Phil Marlow woke up exceptionally early and was exceptionally grumpy,
which was quite unusual for him, but on this particular morning he was too
grumpy for words and he wanted to cheer himself up at the earliest opportunity.
And the reason for his grumpiness was the firm of Shallowfield Solicitors,
Pangbourne, Parker and Knowles, or more precisely Catherine Kimber the
receptionist thereof.
His dealings at the Solicitors were concerning the settling of his late father’s
estate which turned out to be quite protracted.
The particular Solicitor he was involved with was Linda Baxter, an attractive woman, tall and slender in
her early thirties who wore a tailored business suit and spectacles, and she
spoke in posh plummy tones, and had a sexy way of peering over the top of her
spectacles which was very alluring.
But as
attractive,
glamorous, and alluring as she was with her posh voice and magnificent long legs she was way out of his league so
he didn’t find her a distraction.
However Phil
was on a mission to find a significant other to settle down with once his
father’s affairs had been settled and he rather liked the look of the
receptionist.
On his first visit he gazed lustily down her top at the
quite pleasing vista restrained in a pink satin bra, which was a delightful
surprise because her outer garments were very unremarkable, and when she
realized he was staring down her top she quickly covered herself up and let out
a rather disgusted exclamation, but then she smiled at him and blushed.
He may have thought her a straight laced prude, but he
liked that, it had always turned him on, partly because of the challenge but
more often than not because they turned out to be less straight laced beneath
the façade.
So he returned her smile and asked
“Do you have anything with the address and phone
number on?”
“Oh yes” she replied eagerly “I could give you one of
my cards”
“Thank you….”
“Catherine” she said “Catherine Kimber”
“Thank you Catherine”
He wasn’t sure if he would ever call her but he had
learned to keep his options open.
Phil thought that with regular visits to the offices
he would get numerous opportunities to speak with her, but alas no.
And that was why he was grumpy because he had
concluded his business with Pangbourne, Parker and Knowles, and he hadn’t asked
her and nor had he phoned her.
So with the day beginning grumpily, he needed to find the courage to
pick up the phone.
There were a number of local girls who had made it perfectly clear that
they were willing and able but they weren’t really his type whatever that
meant, but they were too pushy for his liking.
Even busty Belinda the gardener, who he had inherited so to speak from
his father had given him the green light.
He had even considered going for the soft option of asking his ex-girlfriend
Jenna Stimson out, things weren’t so bad with her, she was very nice, he could
do a lot worse, and she didn’t want to break up in the first place.
So he took his phone from his pocket and was about to dial her number
when he exclaimed
“What the hell are you doing? Her favourite colour is beige”
So without over thinking it he phoned the Solicitors
“Pangbourne, Parker and Knowles”
“Hello Catherine” he said “it’s Phil Marlow”
He had considered going for the soft option of asking his ex-girlfriend Jenna
Stimson out, things weren’t so bad with her, she was very nice, he could do a
lot worse, and she didn’t want to break up in the first place.
So he took his phone from his pocket and was about to dial her number
when he exclaimed
“What the hell are you doing? Her favourite colour is beige”
So without over thinking it he phoned the Solicitors
“Pangbourne, Parker and Knowles”
“Hello Catherine” he said “it’s Phil Marlow”
When he reached the building he went upstairs and
stopped at the receptionist’s desk, which was deserted, and so he waited.
It was quite late in the day, late enough that almost everyone
had left for the day.
He wasn’t there more than a few minutes before the cute
blonde receptionist appeared surrounded by a cloud of freshly applied perfume.
Although in truth Phil was more interested in her
rather than the perfume that surrounded her, but it was very pleasant
nonetheless.
“Hello, you look lovely” he said and moved in for a
kiss which he fully expected to be one of those air kiss affairs but Catherine
had other ideas.
She planted a kiss straight on his lips and as soon as
mouth met
mouth her tongue engaged his own in oral combat and they wrapped themselves in
a tender embrace.
He had wanted to kiss her the first moment he saw her and she was of
similar mind but had thought the kiss would never materialise which was why she
took it when it was offered.
“We have to stop” she said “Someone might see”
“Damn I was enjoying that” he said as he watched her adjusting her
apparel.
“So was I” she admitted “shall we go”
They went down the stairwell towards the basement
carpark but stopped half way down for another kiss which soon reignited
passions flame, but when a stairwell door opened and closed either above or below she
pushed him away and again straightened her clothes.
“Someone is going to see us” she said nervously
“Let’s go then” Phil said and took her hand and they ran down the
stairs to the carpark.
When they reached her car Catherine fumbled for the car keys in her bag
and failed.
“Your hands are shaking” he pointed out
“I know that’s your fault” she said and tipped the contents of her bag
on the bonnet.
“Why?” he asked innocently
“You know why” she replied “because I thought you were never going to
call and you did out of the blue and I just want our first date to be perfect,
and I’m so nervous, and I’m going to stay nervous until I get you somewhere
where I can kiss you in peace, which isn’t going to happen if I can’t find my
bloody keys”
“You don’t need your keys for what I have in mind” Phil said turning
towards her.
“Does it involve waiting patiently?” she asked
“No”
“Thank God” she replied and turned her head to kiss
him.
