The Start of things.
The whole thing started with a discussion among a group of us in the rest room at Hinkerman's, the company where I worked in the typing pool.
It was all about how far you would be willing to go for money. It had started with a reality TV program that had been shown the previous evening, where girls had been offered money to flash their boobs in public.
The shows presenter could have offered the girls up to £100, but it was surprising just how little he got away with. There was one especially attractive young lady who willingly showed her generous assets to the thousands of viewers for the paltry sum of £20.
The discussion went on for some time and it seemed that most of us around the table would be willing to do almost anything legal if the money was right.
Just then Mandy from admin chipped in. "What about actually having sex with someone, like in that Michael Douglas film, where he offered this guy a lot of money to sleep with his wife?."
We all glanced at each other. No one wanted to take the lead at this point, so I shook my head and smiled. "If the amount of money offered me was going to make a big difference to my life, I would certainly consider it."
What escaped my notice at the time was that sitting at the next table to us there was someone who was sipping slowly on his cup of coffee, taking a great interest in our conversation.
I was back at my desk later that afternoon when I received a call to go over to head office, which was situated a few blocks away from where I worked in the distribution office. I called and informed my head of section that I had to leave, but she told me that she had already been notified. It was a little worrying to be called to head office, as they did not say what it was about, just that I was to report to the main reception desk.
The very attractive receptionist who greeted me was wearing what I thought was a rather low-cut dress. She smiled, asked me my name, and then consulted her list on her desk. She informed me that my meeting was with the Chief Executive Officer's Personal Assistant, a Keith Mellor. She gave me directions to his office, and then handed me a pass.
"You will need this to get into the head office section," she said, flashing me a beaming smile.
As I rode up on the elevator, I was still a little worried, and wondering why I had been called over to head office. Emerging from the lift, I swiped the card in the unit at the side of the door. It opened to admit me into a rather plush section. An attractive man who looked to be in his mid 40's was waiting for me.
"Samantha?" he said, holding out his hand. "Pleased to meet you."
He took my arm and led me up the wide corridor with doors down both sides and ushered me into a spacious office. It was fitted out to a very high standard of luxury. It also had large picture windows that overlooked the river and the riverside walk.
"Take a seat, Samantha. Can I offer you a cool drink?" he said, indicating a tray on which was a large pitcher of iced orange juice.
I smiled and nodded. "That would be very nice. Thank you, sir."
He got up from behind his large desk and poured out two glasses of orange juice, handing one to me as he sat down. Then he began to look through some papers on his desk.
"Just want to go through a few things with you, if that's alright." He said. I nodded.
"I see you are not married." Again I nodded.
"Do you have a boy friend at the moment?"
"Not at the moment," I said with a slight smile. "I'm just between them." He smiled.
"Do you live on your own?" he asked.
I nodded and told him that I did, and that I had only a few weeks ago moved into a new apartment.
"Do you like working for Hinkermans?" he asked.
"Yes, I like it very much."
"Do we pay you enough?"
I looked at him, smiling. "Well, yes, the pay's not bad," I said, "but if you are offering me a pay raise, I can certainly put it to good use." He nodded his head knowingly, and smiled.
"What is your take home pay, about £1200 a month?" he asked.
"Around that, sometimes a little either way, depends on bonuses."
"How would you like to maybe double that?" he asked. "Say, £3000 a month?"
I looked at him in amazement. "For doing what?" I asked.
"Well, that depends on you, young lady. I have been informed that you would be willing to do almost anything if the money were right?" He looked straight at me.
I quickly remembered the discussion we had at lunchtime. How the hell had he found out about that so quickly?
I smiled. "That was just a bit of a laugh, sir," I said.
"So you did not mean what you said?" He looked at me.
I thought for a moment, wondering what this was all leading up to. I shrugged. "Well, I suppose I might, depending on what I was asked to do and how much I was offered to do it."
He opened a drawer and pulled out a large bundle of new £20 notes, and began to count them out. Then he picked up the ones he had counted and placed them in front of me.
"There's £500," he said. "It's yours if you would remove your blouse." I looked at him in amazement.
"You are joking?"
He shook his head. "No," he said, "I'm serious. The money's yours if you take off your blouse."
I was stunned and amazed by his suggestion. Here I was sitting in the office of one of the senior managers of the firm, and he was offering me £500 pounds to take off my blouse in front of him. £500 was nearly two weeks wages. I have to say, I was equally torn between slapping his face and ripping my blouse off.
I still did not understand. "You are asking me to take off my blouse here in your office and you will give me £500? He nodded.
"What's the catch?" I asked.
He shook his head. "There is no catch, Samantha; just remove your blouse and you can pick up the money."
I looked at the money, then at him. "Just my blouse?" I asked. He nodded.
What the hell, I thought, what's the problem of taking off my blouse? I could certainly use £500. I slowly started to unbutton my blouse. He leaned back in the chair watching me. When all the buttons were undone, I eased it down my arms and slipped out of it. I laid it on my lap and sat there facing him. At least, I was glad I had decided to wear one of my nicer bras today.
"That was not too difficult, was it?" he asked. I shrugged. I was beginning to feel a little self-conscious the way he was looking at me with me sitting there in my bra. It was a white lace one and I knew he could probably make out the dark areas of my areolas beneath the thin lace panels. I was also suddenly conscious of my nipples beginning to stir. Oh my god, I thought to myself, they are becoming erect. Now he can't help but notice them.
"The £500 is yours, Samantha," he said as he pushed it towards me. I looked at the thick bundle of crisp new £20 notes. All that, I thought, just for taking my blouse off.
"How would you like another £500?" he asked.
With all honesty, I have to say that I had half expected him to ask. "For what?" I asked.
"Your skirt," he said, a slight smile on his face.
I must say I was becoming a little unsure about the situation now. I wondered just where things were going. How far was he expecting me to go? More to the point, how far was I willing to go? The offer of another £500 for my skirt was very tempting, but could I do it? I thought about what I was wearing under the skirt: just a brief white thong and my hold up stockings, but then £500 was an awful lot of money.