When you think “Secretary” what comes to mind? An older, nearing retirement, pleasant yet tired woman?
The same as above, minus the pleasantries?
How about the sitcom hottie, unattainable for a variety of reasons, distractingly attractive, and sweet as candy?
I like the third, and thankfully it makes for a better story.
The secretary was a hard working woman, playing with the cards she was delt, and winning small hands enough to keep in the game. But she wanted a taste of real victory, something she could claim was achieved of her own will, strength, & determination. What she wanted most of all, was to feel to herself the way that the world projected to her. She didn’t feel sexy, she didn’t accept the enviousness of other women as rational. The way she saw it, the ladies had nothing to be jealous of, and the men were just being nice or they didn’t mean what they said.