Supply and Demand (Open; PM first)

[Viper_Petter]

Supply and Demand (Closed for darkpsy1986)

Note: this thread is actually closed for darkpsy1986, but I can't seem to figure out how to change the thread name. Sorry for any miscommunication.

Concept: A smoking hot saleswoman has a rival who wants her to learn her place. She agrees to a bet involving a business 'race' to make the most profit, with the loser telling the other what to do for an hour. The woman doesn't count on the man having such a perverse imagination, or bringing a camera...turns out her submission might last a little longer, after all.

Kate pushed her hands through her hair, letting it ripple back over her shoulders as she relaxed in the break-room. It had been an easy day so far, but it was always nice to take a few minutes and knock back a coffee while her coworkers scrambled to meet their quotas. Kate had never struggled to hit the right numbers. Although the job was an intense one, she never broke a sweat, securing customers with the smooth tone of her voice, and the slightly seductive drawl she let creep in with certain male customers. They really were like putty in her hands.

Stirring her drink, Kate thought about her weekend. Maybe she would get together with her boyfriend Mike if he was available. But maybe not. Sometimes she found herself getting bored of Mike's simple extravert nature: surfboarding one weekend, rock-climbing the next. He was a bit of a jock, and while Kate enjoyed his body from time to time, she sometimes found her patience ran out for his simple 'rich kid' attitude towards life. He had little sense of ambition, and nothing he did ever really thrilled Kate, or made her feel like she was living dangerously. Sometimes a flare of desire for that ran through her.

If only her one rival in the office had not walked in, Kate might have just enjoyed a relaxing 15 minutes before heading back into the maelstrom. But as it happened, the door opened and her archenemy at the office sauntered in. As usual, he seemed as unaffected by the day's chaos as Kate was. They were natural rivals, always trying to one-up each other. While Kate used charm to get her way with customers, he used assertiveness - a naturally dominant alpha male, who loved to brag about the women he "bagged" on the weekends within earshot of Kate. Sometimes he would 'accidentally' be telling an anecdote in the "boy's club" that was the break room at certain times, that would have a raunchy punchline, and would wink as Kate came in at a key point in the story. She always felt that this was just petty sexual intimidation, an attempt to make her cower. It never worked. Often she shot back some line or other, and got good laughs from the other men, spoiling his stories. Other times he got the last word.

She always felt he was checking out her ass as she turned her back. Imagining her naked. Perhaps more than that. Perhaps imagining her kneeling. Perhaps in a much less confrontational pose than she normally adopted. Sometimes such images passed through Kate's mind: of the ways that someone like this 'tough guy' might handle her. But she let them pass by. She had self-respect, considered herself a feminist. Obviously everyone had gross perverted thoughts from time to time. It wasn't any reason to dwell on it.

The one man that Kate felt challenged by - enough that she occasionally lost her temper with him. Mister --

 

[darkpsy1986]

"Matt Davis." one of their co workers yell as he enters the room. His confidence oozed out of him as he walked in. Smiling as he scans the room He sees Kate sitting at her desk. "Kate how's it going?" he says coyfully knowing he was nipping at her heels on the sales chart. Any good sales leads for me?" he joked running his fingers through his jet black hair.

 

[Viper_Petter]

"Oh, hey Matt." Kate immediately stood up, draining the last of the coffee. Much fun as it would surely be to listen to another of Matt's conquest stories, she had work to do, and the handsome man would not be distracting her today.

"Look, if I had sale leads, I think I'd rather give them to my dog to process. More likely to lock it down, anyway." Her eyes cut across him cynically, and a smile emerged scornfully at her lips. "Have a nice break, Matt. By the time you get back, I'll probably be at my quota for the day. Think I'll take off early, maybe have a nap while you grind out a few more hours at the office." She winked, looking back over her shoulder for just a moment to glimpse her coworker's reaction - audiences usually found these two and their obvious antagonism amusing.

 

[darkpsy1986]

"Why so snippy." he says shooting back at her playfully. "I'm only on my break cause I'm already past my quota and decided to let you catch up." he boasts as he steps in her way. He takes a moment to admire her buxom body in her blouse and skirt. "I feel at this rate I'm going to pass you and jump ahead by at least 10,000 bucks."

