We talked a little about the need to be looking for permanent office space and Ann made the important suggestion of having the architect I anticipated using to design my office brought on board to check out the space we would be considering.

I paid the bill for our lunch and we walked back to the office exchanging thoughts about what area of the city to locate in and the pluses and minuses of different phone systems. We arrived back in the office and as nonchalant as could be, Ann flipped the latch on the door behind her and without comment or evident self consciousness casually removed her sweater baring her marvelous breasts once again. Without any comment in my direction, Ann went to her desk and phoned the agency which had referred her to me and advised of the receptionist opening she would be looking to fill.

That afternoon I had a visit to my dentist scheduled and I left the office at about 3 p.m. As I walked out and bade Ann goodbye, I told her I would see her Tuesday and asked her to lock up. She waived goodbye and as I left she was at her desk, cradling the phone to her ear looking for all the world like the efficient assistant I had hoped for; except of course for the fact that she was nipples bare. Thursday

I arrived at the office early on Thursday as I hoped to review my petroleum industry portfolio in light of some reports I had been reading about secondary recovery techniques which I thought might unlock some value in a number of companies whose reserves to some extent had been thought not be commercially exploitable. I brought with me a change of clothes as I planned on shaving and changing my shirt before the opera that evening.

Ann was a few minutes early as well. I conducted my none too surreptitious survey of her attire as she settled in. Today Ann was wearing a charcoal gray pants suit. Under her jacket, which she removed and hung up, was a thin shell, it was abundantly clear she was not wearing a bra either.