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Looking out the window of my lavishly furnished, corner office to the busy city streets below, I begin to think about my agenda for the day. Susan, my lovely assistant is preparing my morning coffee. Being a slow starter in the morning I like to give myself about 10-15 minutes to drink my mandatory coffee before diving into another hectic work day. The gentle tapping at the door does not interfere with my ritualistic, morning meditation as Susan quietly enters my office and places my coffee before me on my desk.
"Thank you, Susan."
"You're welcome sir." Susan whispers softly, so as not to interrupt me.
It was Susan who introduced me to benefits of meditation. When it comes to stress relief and the pursuit of pleasure there is no better expert than the lovely and talented Susan. A free spirit if ever there was one, Susan never takes life or herself too seriously. She has taught me valuable lessons about human relationships and has given me insight into how to read people effectively. These skills helped me get to where I am today, President and CEO of Northland Credit Inc. I owe a great a deal of credit to Susan for my success. My personal and professional growth has been beneficial to her as I’ve taken her along with me as I’ve climbed the proverbial corporate ladder. It must be told that Susan is much, much more than a mere secretary to me.
I first met Susan 4 years ago; I was still only in mid-twenties and had just been promoted to Junior Executive. With that promotion came added responsibility and a heavier work load. The company authorized me to hire a secretary to assist me in me work. Northland Credit had an almost exclusive recruitment agreement with the local community college. The following Monday I was to begin interviewing applicants. I had a good but somewhat unrealistic idea of what I was looking for in a secretary. She would have to have to have superior typing and clerical skills, excellent phone manner and most importantly of all she would have to be a looker, a woman who would make my fellow execs jealous, a trophy secretary of you will. I had been interviewing all week long, my hopes of finding that trophy secretary were fading fast. I had interviewed mostly, older women making career changes, housewives with grown up kids getting back into the workforce, the younger women I interviewed were all either ugly or fat. In retrospect I was being ridiculously discriminating and unfair. Exasperated, I began to accept that I would have to settle for just an ordinary secretary like everyone else.
Then – She walked in. Wow! She strode confidently into my office smiling warmly at me. She looked to be of Scandinavian ancestry and probably 21 or 22 years old. She was gorgeous!
My jaw dropped to the floor. She was sleek and slender in her skirt; her legs were long and shapely. She had large round breasts barely contained under her suit jacket. Her hair was a light,
shimmering blond, carefully coiffed in an up do with soft wisps of golden locks cascading down her beautiful face. Her eyes were an intoxicating baby blue. Her frosted lipstick exaggerated her pouty lips and gave them a liquidy sheen. She oozed sexuality, her every move seemed sensual
and suggestive.
“Hello Mr. Sterling, I’m Susan Sundstrom, pleased to meet you.” Her voice was just as soft and soothing to the ears as she was to the eyes.
“Well! I’m pleased to meet you – Mrs. Sundstrom.” I replied over emphatically still taken aback
by her beauty.
“Miss.” She corrected with a bright smile.
“Sorry ‘bout that. Please have a seat Ms. Sundstrom.” I wanted to hit the roof, how could she not be married? I wondered to myself. My excitement level was building and I was finding a bit difficult to speak, I was almost hyper ventilating but I did well to keep her from noticing.
“Thank you.” She sat down, oblivious to the inner havoc she was wreaking on me.