Shaking his head in disbelief, Kurt locked his desktop, grabbed his coffee mug and headed towards the coffee machine. As if on auto-pilot, he flashed his badge against the badge reader near the door, walked down the aisle. He stopped in front of the coffee machine and grabbed himself an espresso.
The last few months were flashing by him. He was the newest member on the team and was handling the entire workforce management system by himself. He had put in extra efforts to get acquainted to his new tasks quickly and within three weeks, was well adept with the architecture of the entire application.
The appraisal cycle had just concluded and looking back on his previous four months at the project, Kurt was pretty confident that his contributions were stellar and was expecting a good appraisal, until he was called in by Nelly, his immediate supervisor and Adriana, Nelly’s supervisor for a discussion.
After a long, protracted discussion, he was let known that he will be given a performance rating of a measly 3.1 on 5.0. The key reasons were that the application he was handling wasn’t crucial enough and that there were seniors in the project who deserved a chance at a good rating. And since the company followed a bell curve system, someone had to take the fall.
Kurt excused himself from the meeting and headed to his desktop to compose his resignation, but ended up deciding to have a coffee to settle down.
Half an hour later, he walked back in and went straight to Nelly’s cubicle.
“Nelly, I am having trouble digesting my performance rating. I am not sure if I can maintain my motivation and continue working with the same energy.”
Nelly calmly tilted her head a little and gave a slight nod. The guy sitting next to her immediately got up and left. “Look Kurt, I can understand where you are coming from. Your work has ensured that a lot of potential escalations were nipped in the bud, but I just couldn’t do anything about your appraisal. Adriana was adamant about the numbers. She always thinks that the senior employees contribute the most and wasn’t willing to budge a little bit.”
Kurt was still not happy, but Nelly was truly the only person whom he could rely on. She was a great team leader, in her early 30s, full of energy and had personally ensured that Kurt received all the support he needed when he had joined the project.

Realizing that there was little he could do, he went back to his desk and buried himself in his mailbox. It was well past 7 pm and most of the cubicles in his work area were empty. Kurt was heading for the Men’s room to freshen up a bit. The office was laid out such that the far left corner had a single door which opened up to an empty space, leading to two more doors at the opposite ends. The one on the left was the Men’s room and the one to right was the Women’s room. As he was heading towards the door to the left, Nelly had just stepped out.
“Could you cheer up at least one bit? I hate to see one of my best performers walking around like a zombie.” quipped Nelly.
Kurt smiled thinly and stood still.
Nelly asked, “Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?”
He kept walking towards the door.

“KURT! Do not alienate the only friends you have around here” and Nelly started following her and inadvertently entered the men’s room.
Kurt kept ignoring her and started splashing water on his face.
“God damn it Kurt!”
Kurt stood still for a second and in a swift motion, he turned towards Nelly, grabbed her and kissed her deeply. After a while, realizing what he has done, he apologized to Nelly. Nelly was taken aback by Kurt’s actions but both stood still.
Realizing what he had done and where they were standing, Kurt quickly grabbed Nelly and entered one of the stalls, lest the odd late working employee walks in. Nelly was still searching for words when Kurt kissed her again and grabbed Nelly’s ass.

“What are you up to, Kurt?”
“I’m sorry, but I sort of had a mini crush on you for a long time. I acted on the spur of the moment. ”
Nelly was still confused. She didn’t stop kissing him back nor did she ask him to remove his hands. Sensing her reaction, Kurt started kissing her all over and planted a long, deep kiss on the back of her neck.
“Kurt!!! I understand that you’re upset and that you need emotional support, but you really are crossing the line here.” Nelly was slightly enjoying it though.
“Nelly! I know what kind of douche bag Gary is. He must be one real whack job to be ignoring you for so long. You’re incredibly hot and after that kiss, I can’t help but think about having you right here!”
“But Kurt…… This is not right!”
“It’s not wrong either!”

They both paused kissing each other and looked into each others eyes for a while. Nelly was still in two places when Kurt undid her shirt and slid in his hand and grasped her breast. She moaned softly and started enjoying herself.
Slowly Kurt started fondling both her breasts and she let out soft moans. Then, in a swift action, he turned her around, dropped his trousers, lifted her skirt and penetrated her vagina. It was a little rough, but Nelly was excited by the suddenness of it. He started rocking his penis slowly, in and out of her vagina. Nelly started getting a little wet in her pussy.

Gradually Kurt started increasing his pace and kept playing with her breasts. “Oh my God! Fuck me harder Kurt! ”
Kurt was literally pounding her when Nelly stopped for a second, turned around and jumped onto Kurt, wrapping her legs around his waist. Kurt grasped her ass with both his hands and started pounding her vigorously. Nelly was getting a rush like never before and dug her fingers into Kurt’s back.
This pushed him even harder and Kurt kept pounding her harder and harder. Nelly was completely wet and was on the verge of an orgasm. She tightened her legs, held onto Kurt firmly and in one huge thrust both Kurt and Nelly came together.
Slowly Kurt loosened his grip on her ass and she un-wrapped her legs. They both stood still and kissed a couple of times. Kurt helped her with her dress he put his trousers back on. Quietly, they exited the men’s room and headed straight for Kurt’s cubicle. Luckily, no one was around.
“That was really, really wild, Kurt! I am all drained out“
“I loved it ! Well, my place is pretty close by. We can catch some dinner there. And then I will drop you at your place, Nelly. Is that okay with you?”

“Okay! Let me inform Gary that I’d be coming late. Not that he cares anyway.”
Kurt drove her home and asked her to freshen up while setting up the dinner table. At the table, Nelly asked, “Can you explain what happened today?”

“As I said, I sort of had a crush on you when I had started working with you. Knowing that you’re married, I tried to ignore those feelings. But recently when you had mentioned that Gary’s a total douche bag and that he’s been coming home drunk almost daily, my crush on you had reignited. That bitch of an Adriana had ruined my day, but now, because of her, I’ve had the most amazing sex in my life! ”

“Well, Adriana is a bitch. All that she cares about is saving her own ass. And you’re right about Gary as well. Now that we’ve crossed the line, we need to be really careful at work and outside it as well. ”

****** To be continued*****

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