Ch.03: The Promotion
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I didn't get any work done that morning. I spent most of the time huddled in a corner of the ladies washroom, crying my eyes out, trying to make sense of what had happened.
I had been raped, hadn't I?
I washed and scrubbed myself furiously, trying to clean the CEO off me, desperate to purge every trace of him from my body. I tried to rinse the foul taste of his thumb from my mouth, the taste of my own shit, the taste of my own sex.
I had been wet for him hadn't I?
I saw the red glow of my buttock-cheeks in the mirror, compounding my shame. He had spanked me into submission. I had let him fuck me like a cheap slut. I had thanked him and lapped at his fingers. I had curtsied for him. Oh God. Why? Why had I done that?
I still felt filthy dirty, so I washed again.
How incredible to reflect that within a few hours I would be signing a piece of paper declaring my willingness to dance naked for him. How could I have allowed it to come to that? How did I end up signing an agreement that would have me shamelessly presenting my naked flesh to the man who had just raped me?
My boss (the CTO) eventually found me curled up by the lavatory, head buried in my arms, leaning up against the white enamel of the toilet bowl. He didn't seem to notice that he was a foreign body in the ladies' washroom.
"I know what happened," he said tenderly, crouching down beside me, sliding an arm around my shoulders.
I sobbed, sniffed, blinked at him through watery eyes.
"The CEO told me about the promotion he wants to give you,” he said.
I sniffed again, tried to speak, but no words came out. I had wriggled my arsehole onto the CEO’s thumb, hadn’t I?
"Come on Elizabeth," he said encouraging me to get up. "Let's go to my office. I'll have coffee brought in, and we can discuss your promotion. I promise, it will cheer you up. It's an incredible offer."
He took my arm and coaxed me to my feet; I wobbled awkwardly on my heels as he led me through to his office. He gestured to the coffee-girl as we entered the office - another short-skirted, high-heeled beauty. He sat me down on the settee and told me to make myself comfortable.
I fiddled nervously with the hem of my skirt while he perched on the corner of his desk, observing me intently. Oh God, my legs! I remembered suddenly, tucking my knees together hastily. I had forgotten that I had taken off my dirty knickers. I couldn’t wear them again could I? They were stained forever with the CEO’s semen.
"Elizabeth,” my boss started earnestly. “You have to trust me. Listen to the offer. I am pretty sure that once you hear the details, you won't want to turn your back on us. You have a chance of really being someone here. “
I sobbed into my sadly disintegrated tissue.
He stood up, paced across to the far end of the office, and then paced back. He made as if he were about to say something, but then he stopped, turned around, paced away again.
"You earn £30,000 at the moment," he said finally, "but the CEO and I both think you could earn a lot more than that. We think you could earn as much as £50,000."
I gasped. £50,000 - That was a lot!
"Basically, we have a proposal for you to consider," he continued, perching back on the corner of his desk. "Before I tell you about it, I want you to know that this really is a genuine offer - I mean - well what I mean is - it really is an offer as opposed to anything else - you can turn it down without prejudice - although of course we are hoping that you will want to accept it."
I squirreled my tissue away up my blouse sleeve. What on earth was he talking about?
"It is new territory for us,” he went on. “The CEO and I, that is, I mean. It is not something we have done before, and we have had to look into the legal implications, company law, human rights and so on."
He flicked nonchalantly at some loose sheets of paper lying on his desk, as if suggesting they were evidence of some of the research that had been undertaken.
"Well, anyway," he went on, "We think we have come up with a package that is both fair and advantageous to us, but more significantly, to you. As with all contracts between an employer and employee there has to be a certain degree of trust and cooperation in order to ensure the agreement works to the benefit of both parties."
He paused again, still watching me intently, as if he were reading the thoughts right out of my eyes. He had become uncharacteristically businessman-like.
"What I am about to offer you" he went on, " - were it to be offered to a less intelligent, less scrupulous, less loyal, less trustworthy employee - would leave me personally, and possibly the company as a whole - vulnerable to legal action. That is why before I go on I need to know - and I need you to be entirely open and honest with me - that I have your trust."
I looked at him squarely. What on earth could be so unusual about whatever it was he was about to offer me that could make him say something like that?
"So," he prompted. "Can I?"
"Can you what?" I asked stupidly.
"Can I trust you? Can I go ahead and explain our proposal to you?"
"Yes, of course," I said uncertainly.
“Well that’s excellent Elizabeth,” he said, “because we would like you, in addition to your current responsibilities, to, well, to take on the role of Senior PA.”
At that moment, the coffee-girl arrived. She strutted over to the coffee table and placed down two mugs, treating us to the sight of her trim bottom as she leaned over. She wore black lace net stockings, the tops of which were clearly visible below the hem of her skirt. She looked such a trollop! She should have been ashamed of herself, turning up at work dressed like a slut.
Did I look like that?
She wiggled towards the door, her task complete.
"Laura -” My boss called out to her sternly, before she could reach the door. "Aren't you forgetting something?"
Laura wheeled round on her heels. Her natural blondish-brown hair hung neatly conditioned around her shoulders. Her makeup had been applied meticulously; it must have taken her hours. She looked inquiringly at the CTO before seeming to recognise something in his expression.
"Sorry sir," she apologised, and strutted back to the centre of the room. She turned towards him and curtsied neatly.