Cassie loved her job as a legal office assistant. As a stunning young woman she had experienced enough male entitlement in the form of workplace harassment at her previous firm to last a dozen lifetimes. However, her current boss and sole coworker Tom was always perfectly respectful and she enjoyed working for someone who valued her as an intelligent professional in her own right and encouraged her to take on real responsibilities in his practice. Still part of her was confused he never flirted or let his eyes wander until she saw him with his gorgeous wife for the first time and realized he only had eyes for a single woman.
The phone on Cassie's desk rang and that same woman, his wife Sarah, was on the other end.
"Good morning Cassie!" she began brightly "I'm looking for possible vacation dates and was hoping you could share Tom's upcoming travel schedule. I'd bother him directly but I know he's busy prepping for his big case next week."
"No bother at all ma'am," Cassie replied.
Cassie liked Sarah's friendly demeanor and appreciated that she never took her help for granted just because she worked as her husband's assistant. Tom would surely want her to help his wife out so Cassie dutifully read off the dates of his planned business trips.
"Thank you so much dear, you're sure that's all of them right?" Sarah asked.
"Tom's considering a trial attorney conference some time in May but hasn't had me book it yet. Other than that I'm sure that's all of them."
"Thank you again, I'll see you soon." Sarah replied.
Cassie assumed that meant Sarah planned to come by the office for lunch with Tom later but to her surprise the short blonde appeared in the office doorway not even ten minutes later.
"Hello again Cassie, do you know if Tom is on the phone?" Sarah queried.
"No ma'am, his next call isn't for a few hours," Cassie replied.
"Please just call me Sarah. I need to have a private chat with my husband, I hate to ask but would you mind stepping out for a break?"
The door to the only office in Tom's single shingle lawfirm was thick enough that Cassie never overhead his meetings but she didn't want to make Sarah uncomfortable.