Forever Yours
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Chapter 42: Unreasonable Demands
AS WEDDING PLANS became the focus for Lisa and Chastity, Isobel seemed to become more abrasive in the office. Luke excused her as having an extremely intensive class load this semester that was giving her headaches and stomach upsets. He confided to Henry that he thought she needed her meds adjusted and was trying to get her to visit her doctor.
In private, Henry and Chastity concurred that she was being upset by having someone else planning a wedding and that she was not the top princess in the office. Isobel hadn’t felt her birthday got enough attention because people were talking about Henry and Lisa’s wedding. Even though Lisa was only in the office ten hours a week, there was definite tension between the two of them.
“How can you be so utterly incompetent?” Izzy screamed at Nancy at the front desk. “It’s a simple spreadsheet. You said you could use the software.”
“But I don’t understand the terms, Mrs. Riordan,” Nancy protested. “I wasn’t trained in accounting. I know how to do a pivot table, but I don’t understand which variables you want adjusted.”
“I can’t believe you are so worthless,” Isobel said.
“Isobel!” Chastity said severely. “Back off! You need to learn how to explain what you want in language understandable by a human instead of a calculator. That’s enough beating on my assistant. If you need someone as your assistant, put together the job description and I’ll see if I can find someone who will work with you.”
“How dare you speak to me like that!” Izzy screamed loudly enough that Luke rushed out of his office.
“Izzy, honey, come with me into the office so we can talk this over,” Luke said.
“Don’t you be condescending to me, too!” Isobel screeched. Nonetheless she allowed herself to be guided into Luke’s office.
Chastity spent a few minutes comforting the distressed receptionist/office assistant.
“Please don’t fire me, Chastity,” Nancy pled. “I like working here. I just don’t understand what she wants.”
“None of us do, Nance. I swear there are days she just wants one plus one to equal three and won’t accept anything else. You report to me and me only. I’m through loaning you to Isobel,” Chastity said.
Chastity returned to her office and began assembling a job description for an office accountant for Isobel’s approval. Of course, Isobel would be upset about spending more money on an employee, but since it would be for an assistant to her, it might be less of a problem. Chastity began assessing the office space and sketching out a design for the second floor that would allow them to double in size. She needed the space available before the new employees started on the twelfth of February. Just a week away. They were already overcrowded with twenty-one people in the office designed to comfortably house twenty.
Ray had made immediate adjustments on the second floor so they could move the entire network defense department into suitable space, but the remainder of the second floor was open. Henry had already told her that Ari was going to need two developers and a tester for the power group. And everyone was clamoring for a new full-time UI developer. Lisa was stretched beyond the ten hours a week she had available and would be leaving the company after graduation so she could work for her father. Even Darrel had put in for an IT tech to help with the multiple networks they were running for corporate, development, and testing.
She tossed down her notepad and went to Henry’s office.
“Hey, babe. I haven’t seen you in this position in a long time,” Henry said when Chastity had locked his door and sat on the corner of his desk. He automatically reached for her bare leg and leaned in to give put a kiss on her thigh.
“Yeah. Hardly at all since we basically started living together. I miss it,” Chastity sighed.
“You know, so do I,” he said, stroking up her inner thigh. “Maybe I should start coming to your office like this.”
“Oh, now that would get tongues wagging,” she giggled. “I miss this,” she repeated.
Henry responded by using both hands on her legs and then running a hand up under her blouse to play with her breasts and piercings. He was surprised when he reached under her skirt to find she was wearing panties.
“Just pull them aside, okay?” she said.
“What’s on your mind today?” he asked as he managed to get the gusset of her panties pulled to one side so he could gently pet her slit.
“Your birthday is Friday,” she said.
“Mmm. Yeah. I guess I’ll be all grown up like the rest of you.”
“Luke is two weeks later, so you’re ahead of him. Does it bother you to be marrying an older woman?” Chastity asked.
“I never even thought about it,” he said. “Lisa is only five months older than me, and you’re only three months older. As far as I’m concerned, we’re all the same age.”
