(OOC: closed for myself and Browneyed_girl)
I called her my angel of the office. Not to her face of course, but that's how I thought of her. Straight away in the interview I knew she'd be a great fit. I was right. She was quiet reliable and diligent, never seeming to question the obscenity of the money we were making. Six figures a day were pouring in. Roger was a genius. My angel was such a great little worker. With her background in accounting, she helped me with the numbers, and we had a lot of numbers, even more than we had expected. Anything I asked, she never complained. She was perfect.
We were a new brokerage having only been open two months, but things were really taking off. Roger was the mastermind and he had hired me to run the sales staff. I had 26 suits and ties pounding the Skype lines all day and more guys lined up to join them. The parkade downstairs was full of BMWs and Benzes and Escalades. Myself, I still had my vintage Porsche Carrera because I liked it.
It was a bit scary for her, especially at first, one of only three women in an office full of alpha type males fueled by the adrenaline of fat profit. She may have been plain but she was a cute thing and an obvious target for so much testosterone. During her first week I walked into the kitchen while she was making herself a coffee. Jay Carson was hovering over her.
"Hey sweetheart, you got a little cream and sugar for me?" he asked her. I got his attention when I cleared me throat.
"A-hem. At this firm we treat everyone with respect. You wanna hit on girls you go to the bar," I said calmly.
"Sorry Doug." he said. It wasn't like I didn't have the same thoughts as my staff. Under those ordinary clothes was an attractive even if homely young lady after all. I just wasn't so stupid about it to get myself in trouble saying anything.
"Don't be sorry. Be gone," I told him. "You've been terminated. Clean out your stuff and go."
There were three or four other guys in the room as well. They fell dead silent.
"The same goes for everyone," I told them. "I catch any one of you harassing any of the women here you're out the door. Understand?"
She seemed more at ease after that. I had become her protector. The guys behaved themselves around her whenever I was around, even if I noticed leering eyes now and then. Don't get me wrong. I was certainly no champion of feminine rights - I'd even broken my share of hearts in my 33 years - but as long as she was working for me I was going to make sure that she had a comfortable environment. She was my angel. She was adorable.
It was Thursday and Friday was payday, crunch all the commissions, every week it was taking longer and longer to get through. My office was on the end between Roger's and Corey's. It had a window overlooking the sales floor. Just outside my door was her cubicle. I stood from my desk and ran my fingers through my neat blonde hair, checking my reflection in the window. My tie was aqua blue to match my eyes. I made sure it was straight, then I put my cream suit jacket back on and went out to address the guys.
"Hey fellas, listen up!" I called out and the commotion shuffled to a stop. "I just wanna say that I've been going through the numbers and this week has already beat last week! We're on target for about eight or 850-k for the week!"
"Yeah!"
"Woo!"
"Now when - not if - I say when ... we hit our first million dollar week, we're taking you all out for a casino cruise!" A huge cheer came out of them complete with pumping fists. "All right! So get back on the lines and keep it up! You guys are the ones making it happen!"
The guys settled back into their cubicles with a renewed enthusiasm and the hubbub resumed.
"You know what this means, Nicola," I said to her in my caring tone. Looking down at my angel with her cute little upturned nose I wanted to call her 'Nicola dear' but knew better than to cross that boundary. Her sweet soft eyes met mine already knowing what I was about to ask. "Another long night of payroll. How late can you stay this time?"
I called her my angel of the office. Not to her face of course, but that's how I thought of her. Straight away in the interview I knew she'd be a great fit. I was right. She was quiet reliable and diligent, never seeming to question the obscenity of the money we were making. Six figures a day were pouring in. Roger was a genius. My angel was such a great little worker. With her background in accounting, she helped me with the numbers, and we had a lot of numbers, even more than we had expected. Anything I asked, she never complained. She was perfect.
We were a new brokerage having only been open two months, but things were really taking off. Roger was the mastermind and he had hired me to run the sales staff. I had 26 suits and ties pounding the Skype lines all day and more guys lined up to join them. The parkade downstairs was full of BMWs and Benzes and Escalades. Myself, I still had my vintage Porsche Carrera because I liked it.
It was a bit scary for her, especially at first, one of only three women in an office full of alpha type males fueled by the adrenaline of fat profit. She may have been plain but she was a cute thing and an obvious target for so much testosterone. During her first week I walked into the kitchen while she was making herself a coffee. Jay Carson was hovering over her.
"Hey sweetheart, you got a little cream and sugar for me?" he asked her. I got his attention when I cleared me throat.
"A-hem. At this firm we treat everyone with respect. You wanna hit on girls you go to the bar," I said calmly.
"Sorry Doug." he said. It wasn't like I didn't have the same thoughts as my staff. Under those ordinary clothes was an attractive even if homely young lady after all. I just wasn't so stupid about it to get myself in trouble saying anything.
"Don't be sorry. Be gone," I told him. "You've been terminated. Clean out your stuff and go."
There were three or four other guys in the room as well. They fell dead silent.
"The same goes for everyone," I told them. "I catch any one of you harassing any of the women here you're out the door. Understand?"
She seemed more at ease after that. I had become her protector. The guys behaved themselves around her whenever I was around, even if I noticed leering eyes now and then. Don't get me wrong. I was certainly no champion of feminine rights - I'd even broken my share of hearts in my 33 years - but as long as she was working for me I was going to make sure that she had a comfortable environment. She was my angel. She was adorable.
It was Thursday and Friday was payday, crunch all the commissions, every week it was taking longer and longer to get through. My office was on the end between Roger's and Corey's. It had a window overlooking the sales floor. Just outside my door was her cubicle. I stood from my desk and ran my fingers through my neat blonde hair, checking my reflection in the window. My tie was aqua blue to match my eyes. I made sure it was straight, then I put my cream suit jacket back on and went out to address the guys.
"Hey fellas, listen up!" I called out and the commotion shuffled to a stop. "I just wanna say that I've been going through the numbers and this week has already beat last week! We're on target for about eight or 850-k for the week!"
"Yeah!"
"Woo!"
"Now when - not if - I say when ... we hit our first million dollar week, we're taking you all out for a casino cruise!" A huge cheer came out of them complete with pumping fists. "All right! So get back on the lines and keep it up! You guys are the ones making it happen!"
The guys settled back into their cubicles with a renewed enthusiasm and the hubbub resumed.
"You know what this means, Nicola," I said to her in my caring tone. Looking down at my angel with her cute little upturned nose I wanted to call her 'Nicola dear' but knew better than to cross that boundary. Her sweet soft eyes met mine already knowing what I was about to ask. "Another long night of payroll. How late can you stay this time?"