I wasn’t looking forward to the 90 minute drive home, and was wondering if I had been here long enough so that I could make my getaway? I decided that I had. I stood up and said my goodbyes to the others at my table, wishing them all a nice holiday. I would stop and say my goodbyes to a few of the CEO’s and be on my way.
I went to a few tables, said my goodbyes and only had one more person to see and I was out of here. I looked across the room and saw the president talking to a woman. She was about 5’-5” tall had long blonde hair, her red dress was certainly festive. It revealed some of her back and shoulders, it was cut a couple of inches above the knees revealing her muscular calves in her heels. At that moment she turned, she had the most beautiful green I eyes had ever seen, our eyes locked and I felt a momentary connection. She took my breath away. She then averted her eyes and walked away. Her dress was loose and left just enough to the imagination as she moved. I approached the president said all of the appropriate thank you’ s, it was good seeing you and left.
As I stepped outside I was greeted by the smell and feel of impending snow. I only hoped that it wasn’t snowing towards the west as that was the direction I had to go.
I gave the valet my ticket and he went to get my car. My thoughts immediately turned to this woman, she was stunning, why hadn’t I seen her earlier, was she with someone? She probably was, a woman a beautiful like her probably had guys falling all over her.
The next couple of days I couldn’t stop thinking of her, she popped into my mind whenever I had an idle moment. Then as the busyness of the holidays approached I thought of her less and continued my normal activities. The holidays came and went and in mid January I got a call that they would like me to come to corporate in Boston to go over some expansion ideas for our facility in Springfield. We made an appointment for the following Thursday so I could put together all the paperwork that I would need.
When Thursday arrived I woke early showered and drove to the Springfield bus terminal to catch
the 6 am express into Boston . This would give me a little time to go over some numbers prior to our meeting. This was my poor mans chauffer, it was also easier than driving and then having to find parking nearby. We arrived at the terminal at approximately 7:40 am and I walked the 2 blocks to the corporate offices. As I got on the elevator all I could think of was how this was going to be a long day.
I got off the elevator on the 20 th floor and entered the lobby, Gina the receptionist greeted me with her big cheery smile and asked if I would like a coffee while I waited. I always liked Gina she was a pretty girl, but a little bit flighty. She brought me my coffee and started to flirt with me, this was something that I had gotten used to from her, I had always figured she would be fun, she seemed like she would get crazy in bed. But she wasn’t someone I would want a relationship with, besides we worked for the same company and I didn’t feel it would be appropriate.
I was just finishing my coffee when Gina told me that they were ready now, we would be meeting in the conference room. I got up to go and thanked her. I loved that room. It was a corner room and had an excellent view of Boston Harbor . I walked down the hall exchanging the requisite pleasantries with the people that I passed in the hall. I stopped briefly to talk to Peter who was in accounting for a moment and turned to continue down the hall. When I looked forward there “she” was. I swear my heart skipped a beat as she took my breath away. She was wearing a gray pant suit with a white blouse that was buttoned to her long beautiful neck, her jacket was short and cinched at the waist which really accentuated her tall thin body. Her hair was tied back in a bun which really showed her facial features. She never looked up as I walked by her, and it was all I could do not to turn and check out her ass.