"Just how many ties do you own?" Ava asked more to break the tension than a real question. Her eyes and chopsticks intensely searching for another peapod in the take-out box as Kim seemed to be looking at her, and through her. The long moments of silence seemed nearly painful as they awaited their coworkers to return from an extended smoke break. Jon and Sara seemed to take great liberties afterhours, smoke breaks seem to be less frequent but much longer than their daytime jaunts. "What?" Kim laugh, more at the attempt than the question, "so you like my ties, hmm?" Ava was a post-bacc student in the publishing intern position this term, she dressed the part but the faint hint of the "whoo hoo girl" slips in every so often. They rarely get African American women interns for publishing; Kim's cock has been wanting to say hello since orientation. Ava's caramel brown cheeks flushed crimson as she stammered to recover, "I ... I just noticed that I...I haven't seen that tie before..." Kim offered no solace; Kim had a knack for making Ava feel that she overstep the professional line.
"47," he whispered, leaning towards her from his chair at the head of the boardroom table. Ava found that Kim's strong Asian features were hard to read; he was team leader and he always sat in the command seat. His eyes were so quick to express disdain then break soft with his deep laughter. She wanted him to save her. "So," he began before her stammering had stopped, "don't you think you are a little young to have a fascination with grown men's ties? What are you 20?" Kim laughed as she searched wildly for words to attest her innocent conversation starter, "I...I always liked nice ties. It seems you never where the same one twice. My dad liked ties a lot but his weren't as nice." "Oh," said Kim, allowing a few beats to pass, "so I am father figure fantasy, I get it." His laughter was mockingly funny.
This was the 8
th
night in 2 weeks the four of them were in the office after 9; the long hours made them all a bit on edge. Taunting the intern was as good of a pastime as any. Jon heard Kim teasing Ava as he walked the hall. The smoke break was just what Jon needed to take to edge off of the illegal comp time that happens every fall; especially since Sara was so much more
accommodating
since her divorce. Jon figured he could play Kim's wingman for tonight, nailing interns were one of their favorite sports.
"Oh yea," Jon said, as he reentered to room, "you should feel it - pure silk." Jon goaded Ava to stroke the silk tie, "Seriously Ava, he won't bite you. Kim...," Jon stood at the corner of the table between the two, facing so his back was turned toward Ava, blocking her view, "Kim, may I please stroke your silken tie, sir?" Jon hoped she could not see the familiar frat boy smile between them, "of course Jon, you may touch it." With a step, Jon gestured to Ava to at least stand closer to Kim. "Com'on, Ms. Women's lib," Jon teased, "you can do it." Ava rolled her eyes and stood to lean over closer to Kim. She was on her toes, reaching over the table to touch Kim's tie. Ava could not recall why she was caught up in this teasing, or why see resisted to break the gaze she and Kim shared as she felt the woven silk pattern. The look in her eyes seemed to convey she had no choice but give into Jon's taunts. This amused Kim greatly, she was already broken in her mind. She was nearly off-balanced, standing on her toes, even before Kim shifted. He moved his chair on its wheels just a bit, enticing her further over the table's edge towards him. His hand stroked the underside of the tie, raising the cloth closer to her hand, then, before she could step back, he took her hand.
"You violated me Ava," he feigned shock, "You did not ask if you could touch me."