Ep 11
Although Janice had joined them for dinner and drinks last night, Bernard still had not fully accepted her as part of their group.
So only Jim informed Bernard that he would be busy with his parents over the weekend and did not want to go out. With that, Bernard did not look for him and he could spend the weekend with Janice alone.
The couple had been together over a month and Janice brought up the topic to introduce them to each of their family. Jim was not mentally prepared for it but he agreed to head over to her house next weekend.
26 Nov 2018
Janice had prepared another tanktop and was prepared for Bernard to come over to look for them that afternoon. Thereafter, the 3 of them went for dinner again.
27 Nov 2018
The first thing that Jim heard when he stepped into the office in the morning was Mr Tay calling out unhappily to him.
Jim was unsure what had happened and followed his manager into a meeting room.
Tay: Jim…. look at this proposal…..
This was the proposal that Jim had sent out on Friday.
Tay: The customer called me and they have accepted this….. they want us to send the contract over….. Tell me… what is wrong with this proposal?….
At this instance, Jim realized his mistake. He had quoted some duplicated items without realizing it.
Jim: Shit…. I’ll speak to the customer….
Tay: Jim, if you remember, they are a customer that we have been trying to work with….. now they have selected us because we are cheaper but that is due to your error…. If we call them to retract your proposal, it will look very bad on us and that might eliminate all chances of them working with us in future…..
Mr Tay sighed.
Tay: … and so, our boss wants our department to bear the costs…. But Jim…. It’s your error… so I think that it is only fair for you to bear the costs on your own….
Jim thought about it and knew that his manager had meant what he said.
The extra items that Jim had quoted were over a thousand dollars. Since he cannot contact the customer, there was only one other way to solve the issue.
After the meeting, Jim immediately went over to Bernard and Bernard agreed to help him.
Bernard called up a few suppliers and asked for help and fortunately for Jim, one of those suppliers was willing to help Bernard since Bernard had helped them about a late delivery issue in the past.
The supplier agreed to provide all the equipment at almost the cost price to their company.
Although Jim still had to fork out 2 hundred dollars for his mistake, it was a lot better than the full cost.
Jim got Bernard to ask the supplier out for dinner that evening to show his appreciation for the help from the supplier.
28 Nov 2018
Jim, Janice and Bernard went for dinner again that evening.
29 Nov 2018
Janice went for her Yoga session and did not join them.
30 Nov 2018
For the past 3 times that Janice joined them for dinner, she had been wearing a tank top so that she would not give Bernard a chance to stop her from coming. There was no difference tonight and she wore her tank top for their session this evening.
Bernard had been speaking to her more and during dinner, he asked her some questions.
Bernard: How’s your boyfriend?…. Sorry… I can’t remember his name…. don’t you need to accompany him?…
Janice: oh….his name is Ivan….. He’s great…. Thanks….
Janice had already told Jim a few days back that Ivan had found a job overseas and his partner would be going over there with him. So when she told Bernard the story now, Jim was not surprised.
Janice: but he is posted overseas for work and leaving soon….. so he is settling his stuff on weekdays and can only meet me on the weekends until he leaves…
Bernard: you’re not leaving with him?….
Janice: no…. My parents don’t allow me to…..
Bernard: hmm…. Aren’t you sad? ….
Janice: I am….. But he’ll be back in 2 years…. And I can visit him once he settles down over there…..
Bernard: I see…. Don’t be sad…. You still have Jim here….. Haha….
Jim: erm…. yes……. We’re good friends……
Bernard: but didn’t you like her?….
Jim: bro…don’t talk nonsense….. You’re not drunk right?….
Bernard: haha…. I’m joking… we’re all friends…. Here…. Cheers…..!
Bernard quickly brushed it aside and the mood returned to normal.
1 Dec 2018
Jim went over to Janice’s house this afternoon to meet her parents. He had never met the parents of all his ex-girlfriends before and felt awkward.
Fortunately, Janice’s parents and older sister were polite and did not make his visit too uncomfortable by not asking him too many questions.
Later that evening, he joined them for dinner at the coffeeshop near their place.
2 Dec 2018
Janice went over to Jim’s house in the morning to meet his parents. Helen was very excited to see Janice since it had been a long time since her son brought home a girl. On top of this, he was their only child.
In fact, Helen was so excited that she cancelled her mahjong session and remained at home. For the remainder of the day, she fussed over Janice and at the end of the day, the couple did not manage to have any privacy that weekend.
