Her boss and his assistant

"Everything must be ready for tonight," said the Latino man in the grey business suit.

"It will be sir," said the woman with a hair bun and glasses. "There won't be a hair out of place."

"I hope not." He sighed as they walked into the elevator. "A lot of investors will be at this party everything needs to be perfect."

The man pressed the top floor button and the elevator doors closed. Mackenzie silently cringed. It was Mr. Bishop the CEO of the company and Ms. Knight his snooty assistant. These were the last people the redhead wanted to see her in this compromised state.

"Getting back to business," Ms. Knight continued, "have you put any thought into who will be filling that vacant executive position? You need to decided quickly if we want to be prepared for the next quarter."

"Believe me Knight that's all I'm thinking about," Mr. Bishop sighed. "I need the best person possible for this position and, I never thought I'd say this, there are too many qualified people."

"Well we're running low on time." Ms. Knight said, adjusting her glasses. "Just grab one of our more experienced juniors and give them the position."

"Oh my dear Knight," Mr. Bishop frowned. "Have I taught you nothing."

"Apparently not." She replied voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Well, that is my mistake." He said not catching it. "For you see experience is not the be all end all of business. There's more. You need instinct, assertiveness, boldness, esthetics."

"Esthetics?"

"Well as they say, Sex sells Ms. Knight and that doesn't just apply to our ad campaigns," Mr. Bishop explained turning towards her. "That's why I've built our brand around finding talented and beautiful young people and molding them into stars of the business world!"

"Ooh...right."

"Don't give me that tone. Our system works. Investors hear of our great productivity and are shocked by all the young faces on the executive floors. I'm expecting a lot from our last crop of promotions. There are some true talents among them." Mr. Bishop replies only then glancing slightly to notice Mackenzie standing behind them. "And here's one of them now. Hello Ms. Fairbairn."

"Hello Sir." Mackenzie says forcing a smile. "Sorry for easedropping."

Her boss smiled. "Don't worry about it. I have a bad habit of causally dropping insider information without checking if anyone's around."

"Although it would have been proper to announce yourself earlier." Ms. Knight said glaring at Mackenzie giving her a shiver. There were rumors Knight was very protective of her boss especially around other women and that stare was more than enough to prove to Mackenzie that was true.

"Now now Ms Knight we were already deep in conversation." Mr Bishop said defending Mackenzie. "If anything we were the rude one's for not noticing her."

"I-It's not a big deal." Mackenzie said almost stepping forward but stopping herself when she remembered her expoaed panties. "I was just going down to collect these efficiency reports from Mr. Rook."

"Efficiency reports?" Ms. Knight asked, "since when does Mr. Rook file efficiency reports?"

"Well um," Mackenzie said nervously, "since I...told him to."

Ms. Knight turned around a looked Mackenzie right in the eye with a look so piercing the redhead felt more exposed then she already was. Knight then held out her arm with a look on her face that screamed out 'gimme'. Slowly Mackenzie handed the assistant the file and Ms. Knight quickly opened it up to examine it's contents. Her eyes shifting through every page. Mr. Bishop innocently peaking in over her shoulder. Finally she closed the file and looked back to Mackenzie.

"This is some very eye opening information about Mr Rook's department. A lot of very specific information that reveals deficiencies in his workforce and leadership. You asked for this information specifically?"

"Y-yes."

"Why," Knight asked frustrated. "How could you possibly know to ask for this."

"Well I-I," Mackenzie mumbled. I worked for him."

There was a moment of silence, the only sound in the elevator being the music, before Mr. Bishop burst out laughing.

"See Ms. Knight this ia exactly what I was talking about. Young, bold woman like her are going to make this company even greater. Beautiful work, Ms. Fairbairn. Truly outstanding.

"Thank you sir." Mackenzie said brushing a hair from her face. Seeing her boss, smiling and praising her, make her heart race a tiny bit. While it was unwise to even think such, Mackenzie couldn't deny her boss was very handsome. She had seen him before even joining the company as he often appeared on magazines and tv discussing how such a young man had become such an up and comer in the business world. It seemed the "sex sells" philosophy applied to him as well.

As she daydreamed about her superior Mackenzie heard the elevator ding they had arrived at her floor. Mackenzie's smile vanished as she realized she had Mr. Bishop's full attention.

'Oh shit,' Mackenzie thought, 'how am I going to get out of here without him seeing my ripped pants!'

She looked back at the file in Ms. Knight's hand. Maybe she could use it to cover her ass? Mackenzie was about to reach for the file when the assistant quickly stuffed it under her arm.

"I'm keeping this." She said coldly. "I think I can get this processed a lot faster then you can."

"Be grateful." Mr. Bishop said. "She rarely doesn't anyone elses work outside of mine."

"T-that's great." Mackenzie said mentally cursing Knight in every way she could imagine. "Thank you ma'am."

Ms. Knight shot Mackenzie a look that nearly convinced the redhead she had read her mind, but before she could think about it the elevator doors opened to Mackenzie's floor. Mr. Bishop and Ms. Knight parted wats to give Mackenzie room to walk out and the redhead had no chose to oblige them. Her cheeks began to light up behind her painted on smile as she realized she had no way to hide her exposed underwear from her boss. Fortunately right as she passed them by Bishop gave her an lifeline.

"It was great talking to you Ms. Fairbairn," Mr. Bishop said holding his hand out. In that outstretched hand Mackenzie saw a way out. Smiling even wider Mackenzie took the CEOs hand and gave him a firm handshake.

"It was a pleasure Mr. Bishop. This job has been the experience of a lifetime." Mackenzie said. Afterwards instead of letting go, Mackenzie moved a full 45 degrees around Bishop putting her back to the door and turning him in her direction. "And please feel free to call me Mackenzie."

Mackenzie then released her hand and took a step back still facing the pair as the elevator doors closed. The last things Mackenzie saw were their expressions. Ms. Knight looked shocked by the strange farewell she had given her boss while Mr. Bishop seemed confused but intrigued by Mackenzie's assertive goodbye. The doors closed and Mackenzie heard the elevator shoot up to the top floor.

"Oh thank god," Mackenzie moaned her drawn in smile finally falling. She had just managed to escape with her dignity well most of it anyway. "Hopefully my boss thinking I'm a little weird is better then mooning him."