Montana Heat

As Brandi closed and locked her desk drawers, she felt like she had accomplished something today.It had been a long day full of design meetings with lots of egos trying to force their ideas on everyone else. In the end she felt like she had moved this client’s advertising portfolio forward.She started walking toward the elevators and everyone avoided her walking by or leaving.Sometimes she felt a pang of sadness that she was so tough that nobody ever talked to her or was her friend.However, most of the time, she reveled in her anonymity, but during times like today, she would rather someone notice her rather than the invisibility she received.

As she waited for the elevator, she pondered her day and thought how lucky she was a partner of Baker and Connelly.She worked her way up, using her brains but she had to admit that her gorgeous figure had opened the doors and once through them her brains and gorgeous body were a killer combination.Her ex-husband told her she was beautiful, but he was prejudiced wasn’t he. She didn’t use any feminine wiles to achieve her lofty position, only hard work and brains.Her other partners liked her work and that was the end of the subject.

As the elevator arrived, she stepped in on the 26th floor and waited for the doors to close for a ride down to the garage.During the ride down, she noticed her reflection in the polished steel doors of the elevator.Her face was spectacularly beautiful with bright glistening eyes, high tight cheekbones, small straight nose and a soft sensuous mouth with full pouty lips.However, after a long day her hair was a mess and her makeup needed refreshing, but her beauty still showed through.

Her partners loved it when she dressed provocatively during Client dinners, she was one of the great draws of the firm. Her stunningly beautiful face and figure drew clients, but her brains are what sealed the deals and also, she came through with great ad campaigns. On strictly work days she dressed down and hid her figure and concentrated on getting the job done.

Her snug knee length, pale blue dress didn’t hide the spectacular, athletic body that she worked hard to keep in shape.She would on occasion eat red meat and loved some fish. She was mostly a vegetarian but would cheat on many occasions. Client lunches and dinners always took a toll with drinks, wine and food she didn’t normally eat. She took her vitamins and supplements religiously and pampered her skin with lotions.She spent at least an hour in the morning doing cardio and body shaping exercises to keep her healthy and in shape.This was not for anyone’s benefit; she just wanted to be as healthy as she could be.

The result of this fanatically healthy lifestyle was a tiny waist, small tight butt, and sensuously toned athletic legs and arms.Her belly and abs were tight, toned and muscled, the kind the fitness magazines labeled as the perfect abs.Her breasts had nothing to do with her healthy lifestyle, but they were just as spectacular.A 32D bust on top of her tiny 5′1" petite frame looked like a double D on anyone else.It was something she had loved all her life.She had been an early bloomer and she had large breasts since middle school.The girls teased her endlessly and the boys thought of her as a piece of meat or conquest but she was always the beauty queen.

By high school, she had mastered how to display her breasts into bras or tops that showed her off. She had also learned how to wear clothes to display her tight spectacular body as well as the prominence of her breasts.She loved the attention that her breasts brought to her, but when she was alone and even, she could admit they were a fitting addition to her incredibly gorgeous figure. In high school her nickname was Barbie, because she had the perfect Barbie doll figure at 32D-20-30. While not exactly Barbie’s figure it was close enough to get the nickname.

For a moment, she thought back to the Playboy magazines she saw in middle and high school. The women were beyond gorgeous and they were everyone’s fantasy, including hers. She had longed to be the women that everyone desired. Truth be told she worked to keep her body as toned and sexy as those centerfolds she saw back then. She even had fantasies about posing nude but she knew there was always a down side to modeling her spectacular figure.

In her dreams of fantasy, she was a centerfold and everyone ogled her as she walked into a room. She of strutting into a room with her belly exposed, hips swaying and breasts bouncing, maybe even breaking free. She thought her breasts were just as spectacular as those playmates she saw. However, she loved the attention they garnered and really wanted to show them off as well as her tiny waist and athletic legs.

Her current dress did just that and what she saw in the elevators’ reflection, was a beautiful woman with a stunning figure and had to be taken seriously in any job she wanted to do.People would know she got where she was by using her brains and body.Still her fierce toughness pushed people away, sometimes she longed for people to notice just her. She wanted to be someone that all eyes followed when she walked into a room.

Her mother had resented her life, having to take care of her husband and children. She made sure her daughter knew better than to trust a man or believe in marriage.Hence her divorce and lack of dates since. Her mother told her beauty and sex will only garner trouble, so she tried to help her hide her face and figure, but Brandi loved being beautiful and truly loved the attention her face and figure brought her.

She was proud of what she looked like and how she kept in shape but she couldn’t let anyone, treat her like a sex object.Sex was something that had never been that good for her. Maybe it was the lovers she chose, but no man had ever given her an orgasm. She never wanted any children and she made sure she never lost herself in man’s love.Yeah, those romance novels were really a way of trying to objectify women and she’d worked too hard to have that happen to her.

As she exited the elevator and began walking to her car, her phone rang. She looked at the number and it was a 406-area code, she had no idea where that was and thought about not answering. Something in her gut told her to answer, so she did, “This is Brandi Cox, how can I help you.”

A deep masculine voice in a slow western drawl answered, “Thank you for taking my call, Brandi, I realize that you are most like closed for the day, but I wanted to see if we could get something moving. My name is Ryder Conner and I have a large ranch in Southern Montana. I won’t go into a lot of details now but the reason I’m calling is that we are getting ready to launch a Dude ranch on a section of our land. We need a lot of help creating the whole marketing package for the launch and I was hoping this might be something you might want to tackle.”

