Journal 23
Greta 45
Architect
- Life
- She lives in a loft with a long oak table and almost no clutter.
- Temper
- Patient and commanding
Kinks
- One shoe off while she stays in charge
- She decides when he finishes
- Pace and permission stay with her
Greta is forty-five and an architect with her name on the door beside other partners. Simon is forty-two, a colleague she dates. He is not her boss, and she is not his. They keep work and this separate except when she chooses to stay late. She likes one shoe off, the right to edge him, and control she states out loud so he can agree before they begin.
The blog
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Overtime
The city was dark in the window and the office was ours. Overtime, officially, except I had closed the drawings an hour ago. Simon sat in the guest chair until I told him to stand. I am forty-five. He is forty-two. My partner in bed, my equal at work, not a man above me. I perched on the desk in the charcoal turtleneck, one heel off, the bare foot dangling.…
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Everyone else had left the model on the long table and gone home. I locked the studio door. Simon stayed because I had asked at four, and he had said yes. I am forty-five. He is forty-two. We are colleagues who date. He is not my boss. I am not his. I took one shoe off and stood barefoot on that side, charcoal turtleneck, thin glasses, the model between us…
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