chapter 2

The next day Ms. Smith puts her watermelon lunch in the staff fridge and retreats to her desk. The night before was spent scooping melon and day dreaming about her boss. If only he would notice her, but there you go, always the good ones are taken. Her tummy growled and she thought that the watermelon the day before must have made her belly a little extra roomy. She shrugged and rummaged around in her desk for a hard candy.

"Good morning, Ms. Smith", her boss said as he stopped at her desk. "I had a meeting downtown this morning and picked these up on the way back. I hope you're hungry." Doughnuts. They were the bane of her existence. Especially the creme filled ones with the icing on top with colored sugars and crumbles. Why did he have to be so nice?!?

"I don't know if I can", she started and the light seemed to go out of his eyes. It was so remarkable that she immediately retracted. "Right now, I don't know if I can right now. What with having breakfast and all."

"That's ok, I'll just set them in the lunch room and when you get hungry..."

"Thank you Mr. Phillips", she said to his back.

Crap! He was offering her a gift! This man that she'd wanted for so long was offering her something he never offered anyone else. Why was she so dense???

A little while later she went to the lunch room and looked at the breakfast desserts. They all were cream filled and iced and they were so pretty, and smelled so sugary. She made her mind up to have just one. No more than that. She walked back to her desk and ate it alone, savoring the white frosting. This was a treat she rarely allowed herself. Usually it was with a huge latte. Once a month. No sense in going crazy and exploding, she thought. She touched her flat belly. Just then Mr. Phillips showed up.

"I was thinking about taking a break, would you like a doughnut?" he asked her. She was not going to let him down this time. Besides, one more wouldn't hurt her.

"That sounds great!" she said brightly as she stood up.

"No, no, I'll get one for you", he said and walked off. He came back with two. "There's a whole box back there and it looks like only a couple are gone. We can't let these go to waste. Besides that, two won't hurt you." He set the doughnuts in front of her and walked away. She failed to see the smile playing on his sensuous lips.

Great. Now I have to eat them. She pulled the first one apart and found a beautiful custard cream inside. As she took a bite the chocolate topping melded with the custard and she moaned, just a little, and her eyes popped open wide. Where did that come from? She had never moaned while she was eating! She thought she heard a chuckle from his office, but she couldn't be sure. Before she knew it she had finished the first pastry and started on the second. She tried to hold back. She wanted to throw it in the garbage, but something stayed her hand and forced it to her mouth instead. Her "breakfast" was done before she knew it and she was full. She rubbed her belly. No lunch today, that was for sure.