3 Dec 2018
Over the next few days, things went as normal for Jim and Janice and Bernard had suddenly stopped asking them out for dinner.
Jim was glad to take a break from their drinking sessions and did not ask him about the reason. Moreover, he was happy to spend time with Janice alone.
6 Dec 2018
As Janice was having her menses the previous weekend while last weekend was spent with their families, it had been more than 2 and half weeks since they had sex.
Jim was getting horny but since she had already previously insisted that did not want to go to any love hotel, there was nothing he could do.
Of course, he could bring her to a staircase landing again or wait until the weekend. Jim decided to choose the latter.
There was nothing much he could do except to send her raunchy messages, hoping that she would change her mind and go to a hotel with him.
As usual, once the sales team had left the office, Janice went to the toilet and changed into her Yoga attire at 5.30pm.
When she returned to her desk, she noticed that Jim was staring at her lustfully at her body and she started to walk over to him, speaking softly.
Janice: Dear… I know you are horny…..
She took a quick glance around to ensure that there were no colleagues around before patting his crotch cheekily.
Janice: …. but you have to wait until the weekend…. if you can’t wait…. You have to use your right hand first….. hehe….
Since she was standing in front of him, he reached out and grabbed her butt quickly before she could react. At the same time, he pressed his finger into the crotch area between her thighs and started rubbing.
Although it was not directly on her bare skin but he was rubbing against the fabric of her tights, she had a sensitive clitoris and could immediately feel the pleasure shooting up through her body.
She wanted to let him continue touching her but when she heard the sound from the copier machine printing something in the next cubicle, it reminded her that there were still colleagues in the office.
She struggled and got away from her boyfriend quickly.
Janice: TSK!……
Jim was grinning.
Jim: hmmm…. It looks like I’m not the only one who is horny….. You were pushing into my hand…..
Janice: TCH!…. I’m not!….. I’m leaving now…. Remember to have your dinner…..
She cringed her nose and pouted her lips at him, picked up her handbag and left the office.
there is a total of 37 episodes for this story.
if it is too slow/ lengthy for anyone, my apologies
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Ep 12
After Janice had left, Jim finished up with his work and was about to leave when Bernard appeared at his cubicle.
Jim: hey…. sup’?
Bernard: free tonight? Dinner?….
Since Bernard had not looked for him for a few days already, he was a little surprised. However, since Janice was having her Yoga session, Jim agreed.
Instead of going to their normal haunt, Bernard led them to a coffeeshop nearby. Bernard did not order any beers and once they had finished eating, he told Jim to follow him.
Jim thought that Bernard would bring him to another location but he led them back to the office.
Jim: erm…. Bro… You left something in the office?
Bernard: not really…..
The main door was just a glass panel that could be opened with their company’s pass. Bernard tapped his card and stepped in. Jim followed.
The place was dark and obviously there was no one around.
Jim: bro…. So why are we back?….
Bernard: come…..
Jim was puzzled but followed him. Finally Bernard stopped at Jim’s desk.
Bernard: switch your handphone to silent mode….. No vibrations also…..
Jim did as he was told.
Jim: what’s happening?….
Bernard: bro…. I know you’ve told me you have given up on Janice and last week, you insisted that you are friends with her….. So let me ask you one more time, are you still interested in her?….
Jim did not know where this was leading to. Suddenly he thought that Bernard might have a liking for her.
Jim: are you…. Erm…. interested in her?
Bernard: I’ve got no feelings for her….
Jim: erm…. Same here… I’m also not interested in her…..
Bernard: In this case, I’ll admit that although I don’t have feelings for her, if given the chance, I’ll definitely want to fuck her…..
Jim: erm… yes…. Me too….
Bernard: good….. I thought so as well…. Now I will share with you why I brought you back here….
Bernard was normally one of the first person to reach the office even if he was out drinking the previous night.
So, 2 weeks ago on a Friday morning, he heard the cleaning lady complaining about someone leaving lots of hair in the toilet drain and causing it to choke. When he asked her about it, she said that someone must have bathed in the toilet last night because before she left, everything was fine.
There were 4 toilets at the back of the office and each had a toilet bowl and shower facilities installed. From what Bernard had gathered, someone had bathed in the women’s cubicles.
At that time, he suspected that the person might have been Janice as he remembered that she had gone for her Yoga sessions the previous day but he could not confirm.
