-= Business Liaisons, Chapter 1 - Initial Proposals =-
Cyndi was finding that Sean's concentration and his usual attention to details had deteriorated over the last couple of months. His sense of humor also had all but disappeared as he rarely kidded around anymore and his now infamous practical jokes around the office had stopped completely. He'd fallen into the all to familiar 'workaholic' pattern as well. Their manager had noticed Sean had missed some of his milestones on the project schedule and had asked Cyndi if she knew if everything was all right with him.
InterCore had had a rash of resignations from some of their younger employees over the last year and the company was trying to make sure that Sean wasn't contemplating a career move himself. Cyndi knew about Sean's break-up with Linda, and had even recommended that perhaps he should have found a job near her. Sean had interviewed with a couple of companies but he really wasn't interested in a change.
Cyndi had helped him to get a rather substantial increase and a promotion though by 'leaking' the fact that he had been interviewing elsewhere. He'd just bought a very nice townhouse in the area and Cyndi thought that he might be overwhelmed with the increased responsibility at work as well as the 'joys' of home ownership. She decided to take him to lunch to get him away from the office and find out if anything else was bothering him.
"Sean how about lunch today, my treat."
"I don't know Cyndi, I just can't seem to fix this problem that they found last week. How about a rain-check?"
Cyndi wasn't about to be dissuaded so easily and pressed on.
"How about I help you with it this morning and then we go to lunch. I really think that you need to get out of the office a little more. You've been out of sorts lately."
Sean thought for a moment, it wasn't the first time Cyndi had brought up that he didn't seem himself lately. As horny as he was, he couldn't help but think that what he really needed was to get laid. Instead of lunch, he would have much preferred to spend the afternoon fucking Cyndi's brains out.
It didn't help that she was also wearing one his favorite outfits that day, a black pinstriped suit with a fitted jacket and skirt. What he liked most was that the skirt was probably the shortest one she wore to work. It was cut about 4" above the knee and had a slit in the front that would often show a lot of thigh when she crossed her legs just right. He thought about asking her flat out if she wanted to jump into bed with him, but instead he simply responded with a sarcastic
"Yes mom."
Cyndi had a hunch where Sean's problem was and after just a couple of hours she'd helped him find and correct it as well as a couple of other errors that hadn't even been discovered yet. She took full advantage of the situation and told Sean that he was just too close to his work right now and that he needed to get away to recharge his batteries. Sean hated to admit it but she was right, he was also a little embarrassed about how obvious the mistakes were to Cyndi. It didn't bother him that much though, having Cyndi perched on a stool typing away at the keyboard right next to him all morning. There had been more than once that he wanted to reach over and massage her exposed thigh. It was just a little before lunchtime when they finished up.
"Well I think I'll cash in my rain-check now, I thought I'd be the rest of the week finishing up what you helped me with this morning. I have to insist that I'm buying though."
"It is a bit early, but I am hungry."
As Cyndi and Sean headed out of the building, they walked out into a perfect early summer day. Cyndi continued to press Sean to try and get him to loosen up a bit.
"I'll bet that this is the first time you've seen the sunlight in awhile."
Since Cyndi was always the first person in the office in the morning, she knew that Sean was always in just after six in the morning. She'd also checked with a couple of Sean's cohorts and found out that he rarely left before six or seven at night. There were many times that he stayed late into the night based on the dates of some of the files he worked on.
"You're right about that, I think there was snow on the ground the last time I went out for lunch."
Cyndi didn't even wait to get to the car before she dropped all pretenses and asked Sean point blank if everything was all right. She chastised him for working way too many hours lately and also told him about their manager noticing the drop in his performance lately. As they climbed into Sean's car and headed off, Sean explained that he was still a little upset about his breakup with Linda. All the way to the restaurant he vented about it and a lot of other things that had been bugging him of late. It wasn't until they had been seated at the restaurant before he realized he'd been monopolizing the conversation.
"Sorry for the tirade Cyndi, I really do appreciate your concern though. I guess I've become quite a dull boy lately."
"No apologies are needed Sean, and you're right about being pretty dull. If you ask me it sounds like you need to find a nice girl to spend some time with."
"I think that's part of the problem, all of the girls I've dated recently have been too nice if you know what I mean."
Sean gave Cyndi a sly wink and knew by her mock look of disapproval that she knew exactly what he meant.
"Being a nice girl doesn't necessarily mean that she's not interested in having sex, women get just as horny as men you know."
"I wish more women felt the same as you, I think that all of the girls I've dated recently must have taken oaths of celibacy."
