Another long day, another late finish.
Hospitality is a whirlwind of emotions, trying and exhilarating, stressful and gratifying, draining and passionate. Sometimes the passion doesn't stop when the day ends...
I could be forgiven for not always reading the signs: A flirty joke, a moment of honesty in private. Diane and I had got on from day one - in fact, she was one of the reasons had I relocated here. Even the other chefs occasionally commented how flirty we were together, but she was married, and we were friends. The thought never crossed my mind.
Sometime around Christmas, she made the first move, but an encounter that I will save for another time. We were friends first, and that's what I thought we would go back to, but I guess she knew me too well and needed it as much as me.
"Diane, I'm off up to the office. Doesn't look like I'm leaving anytime soon".
"Ok, I've sent Lucy home and still got a few bits to sort before I lock up. Just the two of us, again!" she smiled cheekily.
Diane was always very expressive in her face. Her round cheeks, small nose and soft features betrayed her height, which you would normally associate with a much longer, leaner look. At around 6"3 she was taller than any girl I'd had to look up to since secondary school.
I trudged down the long corridor and upstairs to the small cramped office, to work through a mountain of invoices. Many who stayed as late as it was this night had joked about ghosts making creaking and slamming noises. However, by this time I had long ignored any unusual noises, even the motion sensor light in the corridor failed to catch my attention when I was this tired and fed up.
"Jim, what d'ya think?"
I turned my head and suddenly didn't feel the last fifteen hours of hard work; my eyes were wide and I had a newfound energy.
If her smile before was cheeky, now it sported a devilish grin - Diane was standing there, leaning in the doorway, stripped naked. First, my eyes took in her ample breasts; large pale areolas with small pert nipples pointing straight at me. Her tall physique made them appear less of a handful than they were, a perfect fit. And her legs! They seemed to go on forever, smooth and pale, recently shaven if I wasn't mistaken, much like her privates.
"Well? Have I got your attention?" Diane said pointedly.
"Omg. You look amazing." I couldn't come up with anything smart to say, I was too dumbstruck and too mentally fatigued.