Last Friday morning, Bernard was again the first person in the office. He wanted to photocopy a document and when he walked past Janice’s desk, he saw a towel spread on her seat. This cemented his suspicions that after her Yoga sessions, she had returned to the office to shower.
Bernard: …. And with the hairs in the drain, it indicates that she was the one who bathed in the office…..
Janice had not told Jim that she had showered in the office before going home and he did not think that it was necessary for her to tell him. However, he was surprised that Bernard had found out about it.
Bernard grinned.
Bernard: so….. we are here to peep at her…..
Jim: Har?! Peep at her?!…..
Jim was shocked.
Jim: but…. But…. the toilet door is closed…. How can we peep?!….
Bernard: haha…. That’s the interesting part….. When I found the towel, it was spread on the seat and backrest as if she was using it as a seat cover rather than airing it…… I guessed that she was using the towel as a seat cover to protect her bottom because the office seat might be dirty….. And the only reason for her to do so was because she was sitting on it in the nude after she bathed…
Jim was completely fabbasted by Bernard’s deductions.
Bernard: bro…. So do you want to peep?…. If not, I think you should leave because she might be coming back any time soon…..
Jim knew that there was no way to convince Bernard to leave with him and he did not want to leave Bernard alone here with Janice. Although Jim did not want his colleague to see his girlfriend in the nude, Bernard was standing beside him and there was no way he was able to inform her.
He had no choice but to nod his head.
Bernard: good…. Come…. Let’s grab some chairs…..
They brought the chairs to the cubicle where the photocopying machine was. There were some cupboards in the middle and they placed the chairs after the cupboards so that they were partially hidden.
Once they were done, they stood up on the chairs and peered over the top of the partitions, making sure that they were able to see Janice’s seat.
It was not too soon as they heard someone opening the main door of the office. A few seconds later, the light at the other end of the office was switched on.
Suddenly, Jim was full of anticipation as to what was about to happen.
Ep 13
There was no need to illuminate the whole office and so after switching on the single row of lights that was between the door and her desk, Janice walked towards her cubicle.
Over the past 2 weeks, she did not have such feelings when she was alone in the office at this time. Somehow, tonight she felt strange.
From the time she entered the office, she had a persistent feeling that she was being watched. Moreover she could faintly smell the unique perfume that her boyfriend was using.
On the way back to the office, she had seen his messages and knew that he had left the office much earlier with Bernard and there was no way his perfume could linger around for so long.
However, she took a quick glance around the office and could not spot anyone.
She dropped her handbag on her desk and bent down to get her duffle bag out from below. From the corner of her eyes, she had a glimpse of their reflections from her monitor.
She was shocked and almost shouted out loud but immediately controlled herself by squatting down, pretending that she had trouble getting the bag out.
Janice quickly calmed herself down and her mind flashed through all the possibilities.
Since she saw their reflections from her monitor, it was obvious that they were humans.
If they were assailants or robbers, by now they would have attacked her. So if they were not here to harm her, from the way they were hiding, this could only mean one other purpose. They were here to peep at her.
However, only Jim knew that she came back to the office at this time.
Then she remembered that last week, she had found her towel folded on her desk when she arrived in the morning. She remembered that she had not done so the night before and the person could not be Jim because he arrived later than her.
So there was this other person who would have known that she would come back to the office again but who could it be?
Janice did not want the peeping toms to suspect that she had found out about them. So she pulled the duffle bag and placed it on the desk before proceeding to take her towel and toiletries out from her bag.
In the meantime, she continued to take sneak peeks at her monitor to find out from the reflections who the peeping toms were. The reflections on her monitor were fuzzy but eventually, she thought she could make out the hairstyle of her boyfriend. However, she could not confirm.
As such, she took out her phone and texted him. She thought she heard a small vibrating sound and smiled to herself before heading to the toilet with her items.
Once she disappeared, Bernard whispered to Jim.
Bernard (w): hey… I thought I told you to switch your phone to silent?….
Jim (w): I did…. I forgot that my silent mode still has vibrations….
Bernard (w): ok…. Then switch it off…. Luckily she didn’t hear that….
Jim took out the phone and switched off the vibration but he did not read the message from her.
Bernard (w): Quick put that in your pocket once you’re done… it’s bright… she might see the light….
Jim (w): ok….
They stopped talking after that and waited.
As she was bathing, Janice was thinking.
Since she had confirmed that one of the peeping tom was Jim, she was sure that the other was Bernard.
