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Michell

Dan was a contract attorney and had to fly to British Columbia on business. He rarely had to go to Canada for the large firm he worked for was primarily a petroleum and gas company that did most of its business off shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Still, the Branson Drilling Company was contracting with his company for off shore drilling near Alaska but in Canadian waters. Dan had been doing this job for over 25 years and was not ready to retire at the age of 55 but knew his job so well that he could do it backwards and forwards with his eyes closed. The trip from Dallas to Victoria, BC was three and a half hours yet he kept busy reviewing the contracts almost the whole flight. He arrived at Branson at around noon and was soon escorted into George Branson’s office, the principle of the company.

“Hi Dan” George said in a welcoming tone. “Hello, George! What do you think of the contracts we proposed? “,Dan said enthusiastically. “Dan, you know I can’t talk business on an empty stomach! “ George got on the intercom and asked his middle aged assistant Pamela to bring in lunch. The double doors to his office swung open and in came Pamela with a cart of a variety of sandwiches, salads and desserts. Following Pamela was a beautiful blonde in her younger twenties. “Dan, I think you know Pamela but I want you to meet Michell Pettigrew who is her assistant. She is an intern this year for us from the University of Victoria.” Ms. Pettigrew put out her hand to shake Dan’s and he could not help but notice her perfect smile, angelic complexion, but her most outstanding attribute was her eyes. They were the most intriguing blue eyes he had ever seen. He could not get enough of looking into her eyes. Her hand shake was light but professionally firm. He was taken back with her beauty as she was dressed very professionally with a navy blue business suite and a fairly short skirt with little higher than medium matching navy heels. Her hair was put up in a professional looking bun with just a strand or two that was loosened from the mornings work from when she had put it up that morning. Her voice was soft and not harsh, yet professional. “Hello Mr. Cranz” she stated rather blandly. “No need to be so formal Michell. You can call me Dan.” “Uh ok… Mr. Cranz….I mean Dan”. Dan could tell he had not made much of an impression on her. If only he were about thirty years younger! Still he thought she was way out of his league even if he were in his twenties again. Of course, he remembered in his twenties he had not even started working out and didn’t start building his body like he did when he turned forty. He was in pretty good shape even for a fifty-five year old and had aged a lot slower than his peers. He had broad shoulders and worked to keep to keep in shape especially since his divorce three years ago. His hair was an attractive salt and pepper but more pepper than salt. He dated some but only about once a month. He liked to date younger women in their thirties or forties for he felt that kept him thinking young. His kids were all grown and out of college so it was only him and his chocolate lab Fritz.

Lunch was placed on the conference table and Pamela and Michell started to leave the office. “Won’t you join us”, Dan asked. “No thank you Mr. Cranz, Pam and I have our lunch out at her office.” Michell stated matter- of- factly. Dan’s countenance fell as Michell obviously did not feel comfortable using his first name. Well, chalk that girl off, she is not interested in this old fart at all, he thought! Still
he could not take his eyes off of her as she and Pam walked out of the room. She had a wonderful walk, a graceful sway to her. Not too much hip but just enough to make any man sigh as she walked past. She
held her head high as though to say, “Yes, I am a woman and I can do anything I put my mind to better than any man!”

“Dan, Michell has been a real asset to us so far this year. She put together half of our response to your proposal. She is a real smart cookie and if she continues to do well we will bring her in permanently as a project manager”, George exclaimed enthusiastically. “That is great….”, Dan stated blandly. “In fact she will be sitting in on our meeting this afternoon.” George said. “Uh…ok. That’s fine.” Stan agreed reluctantly. He thought to himself what can a young twenty- something know about petroleum contracting?

