Tom felt a thrill of excitement as he rang the bell and waited for the door to open. The quarantine time had been hard, but certain aspects of it had led to his current situation, so he couldn't complain. The door swung open, and the pretty middle aged redhead who has opened the door smiled at him as she invited him in.
"Come on in, the computer is right upstairs. I've been vaccinated, so if you'd like to remove your mask, you are welcome to."
As Tom removed his face mask, he paused and replied, "Actually, Andrea, there's something we need to discuss. We might be more comfortable here in the living room."
Andrea's face briefly showed concern, but she quickly recovered, and said, "Sure, why don't you have a seat here on the couch," as she sat in an easy chair facing Tom. "So what's going on? I thought you needed to make some more changes on my computer for the office."
"Well, Andrea," Tom said, "As you know, back when the company first started to allow working from home, I went around to everyone's house to install software to make it work better. One thing that involved was something called VPN software - do you know what that is?"
Andrea said, "Not exactly, but kinda. It's what lets me get on the server at the office, right?"
"Basically, although it's a little more complicated than that," Tom explained. "VPN stands for 'Virtual Private Network', and it uses the Internet to connect your computer to the system at the office. Essentially, when the VPN is active, it's like your computer is actually at the office, just like the one on your desk at work."
Tom could see she was a bit confused, and she said, "Okay, I guess I see that. So is there a problem with my computer and the VPN? Is that why you are here?"
"Oh, no, it's working fine, perfectly in fact," Tom said. "Actually, the thing is, like I said when it is active, it is just like you are at the office, and everything you do on the system goes through the company network. EVERYTHING."
Tom suppressed a smile as he saw the recognition of what he was saying showed on her face. We are getting to the good part, he thought.
"In my job of computer security, I am responsible for the monitoring system that logs all the activity going in and out from the network. For the most part, it is to make sure no proprietary information is accessed by unauthorized parties, but the company also wants to make sure their system isn't used for anything inappropriate."
"Wait a minute," she said, "are you saying the company can read the files on my computer? I didn't agree to that!"
"No, not at all - well, at least not without cause if something improper is detected. No, I'm saying that traffic from our network to the outside world is monitored," Tom replied. "And when your computer is running the VPN, all access to the Internet goes through the company system, including emails. Including photos send to outside persons."
At this, Andrea stiffened, and her face began to turn red as she realized what he was saying. "Oh, god, are you saying that the company has copies of things I've sent to my friends?"
Tom said, "Yes, if you were still running the VPN when you sent them. Well, I should say the company COULD have copies, if the person who is in charge happened to notice, and brought it to their attention. That person would be me."
"Oh, god, this is horrible, those pictures can't get out!"
"Yeah," Tom agreed, "it would be pretty bad - besides the embarrassment, there's a good chance you'd be fired. They're pretty explicit."
"Oh, no, are you saying you've seen them? Who else?" She wrapped her arms around herself, almost like she was covering her body from his sight.
"Yes, I've seen them, but I thought I would discuss this with you before I passed them along to the company," Tom said with a smile.
"Oh, that's great! Not that you've seen them, I mean, I'm so embarrassed. But it's great you haven't done anything with them. I can certainly pay you to not give them to anyone if that's what you want," she said nervously.
"I don't want your money," said Tom, "I work in network security, I make plenty. No, I thought we could work something else out."
Her face moved from nervousness to a look of anger, as she said, "And what exactly did you have in mind?"
With a smile Tom said, "From the photos I can see you have a really great body for a woman your age. I think I'd like to see if it looks as good in person."
"No way! That is NOT going to happen!" Her anger showing, she had her arms crossed over her chest and a look of defiance on her face.
"Hey, it's up to you," Tom said as he stood up. "I guess I will have to do my job and pass these on to my boss. Maybe it won't be too bad. Not everyone gets fired for this sort of thing, but it won't really be up to him, other people will probably have to be consulted."
As he started to turn to leave, she jumped up, putting her hand on his arm, and said, "No, wait. That's not good. Even if I don't get fired, sounds like a lot of people will see the pictures, and I can't have that. You promise if I do this, you will get rid of the pictures and no one will know?"
"Of course," he said as he sat back down, "you take care of me and I'll take care of you."
As Tom settled back on the couch, Andrea started to tentatively unbutton her blouse. A lacy navy bra was revealed, with a decent amount of cleavage exposed. Tom could see her breasts moving as she breathed, the tension in her body evident. The bra clasp was in front, and as Andrea slowly opened it and slid the cups to the side, her full breasts dropped on her chest. There was some sag to them, but not as much as you might think for a woman her age, and Tom was happy to see they were as fabulous as the pictures showed. A small c-cup, nicely round, with small pink nipples which were standing up firm and pointed, hardening despite her distress.
"Very nice," Tom said, as she dropped her bra to the floor. "Now the pants." Andrea glowered at him as she started to unzip her slacks. She let them drop, and stepped out of them, then grabbed her bikini panties at the hips, pausing for a moment as she worked up the nerve to be fully nude in front of him. Sighing, she slid the panties down in one swift motion, stepping out of them as they hit the floor. Instinctively she covered her breasts with one hand and her crotch with the other.