It wasn't a bad job as jobs go and it kept him in extra money while he was attending the police academy, plus it offered him plenty of time to study during the long nights. Ben worked as a security officer on the 10 PM to 7 AM shift at a very known luxury hotel, he was part of a two-man team of one man inside and one outside in a vehicle.
Ben had already attended the private police academy and that allowed him to go armed while on duty which was something that the owners of the hotel demanded, that and looking like a city cop. Uniform pressed, shoes spit-shined and his leather gear polished. In between studying, he patrolled the floors and pool area.
As the night dragged on he comforted himself with the fact that at 0500 hrs Janice would arrive to take her post on the VIP floor. She worked Monday through Friday while Ben worked Wednesday to Sunday and he looked forward to those three days.
As he stood at the lectern across from the front desk he thought about Janice the VIP floor hostess. Janice was tall, blonde and tanned with flashing blue eyes and stunning good looks. She wasn't some skinny little girl, she was a valkyrie. She stood almost six-feet-one-inch in her heels and her shape was just a little shy of a female bodybuilder. Her two-piece business suit hugged every luscious inch of her magnificent frame without looking like it was too tight.
The VIP floor was at the very top of the building and access was granted only to those that had a room there. The entrance was a heavy wood door set in a solid steel frame with three-inch-thick glass that required a special key to open. The common area was lavishly appointed with thick carpeting, plush couches and easy chairs and the largest colour TV that was available at the time before flat screens.
There were bookcases of polished mahogany full of books and tables for chess and backgammon. The area was complete with a secretary desk and a small but well-stocked bar. This was Janice's domain. She typed letters, answered the phone and took messages. She also worked the bar and made sure the meeting rooms up there were properly stocked with everything needed to host a proper meeting.
Janice would arrive early and linger at the front desk chatting with Ben and the desk clerk as she awaited for the first delivery of the bagels and doughnuts. She would grab the boxes that were tied together and head upstairs to start the coffee and lay out the pastries.
About an hour later, Ben went on his last rounds starting at the bottom and working his way up to the VIP floor. Once there he spent time chatting with Janice as he sipped an offered cup of coffee. Away from the front desk and the clerk, she seemed to talk and smile a lot more. At first, they only exchanged a few words as she worked and he never stayed very long as he found himself becoming attracted to her. Ben had never been out with female who was this good looking and was often tongue-tied in her presence.
As time passed he got over his shyness and found himself lingering longer and longer. They talked a lot more and Ben swore she was flirting with him due to the presence of her hard nipples under her blouse after a comment laced with sexual innuendo.
"I never noticed that you carry two sets of handcuffs," she commented during one of his visits as she stepped closer and ran her fingers over the open tops of his cuff cases. "Is that to keep your lovers from getting away?"
"Yes. One set for each wrist," he replied.
The sound of a door closing down the hallway interrupted her response and caused her to step back behind the small bar. A second later a business guest appeared and took a to-go cup of coffee and bade them a good morning before heading to the elevator. She gave him an embarrassed smile then came from around from behind the bar and moved close to him again.
"I love your baton," she stated as her fingers touched the short end of the shiny black side handled baton resting in its holder. "May I see it?"
Ben drew the baton out and handed it to her and once again her hard nipples were visible through her open jacket. This time her cheeks coloured and the scent of her perfume filled the air as she accepted the offered weapon. Ben could swear that a slight moan escaped her lips as she ran her fingers over it.
This time it was his portable radio that interrupted them.
"Everything all right?" they heard the desk clerk ask.
"He checks on you?" Janice asked.
"Only this time of the morning. I think he's figured out that I'm not patrolling and am up here with you," Ben answered.
"All is well," he said into his portable radio.
"What's it to him where you are?" she asked in a perturbed voice.
"Jealousy. I'm up here and he's not," Ben responded.
"Ewww," she responded. "Like I would waste my time talking to him one on one."
Janice's eyes were locked on his as placed a kiss on the short end the baton and handed it back to him. Ben felt a stirring in his groin as her pink lips touched his weapon. Their fingers touched as he took his baton back and placed it in the carrier and a bolt of lust shot through his body along with the overwhelming desire to grab her and kiss her luscious pink lips.
Once again, the sound of a closing door snapped him back to reality and he wished her a good morning as he headed to the elevators just outside the main entrance. He scolded himself on the ride to the lobby and reminded himself of the presence of the engagement ring on her hand. It was common knowledge that she was engaged to a firefighter and he respected her commitment and didn't push and had to be content with the brief time he spent with her.
On his next visit, she commented on the fact that he never stayed very long.
"It gets a little busy up here and some guests object to my uniformed presence," he informed her.
"I thought that maybe you didn't want to hang around with me," she smiled with relief.
"Are you kidding? I'd stay up here all day with you, but someone would say something and we don't need that grief," he responded.
She agreed and poured him a cup of coffee.
"I sometimes wish you started earlier. That way we could spend more time talking without being interrupted," he said after a long uncomfortable silence."