Awakening

I remember the first time I saw her. She walked into the conference room like she owned the place...on her first day. I was expecting a newbie but when she walked in I was a little lost for words. She was wearing dark high waisted pants and a tailored dark blue mens shirt rolled up at the elbows showing muscled, tanned arms. Her closely cropped hair extenuated that strong jaw, but what really caught my attention were her eyes. So green with flecks of gold, she looked fucking incredible. She also looked really very definitely female so as caught off guard I was by her, I was way more caught off guard by me, or specifically the reaction I had to her.

My name is Jo Andrews. I had been working as an analyst at Robert and Greenman for the last three years. I was 27 years old and newly out of a relationship with my very definitely male ex-boyfriend. But there I was looking at her like a pubescent boy who sees boobs for the first time. I managed to pick my jaw up off the floor in time to return her smile and shake her hand, trying not to make a complete fool of myself.

"So nice to meet you" I smiled, looking into her eyes. Anne, the operations manager, introduced her to the room as Dylan Knowles, the new consultant, here to help whip R