Free PeakExperience by Rachel Kenley

familiar
either.”
    “But we’ve been very familiar, Lena,” he said in a low
voice. “And we might have been again if you hadn’t left so abruptly. I thought
we started something wonderful.”
    “An orgasm does not necessarily indicate the beginning of a
relationship.”
    “How about multiple orgasms?”
    There was that phrase again. “Not even that, which you’d
know if you had more experience.” She couldn’t believe she’d played the age
card, but she was in desperate need of distance. Being in a room with him was
too difficult. She swore she could smell the warmth of his skin from across the
table.
    “Do you have orgasms like the ones you had with every man
you sleep with or only the younger ones?” She couldn’t mistake the annoyance in
his voice. “Perhaps our night together was typical for you.”
    “Of course it wasn’t,” she answered quickly. Shit. She needed to be more careful around him.
    “Well, I think that proves there’s something different
between us, don’t you?”
    She was saved from answering by the arrival of Michelle,
Gary and Michelle’s assistant. Introductions were made, pleasantries exchanged,
and the meeting began.
    Lena sat there for nearly two hours responding automatically
and trying not to meet Daniel’s eyes for more than a glance. The company needs
this, she reminded herself repeatedly, and tried to do her best to sound
enthusiastic. It was the longest meeting of her life. By the end they had some
initial ideas that could be workable. Gary and Daniel seemed to hit it off and
the marketing team had a handle on where to start. Lena didn’t feel as though
she had a handle on anything, and she and Daniel were the entire design team.
Everything rested on them.
    “I think this will be an excellent partnership,” Michelle
said as things ended. Lena noticed she didn’t meet her eyes when she said, “There’s
real chemistry between our creative team and Golden’s vision.”
    “I agree.” Daniel looked directly at Lena when he continued.
“We have the potential to create great things together.” Lena smiled and fled
the room as quickly as she could, claiming a call with a client. Daniel may be
the younger of the two of them, but she was the one acting immature.
    It took her until after five o’clock before she was
confident enough to step out of her office. Knowing Michelle would still be at
her desk, she went to talk to her. Since she was on the phone, Lena sat in one
of the cozy chairs Michelle purchased on her own to personalize the office. If
they compared the two women’s offices, people would think Michelle’s focus was
art. Her friend’s space reflected her taste and made clients feel more like
they were stepping into a room of Michelle’s apartment. Unlike Lena’s office,
which had little decoration other than art on the walls, Michelle had pillows
on the window sill, a dramatic floor lamp, and other little touches that caught
a visitor’s eye. Michelle said if she was going to spend a lot of time here,
she wanted a place she enjoyed. Usually Lena loved making a game of trying to
spot what her friend recently added, but today she was too distracted.
    “I thought you’d get around to stopping by. So, how do you
think it went?”
    “Horribly.”
    “Really? I thought it went well for a first get-together.
We’re a great team.”
    “It’s not the team. It’s Daniel.” Lena put her head in her
hands and said something into her lap.
    “I didn’t catch that, sunshine. One more time, please?”
    Lena looked up. “I can’t work with a man I’ve had sex with.”
    “Great sex, if I remember correctly.”
    Lena moaned again. “This is impossible. While we discussed
slogans, images and viral marketing, I was having visions of taking Daniel back
to my office and having sex with him on my desk.”
    “Wow, love those erotic fantasies. You should go for it.
Could be fun.”
    “You are not helping, Michelle. I’m already overheated and
unfocused. I