Chapter 22: Fun in the Office

The next morning, after our little game of three kisses, Maureen prepared breakfast, then I left for the office. She was close to negotiating the contract for the new NT office and we were planning to go to Brisbane for the weekend and a meeting on the following Monday. She was going to discuss her business plan with NT management. I had arranged a meeting with our people and NT on the progress of our work on Monday morning, and Maureen and I wanted to enjoy Eileen - her mind and her body.

When I arrived, Mary Ann was already sitting at her desk. She looked pointedly at her watch and asked whether there was a problem at home, because I was rarely so late. She had a slight grin on her face, very respectful of course, I have to say, but there was a trace of sarcasm in her grin. Looking around first and noticing there was nobody around, I told her to mind her own business and that I didn’t have problems at home, I had only opportunities.

I smiled, too, and we understood each other. She fluttered her eyelashes at me.

“Can we discuss opportunities sometimes in the future, Mr. Winter? I’d be very interested to see whether these could be shared.”

I stared at her and looked around, but she smiled, telling me not to worry. She had everything under control and whispered that she had already complained about me and the workload I had given her. Life would be interesting in the office!

I took my mail and started to work; Mary Ann had already sorted it according to priorities, and where I used to spend hours to get through these piles, she had reduced this by at least half. She was worth her weight in gold for the help she provided me. As a reward, I told her I would go over to the HR department and see what could be done about her position. She looked at me and said that she was happy where she was now and I shouldn’t worry, but I went over in any case and explained to my colleague the proposal I had.

Mary Ann had developed fast in the company, and I had already given her an outstanding evaluation. In my new position, I would need her even more and wanted to get her trained in administration, people management, and computer use. The company would pay for the courses as long as she had grades in the top twenty percent of the class. I also needed to get her an upgrade of her position to compensate for the additional workload and the responsibilities I had placed on her. I wanted it now, because I had to travel soon to the States and then had my wedding, and I wanted to go to my honeymoon relaxed and not forced to think about business.

My colleague smiled and agreed with me; we looked at the positions available and he said that he could immediately give her a position of Assistant to the Director of Marketing, and after she had completed the courses we suggested, she would get another upgrade. Her salary would get a significant increase, and I told him that if he had any problems, talk to Sir Allan, but make it happen. Please? He said that the upgrade of position and the salary was no problem and would be effective immediately; further steps, however, had to be discussed internally. I asked him whether I could tell her, and he hesitated, but then said yes.

When I got back to my office, I called Mary Ann in and asked her to close the door. I glanced at her for a moment and definitely enjoyed the vision - she had dressed again in a white blouse with the top two buttons undone and a smart black, narrow skirt. Her long black hair was in a ponytail and there seemed to be a bit of makeup on her face. She could be really pretty with some help! She sat down and waited for me to say something, smiling when I preferred to just look at her.

“You know, you’re quite pretty?” I realised what I had said and apologised immediately. I was stepping out of bounds!

She grinned, however, and responded that yesterday I was much more specific - should she undo a few more buttons today to motivate me to change pretty to beautiful?

I preferred not to comment on that and told her about my meeting with HR. She would receive a list of evening courses on certain subjects we would recommend, and after finishing those courses with distinction, she would get a big promotion. She started to get up, but I said there was one more item - she had been promoted to be my assistant and her salary had practically doubled, starting immediately.

She turned to see whether the door was really closed and asked, “May I?” I just opened my arms, and she jumped straight into them.

“James, thank you. Thank you for the promotions and thank you for caring.”

And then she kissed me with all her force, digging her tongue into my mouth, sucking on mine, embracing me with all her force, and when she finally relaxed, she stepped back and gave me a little chaste kiss.

“This is not for the money or the status, this is for you because you care. James, if there’s anything I can ever do for you, you just have to ask, and I’ll do it. Whatever it is, James!”

I walked back to my desk and asked her to open the door, not totally, but so it seemed that we were discussing business. She turned but came back again, wiped a bit of lipstick off my face, then looked into her mirror and redid her makeup. Then she asked me to get up, walked around me and said that she was satisfied that there was no evidence of any wrongdoing.

“Now, Mr. Winter, is there anything you want to discuss with me? Professionally or private? Can I tell you what I want to discuss?”

“No, and please listen to me. This is serious, Mary Ann. We have a complicated relationship. You, Maureen and me. I don’t know what Maureen told you about her and me but listen to my concerns. We have entered something that is more than friendship and less than ... what? Love? Affection perhaps?”

I looked at her, concerned about the dangers we were playing with.

“We’ve been involved for a few days only, and the speed that our relation has evolved has surprised me. I love Maureen totally, no reservations and no limits. She’s my one and all. I was astonished when she met you only on Saturday and we had brunch on Sunday, as she has never done this before. Then we had dinner on Monday, and every time we met, Maureen expanded the limits. I like you very much and I enjoy kissing you, seeing you smile and having your body close to mine, but you must remember that Maureen is the center of my life, and whatever will happen, it’ll depend on her. What will come next?”