“Yeah. It’s good. I need to hire an assistant for Isobel. I won’t let her use Nancy any longer. She’s too abusive,” Chastity said, coming to the point.
“I’m sorry. Do I need to talk to her? Or to Nancy?”
“No. I think Luke’s handling it. The biggest problem is finding an accounting assistant who doesn’t have more experience than Izzy has. That’s the biggest problem we have in the company. We four partners are just twenty-one years old. Sometimes, I wonder if Luke is even qualified to be our CEO. I’m certainly not qualified to be the office manager.”
“And I don’t even have my degree yet,” Henry agreed. “I’d love to hire a mentor, you know.”
“That’s a good idea. Hmm. We should see if Beau wants a part-time job,” she laughed.
“Why not my dad, if we’re hiring relatives. You know I’m talking to him more frequently now than I did any time in the past four years.”
“They say it’s amazing how much a father learns after you turn twenty-one,” Chas said. “Seriously, though, you should consider what you would need in the way of a person to take some of the management burden off your shoulders. I know you want to have your fingers in the code.”
“I kind of like where my fingers are right now,” he said, tickling her clit. She’d moistened since she sat down with him, but he wasn’t attempting to push fingers into her.
“I do, too. Maybe you could visit me tonight for a while ... just the two of us.”
“We don’t do that often.”
“I do it more often with Lisa. Just check with her first.”
“We’ll get through the rough spots,” Henry said.
“Yeah. We can be a little rough. I mean ... yeah.”
Henry discovered a new side of Chastity after he thought he understood her pretty well. She had a dark side to her sexuality. She did want things a little rougher at times. She was still fairly quiet until she was coming. Then she was very noisy. But in the quiet times, she wanted her nipple piercings twisted more violently than he’d ever allowed himself before.
And after she had come on his tongue, she wanted him to take her ass. The few times Henry had done such a thing, he’d been gentle and careful not to hurt his partner, but Chastity wanted no such consideration. He drove his entire length into her and she wailed her encouragement.
After he’d come, they both panted, holding each other.
“Thank you. I really needed that,” she said. Her kisses were still lips only.
“But Chas, you...”
“I did when you ate me. No one eats me like you do.”
“But not while we were...”
“I didn’t need to come when you fucked my ass. Not everything is about coming. Now clean yourself up and go back to your fiancée. I want to take a bath,” Chastity said, pushing him out of bed.
Henry washed himself as she ran bath water. Then he dressed, gave her a quick kiss, and returned to his own suite where Lisa was waiting for him in bed. They held each other, kissed deeply, and went to sleep.
“Trust me. I’ve been through this and you have to be firm with your mother or she’ll try to run your whole marriage,” Isobel said as she sat with Lisa at Henry’s birthday party. It wasn’t a huge party like his twentieth had been. It was just his parents and partners with him and Lisa.
“I’m not in an adversarial relationship with my mother,” Lisa said. “She’s managing the wedding in Baton Rouge. That’s for the family. I’m managing the one here. That’s for our family.”
“How are you managing the wedding in a church with two brides?” Isobel insisted.
“Not. Henry and I are getting married. Chastity is my maid of honor. My best friend from high school is at LSU there and will be with us. Luke and Josh will stand with Henry.”
“Only two? You poor kid! I’ll stand with you. We could even bring that receptionist girl from the office. You should have at least four attendants,” Isobel said.
“Henry and I set the number. There won’t be any attendants at the celebration in Pittsburgh. It’s not like we need a certain number of witnesses to make it legal or anything,” Lisa said.
“Well, I certainly hope Henry is insisting on a pre-nuptial. He’s worth a few million now.”
“We’re all three signing pre-nups,” Lisa explained. “My parents and grandparents insisted. There’s a few million in their accounts as well.”
“A few...? Why are you even bothering to get married? You have your own money. You aren’t having a big wedding. Are you even wearing a dress?”
“I don’t plan to go naked!”
“I mean a wedding dress!”
“Of course!”
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