"Is that all then? I'll get started on the calls right away." The petite brunette started to stand.
"There is one more thing, Katie," I said, interrupting her. She reseated herself. "This is going to sound weird. What are you doing tonight?"
Her voice carried teasing notes, "Mr. H! Are you asking me out?" 'Mr. H' is the name she used for me when our flirting started to become serious. It always caused a good amount of amusement between us, and served to lighten the mood.
I chuckled. "I told you it would sound weird, didn't I? Yes I am asking you out, and no I'm not. Are you free tonight?"
"That depends on whether you're really asking me out or not."
A slow smile spread across my face. "Well, I'm not. Not really. I mean, I need someone to come with me tonight. I'm meeting a high priced client who puts more on appearances than he does the actual ability to perform. So, I need a good looking female counterpart to keep his wife occupied while I score the deal."
Katie seemed to pout a bit, forcing me to add, "Alright, alright. I'll pay you overtime." Her expression didn't change. "And I'll buy you dinner afterward. Fair?"
A mischievous grin spread across her face. "Is that it? I'm giving up a Friday evening for work, and all you're going to give me is a lousy dinner? I could call any guy and get that without having to punch in. What else is in it for me?"
"What else should be in it? I'm already paying you."
Her eyes rolled in their sockets. Mock exasperation oozed from her voice,"Well, I don't think I can do it. I don't have a single outfit at home that I could wear tonight."
"Jeez. Who taught you how to negotiate?" We both knew I had. "Alright, I'll also give you some cash to go buy some new clothes. However, I get to inspect everything you buy to make sure it's appropriate."
Again that mischievous grin. "Everything?"
Her smile was contagious. "Yes, everything."
"Sounds fair. Where should I meet you?"
I thought about it briefly. "My house isn't that far from where we're going. Why don't we just meet there and then go?"
She agreed and we discussed the meeting times. We would discuss dinner once we were done with the sellers. Plans settled, she stated she was probably going to leave early to pick something up for the meeting. I said that was fine.
I couldn't stop my eyes from scanning up and down her well curved body as she left. She always wore a skirt to work. The one she wore today hugged the top swell of her ass before hiding the lower cheeks in a curtain of cloth. Below that her stockinged legs stretched to the floor, capped by a pair of heeled shoes. Hidden by the bow of her back, I could visualize her C cup breasts bouncing slightly as she navigated her way through the door in her high heels.
Sighing I returned to work to trudge through the rest of the day. I was excited for the evening. Not just to purchase the house, either. Every time I relaxed for a minute my mind would wander to the extra time I would be spending with Katie. I had hired her almost a year before, but we never really had fallen into the formal employee/boss relationship. She'd always been a good employee, but since the first day she started working for me we'd been flirting. If that's what you want to call it. We always made small talk when we got the chance. Went out to lunch together. Checked each other out. Complimented each others clothes. And when our talk developed a sexual tone, neither of us shied away from the topic.
At the end of the day, an hour before normal office hours ended, Katie walked into my office. "Here," I told her, sliding a small pile of dollar bills across my desk. The seven bills totalled five hundred dollars. "Is that enough for your new clothes?"
She picked them up and counted the sum. A look of surprise crossed her face before she could wipe it away. Her reaction gave away the fact that she was acting as she pondered the question. "This is it? Just what are these sellers worth to you?"
"More than that, but I don't know if I can trust your judgement on clothing selection yet." Actually, if the deal went the way I wanted it to, I stood to make a bare minimum of one hundred times the sum I'd given her. But I didn't need to tell her that. Besides, I needed to make a monetary profit on the deal, too.
"You've never complained about my outfits before." She pirouetted for emphasis. My eyes jumped down her curvaceous figure.
"Well, no, but I'm not that picky, either. Especially considering the subject inside the clothing. Since this is the first time I've let you use the company's assets we'll start small. Get to know each others' tastes before we go all out. You know, find out if I like your choices in attire."
"Alright. I guess this will do...for now. I'm heading out to get some shopping done before I have to get ready. I'll see you in a few hours. At your place?"
I nodded and she disappeared. I tried to get back to work, but I just couldn't concentrate. Finally sighing the futility of it all I locked up the office and headed for home myself.
Several hours later I heard a knock at my front door. I sprang from the computer desk, putting the computer in standby before dashing to the door. After standing in front of the door for a few seconds to regain my composure I opened it to the reveal my stunningly dressed date, Katie. She was clothed in a light dress that seemed just a little too light for the chilly spring season. The hem hung to mid thigh, practical in a business sense, but still sexy. The top reached no higher than her chest, which was boosted upward by the half cup bra underneath. Thin straps rested on her shoulders, holding the dress in place.
She eyed me up and down. "Isn't that a little too unprofessional?"
I furrowed by brow, trying to register what she was talking about. A light, late spring breeze started up and tingled against my bare skin. My bare chest, to be exact. I looked down, caught slightly off guard. I'd totally forgotten that I hadn't put a shirt on yet. "Oh, um, no. Actually, I was just about to finish getting ready. I sort of got distracted." I had my slacks and socks on, but I was still naked from the waist up. Realizing my state of dress, or undress, I invited her in and headed for the bedroom to get ready.
"If I'd known you were going to dress down that much, I might have gone topless, too." A feminine chuckle. "But you said they respected a professional appearance."
"They do." A small laugh of my own. "I gave you too much money, though. I couldn't afford any shirts of my own."
By now I had reached my bedroom closet and was rummaging for a shirt and coat. I had raised my voice to talk to her, expecting her to still be in the living room. I was slightly startled, to hear her so close to me. She had entered the room with me and was taking a seat on my bed, looking around at my inner sanctuary while she talked. "Yeah, as if you would run out of money. With a house like this, you can't tell me you gave me the shirt off your back."
"No, but I'll give it to you if you want me too." I turned around and slipped the soft cloth of my shirt up my arms. "Besides, didn't I tell you not to judge people by their possessions. I could just be good at managing my debt."
Her mouth opened slightly as she watched me button my shirt, eyes following my hand movements like a cat after a mouse. My eyes, in turn, dropped to her lap where she was sitting with her legs slightly apart. The hem of the skirt had lifted, revealing much of her milky thighs. "Yeah, but I'm still willing to bet this house is paid for."
I shrugged and selected a tie from the rack on the closet door. "Well, I'm really good at managing my debt." Before I could wrap the string of material around my neck she slid from the bed and closed the distance between us with two sensuous steps. She manipulated the tie towards a firm knot with swift, skilled presicion. I gazed into her honey brown eyes as she worked. The attention must have gotten to her slightly. A reddish glow hinted at her cheeks when she stepped back to admire her handywork. "You know how to tie a tie?" I asked.
"I had to learn for my father. He lost a hand in a work accident. I had to do a lot of things for him that he couldn't do anymore."
"Lucky guy. I wish I had the same vision he had every time you did up his tie for him."
The glow on her cheeks became a little more evident. "Well, you gave me the same look he always gave me. Except his didn't have the extra glint yours did."
For one of the few times in my life I didn't have anything to say back. I gazed thoughtfully at her while she returned a timid smile. A cute smile, I thought, as I pulled a suit jacket on. "There, I'm all set. How about you?"