Jim had known about her history with her ex-boyfriend but so far, he had not asked her to do anything for him. So she could also be sure that Jim was not the one to bring Bernard here but she was surprised that her boyfriend did not dissuade or stop Bernard.
Earlier when Jim had brazenly touched her in the office, he had made her aroused. So she did not mind exposing her body to Bernard just to tease Jim.
Suddenly, the incident in the taxi came flashing back to her.
Although Jim had not initiated or asked her to expose herself, when it happened accidentally, he had remained passive in order to enjoy the show.
If this was the same case as the last time, then it annoyed her.
She had already brought him to visit her parents and also went to visit his parents, so he should know that she was serious about him. He could just directly ask her to expose herself to Bernard instead of doing things in such a roundabout way.
As such, she decided that she was going to spite him instead.
Janice was sure that when Jim agreed to peep at her with Bernard, Jim would have just thought that Bernard was just going to get to see her naked body. However, she was going to show more than Jim would have expected Bernard to see.
She wrapped the towel around her body, collected her gym clothes and toiletries and returned to her desk. From the corner of her eyes, she noticed that they were still watching her.
She had purposely left her phone on the desk earlier and she was not surprised to see that it was untouched. There were no messages from him, further confirming the fact that one of the peeping tom was Jim.
Nonchalantly, she removed the towel from her body and used it to dry her hair. After a few minutes, she spread it on her seat, similar to what she had done last week.
Janice already knew what she would do. Still fully naked, she walked over to Ong’s table, opened his drawer and took out a long tube of glue. The tube was not one of those flimsy kinds but made of hard plastic and had a round cap.
She took it back to her desk and sat on her chair. Then she got a piece of wet tissue from her bag and wiped the tube of glue.
Once she was done, she turned herself to face Jim’s desk so that the front of her body would be facing the guys. Next, she leaned back on her chair and spread her legs as she began to touch herself.
She grabbed both her tits, pushing them out as if offering them to the guys and using her to tease her nipples. She lifted her underboob to push her nipples towards her mouth so that she could lick them.
Despite that she was angry with Jim, Janice was also performing for the guys on purpose. As such, she knew that she was already wet and there was no need for her to stimulate her clitoris any further.
Leaving one hand on her breasts, her other hand picked up the tube of glue and using it like a dildo, she inserted the cylinder into her pussy.
Janice: ahhh……..
Once she began to fuck herself with the tube of glue, she did not stop herself from giving out a sound of pleasure.
When Bernard saw Janice fucking herself, he took out his phone and was about to take a video of her when Jim stopped him.
Jim gestured silently to Bernard that once he switched on the phone, she would see the lights emitting from it and they would be caught.
Somehow, Bernard grumpily understood what he meant and kept the device back into his pocket.
At the same time, Janice was moaning louder as she fucked herself faster. Jim knew that it was an indication that she was about to have her orgasm soon.
They had already made love a few times but this was the first time that he saw her masturbating herself. Although she was not aware of Bernard’s presence, she was pleasuring herself in front of him.
Seeing how Bernard was drooling at her tits and pussy excited Jim even further. He could no longer stop himself when he brought his penis out from his pants and started to wank to her.
Bernard decided to do the same thing.
However, they had not thought about the consequences. When she reached her climax, so did the guys as they shot their load onto the partition in front of them.
Janice did not know what was happening to them but she only knew that she had done what she wanted to show them.
She got up and returned the tube of glue into Ong’s drawer without cleaning it.
She then wore her undergarments before slipping her sundress over her body and left the office.
Jim and Bernard wore their pants and finally got down from the chairs. They did not speak and quickly found some tissues to clean off their semens that was on the partition but there was nothing they could do about the stains.
Once done, Bernard went over and opened Ong’s drawer and took out the tube of glue.
They both looked at it for a moment before Bernard put it to his nose. After Jim had also taken in her scent, they wiped the tube clean and placed it back into the drawer. It was as if they were not willing to let Ong get in touch with her juices.
Finally Bernard spoke.
Bernard: wow…. She’s fucking hot…..
Jim: yes…..
Bernard: and you should have let me take a video of her…. That way, I can use it to ask her for a fuck…..
Jim: but that will be blackmailing her….. If you have done that and she reports you to the police, that’s it for you…..
He thought about it and sighed.
Bernard: Hais…. You are right….. I don’t know how but bro…. I’m going to fuck her…. And when I do, I’ll share her with you…..