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate looked at him in incredulity. "Matt, Jesus man. I mean - I like a bit of guts. I even like confidence, or self-esteem or whatever. But this is too much. This is like you're tripping on your own ego." She noticed him staring at her breasts, and for a second felt a tingle somewhere - that this casual alpha male was sizing her up, considering her as an object.

Then she let it sting her, as a blow to her identity, as a woman who respected herself, and saw this as workplace harassment. Not that she was the type to complain.

"You are not going to pass me by anything like that. If I actually try today, there is no god-damn doubt that I'll crush you."

Seeing that he was in the way, and that people were looking on, she felt a slight hesitation, but finished where she was going with the point. "Why don't we bet on it. I'll trump you today, easy. By 5pm. Whoever has the most daily sales wins. I'll put five-hundred on it, right now."

She extended a hand, lip curling into a smirk.

 

[darkpsy1986]

"Well as much as I like money that bet not worth my time." he says with a devilish smirk. A crowd starts to form in the break room. "But I know a more important commedy that I will play for. Your time." he chuckled as he speaks in riddles.

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate snorted. "My time?" For a moment she looked around, seeing how many people were now enjoying this show. Then her gaze came back on Matt. "Look, are you going to fuck around or are you going to man up and make a deal, if money isn't good enough?" She continued to look at him as though none of this made the slightest difference, and as though he were a completely contemptible person.

A moment passed, and she folded her arms across her chest. "Look, when you say 'my time', do you mean you want to take me on a date or something stupid? Because trust me, you are barking up the wrong tree. But I'm pretty sure I'll spank you senseless here, so why don't we say one hour of my time, if I lose; but five-hundred bucks if I win."

 

[darkpsy1986]

He ponders the notion Kate proposes and scoffs. "Let me sweeten it a little. If you win 1,500 in cash. If I win one weekend with me no questions asked." he stands firm smirking as he drops the idea. Are you game?"

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate began to respond, and then suddenly stopped. "Wait, what do you..." A little redness came into her cheeks. "Matt, that's crossing a line. We're coworkers. I have a boyfriend."

Her arms shifted to her hips, as she looked at him in scorn. "You are a seriously arrogant prick, huh? You think you have any chance with me? One hour of my time. No questions asked."

The last three words slid out before she really thought them through. In an hour, someone could easily do things to her body that she would ashamed to recall. In an hour, a person could take incriminating photographs that would make her their slave. No questions asked - not wise words, and she regretted them immediately. But with the crowd around, how could she take them back?

 

[darkpsy1986]

Matt chuckled as the crowd gasps. "1,000 for 2 hours." his smile widens. "Now that's fair isn't it?" he plays his words like reeling a fish in.

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate drew her hand back for a moment. She looked around, seeing more than a few faces looking over with obvious interest, and in a couple of cases probably lust. She was feeling more and more as though this situation was slipping out of her control, but was too proud to admit defeat and scuttle the whole thing.

"Well, seeing as how you are going to lose, I suppose it's unfair to exploit the situation too much. A thousand bucks - not bad for five hours work. Seeing as how you'll never get my time, and whatever weird ideas you have about what you'd do with it, I can deal with that."

Her hand extended again, for the most fateful handshake of her life...

 

[darkpsy1986]

The crowd draws quiet as Kate pushes back. "So that's why your on top." Matt says as he stretches his hand out for the official shake "For now. By end of tomorrow that will change."

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate set to work for a solid 5 hours, putting in as much time as possible. It was strange. It seemed as though a lot of people kept approaching her desk, asking for favors or help. She shooed them away as much as possible, but had to remain professional after all. A few of them had been men, wearing slightly goofy smiles on their faces - when she thought that they were deliberately delaying her, she told them to find help elsewhere. Kate wondered if Matt had set this up, but there was no proof.

In any case, maybe they just wanted her to lose themselves. A lot of the men in the office probably wanted Kate to come down a peg or two. Hard enough to except a babe in the office that none of them could have - Kate had a strong rule against dating coworkers. Even harder when she continually won daily sales statistics. And even harder when she rubbed it in their faces.

