Changes, Confusion, and Control

James went to work as usual expecting to see Susan at the front desk, but she was nowhere to be found. He was getting concerned about her, but he was sure that everything would return to normal on Monday. At least, he hoped so anyway. James did notice that everyone was wearing whatever they felt like today. His co-worker's business suits were replaced by t-shirts and jeans for some, while others were still in their pajamas. He wondered if he missed some memo about the dress code since it wasn’t a couple of people but everyone he saw so far. James decided to ask Billy about it when he ran into someone else, he was sure he hadn’t met before.

“Hey James, how are you doing?”

“Good, who are you?”

“Very funny, James, it’s me Zax.”

James wanted to laugh, but when he looked closely, he could see the resemblance. He didn’t want to believe him since he was so much more handsome than before. Not to mention, that he was acting friendly to him. Zax was known to go out of his way to ignore all the men in the building and act like a total creep to the woman. Unlike Susan, he knew that Zax only had one brother and they looked nothing alike. James figured that Zax was trying to start over with plastic surgery of some kind. Well, James didn’t have any problems if he wanted to turn over a new leaf, but the woman in the building might think differently.

“Yes, what’s up?”

“I wanted to let you know that I talked with your boss to lighten your workload. Now, you shouldn’t have to spend extra hours working on all the extra assignments he’s been giving you.”

James was shocked, “That’s amazing, Zax. Thank you, I don’t know what to say.”

“No thanks necessary. I’m just doing what I can to help out.”

James was overjoyed at not having to do so much work especially since he had plans later on tonight.

“Umm Zax, do you know why everyone is dressed so casually today.”

“Yes, it's because there’s no dress code for the company. However, people are still allowed to dress nicely if they want to.”

“When did this happen?”

“I don’t know when exactly it happened, but sometime before I was born.”

James couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Everyone was dressing professionally yesterday. Was Zax messing with him? Maybe, he didn’t turn over a new leaf after all. People don’t change overnight, after all, unless something drastic happens.

“Ok, I’ll see you later.”

“No problem.”

James checked his email and the company’s website for the changes to the dress code, but he didn’t find a single mention of it anywhere. He did get an email from his boss telling him that he would lighten his workload from now on, so Zax was telling the truth on that front at least. After working for a bit, he went to the restroom to pee. After relieving himself, he went to wash his hands when a short, Asian woman came out from one of the stalls and started washing her hands.

James raised an eyebrow and asked, “Isn’t this the men’s restroom?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Why are you in here then?”

“Umm, because reasons,” she said as she rushed out of the bathroom.

James hoped the rest of his day wasn’t as weird as the first half of his day has been.

…

Rebecca reluctantly went over to Mr. Wilson’s office because of her wife’s advice. She didn’t bother knocking and barged into the room. Mr. Wilson looked distressed for a second seeing Rebecca barge into the room before composing herself.

“What are you doing here, Rebecca? I’m busy as you can see.”

“I wanted to apologize for my behavior yesterday.”

“It’s fine. Just go,” said Mr. Wilson dismissively.

Rebecca could sense that he was uncomfortable but couldn’t put her finger on it. She walked up to his desk as Mr. Wilson’s eyes widened slightly in shock.

“I said go; you have no other business here. Don’t make me regret giving you another chance.”

Rebecca could hear the slight fear in his voice as she made her way behind his desk to see a woman underneath his desk with a cock in her mouth. Rebecca recognized her as one of the employees working under him. Rebecca's face twisted in disgust as she pulled out her phone and took a picture. She couldn’t believe someone would demean themselves enough to sleep with their own boss.

“What do you think you're doing? Delete that right now.”

“I don’t think I will. A disgusting man like you deserves no mercy from me.”

He quickly tried to dress as he said, “It was consensual. You can’t use that against me.”

“I can and I will. It doesn’t matter if it was consensual when I share this little photo online or maybe directly to your boss. I wonder how Mrs. Smith would feel about this behavior of yours.”

“Please, you can’t.”

Rebecca smiled evilly, “I guess I can hold off on releasing this if you give me what I want.”

Mr. Wilson frowned, “What do you want?”

“Obviously, a raise and more time off for starters. Not to mention, immunity from getting fired.”

“Are you serious? People will ask questions and…”

“And you’ll deal with them if you don’t want this getting leaked.”

Mr. Wilson sank into his chair and didn’t say anything else.

“That’s what I thought. I’m glad we could reach an agreement.”

“Hey Bimbo, try not to embarrass yourself any further and get out of here.”

“I’m not a bimbo.”

“Yes, you are. Now leave my sight before I change my mind and release the picture anyway. You’re a disgrace to all women everywhere.”

“I’m not,” the woman mumbled to herself as she left the room.

Rebecca left the room satisfied with how everything went. She guessed it was a good idea to apologize to her boss. She gained so much from it.