The office plunged into total silence except for the trickling of urine onto the hardwood floors.
Sophia wanted to cover her face, to run away, to apologise again and again for ruining his mahogany floors. But all she could manage was burst into tears at the utter humiliation.
"I'm.... so...sorry..." she choked in between sobs.
She might have seriously just ruined her chances at her dream job.
As she cried into her hands, she felt a strong grip on her shoulder leading her gently towards the couch.
"Sit down" Charles coaxed. Despite it being an order, there was a softness to his voice she had never heard.
Sophia looked up at him with a tear streaked face. "I... cant. I'd ruin... your couch." It was the whole reason she shot up from the chair. In that moment, some irrational part of her cared more for the expensive leather chair than her predicament.
"I'll just get someone to clean it up." Charles replied matter-of-factly, as if he wasn't talking about a pee-soaked couch.
Reluctantly, she sat down, feeling the shameful way her wet panties squelched under her weight. This only caused her to sob harder.
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To say Charles was confused was an understatement.
All of a sudden he was speaking to his employee and then he was staring at the two dark streaks marching down her grey pants. But in that moment, it all clicked. Her nervousness, her constant need to go 'just for a second'.
His epiphany was interrupted by Sophia's crying. She was just standing there, in a puddle of her own pee. Instead of feeling disgusted, he genuinely felt really bad for her.
Charles' nurturing instinct took over, leading Sophia to the nearest couch and leaving to rummage through his drawers for anything that could be used to help her clean up.
Frustrated when he couldn't find any, he dialed 1 and barked into the phone. "Alex, could you bring me some wet wipes. Now please."
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