to keep it professional here at work, then after hours we can get to know each other. We can keep it quiet. It’s no ones business actually.”
This was true Jeanette thought, but women had a way of figuring out who was seeing who. And these women looked like they all had dibs on the head IT guy. If there were the slightest hint, her job would be made miserable.
“We have to take it one day at a time. Right now my main focus is this.”
“I agree. It seems to be getting worse. I heard through the grapevine that the head guy might fire everyone in the purchasing department, and may layoff a few IT people too for good measure and start all over,” Adam said, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Oh no. So he must think it’s an inside job too.”
“I’m starting to believe it. Like you said, this is no coincidence. Someone has a nice home office somewhere or a warehouse full of expensive toys.”
Jeanette scratched her head. Yep, someone had a nice set up at home or where ever. She looked over the purchase orders again. There were a lot of them and they were multiplying like rabbits.
“You don’t suppose it’s more than one person. I mean for instance, several servers are missing. You only need one.”
Adam threw back his head and let out an exasperated breath. “I didn’t need that info. That means they could be scattered all over the place.”
Jeanette chuckled. “Sorry. But it just dawned on me. There are multiples of everything. This could be at the very least two people.
Adam leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She jumped.
“Just admiring your brains—and beauty.” He smiled.
“I’m flattered that you find me attractive, but you have to admit that what we did was way out of line. I don’t want to give you the wrong impression about me.”
“I don’t have the wrong impression about you. I know what you felt was real, just like I know what I felt was real. I will never judge you for that. I just want to know that you don’t have any regrets, not even a little.”
Jeanette sat and thought. She did and she didn’t. She never acted that irresponsible. But at the same time no one knew and that made it easier.
“I don’t.” She sighed. “It won’t happen again anyway—right?”
“You’re hard to resist. But I’ll try my best.” He winked.
Jeanette stood up, straightened her blouse and headed towards the door. “I need to go to the restroom. When I get back, I hope we can get some work done. I would like to be home before the stroke of midnight.” She chuckled, turned and went to the ladies room.
She didn’t have to go, but she needed to distance herself from him and his words.
If she wasn’t careful, she could actually fall for him.
***
Aw hell! This was not going the way he planned. Adam couldn’t figure it out. But then women were more confusing than a Rubik’s Cube.
No, that wasn’t true. He figured out the cube in less than three minutes.
He couldn’t for the life of him figure out what changed. One minute she was crying out his name, screaming with passion and cooing words of satisfaction in his ear. Less than an hour later, she put the breaks on everything without warning. She explained later, but sheesh! She could have given him a heads up.
Adam let out a sigh. This was going to be difficult. How to romance the woman he works with, without raising the ire of every woman in the office and making sure Jeanette doesn’t get fired.
People were noisy. Jeannette was definitely right about one thing. If there were the slightest hint, their lives would be made miserable.
He sat there thinking. The best way to handle this was to hurry up and solve this purchase order problem. Once that was done, then he could pursue her fully. She would have no excuse then. She was an outside contractor, even though they gave her a title and access to the whole company’s files. Once the problem was solved she would be on her way to a new job.
Satisfied with his
This was true Jeanette thought, but women had a way of figuring out who was seeing who. And these women looked like they all had dibs on the head IT guy. If there were the slightest hint, her job would be made miserable.
“We have to take it one day at a time. Right now my main focus is this.”
“I agree. It seems to be getting worse. I heard through the grapevine that the head guy might fire everyone in the purchasing department, and may layoff a few IT people too for good measure and start all over,” Adam said, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Oh no. So he must think it’s an inside job too.”
“I’m starting to believe it. Like you said, this is no coincidence. Someone has a nice home office somewhere or a warehouse full of expensive toys.”
Jeanette scratched her head. Yep, someone had a nice set up at home or where ever. She looked over the purchase orders again. There were a lot of them and they were multiplying like rabbits.
“You don’t suppose it’s more than one person. I mean for instance, several servers are missing. You only need one.”
Adam threw back his head and let out an exasperated breath. “I didn’t need that info. That means they could be scattered all over the place.”
Jeanette chuckled. “Sorry. But it just dawned on me. There are multiples of everything. This could be at the very least two people.
Adam leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She jumped.
“Just admiring your brains—and beauty.” He smiled.
“I’m flattered that you find me attractive, but you have to admit that what we did was way out of line. I don’t want to give you the wrong impression about me.”
“I don’t have the wrong impression about you. I know what you felt was real, just like I know what I felt was real. I will never judge you for that. I just want to know that you don’t have any regrets, not even a little.”
Jeanette sat and thought. She did and she didn’t. She never acted that irresponsible. But at the same time no one knew and that made it easier.
“I don’t.” She sighed. “It won’t happen again anyway—right?”
“You’re hard to resist. But I’ll try my best.” He winked.
Jeanette stood up, straightened her blouse and headed towards the door. “I need to go to the restroom. When I get back, I hope we can get some work done. I would like to be home before the stroke of midnight.” She chuckled, turned and went to the ladies room.
She didn’t have to go, but she needed to distance herself from him and his words.
If she wasn’t careful, she could actually fall for him.
***
Aw hell! This was not going the way he planned. Adam couldn’t figure it out. But then women were more confusing than a Rubik’s Cube.
No, that wasn’t true. He figured out the cube in less than three minutes.
He couldn’t for the life of him figure out what changed. One minute she was crying out his name, screaming with passion and cooing words of satisfaction in his ear. Less than an hour later, she put the breaks on everything without warning. She explained later, but sheesh! She could have given him a heads up.
Adam let out a sigh. This was going to be difficult. How to romance the woman he works with, without raising the ire of every woman in the office and making sure Jeanette doesn’t get fired.
People were noisy. Jeannette was definitely right about one thing. If there were the slightest hint, their lives would be made miserable.
He sat there thinking. The best way to handle this was to hurry up and solve this purchase order problem. Once that was done, then he could pursue her fully. She would have no excuse then. She was an outside contractor, even though they gave her a title and access to the whole company’s files. Once the problem was solved she would be on her way to a new job.
Satisfied with his
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