This story takes a little while to get moving.
Carol was another Senior Director with the company I worked for. She was about 10 years older than me, I was guessing around 42 or so. Her role had her focused more on recurring clients in Texas, where I spent time with specific industry clients around the US. Our paths did not cross often in the office.Around the office she was always dressed very conservatively with longer skirts or pants, full blouse buttoned up and low profile shoes. Had seen a little different side of her at a recent training class in a bikini poolside. She had a very nice body for a 40 something mother of 2.
At our training she had mentioned she had a client who needed some guidance on increasing the value of and utilizing their real estate assets. We had agreed to meet when we got back to the office.
Carol dropped by my office the week we got back. She had a black suit on, white blouse with her collar buttoned up. It all looked very smooth and professional, but my mind kept flashing back to her by the pool in a bikini and imagining what was actually underneath that buttoned up exterior.
She laid out the problem the client had with excess real estate and a desire to cash out. We met with the senior financial officers of the company and developed a plan to identify and evaluate all of their real estate. After completing our evaluation we presented the findings to the client. Finalizing the report took a few late nights to complete. Carol spent some of that time with my team and got to observe us working.
We were reviewing the report the night before we were presenting it to the client. The unofficial bar had been opened and we were discussing the presentation as we enjoyed some drinks. Carol had removed her normal suit jacket and had her blouse top button open. I stepped out to freshen our drinks and when I returned I noticed she had opened her blouse a couple of additional buttons and I could actually see the top of her breasts and bra. Had never seen her like this in the office. We had finished up our presentation and were just finishing our drinks before we left.
Everyone else had left and we were alone in the office.
"Your team has done a great job. Jackie seems particularly attentive to your needs," Carol said smiling.
I looked at her for a moment before responding, not sure if she was making an entendre comment or not. "She is very good at what she does and is willing to go the extra mile to get things done," I answered.
"I bet she does."
It seemed like she was getting a little drunk and seemed to want to make a comment. I just nodded my head.
"The staff also seemed very interested in working with you at the training classes."
"They were very interested in the class and had questions. I love helping them to understand how to do it," I smiled.
"I bet they love working directly under you," she said, sipping her drink, looking over the rim at me.
"Some do."
"Hmmmm. I have enjoyed working with you on this. Hopefully we will have some more to do here."
I smiled, "Enjoyed working with you as well. If all goes well tomorrow, we will probably be spending a lot more time together. That should be fun."
"Well, I should go. Hubby will be wondering where I am, not that he really cares."
"Oh I'm sure he does. Hang on and I will walk over to the garage with you."
She smiled, "Okay, meet you at the elevators."
I shut down my office, grabbed my coat and headed to the elevators. Carol walked up as I got there. Stepping into the elevator, she stood very close to me. Looking down at her I could see her breasts gently rising as she breathed.
We arrived at the garage floor and I walked her over to her car. She looked at me, looked around and then leaned up and kissed me. I started to pull her in when she broke away, turning to her car.
"I'm sorry I should not have done that."
"Don't be, it was fine."
She looked at me with very sad eyes. Not sure what was going on in her head, but clearly plenty of conflict.
"I'll see you in the morning." She then slid into her car and left.
We met up the next morning and met with the client. The meeting went very well and they said they would let us know. She would not really make eye contact with me and left as quickly as she could when we were done.
Carol dropped by my office about a week later. Had only seen her once since the presentation and that was across the office.
She came in, closed the door and sat down.
"I heard back from the client. Are you available next Thursday through Saturday?
They want us to come make a presentation to the Board. Their next meeting is at the end of next week and they want to get us on the agenda."
I checked my calendar real quick, "A couple of conflicts but I can clear them. Where is the board meeting?"
"Ritz Carlton Naples."
"Oh nice, I will be there. Want to fly down together?"
She hesitated a moment, "Yeah, let me check what works and I will let you know in the morning."
"Great."
Carol stood and reached for the door. She stopped and turned to me,"I'm sorry about the other night. Not sure what came over me, maybe the booze, or just loneliness."
I stepped around my desk and offered her a hug. She hesitated then stepped into my arms. I held her loosely for about a minute.
She looked up and stepped back, "Thank you."
"Anytime. If you ever need a hug I'm here to help you out. Or willing to listen if you need to talk."
Carol smiled, "I might just take you up on that." She then turned and left my office.
The next day Carol sent me the schedule for the trip. I booked us in business class, the advantage of traveling a lot, and got lots of upgrades. We were going out late Wednesday afternoon and returning early Saturday afternoon. The Board has us on the agenda twice. Thursday morning and early Friday afternoon. They wanted us to hang out through Saturday in case they had more questions.
I met Carol at the airport when it was time to go. We had met a couple of times to review our proposal and she seemed excited about going on the trip. She had not been in the office during the day, and when I caught up with her she was in more casual travel clothes. A nice mid-thigh print dress with a cinch under her tits that made them stand out.
We chatted about work, kids, and life. Had a couple of drinks on the way. Since we had some spare time on our hands, I asked if she had brought her bathing suit.
She smiled and nodded her head yes.
"You bring the one you were wearing at training. You do look good in it."
She laughed, "Flirt. Yeah, I brought that one and a new one I bought this weekend. I think you will like it."
"Oh really? Then I cannot wait to see it."
We got into Ft. Myers and grabbed a car for the ride down to Naples. Took us about an hour to get there. Checked in and found that the client had put us in adjoining rooms. Got settled in our rooms and went down to the hotel restaurant for a late dinner.
Between the drinks on the plane, the two bottles of wine at dinner and after dinner drinks, Carol was feeling no pain. About 10 we decided we needed to get up to our rooms, we did have a meeting in the morning.