NINE
On my way back to my office, I bumped into Jane in the corridor. She had a cup of coffee in one hand and a ream of copy-paper in the other. When she saw me, she dipped her head, muttered hello, and tried to move by me.
'Back to your old clothes again,' I said, nodding towards her brown, calf-length corduroy skirt and olive-green long-sleeved t-shirt.
'I'm late for a meeting,' she said, risking a glance in my direction.
'I'm guessing you're back in the old underwear as well.'
'You said this was over. You said if I ... if I did what you asked, you'd leave me in peace.'
I toyed with the idea of taking her back to my office, showing her the footage of me spanking her pert young buttocks, of her brown eyes widening as my cock slid in and out of her mouth. Instead I said:
'Tell me if you're wearing the underwear, and I'll leave you in peace.'
She hesitated, her eyes casting round as if looking for help.
'I threw them out,' she said.
'Shame,' I said. 'Dave would probably have enjoyed them as much as I would.'
'Please don't do this,' she said. 'Please just leave me alone.'
With that, she dodged past me and walked quickly away.
I continued on my way back to my office, but at the last moment I took the stairs up another flight and went to Gemma's office instead. Catherine, her secretary looked up from her computer-screen.
'She's not in, I'm afraid, Jack. Was here about five minutes ago, then dashed straight out again. Had to go and see the Super.'
Catherine was in her late fifties. Thin, with a spiky blonde hairstyle that was about twenty years too young for her. Smoked French cigarettes and had the husky voice to prove it.
'I know,' I said. 'She phoned me. Asked me to go in and wait for her.'
Catherine gave me a long look, then shrugged.
'If that's what the lady said ...'
I gave her a smile, then went on in. I sat down in Gemma's oversized leather chair and put my feet up on her desk. There were some framed photos on the opposite wall. Gemma and the rest of her class at Hendon. Gemma receiving a commendation from the Chief Constable. Gemma meeting Paddy Ashdown. If things went according to plan, there'd soon be a few new photos of Gemma, though none she'd want on the wall of her office.
Suddenly, the door of the office flew open and Gemma came storming into the room.
'Get out of my chair!' she said.
I swung my feet down off the desk but remained seated.
'Maybe you should close the door, Gemma,' I said, in a stage whisper. 'Unless you want Catherine to join us.'
Gemma pushed the door to with her foot.
'That stunt you pulled in there ...,' she said, almost apoplectic with rage. She shook her head, unable to continue.
'I'm guessing the Superintendent wasn't sympathetic.'
Gemma stared at me, eyes like gun-muzzles.
'I'm getting a formal reprimand on my file, and I'm being referred for psychological counselling.' She took a step towards me, hands on her hips. 'Now get out of my fucking chair!'
I nodded slightly and stood up.
'You still wearing the dildo-pants?' I asked, as I moved round and sat down in one of the visitors chairs.
Gemma just snorted and went to sit down behind her desk.
'Wait!' I said.
Gemma hesitated for a moment, then sat down anyway.
'I owe you an apology,' I said.
'Just get out of here, Jack' said Gemma. 'Before I do something I'll regret, like break your bloody neck.'
'I rushed things this morning,' I said. 'Going straight for your pussy like that. I'm sorry, I really am. I know how important foreplay is, how a guy needs to play the game, do things in the right order.'
Gemma shook her head.
'You fucking blackmail me into letting you finger-fuck me, and then you give me a fucking orgasm in public -- in front of my fucking boss -- and you want to apologise?!' She was spitting out the words like they were stones she was throwing at me. Her eyes were wild, and her finger jabbed at the air like a knife.
'I don't apologise for doing those things,' I said. 'I apologise for not doing other things first.'
Gemma came to a sudden stop.
'What the fuck are you talking about?'
'Stand up!' I said.
Gemma shook her head.
'No!' she said. 'This ends here.'
'Maybe we should get Jane in here, see what she thinks.'
'Fuck you, Jack!'
I got up, reached for the phone on her desk.
'Leave Jane out of this, Jack! I'm warning you!'
'Or what, Gemma? What will you do? What can you do?'
Gemma took a couple of deep breaths. When she spoke again, her voice was softer, under control.
'OK, Jack, so what's it going to be? You want to fuck me on my desk, is that it? If that's what it takes, then let's do it. Then you can crawl back under the fucking stone you came from and let me and Jane get on with our lives.' She glared at me, uncowed, unabashed. 'Is that what you want, Jack?'
'What I want is for you to stand up, Gemma.'
She took a couple more breaths and got to her feet.
'Good girl,' I said, moving round behind her.
Gemma twisted her head to follow me.
'Eyes front!' I said. 'And hands on your head.'
Gemma paused for a moment.
'You're a sad little shit of a man! You know that?'
'Do as I say, Gemma!'
After a moment's hesitation, Gemma face forwards and crossed her hands on her head. Her blouse tightened over her shoulder-blades. I could see the straps of her bra through the material.
I moved up close behind her. She smelled of soap and coffee and fabric conditioner. I put my hands round her waste.
'You see,' I said, ' there's a kind of mating ritual. An order in which things should be done. A guy shouldn't just plunge in, so to speak. And I did. And I'm sorry.'
'You're one sick fuck!' hissed Gemma.
I moved my hands slowly up over her ribcage. The material of her blouse felt smooth beneath my fingers.
'You know how it goes. You go for a cup of coffee, maybe. Then you go for dinner. Maybe the pictures. At some stage you'll let him hold your hand, or put his arm round your shoulder.'
'I'm guessing you never got any!' said Gemma. You had to admire her for it.
'And then,' I said, my hands moving to cup her large breasts, 'sooner or later he'll try and cop a feel of your tits.'
Her body stiffened slightly as I adjusted my grip. I waited until her body relaxed slightly, then squeezed. Hard. She grunted, half tried to move away, forced herself back into stillness.
I relaxed my grip.
'Of course,' I said, my mouth close to her ear, my voice low. 'Usually, when he makes a grab, you can decide whether to let him or not. You can either go with the flow, or knee him in the groin. Here, of course, you can't. You just have to stand there and take it.'