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Chapter 1
The office party was nearly over and the handful of stragglers that remained were cleaning up the kitchenette. The counter was covered with platters of picked over food, trays of holiday treats, and dirty paper plates. The sink was full of dirty office mugs with clever, stupid, or sarcastic sayings printed on the side. "I'm here for the fun!" sat next to "I don't do Monday's." All were sterile and lame.
They chatted as they cleaned, talking of their plans over the holiday break, of what holiday shopping still needed to be done, and ultimately how they'd spend too much on gifts like they did every year.
Christmas was a week away. A cold front had rolled in from the Great Lakes and had moved east. This morning's forecast had promised a white Christmas and snow totals were already estimated to be well over a foot from Maine to Rhode Island. New Englanders were used to winter storms. A foot of snow wasn't much to worry about.
He knew his wife loved this. She enjoyed the brisk air; that freezing air that froze the inside of your nostrils. It seemed to get colder and colder with each passing winter. He didn't like it. Not anymore; he had lived through his share of New England winters. The bitter cold outside chilled him to his core. He longed for more temperate weather where hanging around indoors for long stretches of time wasn't the norm. It seemed like Old Man Winter knew this and was taunting him. Just a little.
The only time the weather worked in his favor was when he could coax his wife into bed for a snuggle and maybe some hot sex. It was great when it worked, but on bitterly cold days his balls would ache and throb from the chill and they would ache doubly worse when he emptied them. Sex was his favorite hobby and he considered it a price worth paying to get some.
All he could do was hope for an early spring. She could enjoy the snowflakes while they lasted and he would bide his time. For now, he would watch for any opportunity to wrap his wife in his arms and to slowly slide his hand down her back and on to her ass, and maybe to entice her into sex. It was a fair trade offโsnow for her, sex for himโoccasionally followed by extra-strength Tylenol to deal with the after affect. Bring on the snow!
The company party was actually before Christmas this year; a nice change of pace. In prior years budgets and project timelines pushed it well past the holidays. Everyone was in a festive mood, the guys dressed in shiny shoes and blazers or sweaters, the ladies in holiday-themed attire. Overall he would say the party was a big success.
It was time for him to leave. He didn't want to be late for his appointment. He walked past a few dessert trays on his way back to his office. The homemade ginger bread cookies Becky had made were delicious. Then he saw the plate of coconut cookies that Greg had brought, barely touched, on the buffet table.
Who the hell eats coconut and likes it, seriously? What a dumb-ass Greg is for bringing them.
He hated coconut. Thinking on it, maybe Greg had used coconut to his advantage. He remembered seeing him sneak out the door earlier in the evening with that easy chick from accounting. What was her name? Jeannette? Jenny? Something like that... She was pretty with a cute crooked smile and was well stacked. He had seen her eating a coconut cookie while chatting it up with Greg. Huh, good for him!
He stepped into his office and closed the door. The clock read 6:10 PM. Perfect. He was glad the boss had decided to start the party early. It gave him an easy out to leave at a reasonable time without looking bad in front of his peers.
Over the last couple weeks he had been carefully guiding events to make sure nothing could go wrong on this night. It was his Christmas present, a little something that he liked to arrange each holiday season. All day he had been getting ready for the evening's festivities, getting into the right mindset, and running through the arrangements. His wife had the day off and when they talked this afternoon she was with the kids at her parents' house helping Grammy make cookies. His kids were excited to show Grammy the holiday decorations they had made for her, and then they were planning to watch Rudolf and other holiday classics. That should keep them busy while his Christmas treat came to be.
It was time to confirm his appointment, grab his coat, and hit the road. He used the number he had long ago memorized. It rang, and rang again, before a woman's voice answered in a smooth professional tone.
"Good evening, Body Spa, this is Ashley."
He couldn't help but smile. She sounded hot. For some reason the name Ashley conjured up images of a college bimbo working at a local cafรฉ, but this woman sounded like... just that, a
woman.
Educated, mature,
knowing,
and he couldn't help thinking that she probably knew just what she wanted and how to get it in bed. He felt his face flush a little and his heart beat a little faster.
"Hello, can I help you?" she said.
"Uh, hi," he stammered. "Sorry. I have an, ah, appointment this evening with a massage therapist."
"Ok, your name, sir?"
He never used his own name, and hadn't thought about what clever name to use this evening. He winged it.
"Um... Mr... Mr. Wayne."
"Ooookk... Mr. Wayne," she said doubtfully. "Who is your appointment with? We've had a couple of call-ins this evening, and I'll have to check to see if your therapist is in tonight."
Shit! This was part of standard protocol. The name he gave here would decide what kind of service he received. What was the name? Krystal? Svetlana? Natasha? No, not Natasha, that was the name he gave last year.
"Sir, who is your therapist?" she said again calmly, a hint of amusement in her voice.
It popped into his head so suddenly it took him by surprise. He exhaled slowly in relief and said, "Bianca."
"Bianca? Ah, you're in luck. She is in this evening."
He smiled, and he felt a stirring in his pants as his cock sensed his mood. "Excellent! I've really needed this massage for a while now!" he said, perhaps a bit too much excitement in his voice.
"I bet you have," she said dryly.
He could tell that she was smirking as she said it. He grimaced. What did she mean by that? With that attitude he thought he should bend this
Ashley