I looked at her for a long time, then said, “I discussed this with her yesterday and she told me not to worry, as it was her decision what direction our relationship would take. She really loves you; you are the sister she never had. She trusts you and, above all, she trusts me to keep my promise to never cheat on her. So, what’ll happen? I don’t know, but I’ll follow Maureen and if she wants to stop it right here, I will. If she wants to go one step farther, I’ll do this also. You are becoming a wonderful woman - superbly intelligent, business smart, caring, and very beautiful. I love to kiss you, embrace you and feel that you care for me. Under different circumstances perhaps you would be already in my arms. However, it is Maureen who’ll have to open the door, and then I’ll have to decide whether I step through it. This puts a lot of pressure on you, uncertainty and even insecurity.”

She smiled cautiously but seemed convinced that she knew what she wanted. I wanted to stress that point.

“You will also have to make a decision - what do you want? Do you want to stay only as my assistant, be trained to become an executive and we will stay friends, or do you want to wait to see what could happen and whether it might become more than friendship? There might be a lot of joy, but a lot of hurt if things go wrong. This is real life, Mary Ann; we have to make decisions and often without all the information we want and need, and then we have to live with them. We don’t want to play with your life, and you’re the one who must decide what you want. Take your time to think it through and tell us what you want. We’ll go on from there.”

She took a deep breath and looked at me with determination, “James, I can give you my decision right now - I want to stay with you. I’m willing to wait and will accept whatever decision you make. I told you before that I love you and I love Maureen too, in a different way; but living with you and close to you is much better than living alone and on my own again.”

I looked at her for a long time and then nodded. “So be it!”

We changed to business mode. “Mary Ann, I need the files on the new prospect. Give me ten minutes and then call Andrew to come in.”

She got up and went to the door, but before she left, she turned and blew me a kiss, and I saw her lips saying, “I love you.”

Suddenly, she was back to being the efficient secretary and the professional day had begun. It was a good day. I heard from a contact at a business association that I belonged to that a senior executive of a big distribution company located in Sydney had asked about me and showed interest in meeting me. I went to see Sir Allan, who also knew this person, and he gave me all the details he had on the executive and on his company. It was big and the rumours were that they were not very happy with the systems they had installed; it was nice that they came from our major competitor. Perhaps another feather in my hat? I called the executive and he agreed to set up a meeting in two days. I asked Mary Ann to get as much data as we had on the company and arrange the place and time.

When I came home, Maureen was all excited - she had closed the deal on the office.

“James, I negotiated a good deal and called Mom; she agreed to the terms and told me to close. I’ve done my first deal!”

I congratulated her and reminded her of priorities - closing deals were important but kissing your husband when he arrived home after a long day was more important! She hesitated (Why? Had the priorities changed?), then agreed and said, “As compensation, you may kiss me wherever you want!” and, opening the buttons of her blouse, she offered her breasts

“I know what pleases you - and me, too, I have to admit.”

I bent down and took her puffy nipples into my mouth, and I felt them rapidly growing hard and pointy. She was very sensitive in this area and my kissing and suckling led her fast to a little climax. She shuddered and, leaning into me, whispered, “Does this satisfy my lord and master? I shall pay you back later!”

I had my shower and she led me to the kitchen where she had prepared a light supper. She did not bother to close her blouse, and, seeing her breasts swinging freely when she moved, I enjoyed the food much more.

During supper, I asked for details about the negotiation. It was tightly negotiated and closed – a deal done very well. I applauded her business acumen!

“Mom called and wants to talk to you. You have to sign some documents in the city offices to confirm the wedding; she has already talked to the priest in her Anglican church, and everything is alright with the church. Don’t be surprised - it is the biggest church in Brisbane, and it will be filled to capacity!”

We retired to the sitting room when the phone rang. It was Eileen, and she confirmed that she needed my signature on several documents to get the wedding done. Her voice was a bit worried when she asked when I could come. I told her that she should have known that I had set up a meeting with NT and our staff for next Monday morning, and that I could sign the documents after the meeting and then go back to Sydney. Maureen would obviously accompany me.

She was still hesitant when she asked at what time I would arrive in Brisbane, and I confirmed that it would be Friday night, taking the afternoon flight from Sydney, and that we would be at her home in the early evening. She was satisfied but scolded me, “This is not my house, it’s ours. And let me tell you - I don’t like to live this way, all alone. My puppies are sad because they feel they have been abandoned, and my body needs a really good workout, and several times! The forecast for the weekend is for heavy rains, so we probably will have to stay in the house - or rather in bed - the whole weekend.”

Maureen shrieked, “Mother! How can you say this! I’m here too!”

She received the answer, “Is there anything wrong with what I just said? I’ve done so much running to calm me down that I even lost weight, but I need a very different exercise! And you? I expect you to cooperate and participate! So please hurry, my loves!” and she hung up.

