Under the Desk Chronicles: Part 3 — When Symbolic Lifestyle Jewelry Says Something Without Saying Anything
- partnersidllc
- Jun 30
- 2 min read
Samantha wasn’t the type to blush easily.
Not when Kyle walked in on her wearing one thigh-high red boot.
Not when he started showing up with coffee she never asked for.
And not when his eyes kept drifting to her necklace like it held an answer he couldn’t quite phrase.
She’d been discreet for years.
A master at subtle.
The kind of woman who knew exactly when to cross the line — and how not to leave prints.
But Kyle? Kyle was curious. And curiosity, Samantha had learned, was often more dangerous than desire.
“You wear that pendant a lot,” he’d said last week.
“It suits me,” she replied, smoothing her blouse like it was just another Tuesday.
“What’s it supposed to be Sam?”
“Just something I like,” she said, letting it sway. “It’s... symbolic.”
That was the first time he called her “Sam.”
He’d never asked if he could.
She didn’t correct him.
This week, she started having more packages delivered to the office. Not because of the porch thieves. Not really.
Lace. Leather. A silk blindfold tucked inside a slim black box with a red ribbon.
All small enough to fit in her desk drawer.
All provocative enough that she probably should’ve had them sent elsewhere.
But Samantha had a theory:
If Kyle was curious about a pendant, what would he do if he caught her opening something less innocent?
The next delivery arrived late morning.
She waited until she heard Kyle in the hallway about to walk past her office.
She made sure to slice it open with her letter opener — slow, deliberate.
A pair of sheer black stockings, folded with tissue paper and a handwritten note she definitely didn’t write.
Kyle paused at her door.
“Expecting something fun?” he asked, eyes flicking to the packaging.
She looked up, amused.
“Depends who’s asking.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Well, Sam. I might need a better view before I can answer that.”
She smiled, folded the tissue paper slowly, and tucked the box into her drawer.
“Curiosity looks good on you, Kyle. Careful with it.”
As he lingered in the doorway a second too long, she glanced back at her screen — calm, collected, unreadable.
Some doors don’t open just because you knock.
She didn’t say it.
She didn’t have to.
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