Mermaid Thighs Chapter 17 : Pinky Whether you believe that you can or you can't , you're right . - Henry Ford Helen laughed as a buff man with a Marine tattoo wrapped his arms around Pinky from the back . " You're not offering me up as a signing bonus again , are you ? " " That depends . Am I cooking tonight ? " she asked looking up at him . " What is the correct answer ? " he asked . " The correct answer is no , your beautiful wife is not cooking tonight . " She told him . " Very well . My beautiful , intelligent , sexy wife is not cooking tonight . " He gave her a quick kiss . " And neither are you . " Before she could respond , he was dashing across the building . " He's yours . " Pinky laughed and Helen felt a pang of jealousy . " No charge . " She had never had an easy relationship like that . Bob had married her after dating for a few months because she was pregnant and his father was telling him to settle down . She was barely eighteen and he was twenty - five . He had encouraged her to continue her education and she was nearly through with her degree when she got pregnant with JD . Bob decided that it was too much . She later discovered that he had been having an affair with the babysitter . Who became pregnant . It wasn't the first . It wasn't even the last . Towards the end of the marriage , his office thought that they were already divorced since his new wife already used his name . Pinky suggested that she warm up on a treadmill and she would go get a trainer for Helen . She changed into her workout clothes and took the empty treadmill next to the tall handsome man wearing a muscle shirt and shorts . He had muscles bulging everywhere and tattoos over them . Several were Navy tattoos and she wondered if JD would someday look like that . Helen started pressing buttons trying to figure out what she was doing . A large hand reached over and hit cancel , " Just start walking , sweetheart . " The large tattooed man said without even slowing his pace . " Thank you . " She mumbled with a small blush . " Not a problem , honey . " He smiled down at her trying to figure out where he knew her from . Reese turned his music off but left his earbuds in . The woman was getting into a groove and he reached over and pushed a button to hold it at an easy pace . She smiled up at him and it hit him . The new secretary at TRAAC . 1/3 2:56 pm PPPD . Chapter 17 : Pinky She turned her attention back to the treadmill . Helen did not want to be like the other women in here that were eye fucking the man . The man on the other side of her slowed down and then stepped off the machine . The woman next to him did the same thing . As Helen focused on her treadmill , two thin women took the now empty treadmills . They both wore leggings and sports bras showing off their slender bodies . The blonde that was closest to Helen looked over at the setting on her machine . " If you plan on accomplishing anything , you should probably turn that up . " Helen ignored her even though it stung . " Harsh . " The other blonde said as she started walking to start her treadmill . " It's bad enough that I have to look at the fat bitch on the wall . I don't want to look at Shamu trying to run on the beach . " Reese effortlessly stepped off the treadmill and walked away . " Look at this ! " the first blonde said as a tear slipped out of Helen's eye . " I think that I made the little piggy cry ! " Helen stepped off the machine and ran for the locker room to get her bag . The whole time , all she could hear was their laughter . She was oblivious to the several women in the locker room that tried to ask what was wrong . In her rush , she did not see Pinky who had heard the whole exchange . Or that Joel ordered them off the machines and into his office . She certainly didn't hear the large man calling her name . Standing at her car , trying to see through the tears , Helen leaned against her car . It wasn't until large hands turned her and she was engulfed in large muscular arms that she was aware that she was no longer alone . She had no idea who was holding her or why , she just knew that they were holding her while she cried and they let her . Sometime later , maybe a few minutes , maybe an hour , it felt like she had cried for days , the tears finally subsided and her sobs became hiccups . " I'm sorry . " Helen mumbled against a wall of chest muscles . " You have nothing to be sorry for . " A voice rumbled low and deep . " I cried all over you ... " " Not all over . There are a few spots you missed . We can try again , if you'd like . " The voice was husky and promised good sex . It was not a way that anyone had ever spoken to Helen before . 2/3 2:56 pm P P P D Chapter 17 : Pinky " Helen , I'm sorry for the way that they spoke to you . It was cruel and wrong . " " But it's true . I am a beached whale . " " No , sweetheart . A beached whale gives up and waits to die . You , my lovely mermaid , are fighting to get back where you belong . " She sniffled , not certain on how to respond . Stepping back , she looked up to see who her rescuer was . " Mr. Reese ! " she whispered hoarsely . " Just Reese . " He smiled down at her and brushed some of her hair out of her face . " Promise me that you'll come back . Don't let them win . " 2:56 pm P PPD Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!