Maureen looked at me and wondered what we could do about her mother. I told her to relax - there were very effective treatments for her problems, and I would be pleased to use all of them on her mother.

“Maureen, you know that you’ll be excited too and will enjoy the fun. Relax and we’ll get there in time, but don’t relax too much since you still owe me a bit of compensation!”

Maureen shrugged out of her blouse and shed her little shorts too.

“Here or in the bedroom?” she asked.

“Remember when we made love the first times, you teased me saying that I could ask you to bend over the chair and take you that way? We have never done that so...”

She got up, took off my shirt and Bermudas, turned back and selected a chair. Bending over, she looked back at me and fluttered her lashes furiously.

“Do you need a written invitation, Sir?”

She was wet already, and it was easy for me to enter her. She needed only a few thrusts to get loudly excited, and the feeling of having the woman I loved so much under me led me rapidly to my climax. She came at the same time as I, and I needed to hold her so that she did not fall. It was fun, but I missed looking at her when she came, and seeing the love shining in her eyes. Maureen had enjoyed it, however.

“This was fun, my love. We must keep it in mind for the future, but let me get up and we can get into our bed. I want you to hold me.”

We went to the bathroom, she cleaned me up and we hurried to our bed. There she did her thing and moved up and down until she found her place in my arms.

“Tell me what you said to Mary Ann. I like her very much and don’t want to lose her.”

“You won’t. She told me that whatever happens, she wants to stay close to you and me, and she is waiting for an opportunity to grow our relationship into something much warmer and closer. I told her that we were undecided how much we could offer her, and that it was her decision how much risk she was willing to take to be hurt or very much pleased. She did not hesitate one moment and said, quite determined, that she would stay with us whatever happened. I told her also that it is your decision of what we’ll do; and she is happy with this too. I like her a lot and I know that you do also. Let’s wait a few weeks and see what the future brings. If you want to invite her for dinner or a weekend here, I will not say no. She is fun and the two of you are difficult to handle, but I want to chance it.”

“What do you want - her mind or her body?”

“I would like to see her grow professionally and become a partner, and I also would like to hold her in my arms and kiss her - she is good at this. The picture of you both trying to show me every bit of your bodies was wonderful and exciting, but I will not make love with her as long as this situation is not resolved by you. If you tell me to walk away, I’ll do so without any hesitation, but with regrets. Our relationship is so much more important.”

Maureen smiled and said to loosen up, since she knew what she was doing.

“I know how much you enjoy the beauty of your women and both Mom and I enjoy showing ourselves to you. At this moment Mary Ann is looking through a door that I opened, and a lot will depend on what she does and what I’ll decide. Enjoy her now - you may kiss her and, up to a certain limit, caress her. You cannot make love to her, but if she manages to receive a kiss and a caress when she comes over, good for her. I promise that my decision will be made soon.”

I really did not know what she was thinking but trusted her completely.

“I shall also invite her for lunch on Wednesday and we’ll see what happens. Don’t worry, everything is under control. Now kiss me and go to sleep.”

I doubted that very much, but again, it was her decision and I trusted her with my life and my happiness - actually our happiness.

The next day was busy as always. When I arrived, Mary Ann was already waiting for me. She was dressed in a white blouse and a narrow dark blue skirt. I could not stop myself from asking whether she had bought only white blouses. She grinned and said, “Actually, I also bought two dresses, but I want to show you those in a private environment. And I bought very tempting underwear; I understand, however, that when I am at your house local rules apply. But the undies won’t go to waste - imagine when I’m close to you in the office, you might think about what I might have on underneath these clothes.”

I almost blushed looking at her but got myself under control.

“Please get me a ticket to Brisbane on a Friday afternoon flight and a return on Monday afternoon. Please also arrange a meeting on Monday morning, in Brisbane, for our people and the appropriate NT staff. I don’t need a hotel; I’ll stay at my mother-in-law’s house. I will also need the confirmation for tomorrow’s meeting.”

“Yes, Sir. Understood, Sir. Tickets and meeting, Sir.”

She grinned happily and before leaving she told me that Maureen had called and that they would have lunch together on Wednesday.

“Any guidance, Sir?”

“Listen and be yourself. Don’t screw up!”

I had several meetings with my staff, met Sir Allan to confirm tomorrow’s meeting, and seemed to have called over fifty contacts, prospects, and customers. There was one customer who seemed to be interested in a lower price offered by our competitors, but there was one prospect who was interested in jumping to us because of better quality.

I also received a call from Mr. Cunningham, confirming the invitation to participate in an HQ Marketing meeting, where the company would be showing new products. I was grateful that it was the following week; the week after that I would have to devote myself to my wedding or better, devote myself to the orders I would receive from Eileen and Maureen concerning my behaviour at the wedding, the clothes I would have to wear, the dress rehearsals in the church, etc., etc. I told Sir Allan and he agreed to the trip. Mary Ann gave me my ticket and I was off to walk home.