bed to grab my phone and pretended to take pictures of her. She squealed, covered up, and punched me in the shoulder. It was good to see her giggling. If this was the last I'd see of her, this is what I wanted to remember.
It took all of my will power to let her dress unmolested. I walked her to the door and we shared a lingering soft kiss. She walked away and I watched her bottom sashay away. This woman had done a real number on me. I stepped out of the room holding the door open, my jingle-jangle out and about, and yelled down, "I'll see you tonight."
She turned, her eyes widened as she realized I was naked in the hallway with a shit-eating grin doing a parade wave. "Get back in there you perv. And I'm not promising anything."
Her smile told me I had about even odds. Getting in the final word: "No problem, I'll be there with bells on." I slammed the door behind me.
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I was at my desk with a bowl of oatmeal by 8:25 am. My focus returned on improving efficiency and effectiveness. I knocked out emails and checked into my flight for the following morning. The rest of the morning I spent with my staff. They truly were wonderful people. The reality was that when they signed on, I could only promise an opportunity. The program was still shaky when they committed to working for me. I didn't have much of a candidate pool so every one of my employees needed to believe in my vision. There were a few that I would need to coach up and if they believed I would tailor a process to ensure they would be successful.
After lunch, I had my first meeting. I tucked myself away in a breakout room to log into a conference call. I listened as the presenter delivered a readout of our progress. I authored the slides so I wasn't totally invested. My attention wandered to my never-ending email box. After cleaning out my emails, my phone notified me of a text. I deplore getting interrupted during my workday and got frustrated with myself for not silencing the ringer. The phone was within grasp faced down. It was Katie. My mood improved. I opened the message and my jaw dropped. She sent me a pic of herself looking up into the camera, hair covering one of her eyes, and with a delightful view of her cleavage. Another pic came through. This time looking up and kissing into the camera. The view down her cleavage remained unabated. A text comes through, "For your collection. U R my favorite perv... Still thinking about it."
Then nothing. I scrolled up to look at the pics again. "Jim... Jim, can you comment?" I had totally become sidetracked.
"Heeeeey," I regretted the elongated word as it came out of my mouth. It evoked laughter. Awkward silence followed by a stupid reply, everyone on the call knew I had not paid attention. "I'm sorry I got sidetracked there for a second. What was the question?" We got back on track and I laughed on mute after completing my comments. I put my phone in my computer bag.
It was coming to the end of the day. I checked my phone and no new texts. This felt cryptic. Surely she wouldn't just send me pics without the intention of meeting up. While they were pg-13 rated, they were still highly suggestive and sexy as hell. So I texted, "Hey lovely, thanks for the pics. Your timing couldn't have been better ;P LOL Your pics... Pleasantly distracted me and I made an ass of myself in a meeting. Would do it again, though. But... You owe me. Know of any way you can pay me back? :x "
I had a few minutes until I had to leave for dinner so I used them to stare at my phone. Ten minutes and nothing. Everything I knew told me not to text again, but this was an unconventional girl so I was going to use an unconventional tactic. Googled, "Best Cosmopolitan in Phoenix." Texted, "Just saying... Best Cosmo in Phoenix is at the Merc Bar. See you there at 9, gotta meet this Alex and get some college years dirt."
That was it, my last attempt. I shoved my phone in my pocket, determined that I was not going to look again unless I got a text. Dinner was great. We enjoyed good food and good company. To a point, I let my hair down and shared a few laughs over the early days. It was about 8 when we left. We lost about half of the staff to family obligations while the other half left with me to frequent a bar across the street. No text, at this point I was done. To make myself feel better I convinced myself I was better off going to bed early.
On my walk to the bar my phone buzzed. It was Katie, a smirk formed on my face. Yes, it was a very douchey grin. "Ah... sorry baby about the meeting. Can't help that you have good taste in women. O and sorry about 2night not going to be able to... Stay away from the Merc Bar. Love me a good Cosmo! CU @9 ;P"
My smirk was replaced with a vacant smile. She got me. My heart kinda sank there at first. Time to hit it back over the net. "Who dis?... Whoever you are I can't help that you have THE BEST taste in men ;P See you there :X Got Geritol in my back pocket... Hope I don't OD. LOL"
Merc is about 15 minutes away so I'd leave at 9. Don't want to come across too eager. My staff and I arrived at the nondescript bar. The war of attrition starts to wage a half-hour later. Quickly I pulled out my phone and punched in an alarm for 9. This allowed me to fully engage with the stragglers. It was a good time for sure. I felt the buzzing in my pants triggering my goodbyes and I was out the door, in my car, on my way to Merc.