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to be printed. Hopefully, the review board would accept it, and I would stay on track for my presentation at the end of October.
I grabbed my laptop and climbed the stairs to find Maddie and Evan making dinner in the kitchen, nodded to them, and headed out. Jumping on my scooter, I drove across town to where I’d asked Daniel to meet me. I found him inside the dim café sitting under an enormous painting of a nude woman.
“What’s up, Billy? Why did you want to meet me here?” he asked. I sat down, feeling impatient. I set my laptop on the table next to him, flipping the screen open.
“Thanks for meeting me,” I said. “I have an exciting proposition for you, but first I need to know if you have an exclusivity contract with Microsoft that would bar you from working on outside projects.” I opened my website.
“No. What’s this all about? You want me to help you with your project?”
“I have a meeting with Joshua Steinman on the first of November. My problem is Steinman wants a beta site and obviously my site isn’t at beta level.”
“You’ve made some improvements, but this interface is amateurish,” Daniel said, clicking around on the website.
“Exactly. I don’t have any design skills. I won’t be able to learn before my meeting with Steinman. I need your help. I’m willing to cut you in for a percentage of the company.”
“How much?”
“Depends. At this point, I’d say 15%.”
“Fair enough. Let’s see what we’ve got.”
Daniel and I worked until the sun went down and the cafe buzzed with the sound of nighttime customers, tables of students studying, and bar hoppers coming in for a bite to eat or a coffee.
Daniel’s design skills were exactly what my site needed. In just a few hours, he’d wrangled my sloppy interface into something passable. My cell phone buzzed while we were in the middle of font decisions. I picked it up and immediately my heart dropped.
Where are you? We had a date.
Damn it all. I looked at the time. It was after ten. Why hadn’t she called sooner?
“Daniel. I’ve got to go. I stood up Zoe.”
“Yikes, better get going. Hey, let’s work on this this weekend. We can mock up something decent before the meeting. I’ve got a lot of ideas. I think this thing could be big.”
“Sounds good; see you at home.”
I rushed out of the cafe and drove over to Zoe’s house as fast as possible. I stood outside her building and buzzed her apartment.
The door buzzed open, and I ran upstairs, not waiting for the elevator. When I got to her door, I knocked. My heart raced and not just from rushing up the stairs. I’d disappointed her.
She answered the door with a frown on her face and wordlessly walked into the apartment with her arms folded. I followed her and put my hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off.
“Zoe, I’m sorry. I had a really important meeting. I totally forgot the time. Forgive me?”
“Another Billy zone-out moment, huh?”
“I’ll call next time. I promise.” I put my arms around her and pulled her against my chest. She melted into me and tilted her head back. I kissed her neck as she twisted around in my arms to face me.
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep. I forgive you anyway,” she breathed.
I kissed her hard and deep like it was my last breath. Zoe took me by the hand as she pulled me to her bedroom. She pushed me down onto the end of her bed and crossed her arms.
“What am I going to do to punish you?” she said stroking her chin.
“I thought you forgave me.” I laughed nervously.
“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be punished. Unzip your pants.”
“I think I’m going to enjoy being punished,” I said, raising my eyebrows. I did as she asked.
She wore a pair of very short, white workout shorts and a thin white tank top with no bra. I could see her hard, pink nipples through the fabric. I was instantly hard.
She bent over me and pulled my dick out into the air. She ran her tongue over my ear lobe and
I grabbed my laptop and climbed the stairs to find Maddie and Evan making dinner in the kitchen, nodded to them, and headed out. Jumping on my scooter, I drove across town to where I’d asked Daniel to meet me. I found him inside the dim café sitting under an enormous painting of a nude woman.
“What’s up, Billy? Why did you want to meet me here?” he asked. I sat down, feeling impatient. I set my laptop on the table next to him, flipping the screen open.
“Thanks for meeting me,” I said. “I have an exciting proposition for you, but first I need to know if you have an exclusivity contract with Microsoft that would bar you from working on outside projects.” I opened my website.
“No. What’s this all about? You want me to help you with your project?”
“I have a meeting with Joshua Steinman on the first of November. My problem is Steinman wants a beta site and obviously my site isn’t at beta level.”
“You’ve made some improvements, but this interface is amateurish,” Daniel said, clicking around on the website.
“Exactly. I don’t have any design skills. I won’t be able to learn before my meeting with Steinman. I need your help. I’m willing to cut you in for a percentage of the company.”
“How much?”
“Depends. At this point, I’d say 15%.”
“Fair enough. Let’s see what we’ve got.”
Daniel and I worked until the sun went down and the cafe buzzed with the sound of nighttime customers, tables of students studying, and bar hoppers coming in for a bite to eat or a coffee.
Daniel’s design skills were exactly what my site needed. In just a few hours, he’d wrangled my sloppy interface into something passable. My cell phone buzzed while we were in the middle of font decisions. I picked it up and immediately my heart dropped.
Where are you? We had a date.
Damn it all. I looked at the time. It was after ten. Why hadn’t she called sooner?
“Daniel. I’ve got to go. I stood up Zoe.”
“Yikes, better get going. Hey, let’s work on this this weekend. We can mock up something decent before the meeting. I’ve got a lot of ideas. I think this thing could be big.”
“Sounds good; see you at home.”
I rushed out of the cafe and drove over to Zoe’s house as fast as possible. I stood outside her building and buzzed her apartment.
The door buzzed open, and I ran upstairs, not waiting for the elevator. When I got to her door, I knocked. My heart raced and not just from rushing up the stairs. I’d disappointed her.
She answered the door with a frown on her face and wordlessly walked into the apartment with her arms folded. I followed her and put my hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off.
“Zoe, I’m sorry. I had a really important meeting. I totally forgot the time. Forgive me?”
“Another Billy zone-out moment, huh?”
“I’ll call next time. I promise.” I put my arms around her and pulled her against my chest. She melted into me and tilted her head back. I kissed her neck as she twisted around in my arms to face me.
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep. I forgive you anyway,” she breathed.
I kissed her hard and deep like it was my last breath. Zoe took me by the hand as she pulled me to her bedroom. She pushed me down onto the end of her bed and crossed her arms.
“What am I going to do to punish you?” she said stroking her chin.
“I thought you forgave me.” I laughed nervously.
“That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be punished. Unzip your pants.”
“I think I’m going to enjoy being punished,” I said, raising my eyebrows. I did as she asked.
She wore a pair of very short, white workout shorts and a thin white tank top with no bra. I could see her hard, pink nipples through the fabric. I was instantly hard.
She bent over me and pulled my dick out into the air. She ran her tongue over my ear lobe and
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