She wants me to have it.
I opened the drawer slowly and took the thong into my hands, threading the silky fabric through my fingers. I brought them to my nose and took a deep whiff in. Ohhhhh. Fuck. Me. Whereas the other pair had just come out of the wash, smelling like detergent, these smelled like a woman. She’d worn these. There was no debate left. I got up and double-checked that my door was locked.
Then I returned to bed and lay back, placing the panties over my face. Taking out my rigid cock, I stroked it hard, simultaneously breathing in. If I was going to hell for something, at least this would be worth it. And getting off to her actual scent—knowing she’d taken these off for me, knowing they’d been up against her pussy today—made me crazy.
It didn’t take long. I came fast and hard, all over my abs. One would think it had been days since I’d last jerked off, when in fact it was last night.
But as the high of my orgasm wore off, I started to come back to reality. I was back to seeing myself as a filthy pig lying here with her panties on my face. I crumpled them up, threw them in the drawer, then slammed it shut again.***The following afternoon, my concentration level at work was even worse than the day before. Once again, I hadn’t been able to look Elodie in the eye when I left for work this morning. I’d taken her damn panties out again when I woke up at the crack of dawn, took care of business, then left them under the pillow exactly where I’d originally found them. I wanted her to think maybe I’d done nothing at all with them, maybe I’d never found them, maybe I’d redeemed myself and no longer wanted anything to do with her.
I knew I was kidding myself. I’d had aftershave on, and she’d smell me all over them.
Maybe a part of me wanted that, too. I was sick.
Addison’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “Hello? Earth to Hollis!”
I’d been twisting a pen around in my hand when she interrupted my rumination.
I threw the pen down. “What?”
“We’ve been waiting for you in the conference room for nearly a half hour. Did you forget about the two o’clock meeting?”
Shit. I totally forgot. “Sorry. I’ll be right in.”
For the entire meeting, Addison kept staring at me, squinting…assessing. She’d known me a very long time and could see through anything.
After we left the meeting, she cornered me in my office.
“What the hell has gotten into you now, Hollis?”
At first, the thought of Addison knowing what was going on seemed mortifying. But the truth was, I could use her unbiased opinion on how to handle this situation. In the end, I was Elodie’s boss, and what I’d done was beyond inappropriate. So from both a professional and personal viewpoint, I needed input.
“Today is your lucky day, Addison.”
“Oh? Why is that?”
“Because I’m about to give you blackmail material you can hold over my head forever.”
“Uh-oh. What did you do? And please tell me this has to do with Elodie.” She grinned. “I’ve been waiting for some juice.”
I braced myself and began to tell her the story.***Addison was all too amused. “You dirty dog. This is better than I ever hoped. Although I don’t know who’s worse, you or her.”
“Skip the taunting. How do I handle this?”
“I’m just kidding. This isn’t a real problem, Hollis. It’s all in good fun.”
“You don’t see a problem with this? If I stole your underwear, you could sue me for harassment, and it would ruin my career. How is this any different?”
“Well, you definitely took a risk. But I think you did it in part because you know there’s a reciprocal attraction there. You’re comfortable with her. And you also stupidly assumed you wouldn’t get caught.”
I sighed. “Okay, so what now?”
“Just see where things go. Why do you have to have a plan?”
“Because I can’t even look at her.”
“Well, you need to get over that. You’re both adults, and clearly she’s enjoying this.”
I pulled on my hair. “This is such a fucking mess.”
“Why? Why is it a bad thing? It’s innocent fun. Although, I don’t expect it will end up innocent.”
“I’ve already explained the ramifications of getting involved with her. Have you not heard anything I’ve been saying?”
“Oh, that’s right. If things don’t work out, Hailey could get hurt.”
“Precisely.”
“This has nothing to do with the fact that you could get hurt, too, right?”
I paced. “Now you’re overanalyzing.”
“Am I?” She crossed her arms. “I think you see Elodie as exactly the type of woman you would want in your life if you weren’t so damn scared to let someone in. I think that’s why you’re afraid of messing things up. It’s not only about Hailey.”