Brandi pulled the phone away from her face and looked at it. Something about his voice sent chills down her back and it conjured up images of a young Marlboro man. Boy this was coming out of left field, “Ryder, I’m honored that you called us, but we have never done anything like a dude ranch and we would have to do a lot of onsite research about the whole concept. If you can send me any kind of web links, photos, the business plan and in general any information you have, I promise to look at it tomorrow, get my team to look at it within a few days, tell you if we think this is something we can do for you. By the way where did you get our name.”

A relieved sigh answered, “Thank you for taking the time to look at everything and we look forward to your call back. We got your name from a very close university friend that used your firm for a new drink launch. You may remember Luke Smith and his launch of his mountain water, then his Burbon and new tequila.”

Brandi remembered Luke very well answered, “Luke, yes we enjoyed working with him. Send me everything you have and I promise to get back to you quickly if we can take you on as a client. Thank you, Ryder.”

“Thank you Brandi and I look forward to the call.”

Brandi had a business dinner she had to attend, so she ran home and changed into a slinky little black dress. The dress had a deep plunge that really highlighted her perfect breasts, but otherwise it was skin-tight showing off her tiny waist, slim hips and killer legs. She added a pair of four-inch heels giving her a little more height and shape to her already sexy legs.

All during dinner her mind kept wandering to Ryder and his dude ranch. She didn’t know why this captured her attention but it did and she couldn’t stop thinking about it. Fortunately, her associates at the meeting were on top of what needed to be done and handled the meeting. Brandi slyly used her phone to google Ryder Conner and found him in Montana.

As Brandi stared at his picture, her body felt a visceral response. He was so very handsome in a rugged kind of way and she felt a quiver in her belly, something no other man had done to her. His voice reminded her of the Marlboro man and his picture only reinforced that image; except he was younger and even more handsome. She stared at his picture until one of her associates elbowed her and she focused again on the meeting.

After the dinner meeting was over Brandi rushed back to her apartment, logged onto her computer and began looking through all the information Ryder had sent her. All the photos of the Elkhorn mountains were stunning and looked like a nature calendar. Photos of mountains reflecting in a mirror-like lake, snowcapped peaks and cowboys driving a herd of cows, everything looked like calendars she had seen. The ranch and the guest rooms were likewise gorgeous, spacious and appealing. She saw lots of possibilities and as a matter of fact she wanted to go there.

She stripped out of her work togs and tonight slept nude beneath her silky sheets. For the first time in a long time, she had vivid dreams of hikes in the wilderness, riding horses on the range and swimming in cold mountain lakes. By the time she woke in the morning she was ready to pack and fly to Montana, but she needed to convince her partners to take on this client.

Brandi hurriedly dressed and got to work as quickly as possible. She called her team together and told them about the potential client and wanted analysis as soon as possible. She gave them a deadline of Thursday morning. The rest of the day she would check in with her team and also began talking with her partners to convince them that this was a client worth taking.

Brandi also called Luke to get a bead on Ryder, who he was and would he be up to starting a new business.Luke was nothing but positive about Ryder saying, “He knew everything about running a ranch, but also had a great business sense. He is one of my silent partners in the Tequila and Burbon businesses. From a personal level women love him and I’m sure he will love being with you as well.”

Brandi was excited as Thursday morning arrived and she was anxious to hear what her team said. Karen started with an overview of the dude ranch. “They have lots of the Cowboy things people want to do, horseback riding, roping, cattle drives, but also hiking, mountain climbing and in general exploring nature. In looking at everything I want to go.”

Brandi smiled, that was exactly her reaction. Brandon began with the financial report, “The ranch has been slowly losing money and market share from traditional ranching operations and that is the reason for the dude ranch. The concept is solid, tried and true, but it is new and untested in this part of Montana. They haven’t taken advantage of merchandising, including T-shirts, hats, caps and lots of gift shop opportunities. Also in general tourism is down overall, but other dude ranch concepts are holding their own. In conclusion, they are borderline for us financially but it has a lot of possibilities.

The marketing team presented several conceptual ideas but suggested a survey and test group to see what could work. Brandi grilled each group to see what they really thought and everyone wanted the challenge. This was something very new to them but they were ready to go for it. Brandi had already scheduled a quick meeting with the partners and had all the team leaders present what they had found.

That evening over dinner all the partners discussed the dude ranch. Several of the partners were excited about the concept and wanted to jump in, but there were just as many that thought it was a niche market and would just be a one-off campaign and didn’t want to do it. Ultimately, the partner vote was seven to six for going forward. Brandi would be the lead partner and would go to Montana.

Brandi knew Ryder was two hours behind them and called him with the news after dinner, “Ryder, the partner vote was to go forward with you and I will fly to Montana on Monday. We can spend several days going over contracts, ideas and in general making sure both you and our company know what to expect.”

Ryder enthusiastically responded, “Great Brandi, just great. I will pick you up in Billings. Email me all your flight information, how long you plan on staying and if you have any food allegories or requirements. Do you need any additional information?”

Brandi was already feeling excited in her stomach but she didn’t know if it was the project, Montana, or meeting Ryder. His voice seemed to resonate in her and there was something about him that aroused her womanly curiosity. “Not anything right now, but I’m sure we will have lots of discussions when I get there. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you.”

Ryder responded in a husky voice that made Brandi tingle inside, “Thank you Brandi, I look forward to seeing you.”