She didn't seem to mind as she turned to hang up her coat on the clearly-visible rack and in the process showed him the dress was virtually backless. Only a few red strings criss-crossed over her smooth, tanned skin and he could see the toned waves of her athletic figure quite clearly.

"You Look amazing. Are you going somewhere else Later?" He asked, again allowing his mouth to get in front of his brain.

She turned back to look at him and shrugged her bare shoulders with a slightly nervous smile.

“Nope. Why? Are you going to kick me out?"

“Definitely not. I just... Wow."

That got a Laugh from her and she swished on her high heels to pick up her sack of booze and head into the kitchen. As she unloaded the bottles onto his counter, he went to check on the pans he had boiling as well as the potatoes he had roasting in the oven. The turkey was already resting by then, and she walked over to peek underneath it's foil covering.

“Fucking hell, Hugh! It's huge! How are we going to eat all that?" she cried in surprise.

“Perseverance and determination,” he replied with her own office mantra.

“Haht"

She turned back to look at him. He looked fucking adorable in that silly hat and even sillier sweater. Although the comical ugliness of his attire made her think about how nice it would be to tear it off him and sink her teeth into the man beneath.

He'd shown up at work in the IT department and had gotten her attention in dealing with a particularly nasty bug in the new system software that the old head of IT had installed. Hugh had become her new head of that department shortly thereafter, and since online sales were a huge part of her business it had been good having someone she could trust running the technical side of things. He'd also been somewhat shy and reserved, which was a nice change from the usual motor mouths she dealt with day in and day out.

Then the chance had come to expand the company she'd built, but time was short and he'd been the only one of her team who had offered to stay behind. The man had a head for numbers, and had proved himself extremely useful in dealing with the issues that had arisen due to the short timescale. A single presentation to a potential investor and by

Christmas next year she'd Likely be a millionaire.

This also allowed for the rather happy incident one night when she went looking for him in the early hours of the morning. She found him in the small gym that she'd had placed in the building for her staff. It wasn't much. Just a converted meeting room with enough equipment inside to blow off steam. The idea had only come to her when she realised that they had a full bathroom on the floor equipped with a shower. She spent quite a bit of time in there herself.

She'd walked in, wanting his opinion on some figures she'd been running over. That's when she'd seen him on the running machine, his body gleaming with a healthy sheen of sweat. His breath coming in heavy pants that did wonderful things to his hard, muscular chest. Though he wasn't bulky, he was definitely ripped with gorgeously well-defined muscles. He also hadn't been wearing anything above the waist, and she had plenty of skin to feast her eyes on. She must have stood there in the doorway for about ten minutes before he noticed her and apologized for not wearing a shirt. She'd told him about the figures and he'd nodded and flipped through them before outlining a few problems.

She couldn't quite recall what the problems had been since her eyes were fixed on his pectorals and his chiselled abs. He didn't seem to notice her staring. That was partly the reason she'd gone with the little red number for that evening. Payback. He wasn't going to be the only on in their friendship to leave the other one stunned in their tracks. Oh no! His reaction had been exactly what she'd hoped for.

It was just a shame things couldn't go any further. She was his boss, after all. A bit of light teasing was one thing but getting hot and heavy with an employee was quite another. That being said, seeing him in that outfit did make her heart do a little warm and fuzzy shudder.

It was also clear from the overwhelmingly delicious scents that filled the kitchen that the man could cook.

Whilst he checked the food, he opened a cupboard to reveal a selection of glasses. She grinned and immediately plucked up two large wine glasses.

“Red or white?" she asked.