Ep 14
It was only after he parted from Bernard that Jim managed to see what Janice had texted him earlier.
Janice earlier text: Dear, Where are you?
There were no more messages from her.
Since he was now on the train back, he called her.
Jim: Dear…. Where are you?….
Janice: Bedok…..
Jim: I’m at Paya Lebar…. Can you wait for me at Pasir Ris?….
Janice: ok….
She waited for him and 10 minutes later, he arrived.
Janice: what is it?
She sounded a little cold but he was not sure what had happened to her on her journey back. She was obviously not like this when she was touching herself in the office.
Jim: erm….. Did something happen?
Janice: no…So what is it?
Jim: Actually, I have something to tell you…..
Although she had masturbated with the knowledge that Bernard was peeping at her, she had no intention to let JIm know that she had done it on purpose. Afterall, she had done it because she thought that he was being too passive again and allowed Bernard to peep at her.
For the incident in the taxi, Jim had pretended to be asleep but tonight, he was peeping at her with Bernard. So she had never expected him to tell her the truth but when he blurted out everything, she was shocked that he was being so honest.
He also went on to explain to her the reason that there was no way to stop Bernard and he did not want Bernard to peep at her alone as that might put her in danger.
Jim: Dear…. I’m sorry that I couldn’t stop him without letting him know about our relationship…..
After hearing his reasons, Janice was no longer angry.
Janice: it’s ok…. I understand…..
Once she told him that she was not angry, she was expecting the next question.
Jim: but why would you masturbate in the office?……
She had an answer ready.
Janice: It’s all because of what you did before I went for my yoga session….
Jim: you could have waited until you reached home…… hais….. now that he saw what you did….. he told me that he wants to fuck you…..
Janice: hhmppphhhff….. It’s all your fault….. and he won’t have a chance….
Jim: but what about me?….
She squinted her eyes and look at him.
Janice: what do you think?…..
Jim: I think that you’re going to let me fuck you by tonight?….
She raised her index finger and waved it from side to side.
Janice: tsk… tsk… no…. No…. Not today… It’s getting late…….
Jim: yes you will… because if you don’t want, I’ll just lift your skirt up, pull down your panties and fuck you right here ….
Janice: haha…..shit….
She ran towards the bus interchange but since she was carrying the duffle bag, he caught up with her easily.
Jim: dear… let’s go to the park….
Janice: haha… no…. If you want, we’ll use the staircase again….
They took a bus and they went up to the same place.
After they finished their deed, the both of them agreed that she should keep away from Bernard for the time being before they went home.
7 Dec 2018
Just as they had predicted, Bernard was the one who asked Janice if she wanted to have dinner. She rejected his offer and Jim went with him instead.
During the dinner session, Jim reminded Bernard to keep the incident to himself because if anyone had found out about it and Janice made a complaint, they would be in trouble.
8 Dec 2018
At Helen’s request, Jim invited Janice over to their place for lunch. Janice only left after dinner when Jim and her went to catch a movie.
9 Dec 2018
JIm visited Janice’s home in the morning and after lunch, they went over to Jim’s place to have sex since his parents were not around.
10 Dec 2018
Bernard was away with his family for a vacation trip for the next 2 weeks and the couple had all the time for themselves.
Without Bernard disturbing them, throughout the week, Janice would visit Jim’s place every alternate weeknights for dinner.
Gradually she became well acquainted with Helen and Jim’s mum adored her.
It was also during this period when on some nights, Janice began to stay over at Jim’s place.
24 Dec 2018
The couple went out for drinks with Jim’s secondary school friends to celebrate Christmas.
After that, they went back to Jim’s place and had sex. For the first time in their relationship, she told Jim that she loved him.
For the remainder of the week, the couple was clearing their annual leave and they spent most of their time either at Janice’s house or at Jim’s place.
2 Jan 2019
It had been almost 3 weeks since the incident when they saw Bernard again.
Jim was alone with Bernard during one of their smoke breaks when Bernard told him his plans.
Bernard: bro…. I’ve thought about it… I decided to stop going after Janice….
Jim was surprised. Bernard was so enthusiastic when he last saw him.
Jim: har?…. What happened?….
Bernard: Her boyfriend is overseas but they are still together, right?….
Jim: I think so….. I never ask her about him…..
Bernard: anyway, I remembered how she kept away from you when you went after her previously…… it was only when you decided to stop pursuing her that she started talking to you right?…..
