Angel (NSC Industries) by D H Sidebottom Read Free Book Online

those large calloused hands?” she sighed dreamily.
    “Down
girl!” I chuckled.
    Pulling
up an extra chair, Bert placed himself between me and Leah. “Ladies” he said
with a smile and a sweep of eyes, pausing ever so slightly at Leah.
      It
looks like the feelings mutual.
     
    “Hi
Beef,” I smiled “this is Grace and Josh” I introduced, gesturing to each of
them. “And this is Leah” I added with a grin.
    Taking
Leah’s hand, he gently placed a kiss on the back of it. “Hello, Leah” he said
to her with a soft smile. “Hi” she purred, “pleasure to meet you Bert.”
    Turning
Leah’s hand over, he placed a kiss into the palm “Oh, the pleasures all mine,
Sweetheart” he whispered with a wink.
    I
slapped his arm and chuckled, “You smooth thing” I beamed at him.
     
    Josh
stood from his chair next to mine and informed us he was popping to the ‘little
boy’s room’ and to my utter horror Peterson sank down in the vacated seat.
    “Evening
everybody” he grinned, looking at us all in turn. Everybody seemed stunned to
silence but we all nodded a greeting to him.
    Grace
gave me a questioning look, her eyes wide as she stared at Peterson then back
to me.
    I
could smell him from his close proximity, and from the alcoholic stench of his
breath I wondered if he’d had a few sneaky whiskies in his office. He already
looked half pissed and he was holding what looked like another triple shot of
the strong liquor.
    Nudging
his chair closer to mine, he tipped his glass to me “A toast to Olivia’s first
week!” Everybody followed suit and raised their glasses to salute me. 
     
    Josh
returned to the table, giving Peterson a severe frown and found a spare chair,
depositing his backside in it with a forceful huff. “How nice of you to join us,
Mr Peterson” he stated sarcastically.
     Peterson,
oblivious to Josh’s sardonic statement said to us all, but staring at me
“Please call me Simon when were out of the office. We’re all friends out of
hours” he placed his hand on mine.
     
    Gagging,
I slipped my hand away and Bert leaned in to me. “You want me to warn him off,
sugar?” he asked me, giving Peterson an angry glare.
    “It’s
okay, Beef. I’m gonna nut him if he carries on.  But thanks for the offer” I
whispered back to him.
    He
threw his head back and barked out a loud laugh. “Go for it Girl, that’s
something everyone at NSC would pay to see” he winked at me and then turned his
attention back to Leah, who seemed thrilled with his attentiveness.
     
    “Seconds
anybody?” I asked the table when I’d finished my glass. Everybody slid their
glasses towards me.
    “Good
job you can keep up with us all, Olivia” Grace smiled at me.
    “I’m
hoping you can all keep up with me” I answered back to her with a smile of my
own as I picked up everybody’s glasses and made my way over to get the refills.
     
    As
I leant over the bar to give the barman my order, I felt a hand rest at the low
of my back and a hot breath at my neck. “Olivia, Olivia, Olivia” Peterson
slurred, now obviously well sloshed “Let me buy you a drink.” Making me flinch,
he snorted and added “You need to loosen up, sweetheart. I bet you’re sooo much
fun when you let go and open those tight thighs of yours.”
     
    Raising
his eyebrows at me, the barman coughed when he handed me the drinks, and gave
me a dumbfounded shake of his head as he took the twenty I offered him.
    Waiting
until he returned with my change, I turned to look at Peterson. “Mr Peterson” I
started firmly “as much as I find your attention to me fascinating, I would
like to REPEAT that I never have and never will have ANY sort of relationship with a colleague. If I have to remind you of this again,
then you give me no option but to report your inappropriate behaviour towards a
work colleague, to Mr Briggs.”
     
    Picking
up the drinks, I turned my back on him and returned back to the table. The
group gave me encouraging smiles as