“Catherine, the woman she was with… You could tell he was never that bothered… I mean, he wouldn’t be screwing around with gold digger Joy if he cared about his supposed girlfriend would he?”
“I suppose,” Annabel said.
“Joy… She’s one of the only people in this place I can’t stand, I hate the fact she has an agenda.”
“I think a man like him will know that that is exactly what she is all about,” Annabel said, “And I think that’s probably why he’s never tried to get her and has since paid her no attention.”
“Even the smartest of men fall for it sometimes,” Laura sat back in her chair, “I’ve seen it happen.”
“Not him,” Annabel said shaking her head and hoped she was right, “He won’t…”
As she walked back down the corridor she let herself steal a glance down towards Dexter’s office and she could see Joy in her tiny skirt and stiletto heels, sucking on a pen and twirling her blonde curls around her finger. Annabel knew she was trash and hoped that Dexter would too, but suddenly just knowing there was a woman in her midst who had her sights on him made her blood boil. She felt a familiar feeling stir in her that she had not felt for a long time. It wasn’t jealously, but it was something close. Her head spun as she quickly made her way back to her room and closed the door. She couldn’t handle the emotions and feelings that were flooding through her. Somehow, even with all she had heard and all he had done so far that had driven her insane, she had been completely taken in by him and knew she wasn’t going to be able to resist him. She sighed loudly and her nipples stiffened. If he had walked in there right at that moment, she would have gladly taken off all of her clothes and let him do whatever he wanted with her. Her skin tingled and heat rose within her. Her breath became short and heavy and she looked towards the door that adjoined her room to Jed’s… did she dare slip a hand into her panties and take away her frustration? Just as she was about to find out her phone began to ring and she jumped, snapping herself out of her frenzy, she exhaled deeply and sat down at her desk. She couldn’t do something so naughty, what was she even thinking, Jed was just on the other side of the door and he would have heard her or could have walked in. She blushed with embarrassment even though she was the only person who knew she had even had those thoughts and as she picked up the receiver her heart slammed in her chest as she caught sight of her emails flashing up on the screen of her computer. There, right at the top and in big bold letters was one from Dexter Slade. She held the phone close to her lips but no words came out. Without saying anything she slowly slid it back down onto the cradle and took a deep breath. In the subject line it simply said;
Hello Annabel…
She stared at it, her eyes flitting from one letter to the next… Hello Annabel… She could hear his silky voice saying the words. She imagined them rolling off his tongue. Then she imagined his tongue slipping inside her mouth and then working its way down her neck, to her breasts and then further down to her underwear. She bit her lip and squeezed her eyes shut. How had he managed to do this to her? The phone started to ring again but she didn’t even consider answering it. She needed to open this email, she needed to fully concentrate… she needed to know what he wanted to say. With her trembling hand she pulled the mouse closer to her and hovered the curser over the mail page. With a slight trepidation she clicked.
Annabel,
Jed tells me you’re making a very good impression there in finance.
I like to hear that all employees are filling the requirements adequately and even better when our expectations