I beat Adam to yoga class today. I had gotten my favorite spot in the back corner and might have made some extra room for someone who had done the same for me yesterday.
Luckily today's class wasn't as jam packed so he could pick any number of spots.
"This for me?" I pretended to be fiddling on my phone when Adam walked up to the extra mat beside me.
"No, it's for my invisible friend, Jerry. He's really into yoga." I tried to be sarcastic but it came out as more of a joke.
"So Jerry and I are shaing mats now. Cool, cool." He sat down and started stretching. Adam didn't move the mat to make more room between us, even though he could have. And seeing as we kept touching and hitting one another in certain poses, he honestly should have moved.
Class ended and Adam was kind enough to clean off our mats and bolsters so I could beat the rest of the women to the good showers. He said it was the least he could do for making Jerry put up with his
My mom and sister drive me crazy but I need to connect with them before the holidays, which I know will be upon me way to quickly. Since I was going home for Christmas I asked Kate to visit me out here in Colorado Springs. I'd pay for the flight, I just needed some sort of connection with home.Hell, at this point I'd invite my mother to visit. I know her schedule is too packed to come visit one of her two daughters. Sometimes I wonder how I'm related to these women. I related mostly to my father. And it's this times like these that I miss him the most. Even though I'm sick of men at the moment.I bought Kate round-trip tickets from Newark Airport to Colorado for this upcoming weekend. I would officially only have two weeks left until my company vacation with the Talon brothers. She had to come see my house and meet Jennifer and Jill before the holidays. If not she might not ever see the place I've lived for the past six years."Hey Kate! Look at you
Thanks to Adam, the development team was able to put the block feature into the app by the end of the day.Jennifer texted that Adam was like a hawk on Noah today, not allowing him to go off on his own and checking all of his correspondance. Usually it was the other way around.Adam took it upon himself to send out a company wide memo about sexual harrassment. It was almost laughable isn't wasn't actually kind of sweet. The Adam I met 5 years ago would have gagged at the thought of writing this memo and now he was doing it on his own.When I brought my take-out into my house that night, it was the first time I didn't feel scared. Who knew Adam would make me feel safe? Noah is just so intense. Part of me was still turned on by it but it I couldn't deny how he intimidated me.Thanks to Adam's hard work (wow, that's something I never thought I'd think or say), I felt okay to log into the app and monitor some group chat conversation
It was finally Friday and although Kate wasn't coming to visit, the weekend was here. I'd successfully avoided Noah and blocked PrinceCharming.Jennifer had taken the day off. Noah had taken out his anger on her all day, every day this week. On top of that, she went the extra mile to make sure I didn't have a run in with him. She was quickly becoming my favorite person. Adam was on top of Noah like white on rice but he had to take bathroom breaks, which is when Noah made his move. I was looking down at my phone that had just buzzed with a text from Adam: 'BRB. Avoid my brother' "Who are you chatting with?" My head snapped up, knowing that voice. It was a bit raspier then normal."Hi Noah, I didn't hear you come in." I was living in fear of him and PrinceCharming all week, but unlike my online companion, Noah hadn't actually said anything to me that would warrant me avoiding him. Or feeling the shiver down my spine. "
Since my weekend plans with Kate were canceled, I decided to work. My entire world has become about this app that isn't even being used and marketed to the public yet! That was my goal: UX text the shit out of this app in beta testing so it would be flawless when it went into production. I needed more screen shots of chats. Even though the screen names would be blocked out, I felt exposed putting all of my private chats with LimberJack or PrinceCharming (gag me! no, don't. He might enjoy that) so I decided to branch out. I went into group chats that were clearly not made for me but had to be represented nonetheless. Our current list group chats were: Beta Testers (the one I'm usually in and monitoring) LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Queer, and more community) Communication Skills Builder (which had the 'assist' button to create a sexy one liner or emoji) Lust to Love
Noah's POVSaturday morning means brunch with my dad and Adam. We were always surrounded by gorgeous women drinking their bloody Mary's and Mimosas. It used to be my favorite part of the week because I knew I'd get bring one of these women home with me, but I couldn't stop thinking about Holly.She forgave me as both her boss for being a dick this week and as PrinceCharming. I was all too happy to find the loophole to her blocking me, which under any other circumstances would have made me blow up at her and the entire dev and UX team. But last night I gained her forgiveness and I believe some of her trust back. Plus she had already copied me and Adam on a handful of emails last night to the appropriate team members chastising them for the mistake and she even laid out how to fix it and test it by Monday. So no, I wasn't mad. I was turned on by her ability to take responsibility and control of the issue and delegating out tasks. I had a hard on fo
I woke up on Monday morning with a smile on my face. For the first time in a long time I was happy to go to work. PrinceCharming gave me an assignment to wear a dress to work today and it had to be sexy. Something that would turn heads, which he said would boost office moral. It was that or tell my sister how I felt about her ditching me this weekend. I wore a forest green knitted dress. It was short, so short I would usually wear leggings under it but not today. I paired it with nude heels and left my hair down since it the color of the dress played up the little bit of red hues in my dark brown wavy hair. When I walked into the office, I literally saw heads turning. Some people even complimented me on how I looked. One guy rudely asked if I was new here and needed any assistance. I asked for his name and where he worked in the company in a sultry, low voice, only to turn around and give him the finger. He was definitely getting reported to HR.&n
I had one thing in mind after Jill dropped me off: PrinceCharming. Who could possibly be the part owner and COO of Talon Inc. and my boss, Noah Talon. I got into my house and locked up for the night, making sure to take a large glass of ice water up to bed with me. I peeling off my dress and threw it on the floor along with my nude heels. For once in my life I didn't want to cover myself up, so I laid down on my bed in my lingerie letting my hands drift up and down my body while thinking about Noah. My phone pinged with a notification making my heart race. It would be the usual time for him or LimberJack to contact me. I laughed at myself for getting so worked up. Jennifer sent me a picture of her laying next to Jill making smooch-y faces and Jill gave the camera her middle finger. 'Better get to sexting gurrrl' 'On it!' I replied to Jennifer and ignored all of my texts, e-mails, and missed phone calls so I could log on
This morning was bittersweet. Nursing a hangover on a Tuesday feels like I've hit a new low. But I reread my messages from PrinceCharming, aka hopefully Noah, and it was best the cure!I picked out a white dress that I bought as a bikini coverup. Not really fall material but I didn't want to make it to easy for him since he will be looking for a woman in a white blouse.Little did he know the miracles of shapewear. I could be wearing sexy red lingerie that can be seen if you are looking close enough, but I plan on staying in my dim office all day. I feel super sexy wearing a romantic, barely there, lingerie set. Never doubt good lingerie!I hadn't even gotten into my car when Adam texted me about missing "team building yoga class" which is total bull crap. We don't do anything as a team in yoga. And most of the people there aren't even in the same departments!Of course Adam was standing in my office behind my new chair with tight lips and his nose