Jim: yup…..
Bernard: so as long as she is still attached, I’ll never have a chance… and if she keeps away from me then I won’t even have her as a friend right?…..
Jin: mhm hmm…..
Bernard: at least as her friend, I might have a chance to peep at her again…..
Jim rolled his eyes and Bernard laughed.
Bernard: I’m joking about that….. But seriously, I think being her friend first while waiting until she breaks up with her boyfriend might be a better choice for me….. What do you think?….
Jim: Just don’t keep your hopes too high…..
Bernard nodded.
Bernard: I definitely won’t……
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Ep 15
After that day in January, Bernard stuck to his words and stopped asking Janice out on his own. He would get Jim to do it since Janice had appeared to be friendlier towards Jim.
Jim had already told Janice about his conversation with Bernard and as such, the couple agreed for Janice to join them occasionally.
During these dinner sessions, Bernard reverted back to treating Janice as a friend and she gradually stopped avoiding him. Of course, she also made sure that she did not give him any misleading information.
3rd February 2019
Since they did not have any relatives, Jim’s parents decided to take a break and book an overseas tour to celebrate the lunar New Year.
After seeing his parents off at the airport in the morning, Jim went over to Janice’s block to meet her.
Since his parents were away, he had asked Janice to stay over at his place for the entire duration. Although her parents did not object, she had to be back home for the first and second days of the Lunar New Year.
7th February 2019
The couple was back at work and after work, they happily took the train back to Pasir Ris together. They were going to have dinner at the nearby coffeeshop before going over to his place to spend the night.
They were halfway through their dinner when Jim’s phone rang.
It was a number that he had not seen before and thinking that it could be a customer, he answered the call.
After he told the caller his name, Jim did not say anything any more.
Janice stopped eating and turned to him. She sensed that his mood had changed.
Jim: ok…. Thank you…. I’ll come over now….
He hung up the phone solemnly.
Janice: dear…. Who is that?…. What is it?…..
Jim: I don’t know…. She said my parents got into an accident…. I’ve to go over to the tour agency now….
Immediately they stopped eating, flagged a cab and went straight to the tour agency.
When they arrived, Janice was surprised that there were about 20 other people already there. The situation was chaotic as everyone was trying to find out as much information as possible.
A man came out from the interior of the agency and shouted above everyone’s voices.
Jim’s parents were in one group and there were 5 other people with them. The remainder of the 20 were in the other group.
A female staff member came and explained the situation to them.
Apparently, the tour bus that was fetching Jim’s parents and the rest of the tour group to the hotel had gotten into an accident on a highway.
The bus had flipped on its side and there were fatalities. Jim’s parents were in that group.
Everything happened quickly.
The same staff member told the relatives to return home and they were supposed to text their passport information to a number. She also told them that the agency had already gotten an allocation for an early flight for them tomorrow.
Ever since he found out that his parents had died, Jim was in a daze and Janice had to help him home.
Once they were back at Jim’s house, Janice informed her dad what had happened. Her dad did not object when she told him that she would be following Jim to help him. He even brought her passport to Jim’s house later in the evening.
The next morning, the couple flew out of the country. The agency was helpful and assisted them with all the paperwork and procedures to bring his parent’s back.
The following morning, the couple were back in their country with the deceased.
The funeral was a simple one since they had no relatives and Jim’s parents were cremated a few days later.
Jim was devastated by the loss and applied for a month of sabbatical leave to his company. Mr Tay approved his leave but the owner of the company did not and so Jim tendered his resignation.
He wanted to terminate his employment with immediate effect and fortunately Mr Tay told the owner that if Jim left the company immediately, he could get a headcount to replace Jim since there was not much of a handover required.
The owner agreed and Jim left the company. He stayed at home and continued to grieve for his parents.
Due to how the company had treated Jim, Janice quickly found another job and left the company a month later.
Over the next few months, she continued to stay at Jim’s place and with her love and support, Jim gradually got back to his feet.
10th July 2019
Jim had since accepted the tragedy and Janice had already moved back to her parent’s place.
When she left her job, Janice had managed to find a job rather quickly but somehow Jim was finding it difficult to get one. He had been searching for a job for 2 months but so far, none of his interviews were successful.
As an only child, he had inherited some money from his parent’s insurance and so decided to reconsider his options.
It was on this day that he coincidentally saw Bernard again.