One gentleman, Carlos, came by no less than four times. By the fourth, Kate practically bit his head off when he approached.

By the end of the day, she had grossed a rather satisfying sum, some eighteen separate small contracts, but adding up to a tidy fifty-four thousand dollars. It was easily a record for most of the players in the office. It also made Matt's claim that he would streak ahead by 10k seem borderline impossible.

Kate approached his office, with a printout of her 'assured victory' in hand. Knocked on his door, and stood in the threshold smiling, hand outstretched to reveal her sum.

"Fifty-four thousand, nine-hundred and four dollars. And twelve cents."

She smiled cunningly. "Ooh, plus the thousand you just lost. Better call it fifty-five thousand..." Her smile faded just a little as she looked at Matt's face. "What? C'mon. No fucking way you beat that."

 

[darkpsy1986]

Matt's 5 hours were a whirlwind of customers going to his desk like cows in a cattle shute. He was writing down into and making call so fast he had a cool pack on his writing hand. But after hearing Kate's numbers his face had a look of shock on it. "Well I thought we could keep the numbers between us you know for sportsmanship. But if you want to play it that way." He says as a grin reapeared on his face. He hands her a print out of all his contracts for the last 5 hours with a number circled at the bottom. $84,934. "Why don't you read this out to them."

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate stared at the document in disbelief. "No...no fucking way." She looked at the casual man, who seemed to view her with amusement and scorn. "No, this is bullshit. All those men today. You set me up. You did that deliberately, didn't you. Had them interrupt me so I couldn't concentrate."

Her eyes narrowed. "No one could beat me by such a wide margin. You must have cheated."

The truth was that images kept floating to her brain. She knew as well as Matt did, that the time they spent together was not going to be laughing and cuddling on a couch. He would expect things of her. Maybe to put his cock in her mouth. Maybe to put her over his desk and take what he wanted.

Kate founded herself looking at Matt in a new light. Cynically, darkly. How would it feel, if she found herself serving him sexually for an hour?

 

[darkpsy1986]

"As since there were no rules on how to get the money I did what was needed to win. It helped that a couple of guys owed me favors for giving them accounts to pad their wallets with." He says looking at Carlos and the other guys who bugged Kate during the alloted time. "But a deal is a deal. I hope you like lasagna. Be over at 8."

 

[Viper_Petter]

"You're an asshole," Kate said simply.

***

But that didn't mean that she failed to show up as requested at the man's home. 8pm on the dot. Well -- five minutes late. She hoped he wouldn't notice, and that it would cut into their hour. After a few minutes deliberation, she had opted to wear a simple, but sexy black dress. Her chestnut-brown hair fell over her shoulders, and she walked to his place with confidence in her step.

There was no change in her makeup from work. She expected this hour would be over quickly enough. A bite of dinner, and he would probably try something - but his fumbling hands would not get far with her. Kate knew very well that a bet did not mean that he would actually be able to try anything. Or he would get a taste of the pepper spray from her purse.

 

[darkpsy1986]

Matt spent his hours out of work getting ready for the night. He stopped to get the dinner, sent to his wine cellar for a bottle to offer her and Carlos stopped by to offer him something to get the party started. As time traded near he put the lasagna in the oven cleaned up his appearance and worked on Carlos party starter. He opened it up to reveal a poll bottle with 4 pills in it. Matt took two out and crushed them into a bag to make a fine powder. As he was putting the bottle away he heard a knock at the door.

Kate was standing there in her dress when he opens his house to her. "Dinner running a little late care for some wine?"

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate scoffed, but accepted the glass.

"Nice house," she commented briefly, entering and looking around. "Economical?" She gave him a little look, so much as to say owned. She found somewhere to sit, and sat with crossed legs, looking at Matt.

"I find it amusing," she said, sipping the wine, "that you went to all this trouble to make me dinner. Shouldn't it be me making you dinner - naked but for an apron, and all that jazz? I'm almost disappointed...except that I don't find you attractive." Her eyes raked over him briefly, and then she seemed bored, looking over at the room's decorations.

