Kaitlin Closes The Deal Ch. 01

Kaitlin looked at herself in the full-length mirror in her bedroom as she got dressed for work. Reflected back at her was an intelligent, attractive, and adventurous blonde with deep blue expressive eyes. She had a great smile and personality, and nice round 38C breasts that loved the attention they received from her wonderful husband. She laughed to herself as she thought about all the men, and once in a while women, that she had caught sneaking a peek at her chest over the years.

She had been working for Anderson Advertising, one of the top ad agencies in the country for almost five years. She loved her job and during the last three years she had been the top account executive at the agency, the best among fifty men and women in that position. The top account executive each year received a $100,000 bonus, but for Kaitlin the money was secondary. She was fiercely competitive and for her the thrill of winning, the recognition, and respect that it brought, and knowing that she was the very best, continued to drive her to excel.

Over the years she had heard some of her counterparts whining about her always winning. Especially Jeff Hawkins, a fast tracker, who had finished third and second the last two years. One day she heard that he told one of the other guys in the office that she probably had sex with clients just to get their business. Kaitlin was livid about his comments so she cornered him and confronted him about his innuendo. "Look Jeff, I have never resorted to that type of activity with a client, and if I ever hear anything like that again I'm filing a complaint with Human Resources," she shouted into his reddening face. "I think you owe me an apology! Why is it that some men just can't stand losing to a woman?" she rebuked.

Jeff was caught off guard, and he stammered at first trying to explain that he didn't mean to imply that Kaitlin was doing anything inappropriate. Her cold hard stare bore right through him. Jeff looked around and saw at least twenty co-workers staring at him and Kaitlin so he quickly decided to apologize and try to make the whole unpleasant situation go away before any of the partners noticed the chaos being caused by the incident. "I'm sorry Kaitlin, I never meant to question your integrity or moral ethics," Jeff stated.

Satisfied that she had made her point Kaitlin said, "Thank you," then turned on her heels and headed back to her office. She sat there for a few minutes, letting her blood pressure return to normal, thinking about accounts that she had dealt with over the last couple of years. She knew that most men found her to be attractive, and enjoyed her warm bubbly personality, her great sense of humor, and her southern accent. However she found it hard to believe that in today's rigid business climate that sex appeal had anything to do with her success. She always dressed nicely in business suits when meeting with clients, but her outfits weren't provocative. In fact she normally wore clothing that made the size of her breasts less obvious, and didn't show any cleavage. Sure there had been some occasional flirting from time to time but Kaitlin had always maintained a professional and business-like attitude when dealing with her clients. After reviewing all the facts Kaitlin was convinced that her success was mainly the result of hard work. After all she performed a lot of research on the client and their business needs/preferences prior to meeting them, and provided excellent customer service to existing clients. Then there was her competitive drive that drove her to be the best at whatever she did.

The last few months had been very stressful for Kaitlin. Brian has lost his high paying job three months ago, and in this economy he was not having any luck at finding another. They had been living well on two salaries, but now the bills were starting to pile up. With only two weeks left in the fiscal year Jeff was ahead of her in sales by a million dollars. Adding even more pressure was the fact that one of the three Senior Account Executive positions in the agency was going to be vacant soon, and Kaitlin wanted the promotion very bad. Even though her performance clearly indicated that she was the best person for the position, it had never been occupied by a woman before. What worried her most was a conversation she had last week with Howard her managing partner. He reminded her that it was all about momentum in this business. Her numbers had been below average, at least for her, the last six months and there was some concern among the partners that she had peaked. It's the old story of don't tell me what you did for me last week, show me what you're going to do for me this week. The good news was that she had been given the challenge and responsibility of landing the Cortez account, which would add at least three million dollars of annual revenue to the firm. The partners had made it very clear that landing the Cortez account was critical, only adding to the overwhelming pressure marks head bobbers porno that Kaitlin already felt.

The Cortez clothing chain had been started by Manuel Cortez after he immigrated from his native country to Dallas in the late 1980's. Now due to failing health he was retiring and turning the business over to his sons Carlos and Ramon. Carlos Cortez had recently been promoted to CEO, and his younger brother Ramon, was named President. Kaitlin's sources informed her that the brothers were very ambitious hard driving businessmen, who pushed their vendors to the limit. Their company's double-digit growth over the last two years had forced them to consider changing advertising agencies, and there was a frenzy among the rival agencies that were competing for their lucrative business. The Cortez brothers had narrowed their search to their current agency and two others. Anderson Advertising was one of the two other agencies and Kaitlin had a presentation scheduled with them next week in Dallas. All she had to do was convince them that Anderson Advertising could meet all their current and future business needs.

Kaitlin was sitting at her desk pouring through the research material that she had collected on Cortez Clothing Inc. when her phone rang.

"Hi Kaitlin, it's Jessica, how are you doing?"

"Hi Jess, I'm having some problems right now. I'll tell you about them later. How about yourself?" Kaitlin replied. Kaitlin and Jessica were good friends who met in college, and then worked together at Anderson Advertising until Jessica left about a year ago to work for a competitor Barnes