Author's Notes: This story is a work of fiction based on relationship I had with a former co-worker. This is an actual fantasy and role-play we shared, that I felt should be put into a story for my readers to enjoy as much as we did.
At no time did Carol and I have a manager/employee relationship. That being said, even though I haven't seen Carol in over twelve years, the fantasy still works for me.
So thank you to the BBW's out there that keep my fantasies alive. I dedicate this story to all of you, and to the BBW lovers like me who fantasize about you every chance we get.
Thank you all for taking the time to read my stories and I look forward to your feedback.
Wishing you all the best,
Don
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It was 4:45pm, and the productivity reports were due at the 9:00am meeting. My administrative assistant, Carol, had accidentally deleted the finished report as she was completing the final edit.
I was just packing my briefcase for the trip home when I saw Carol at my door. When she came into my office I knew immediately that something was wrong. I could see it in her face.
"Mr. Stone. Can I speak with you a minute? I... We have a problem."
"Sure Carol. Come on in," I said as pleasantly as I could.
Carol's face was practically ashen as she spoke.
"Mr. Stone. I don't know how I did it, but I accidentally deleted the production reports."
"WHAT?!!"
I didn't mean to be loud or abrupt, but I could picture my career path burning before me. My boss had several executives flying in from the West Coast, and he had tasked my department with putting together a slick and detailed production report for his meeting.
I could see the conversation as clearly as if it was taking place that very instant.
"Jim. My apologies. My assistant accidentally deleted the production report, and (I would chuckle at this point to hopefully break some of the tension) unfortunately you'll be going into the meeting with nothing but your dick in your hands. Sorry about that."
And Jim would look at me with those calm and understanding eyes of his.
"That's alright Don," he would say with a chuckle too. "Believe me. I've had worse happen in my career. I'll muddle through."
As I was leaving his office he would call out to me.
"Oh. By the way. What are you going to be doing at your next job?"
I snapped back to reality.
Carol continued to bring me up-to-date.
"I... I've tried everything. I called Tom in I.T. He looked at my computer and scanned the drive. He told me it was unrecoverable."
I quickly ran the damage assessment and recovery scenarios. Carol obviously recognized the seriousness of the situation and had taken the steps I would have taken.
Dread was oozing from my voice as I asked my first question.
"Did you lose the templates, or just the finished report?"
"No, Mr. Stone. Just the completed reports folder. It held the data entry information and the completed report. I have all the data spreadsheets in hard copy on my desk. I never shred them until the final report is actually printed and approved."
"Damn, she's good," I thought.
I ran my options. I could re-enter the raw data in six to seven hours. Since we still had the templates, it would be a reasonably simple task to enter the final computations into the report format.
The binding office was closed but I could run the finished reports out to a 24-hour printing/binding company. It would cost a bit more, but it certainly wouldn't break my budget.
The more I thought about it the better I liked the idea. Professional binding would really look impressive at the meeting.
I had a late night ahead of me but it was doable. I visibly relaxed.
"Ok Carol," I calmly told her. "It's bad, but it's not the end of the world. You're an excellent employee, and believe me, everybody makes mistakes."
I tried to lighten the moment by joking with her.
"Even I make mistakes. As hard as that may be for you to believe. Why just three years ago I was absolutely sure that I'd made a mistake in one of my reports. Turned out I was mistaken. Actually I was 100% correct in my report. So see. Even I make mistakes."
Carol's face brightened immediately and she laughed with me. I was glad to see that she was ok. I really didn't want her to spend the night overly concerned.
"I've got a long night ahead of me but I'll handle it," I said.
"No Mr. Stone. We'll handle it. This was my mistake and I'm not going to dump it on you."
I took a long hard look at Carol. Even though she had only been with me for six months I held her in high regard. Her stock went up even higher now.
She made a mistake. She attempted to rectify the situation. She brought it to my attention early enough to correct and, she was prepared to work with me in order to resolve the problem.
As the rest of the building was clearing, Carol and I divvied up the spreadsheets and started to work.
The plan was to exchange work stations every hour. This way we could review each other's work and then continue the data entry process.
I threw myself into the work and at the end of the first hour was happy with how much I had accomplished. I had more than a quarter of the spreadsheets entered.
Carol and I traded places.
I was extremely impressed with Carol's work. She was practically a third of the way through her spreadsheets, and after review I found no entry errors.
I got back to work.
After an hour had passed we switched workstations again. When I saw Carol in the hallway, she was somewhat flushed and out of breath.
"Are you okay?," I asked. "Do you need to take a break?"
"No, No, Mr. Stone. I'm fine. Just a hot flash. I just need to get some cold water." She laughed a jittery kind of laugh and she didn't meet my gaze.