 

[darkpsy1986]

Matt laughs at her attempts to be little him. "Well most of my money that up right now for my new place getting rentavated." As he sips on his glass. This is just a buddies house he letting me stay in while he is in Europe on business." He eyes up Kate almost humping her with them as they finish their first glasses. "Crap I left the bottle in the kitchen. Let me get you another glass." He says standing up to head to the kitchen he collects her glass and heads in. "Wow even a birch off the clock." he says in his head as he checks on dinner and refills his glass. Before pouring her glass he grabs the bag of powder that he had ready for her. He dumps the contents in her glass follow by more wine. "This will make her feel a little better." he chuckled as he inspects her glass to make sure everything looks right. As he walks back to the seat he hands her the tainted drink. "I played your game today cause I just want to get to know you, Be buddies and maybe we can help each other at work. We don't need hostilities when there so much money to be made." He says trying to make small talk.

 

[Viper_Petter]

As Kate drank and talked, she found herself struggling to make complete sense of what Matt was talking about. A feeling kept surging through her from below, from the belly, rippling through her torso into her breasts. Her nipples were almost literally tingling. The dress she wore, close and form-fitting, felt like so many hands embracing her flesh from all sides, massaging her skin as she moved.

The feeling was distracting enough that as the minutes passed, Kate's attention wandered away.

The general theme seemed to be that they should be friends. At some point, Kate said a little spontaneously - "yes. Yes, you know what they say. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. I will here shroud till the dregs of the storm be past." She seemed to be quoting from some play, her eyes wandering a little over Matt where he sat. Giggling quietly to herself, she went on briefly. "Shakespeare. That's quite a rude name." The mixture of the aphrodisiac, her nervousness, and a touch of the wine - all were going to her head. Always had been a light drinker.

 

[darkpsy1986]

Matt chuckled under his breath as Kate began to be more playful. "That's true. And everybody just wants the same thing." Matt stands up from his seat and walks behind Kate grinning from ear to ear. "And if we were to work together who knows what we could acomplish." He begins to rub Kate's shoulders sensually as he talks.

 

[Viper_Petter]

Kate felt the hands, and bolted up for a second, almost roughly, like she had been touched with a live wire. "Hey, Matt. I don't know about..." She paused, thinking. What was the harm. This guy was ridiculous, a total pushover. He clearly liked to serve women... make them dinner, pour them wine, massage them. There were benefits to extract from this.

If he tried to get fresh, she'd stop him.
Right?

Something between her legs suggested no. But it was a quiet and empty warning. For now.

She leaned back. "Okay. Just for a minute."
She sipped the wine. Head feeling a tad heavier.

It had been such a stressful day.

"Work together, eh? I have to admit, you impressed me today. The other guys are so utterly pathetic. To have someone as a proper rival. There's something I like about it. I feel like I'm eye-to-eye with a real... an alpha male." She said it without thinking, then chuckled quietly. "Not quite what I meant. But you know what I...mmm, good hands. What I mean."

 

[darkpsy1986]

His hands began to move from her shoulders to around her neck and down her arms buying time for the cocktail to make her more frisky. He laughed about her words on being a rival to her but played on it to keep her form getting suspicious. "Well all I was trying to do was make what I could." he said before leaning into her ear. "All I was trying to do was get your attention." he smirked before blowing gently in her ear. Taking a moment to admire her cleavage stuffed snugly in her dress.

 

[Viper_Petter]

For a few moments, Kate said nothing. She let him breathe against her ear, and made a small sound. He was very close, very masculine, and the thoughts of how he had wined and dined and seduced all those women, was making her feel a little naughty just being here. That, and the fact that her nipples seemed to be straining in her dress.

Was that moisture between her legs?

Mmm, god, but the wine had touched her head. "You wanted my attention, huh?" she asked, breathily. She turned her head, lip brushing past his shoulder as her face reached his. Her eyes were slightly dark and there was an eagerness in them. "I guess you got it."

She kissed him on the lips, leaning slightly into him for the embrace.