After Jim left the company, Bernard had looked for him a few times but Jim was down in the dumps then and did not respond to Bernard’s messages. They had not been in contact ever since.
Jim was at a coffeeshop for lunch when he spotted Bernard alone and went over to his table.
Jim: eh, Bro….can I join you….
Bernard: hey bro…. Long time no see…..
Jim apologized and explained why he had not replied to Bernard’s messages. Bernard told him that he understood.
Jim: hmm… .don’t you have to work today? On leave ah?….
Bernard: nah…. the boss fired me last month…..
Jim: Har? what happened?….
Bernard: arhh…. I placed a wrong order and caused him to lose quite a bit of money since the supplier is unable to take back the goods….
Jim was surprised because Bernard was normally quite careful with his work.
Jim: was it the same supplier that helped me the last time?….. What’s his name….. Erm… Mr Lim…. yes…. Mr Lim….. I’m sure he can do something….
Bernard: no…. Not Mr Lim….. if it was him, Mr Lim would have helped me…. He owed me a few favours….. Another one….
Jim: Oh…… that’s shitty….
Bernard: eh…. can you introduce me to the company you are working in now?…. I still haven’t managed to get a job since then….
He looked embarrassed when he asked the question.
Jim: erm…. sorry…. I can’t help…. I’m still looking for a job myself….
Bernard: wa…. that’s like 5 months ago when you left the company….
Jim: ya…. It’s not easy…. What about the suppliers?…. Did you ask them?…. Or Mr Lim?….
Bernard: the small suppliers that I worked with do not require an operation person…. The bigger ones have no vacancies currently……. Mr Lim’s operation guy have been working for him for many years and they didn’t need another one now…. He asked me if I was interested in helping him with delivery for the time being until I found a job but I didn’t want to….
Despite Jim knowing that Bernard was unemployed, he did not bring up the subject that he was toying with the idea of setting up his own company then as he was still unsure of his decision.
2 weeks later, Jim’s job search was still fruitless. He made up his mind and called Bernard.
After Jim told Bernard his proposition, Bernard said that he was interested but did not have any money to invest. On the other hand, Jim’s inheritance was not enough to pay Bernard’s full salary in the long term.
However, Jim would still need Bernard’s expertise to source for suppliers since Bernard had some contacts. Upon further discussion, they finally agreed that Jim would fork out all the initial capital while Bernard would take a pay cut. The ownership of the company would be splitted as 70-30, with Jim taking the bigger share.
Once they had agreed, they set up their company.
Their business model was similar to their previous company, that is, to supply office equipment to companies, but their company did not provide the renovation services as they did not have the capital or resources to do it.
The initial months were tough.
Jim was doing sales while Bernard was getting the suppliers to fulfill the orders. Using part of the initial capital, Jim bought 2 vans under the company so that both of them were able to do deliveries as well.
2 Dec 2019
By the end of the year, they were fortunate to have some regular customers who were giving them a steady stream of income. The company stabilized and began to make some tiny profits.
After working out the sums, they decided that they could employ their first staff who would help them with the deliveries as the orders were increasing.
Hock Beng, who was 36 years old and a work-pass holder from the neighbouring country, joined their company.
With the extra help, the company continued to grow slowly but steadily.
Ep 16
13 Jan 2020
Jim was having 4 meetings per day, regardless if the meetings were with new clients or existing customers. On top of that, even though Hock Beng was already doing deliveries full time, Bernard and Jim were taking turns to help out with the deliveries daily with the other van.
Jim knew that if they were to grow the company, they would need to hire another salesperson and he brought this up to Bernard that evening when he was back at the office.
Jim: bro…. We are making money but not alot….. I’m thinking of hiring a salesperson to help us increase our revenue…..
Bernard: I’m all for this……
Jim: ok… Shall I post an advertisement or go to a recruitment agency?….
Bernard: Actually, I have a candidate……
Jim: oh…. Sure…. Can you ask your friend to send in the resume so that I can have a look?….
Bernard: actually you know her too….. Remember Janice from our ex company?….. the one we saw her masturbating….. Hehe….
Jim was surprised that Bernard had mentioned Janice because she had told him that Bernard had not contacted her since she left the company. As such, Jim had decided not to tell Bernard about his relationship with Janice.
It was not that he was trying to keep it secret but they were busy with their company and Bernard and Janice were not in contact, Jim did not think it was necessary.
Jim: oh… you guys are still in contact?….
Bernard: no….. I saw her during lunch today and we had a chat…..
