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“We might as well get to know each other, then.” The other woman held out her hand and smiled. “My name is Zoe Allen. I’m thirty-four years old and vice-president at my office. And you are?”
“Phoebe Monroe.” Phoebe returned the handshake and felt herself loosening up a little bit already. “I’m twenty-five, and I haven’t gotten very far at work yet. I’m still climbing the ranks.”
“Good for you.” Zoe leaned back to rest her head against the wall of the elevator. “I hate these conferences, don’t you?”
Phoebe shrugged. “To be honest, this is the first time I’ve ever been to one. I was supposed to give a presentation on Sunday, too.”
“You’re not going to be stuck in here till Sunday, don’t worry!” Zoe laughed. “You’ll be ready to give your presentation. I promise that.”
Phoebe rolled her eyes a little bit, but gave a good-natured smile. “I don’t know how you can promise something like that, but I think I’ll take your word for it.”
“This is a pretty terrible first conference, though, huh? Getting stuck on an elevator with a complete stranger in the middle of your first day?”
“Definitely.” Phoebe nodded, then stretched out her legs in an attempt to get comfortable. It didn’t help very much.
The floor of the elevator was hard wood, and a little bit slippery, which made it even less comfortable somehow. Still, she told herself, she was in this for the long haul.
No sense worrying about how much her legs were already starting to hurt.
She glanced over at Zoe and felt herself blush a little bit. The other woman was sitting closer than she had realized, and she smelled so nice.
It had been a while since Phoebe had been this near another woman in any kind of a close setting, and her lack of intimate contact was beginning to get to her.
Simply smelling another woman was enough to set her off. She had to think about something else, fast, so she said the first thing that popped into her mind.
“Thanks for complimenting my dress earlier.”
Zoe looked confused for a moment, before the realization dawned on her.
“Oh yeah! I had almost forgotten about that,” she said with a smile. “It looks amazing on you, by the way. I don’t see a lot of women who can pull of that shade, but you do it with a lot of class.”
Zoe’s kind words did not help Phoebe get her mind off of how attractive she found the other woman. In fact, the conversation was making her heart do leaps in her chest, and she was afraid Zoe would notice.
They were sitting so close to each other that it was probably very unlikely that Zoe hadn’t already caught her deepening blush as it was.
Still, Phoebe knew better than to let herself lose her cool. This older woman could potentially be an important peer, and someone she should get to know.
She might be able to help Phoebe advance her career in some way, or become a useful contact at another office.
It was definitely not okay for Phoebe to sit there imagining what the other woman’s skin would feel like, or how her kiss might taste.
Phoebe wanted to shake her head to try to clear those thoughts out of her mind, but that would only draw even more attention.
It had just been too long since she had been with another woman.
She had always loved women, and always been positive of that fact, but it had become more and more difficult to meet fellow ladies who were interested in her advances as she entered the working world.
College had been a different story, but ever since she had graduated, she had found herself more or less alone.
She felt a little too old for partying, and even if she had wanted to hook up with someone, her devotion to her job kept her from really ever trying.
Now that she found herself wedged into a stopped elevator next to an older woman who smelled like a goddess, she was beginning to think that she might have made some bad choices in her past.
She hoped that Zoe would take her silence as simply a pensive mood, and let her be alone with her thoughts for a while.
She was happier simply thinking about the other woman, rather than trying to talk to her.
She had been out of the loop for so long that she had no idea how to flirt appropriately anymore. Of course, she could not be too sure whether or not this other woman would even be interested in the first place, although a quick glance at
