By 9am the next morning, I had the proposal completed and ready to deliver. Dressed a little more casually today in a blue jean skirt and a blue button down shirt, I drove quickly to John's office. I walked in the door and smiled at the receptionist who was again on the phone. This time, however, she asked the person to hold, and spoke to me.
"John told me to make sure you weren't kept waiting, and that no matter what he was doing when you got here, his schedule was to be cleared until he had finished looking over your proposal with you."
"Well, he did seem anxious to see it yesterday," I said and managed not to laugh.
She called into his office and announced me. "Yes sir, I'll tell her," she said as she hung up the phone. "Do you remember where his office is? He wants you to go on back while he finished up the meeting he's in."
"Sure, I know where I'm going." I walked back through the offices, noticing the design and the aesthetics that I had missed in my pre-occupation the day before. When I got to his door, I knocked quietly.
"Come in please."
I walked in and saw John and another man discussing something. John was sitting on the couch and he waved me in, adding, "Would you please close the door behind you? Thanks hon, I appreciate it." The other man was sitting in one of the chairs across from the couch and papers were strewn across the table between them. I noticed almost immediately the names of some of my competitors among them. Unsure of what exactly was going on, I stepped to the edge of the couch and waited for John to finish his discussion with the man. "This is Tony, my partner, he is trying to tell me that I should put more consideration into these proposals," he said as he gestured to the scattered papers between them. I opened my mouth to say something, when he said, "So, I told him to just wait until he saw yours, then he'd understand why we are going with your company."
"Oh, well, then, here you go," I said as I handed my proposal to John who shook his head and pointed to Tony, so I handed it to Tony and took the seat on the couch beside John that he indicated I should take.
Tony opened the folder and began reading the proposal rather thoroughly. John on the other hand had slid his hand up my thigh not stopping until he could tell that I had taken his advice and not worn any panties that day. I looked at him in panic, because his business associate was just a matter of feet away from us, but he just looked at me and said, "I'm convinced, but Tony might need some help to understand why your company is obviously the better choice."
Without looking up, Tony asked, "Now, I see this item, "Daily On-Site supervision by sales staff" what is that, and why do we need that?"
