"So what did she want?"
There was no reason for Brandon to lie to them, and every reason for him to be proud of himself so he spent told them what she'd said, how she'd said it too. He left out how she'd looked at him and when asked he made sure the pepper his answers with a few not to subtle references to how sexy she was. They were all clearly thinking the same thing occasionally making much cruder comments than Brandon was comfortable with.
Eventually everybody settled down to finish the last few hours of their shifts. Brandon who'd already told the others about his business meeting (which had since morphed into a date with the boss. Actually it didn't morph, they'd corrected him immediately) had cut out early so he had enough time to stop by the bathroom and make sure he still looked okay and then spend a little time on the phone with his girlfriend since it was a Friday night and he was going to have to explain why he wasn't going to be home.
Kim took it a little better than he'd expected, which meant she wasn't screaming at him over the phone. There were no threats about dumping him or how she was going to spend the night hanging out with Sean like she always did when she wanted to make him jealous. She teased him a little when he described her. Apparently the only time he used the world 'elegant' to describe a woman was when he found her truly attractive and didn't want Kim to find out. Once she'd had her fun she congratulated him on a job well done and told him to make sure he nailed the job interview and she expected him to make it up to her next week since he'd gotten such a generous bonus for his hard work.
He'd only just hung up the phone when Ms. Chang's limo pulled around to the front of the office and the driver came over to open the door for him. "Get in."
Ms. Chang had changed from the pinstriped pant suit into a slinky black dress for the evening. It was difficult not to notice how the fabric clung to her crossed legs and impossible not to follow her foot as it rocked back and forth. "Thank you for taking me to dinner Ms. Chang." Brandon said trying to break the silence.
Ms. Chang let the silence last a few beats longer while his eyes moved up to pausing briefly on her breasts, then her throat finally her eyes. She was smiling when he reached her face so she either hadn't noticed or hadn't minded that he'd just checked her out. Probably the former, old women just weren't used to men looking at them and if she'd noticed she would have chastised him. That was just the kind of woman that she was.
"It's no problem at all. I like to take my workers out to eat. It's always nice to get to know them away from the office. Find out who they really are." She leaned forward slightly. "You've got a sharp mind and a gift for computers. Your father is absolutely correct in his assessment of your skills but there is more to working at Tepestech than just being a skilled programmer. We're kind of like a family. I need to know that you'd be the kind of person who could be part of my family." The way she rolled her tongue on the last word was distracting. Distracting enough that Brandon didn't catch most of the next sentence. "-do you understand?"
Brandon had no idea what had been said but he knew from experience that it was never wrong to nod and agree with whatever had just been said. That would never fail you and it didn't this time. She smiled back and her driver opened the door letting them both out and then drove away.
"Your usual?" The greeter asked and Julie told him it was. He smiled offering the slightest bow to her and Brandon. "Follow me."
