When the good morning sex between Maia Laaning and Roderick Wellington in tandem with the copulation between Riina Mölder and Cecil Abbott was about to finish, almost at the same time, Vivian knocked on their bedroom door and entered without waiting for a reply. Like her sister beforehand, Vivian did not blink an eye or offer even an apology for her intrusion.
Ignoring the tawdry erotic scene, she simply matter of factually stated, "Erica has left to catch her plane to Chicago. That leaves us with nine all together. After you guys had your showers, why don't you join us at the hotel's restaurant for some breakfast. As you know, Roderick and Cecil, I've cleared it with Claire Spencer (office manager for Baxter & Sons in London) that you, along with John and Cedric do not have to show up for work until one o'clock, but you are expected to show up by that time. There is a limousine service available for all four of you to get to your workplace in time."
With that said, Vivian exited to advise John Cooper and Anett Kontaveit as well, of the planned group breakfast at the hotel restaurant for that morning.
Because of the intensity of the all encompassing passion expended during the 'good morning' sex interlude none of the participants in Maia's room were enthusiastic enough to engage in sexual play during a coed shower. Accordingly, each man took turns to take a shower alone and then got dressed in their business regular clothes to depart for breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.
On the previous day, the four Baxter & Sons employees had worked only until eleven o'clock in the morning. Then, they were transported via hotel limousine to this Baxter & Sons owned hotel. There they changed from their normal business attire to the black tie tuxedos apparel which Vivian had procured for them to attend Maia's first round match at the center court of Wimbledon. Since neither Roderick nor Cecil had any responsibility for their worn formal clothing, they had no compunction in simply leaving their evening clothes laying strewn on the floor on the spot where they had dropped them when undressing for the ensuing sexual action.
When the two men had finished their showers, Maia and Riina partook of a shower together. Again, because they were for the moment at the least satiated with sex from the previous night episodes plus this morning's excitement, they eschewed in getting sexually frisky with each other. Instead, they were focused on getting themselves absolutely clean. Their being together in the shower was predicated simply on the principle of assisting each other to clean the hard to reach places.
Having showered and dressed, Maia and Riina sauntered up to the penultimate top floor which contained a revolving restaurant. The mechanical structure of the restaurant consisted of the 'Lookout' tower atop the main building of the hotel making it one of the tallest structures in London and offering a spectacular physically unobstructed view of the city. The evolving restaurant was designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The hotel building remains stationary, and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. A complete revolution takes one hour, so that diners are treated to a full view of London from every direction. The restaurant opened recently representing the only revolving restaurant of its kind in the United Kingdom as the previous ones had been discontinued.
The offered breakfast meal consisted of a smorgasbord of all kinds of breakfast foods associated with American, British and Continental cuisine. It included an assortment of eggs, bacon, ham, sausage. Also included were pancakes, waffles, cold cereal such as muesli and hot cereal such as oatmeal, cream of wheat and cream of rice. There were assortment of fish to choose from including sardines, anchovies and herring. Also, pastries included were toast, crepes, cookies, coffee cakes including Danish pastry. Naturally coffee in all kinds of flavors along with the orange, grapefruit and tomato juices were available as beverages. Also available were fresh fruit including strawberries, bananas, oranges, mangoes and melons, and augmented by various kinds of cheeses. A variety of condiments were available: ketchup, mustard, vinegar, sugar, cream, sour cream and pancake syrup. Therefore, every one of the party judiciously selected their meal from the serve yourself buffet tables to enjoy their personal individual breakfast.
During the ensuing meal, Vivian stood up to address the party assembled at an appropriate sized round table. She said, "I would like to thank and acknowledge the contributions of Cecil, Cedric, John and Roderick in helping ensure that the celebration of my daughter's first round victory over the defending champion at Wimbledon was a successful and joyful event. You can be rest assured that I will provide favorable accounts to Claire Spencer for your invaluable support in this endeavor, which should hold you in good stead in your career at Baxter & Sons.
"That reminds me, that we women who have risen up in the corporate world ladder and broken the glass ceiling by attaining a senior executive position are often subject to a snide calumny of having slept our way to the top, as an explanation of our success. Now as for you gentlemen, I daresay, that should you eventually be promoted to a senior position at Baxter and Sons, that you will possibly experience a similar insinuation by envious coworkers."
The ladies at the table laughed uproariously at Vivian's sly assertion. The Baxter & Sons employees chuckled nervously, probably wondering whether there was more truth than poetry at Vivian's remarks. Jed Baxter smiled and otherwise maintained an impassive expression. In his mind, he realized that the foremost attraction to him of Vivian was her wit. It explained why he had maintained such a long ongoing but sporadic affair with her despite his genuine main love for his wife Felicia.
In Jed Baxter's mind, he found it somewhat curious to be aware that Vivian was willing, and seemingly without any trepidation to continue their affair despite her undoubtedly successful and loving relationship with her common law husband, Raimond Kruuse. It was especially puzzling considering that Vivian was truly financially independent, and by far the richest woman in Estonia. Thus, unlike some of his other extramarital sexual partners, Vivian naturally could not have any predatory or mercenary motive or design to continue their affair. She was always very passionate in their lovemaking such that Jed had never grown tired of her.
In any case, Jed Baxter was not interested in unduly speculating as to the whys and the wherefores of such state of affairs. Suffice it to say, he happily continued to avail himself to having sexual relations with Vivian Laaning as often and as whenever it was feasible for him to do so.
Jed Baxter's eagerness to indulge in sex with Vivian whenever the opportunity arose was quite evident in this instance. Jed was certainly cognizant that had Raimond Kruuse been able to attend Maia's tennis match, then Raimond would have been Vivian's choice to be with her to attend at Wimbledon to watch Maia's match and being her accompanying companion for the celebration party. This reality was self evident considering that Kruuse had an actual relationship with Maia as her stepfather, whereas Jed had never met Maia until this occasion.
