Lucy's eyes kept moving to the wall clock in her office as the time approached the closing hour. She was going to face Tom again. The thought of that made her almost panic, but she quickly raised her chin, and straightened her spine, reminding herself that she already had a good plan to take care of things.
There was nothing to be anxious or nervous about. The worst he could do was flirt with her and talk dirty, and she was just going to act unaffected by it. That was how bullies behaved. Once they see that you are affected by their words, they keep on bullying you. But when you act like you don't care, they move on to someone else. She would try not to let his words get to her anymore, and then once they finally get down to sex, he would get over her and move his attention to someone else.