Jim was not sure if she had texted him to tell him about it as he realized that he did not have time to check his phone today.
Bernard: she told me that she was not really happy with her current company…..
Jim: eh…. But that does not mean that she will want to join us….
Bernard: I’ve got her new number…. Let me ask her now…. I’m sure I can convince her…. This way, we can save some money on the advertisement….
He picked up his phone immediately to call Janice. Jim took the chance to check his phone and he realized that she had messaged him in the afternoon. Somehow he was so busy that he missed reading it.
Bernard: Yes…. we’re in Ubi….. ok…. We’ll see you later….
He hung up and Jim knew the results of their conversation.
Bernard: she’s on her way here…..
Jim knew that his girlfriend was not happy with her current job but had told her that he could not afford her salary. So he was not sure why she was coming over. Since she had never been to his office before, perhaps she was taking this as a chance to do so.
45minutes later, the 3 of them were sitting around their meeting table in the office.
Although she already knew about their company, Jim had to pretend that she did not know and explained it to her. He also shared with her what the job scope was.
Jim: As we are a small company and you know that our margin is very low, that is the best that we can offer……
Janice was already prepared for it.
Janice: hmm…. Indeed it is very low….
She paused.
Janice: the both of you are the only owners…. Right?
Bernard: yes….
Janice: what if…. You both give me some shares for the company…. I don’t mind the pay then…..
This was something that Jim and Bernard had not expected and they looked at each other in surprise.
Jim: erm… Dea… ahem…
He almost called her “Dear” but realized it and cleared his throat.
Jim: erm…. Janice…. We are not prepared for that…..
Janice: why not the both of you have a discussion on it?…. Hmm…. I’m expecting 30% ownership…. And I’ll also invest another 30k into the company….. You just need to adjust the shares allocation.
Her family was not rich and Jim knew that the 30k was her own savings. He frowned.
Jim: erm…. Let us think about it….
Bernard: wait…. Janice, I can sell you 15% of my shares for 10k…. With it, you’ll get part of the profit sharing that Jim dispersed out monthly…. Even though it still does not meet your asking salary but it’s a lot closer right?…..
Jim: bro…. Then won’t you get less?…… are you sure this is what you want?…..
Bernard: yes…. As you know, I’m moving house with my family and with the 10k, we don’t have to take up a renovation loan…..
Jim: I see…..
The both of them looked at Janice and she was frowning.
Janice: what about you, Jim?….. Bernard has offered his 15% but I’m asking for 30%….. If you remember in our previous company, I always exceed my target right?….. I can bring in a lot more sales for you……
Jim knew she was definitely capable but since they were a couple and was planning for their marriage in the near future, if their business failed, it would affect the both of them together and there would not be any redundancies for them.
However, she seemed adamant and confident that they would succeed.
Jim: ok… fine….. You’ll invest your 30k but we will give Bernard 10k as a bonus…. The 20k we will put into our company…. As for the shares, I will do a re-split…… 20% to Bernard, 30% to you…. And the remaining 50% will be mine….. If that’s ok with everyone, I’ll inform the secretariat company tomorrow….
They agreed to the arrangement.
3rd Feb 2020
Janice used her annual leave to offset the remaining days and got an early release from her current company and joined Jim’s company.
Bernard already knew that Jim and Janice were staying in Pasir Ris, so he did not suspect anything even when the couple came to work and left together.
Janice was hardworking and by the first week, she had already gotten 4 orders.
By the end of March, she was already bringing enough additional revenue to cover her salary.
3 April 2020
Unfortunately a lockdown for the entire country was announced due to the upcoming pandemic. This meant that everyone would have to remain in their homes and no one could travel freely within the country.
Businesses could not operate and everyone would have to work from home. As such, Jim and Janice were getting an influx of orders from their customers because the employees of those customers still had to work from home and would need their office supplies.
Over the next 3 days, they worked over the weekend and fulfilled as many orders as they could.
Although they could still apply for their company to continue to operate under essential services. However, since their inventory was almost empty and Bernard mentioned that their suppliers were having difficulties sending new orders to them, as some of the other countries were also beginning to have their own lockdowns, they decided not to operate for the time being.
Moreover, their landlord had agreed not to charge them rent for the duration of the lockdown and the 3 of them had also agreed not to take salary for the time being. With only Hock Beng’s salary as overhead, they were not worried about the company’s finances and took it as a break for them.