Katie was a natural beauty, the kind of girl that can be distracting in any office which contains mostly men. The waves in her blonde hair bounced as she made her way around the office, her big blue eyes seemed to urge you to want more, and her big smile would make anyone a little weak in the knees. I had taken all this into consideration when I had first hired her. First off I had found that a woman so attractive tends to inhibit the production of the workers in the office, but also, I had always attempted to keep my professional and romantic lives separate. I had found that it is generally best to not mix business and pleasure, and had taken the necessary precautions to keep things as such.
That is until Katie first came in. Her unfaltering beauty was matched only by her beaming personality. Despite the fact that I thought it might be difficult to try to keep my hands off of her, I surely wasn't opposed to having a little eye candy. Not to mention, she was just what I had needed. My last assistant had not been much of a people person, leaving me to have to clean up more messes than I ever would have liked to. I had no doubt in my own ability to control my hormones and keep our relationship professional, and in need of such an addition to the office, I hired her on the spot.
For the following months, Katie worked our perfectly. She was everything I had dreamed of, a hard worker, a friendly voice for the clients, and a wonderful sight for me when I arrived in the morning. Despite the fact that she often wore outfits that made dirty thoughts race, and we may have exchanged some harmless subtleties of flirtatious behavior, I had been able to keep my hands to myself, knowing that a physical relationship between the 2 of us would be wrong. That is until the past month.
It all started about a month or so ago. I had to go to a conference out in Vegas and had asked Katie to come along. Besides the fact that I needed her assistance in keeping track of various meetings throughout the weekend, it never hurts to have an attractive girl in the mix when discussing a business transaction. She had been a bit hesitant at first, but then became excited by the idea of getting to have a trip on the company dime.
After a red eye flight on Thursday night, we arrived at the hotel in the wee hours of the morning, exhausted from the day of travel. Upon speaking with the receptionist at the front desk, she began explaining that there had been some kind of mix up, and the hotel had over booked. There was only a single suite left, as opposed to the 2 rooms which had been booked. They informed us that they would try to sort it out, or that we could go down to one of their sister hotels down the road. I looked over at Katie and asked what she thought.