Lunch was soon finished and Pam and Michell came into George’s office to clear away lunch. Dan did his best to put blinders on as Michell leaned over the conference table to gather some dishes and empty drink glasses on to a tray. She showed what an attractive feminine rear she had and it was the first time he noticed that although her blouse was buttoned all the way up she had larger than normal breasts. She hid them well under her loose cream colored business blouse. Just as she was turning with the tray of dishes, Dan stood to get up from the table, knocking the dishes out of her hands and into his lap soaking the front of his shirt and pants. “Oh, I am so sorry Mr. Cranz!” Dan immediately got up and said, “Oh don’t worry Michell! It was entirely my fault! “ He got down on his knees and started picking up the scattered and broken dishes and glasses. “Please don’t do that!” Michell exclaimed. “Oh no….. Ms. Pettigrew. It was entirely my fault and I will clean it up.” Michell bent at the knees and started helping Dan with both of them apologizing to each other. Dan then noticed the wonderful citrus fragrance she was wearing. It almost took his breath away as he was so near to her that he just wanted to reach out and hold her. He almost forgot he was in Victoria, BC for business before he came back to his senses. “Let me take that tray Dan”, Pamela commanded. “No Pam, I can get it” Dan stated firmly as he and Michell carried the dishes out of George’s office. “You can put them in here”, Michell said to Dan she walked to the office kitchen. They put the trays down on the counter and Michell said, “Thanks so much for helping me Dan. I am so sorry! ”,as she took a cloth napkin and tried to wipe his wet shirt”. Stan grabbed her hand and held it just for a moment before he took the napkin out of it. He could see a light blush in her face as she averted his eyes. “Don’t worry about it. It will dry and it’s mostly water. No harm done Ms. Pettigrew! ” , as Dan looked for a response. Michell raised her head and seemed to see Dan for the first time as she looked directly into his grey eyes and said, “Thanks Dan. You are too kind…”




CHAPTER 2
Dan went into the men’s rest room and did his best to use the hand dryer to dry off his shirt. He took his shirt off and held it under the dryer and leaned his lower torso against the dryer to get his pants dried as best he could. George came in and said, “Hey Dan how’s the laundry business?” , and chuckled. “I’m getting there George, I’m getting there”, he said with a smile. “Ok, we’ll start in a few when you get through”, George stated. “Ok, be right there ”, Dan said as George left the bath room. He couldn’t get the pants all of the way dried and wouldn’t you know the wettest part was still around his crotch.

“Crap!” Dan exclaimed as he looked at his wet crotch in the mirror of the bathroom. As he entered George’s office he noticed George, their corporate attorney Lampkins, Branson’s VP of drilling, Cotch and Michell sitting at the conference table. Everyone stood up as he walked up to the table

“Did ya get all dried out Dan?”, George merrily asked. “Ya, I guess so….”, Dan said as his eyes locked on Michell’s which were focused on the wet spot on his crotch. She then raised her gaze to his eyes and smiled. He was embarrassed. He noticed that the three executives for Branson were seated on the opposite side of the table and Michell was the only one seated on the near side where the only vacant chair was. George motioned for Dan to sit next to Michell. Dan thought ….how wise it was for George to seat him next to probably the most beautiful woman in Victoria. He felt a little like a race horse who was being accompanied by a filly to keep the stallion calm right before the big race. “Since Michell has been involved in the contract I want her to be next to you to explain some of the finer details we need to add.” George chimed in. “Oh OK”, Dan responded as he looked and smiled at Michell who smiled back. He noticed that Michell had unbuttoned two of the top buttons of her blouse and he caught a glimpse of some of her ample cleavage as he was the last to be seated at the table. His penis jumped to life as he also caught a look at her very shapely thighs when she sat down. The short business skirt almost went up to her butt. He scooted his chair a few feet away from her intentionally so he could get a better angle view of her legs and her breasts when he turned to speak to her and it made it less obvious when he looked at her legs since he was further away.

The first part of the contract was pretty cut and dry, but as they continued going through it, Dan was impressed with Michell’s knowledge of the petroleum business and how well she articulated her thoughts. There were several instances where he knew he should have raised an objection to parts of the contract that Michell had been involved in but could not bring himself to do so because he did not want her to look bad in front of the other executives. He could not help but notice when Michell uncrossed her legs and re-crossed them. He could almost see her panties. She would also lean a little closer to him to make a point and when she did he caught a glimpse of her C cup white bra and a few inches of cleavage. He had to mentally shake his head violently to clear it to focus on business. He could not believe he was ogling a girl who was 3 years younger than his youngest daughter! He thought resentfully ….that George sure knows what he is doing!!

After a few hours into the meeting Dan couldn’t help himself when he asked , “So Michell, I marvel at how much knowledge you have of the oil and gas business. You just graduated last year didn’t you?”
“Yes Dan, my dad was in the business and I used to go everywhere with him. Even to the oil rigs. I picked up a lot just tagging along”, She responded as she leaned closer to him and he could again catch the hint of her fragrance. “Well, I have to say I am impressed! I work with a lot of people and you are one of the brightest I have ever come across!” Dan gushed.