The next morning, Vannah wasn't shocked to be alone in bed. She was relieved by it. She didn't want to be confronted by the sight of what she'd done so quickly. The memory of it was enough and although she couldn't say she was all that embarrassed by it, she definitely didn't want to hurt Chloe with the realization that Logan saw her as more than a stepsister and had also acted on it.
She liked the secret of it. It put a different sway in her hips, that was only barely visible from the ginger way she stepped her sore vagina throbbing its contentment from between her legs. She covered herself with clothing enough to shield her modesty as she zipped to the bathroom for a shower.
The water was revitalizing as it cascaded over her body and she felt reborn. A confidence was brimming up in her that she hadn't realized. She blew a kiss at her naked and enticing form in the mirror, sashaying out of the bathroom like a queen in her terry cloth towel-gown.
Her heart sprang up into her throat when she saw Chloe was waiting just outside the door. Her blonde hair perfectly quaffed into a bun, blue sparkling eyes, and pink lips curved into her trademark absent-minded smile.
With her white strapless halter top and mint green wide leg trousers, she looked her usual level of magazine chic and it deflated the regal feeling Vannah had felt moments ago.
"Hey!" Vannah gripped the towel around her defensively, mentally backpedaling to a position ready to defend herself.
"How was last night?" she asked, smile ever-warm and doe-eyed as ever.
"What?!"
Vannah's nostrils and eyes flared with worry, the beginning of a defense against her accuser forming on her lift as the girl looked on expectantly.
"The party?" Vannah's racing heart slowed.
"Oh. Yea. The party. Yea." She straightened and her tone cooled, "It was fun. A little wild, but fun."
"My dad says you made quite the impression." The blonde nodded along suggestively and Vannah cursed the blush she couldn't hold back.
"Logan must've been happy."
Again Vannah's paranoia surged as she was again searching Chloe's face for accusation.
"What do you mean?"
"He left early today, went straight to the office like he was on fire." Chloe gestured at the door.
"Oh, yeah. He said it was great." she swallowed nervously at the double entendre.
Chloe seemed to perk up at the news and soon both thin arms were pulling the young woman into another warm sensual hug. The blonde seemed to intentionally press their bodies close together and rub the back of Vannah's head like a lover would.
"I'm so glad. I think this is going to work out perfectly."
Both women stirred when they heard a key at the door and they turned to see Logan emerge, stone-faced and eyeing both women with utter seriousness in his eyes. He dramatically strolled half the distance between him and the silent pair before offering a heavy defeated sigh.
Then, his eyes lit up and a smile cut wide across his face and he let out a roar that made both women jump, "Wooooooooooo!"
He was suddenly hugging both women as they giggled and inquired what happened. Logan began sauntering around the room and gesturing dramatically as he spun the tale of how he used the personal cell phone number Vannah acquired to speak with Mr. Chang directly.
He convinced Mr. Chang that Beltz & Myer had contacts within several large payment processing solution software companies that could provide direct to merchant marketing opportunities that would put their cryptocurrency ahead of the rest of the field.
"But you don't have any contacts like that do you?" Chloe interjected.
Logan's smile only filled with self-satisfaction.
"I don't, but your father does. When I pulled everybody in the meeting room, I simply made it seem like I came up with the idea because he mentioned his contacts to me in an earlier conversation. Mr. Chang signed up with us on the spot."
The two women cheered his win.
"The partners said I showed so much initiative going after that client and getting him to come into the building that they didn't need to deliberate over who their next senior associate was going to be."
Three all laughed and bubbled with triumph together. Logan embraced them both, but lingered with Vannah and whispered, "This is all thanks to you. I won't forget this."
Vannah simply nodded silently and smiled with her eyes. But when she regarded Chloe, she was staring at her with that far away look in her eyes and an uncharacteristically sly smirk.
Slowly, her blue eyes flashed back to coherence, her smile returned, and she raised two skinny pale arms cheerfully, "Drinks!" As she danced away to find stronger alcohol, Logan continued.
"So..." his smile turned timid as he looked down at Vannah's feet. She realized she was still in her towel and tried to make sure nothing was showing.
"So?" she smiled back with the same secret making her blush.
"Uhh...Mr. Beltz wanted me to make sure you came to the office party. Apparently, you two had a nice time."
She shrugged, "I guess."
He leaned forward to make sure Chloe couldn't here him whisper, "Probably not as good a time as you and I had."
"Shhh!" Vannah chided, but her nervousness couldn't halt her giggle.
"What?" Chloe squeaked as she brought over glasses of wine.
"Just telling her your dad wanted her to come to the office party."
"Oh, yeah, cool."
They toasted the victory together and while Vannah was breathing a sigh of relief about her tuition problem she also felt something stirring in her as she made eyes at Logan whenever Chloe seemed distracted. She was going to leave and go get dressed, but Chloe insisted she stay and toast.
The over-enthusiastic rich girl even shuttled off briefly into her room to get her long, white terry cloth robe for her. Chloe zipped back to the kitchen for a little bottle of tequila she found in one of the cabinets, three shot glasses and the three glasses of wine, and, of course, more wine.
While she turned into a whirling dervish of excitement, Vannah wrapped the soft terry cloth robe around herself and looked up at Logan who was studying her moves closely. With his attention rapt, she closed the robe so her body was concealed and then tugged at the towel she still had on underneath until it loosed and fell to her ankles.
She smirked at Logan as he lightly licked his lips. Before she could bend down to pick it up, he beat her to the punch while never breaking eye contact. He tossed it onto one of the chairs.
Chloe had finished setting up the beginnings of their celebration on the coffee table and she beckoned them over even as Logan swore he was planning to take them out to celebrate later. They raised their shot up together with Chloe in between them smiling bright as ever.
"To the new senior associate!" she said.
"And the women that helped him get there!" Logan added to their collective, "Yeah!"
As one, their heads jerked back with the small shot glasses to their lips and downed liquid fire, hissing as it burned their throats.
"Woo!" Chloe howled and then immediately went back to pouring everyone another round. Giggling ensued as faces flushed and chests began to warm. The blonde bartender returned with another round and they all threw it back laughing at the faces they made.
They continued their afternoon drinking with bouts of music and dancing. They downed two more shots and several glasses of wine.
The music stopped and suddenly Chloe was a sleepy drooling mess fading into oblivion on the couch, curled up like a cat next to Logan. The tv was blaring an action movie neither Logan or Vannah really seemed interested in.
"Babe, you good?" Logan touched her shoulder and shook the slumbering blonde. Only incoherent moans and drool came out.
"I don't think we're gonna get to go out with her like that."
"Yeah, she's a lightweight."
Vannah felt a little relief. She wasn't looking forward to going out with Chloe. Even though she had grown to like her and even admire her in the short time she'd known her, there was something about the way she looked at her that made her uncomfortable.
The twenty year old was on her feet and began heading to the bathroom, "Well, I guess that's that then."
Her wobble to the bathroom was unsteady with the liquor swimming in her bloodstream, but she managed to hold it together and felt better after she'd relieved herself. She washed her hands and remembered that she was naked under the robe she was wearing.
Another smirk came to her lips as she remembered Logan's glares and the face he'd made when she took the towel off in front of him. As she continued to look at herself in the mirror, the door opened.
She gave a small start as Logan entered. That same expression on his face as she was remembering it.