LIN'S STORY
My mind was a swirl as usual that morning. My dog, Ceilidh, had been off her food a little so I probably needed to take her to the vet. My weekend was booked between surfing with my friends, hitting the gym, and hunting for a new couch for my condo. I was always changing something about the condo but at least it kept me busy.
At least work seemed to be going smoothly. Finish up the pension analysis for a smaller client of the company and I'd be freed up for the weekend. I saved the current file and stood up to get some more coffee. A quick look around the half-height cubicles told me that everyone was working at the office today. I think I enjoyed the camaraderie of the other workers as much as the work. Within days of joining, Margaret was my new BFF. Tom and Peter are chauvinists but I have to confess that I like being the center of their attention sometimes. The wild card in the office was my manager, Kyle Pendleton.
Kyle is a smart guy and a wizard with numbers. I've picked up a lot of tricks from him over the couple of years we've worked together. As an added bonus, I think we're becoming pretty good friends. But truthfully? I needed more than friends.
Kyle has a slender body and isn't muscle buff like Tom and Peter. Whenever I think of how to describe it I end up at the same place with 'feminine'. He was handsome and an available guy, but maybe it was the way he moved. He just seemed to have a little swish every once in awhile. His brain was certainly far more evolved than the other men which let me let my guard down more easily. I always feel he respects me.
If Kyle asked me out, I'd say yes even if it meant I had to move to another division at Werner and Lovett. But he's never asked me out. There had been opportunities: natural ones and ones I engineered but he'd been nothing but a gentleman. I can't do it all. I need a man to make the move. They just need to know that even gentlemen can kiss and more. Now I'm blushing again.
Sure I've wondered if he was gay. The jury is out of course but I did catch him flipping through the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and he'd gotten beet red like he'd been caught with Hustler or something. Just a data point but I'm betting on hetero.
I was about to just deal with it and ask him out when I noticed something startling. When Kyle bent over for something, I swore I could see panty lines and the bumps of garter clips at his mid thigh. It had just been a glance but it had really knocked me back a bit.