After that trip, I started to question my marriage but really didn't do anything about it, I continued to see guys when I traveled but it was hard hooking up local because of how many people from work and friends we knew, plus I kept thinking about a woman but how would I hook up with them, even on the road I had no luck, well until I met Jill.
I was having lunch with some friends at work woman about my age that I have known for a while, they were stuck up like the old me, and kind of how I functioned as a cover at work still. when one of them mentioned did you hear the rumor about that girl from the finance department the other one said yes, and I did not so ask what. Well supposedly she is bi or gay and was sleeping with another woman who recently was fired and told people and it got around, she denied saying it was the other girl making it up, but some people did not buy it. This sparked my interest and asked who it was, but they didn't know her name just the story, so I did my own investigation and found out it was a girl named Jill who was in her late 20's.
Well, I looked out for this girl in the office to see her in person and she was pretty good-looking, and for the next week or two, I fantasized about her not even knowing if the stories were true or not. Well, I finally came up with an idea to at least get close to her. I had a project at work that we were gathering people from different departments to join a team and I needed someone from the finance team. Being the CMO it was easy for me to request Jill stating that someone recommended her for the team. We would all meet twice a week and over the next month, I got to know a little about Jill and started to figure out how can I get to know her personally and figure out if it was true the stories.
Well, I thought of an idea to have an end-of-day meeting and asked Jill to stay after to explain her part playing like I did not understand something she was doing. It lasted about 10 minutes before I thanked her and said it was late as she was gathering her things from my office, I asked her would she like to go for a drink as a thank you for all her challenging work. She hesitated at first, but I convinced her, and she agreed, and we planned to meet at a restaurant/bar a couple of minutes from the office. Once there we sat at a table in the bar area and talked and learned about each other. I learned she was not dating anyone, and that is all she really said about her personal life.
We ended up ordering some dinner and more wine, which made her open up more, and finally, I say my opportunity with a few drinks in us. I asked her can I ask her a personal question and she said sure, I said I heard this rumor about you at the office, and before I said it, she got that nervous look and upset so I stopped. I then said it does not matter to me if it's true or not true, and your secret is safe with me I am simply curious, and you are such a nice girl. She just looked up at me and shook her head yes. She explained she was very discreet, very much in the closet, and believes she is only BI, and when this other girl got fired and Jill did not support her because she deserved it, she told some people. She then pleaded with me not to tell anyone and I assured her I would not tell anyone.