Office Policy

Donny was already dating her and they eventually moved in a common apartment. While we were there I had been working on a new idea that would transform video surveillance. As one of the junior engineers, I was often underestimated as well. The company simply took no interest in my ideas. When I discussed all this with my two friends Donny and Kelly, they suggested we start our own business. We scraped together the money and we all jumped ship together. My share at first was fifty percent with Donny and Kelly at twenty five percent each. Kelly is in charge of all business operations, and handles the fine details of the contracts. I am the brains behind our products and oversee all engineering and production.

That was five years ago and since my break up I had sold an additional five percent of my share to Kelly and Donny. Their relationship didn’t last long after they moved in together. There were a few spats and they soon split up. I was terrified what it would do to our business but they were civil about it and managed to remain professional about our successful company. They get along great at the office, much better than when they were a couple. Neither one of them has any trouble attracting the opposite sex, and they don’t cater to jealous feelings when one or the other discusses a recent love interest.

I had thought about asking out Kelly many times but remained aware of the trouble that could cause with Donny. Kelly was really out of my league anyway. Besides all that, she introduced an office policy to keep our company successful we should stay professional and keep out of each other’s pants. It made sense and it worked up to now.

“So, are you going to tell us about the girl or what?” Kelly blurted out.

“What girl?” I tactfully responded.

“The one keeping you up late every Thursday night,” she coyly responded.

“Come on stud, we want details,” Donny added.

“Oh well!” I figured. I might as well tell them what was happening. I proceeded to give the details of my private sessions with Erika, the dancer. I sounded pretty pathetic, and I figured they were about to erupt in laughter at any time.