War Ch. 1: Opening Shots
Heather Saffron had a firm rack, legs that could do no wrong (or perhaps all wrongs), and an ass that any man would kill to touch, grab, or smack. She had golden blonde hair tinged with black, giving her a look truly deserving of the description âdirty blondeâ. She had blue eyes, cherry red lips, and a skin tone that wasnât too dark, wasnât too light.
She was Godâs gift to men but somehow that gift lost its tag. Heather Saffron ended up a lesbian much to the horror of any man who had the pleasure of looking upon her. Sure, it was a bit comforting to imagine her in bed with a woman, but we did the same with straight girls. According to the stories Iâd heard, you could convince every straight girl in the world to experiment with a girl before youâd even manage to get Heather Saffron to think about a guy.
The term unattainable was written in stone for her. Any man who could fuck her would be regarded as a living deityâtheyâd add a new chapter to the Bible for that son of a bitch.
It wasnât the moment I laid eyes upon her that I decided Iâd be that son of a bitch. It wasnât when I heard the stories I decided Iâd be that son of a bitch. It was when I first tried to be that son of a bitch and she shot me down that I knew I would have to be that son of a bitch.
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Markus Publishing dealt in all corners of the world. We werenât a moralistic or upstanding companyâwe gladly made propaganda for dictators and lied and slandered innocents in the Western press. I had gotten into the inner circle thanks to my friendship with Arthur MarkusâI had sent a few women his way and he felt obliged to promote me. I now had access to the company jet, the special executive company account, and the company assassin if I so required. Iâm still not sure if that last thing was just a joke the other guys in the office were playing on me.
It was the definition of the Old Boyâs Clubâbrandy, cigars, and the dirtiest and most racist jokes you can imagine. The only thing I was sure had changed since the 1940s when the company was founded by James D. Markus II, is that now Asians and Blacks were gladly allowed to make their own racist jokes towards white people. I guess thatâs social progress for you.
When rival newspapers put up stories from women claiming sexual harassment and gender discrimination against Markus (each and every one true), he was forced to make a move and hire a female employee for a top executive job that had recently opened up. She was Heather Saffron. The claims quietly went away, since apparently no asshole would ever hire a liberal lesbian like Miss Saffron. Arthur was an asshole, just a cynical asshole who knew how to play the corporate game.
Her first day on the job was an interesting one to say the least, since most of us men at the top floor were afraid to talk to her. Towards the end of the day I built up the courage to strike a conversation.
âSay, how about you and I go get a drink after this,â I slipped in to our conversation just after mentioning an accounting problem.
âDo you know what the worst part about being a lesbian woman in a straight manâs world?â she cooed with her soft but powerful voice.
âDo tell me, Miss Saffron,â I said.
âTrying to think up the cruelest ways possible to turn down men each and every day.â
âMy, that would be difficult. One of these days youâll be without a retort and youâll be forced to go out and have a little fun.â
She flashed a mocking smile. âLittle being the operative word, Iâm sure.â She passed by me and with that our first conversation was over. She got the last word. I was in fucking love.
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Heather began to integrate herself into the job more successfully in the next two weeks. She never was in the Inner Circle, but always hovered around it to remind us that she was in the company too. She even slipped in a few jokes about women to Markus and got a smile out of him.
We never got around to another conversation in the early days, but that didnât stop me from shooting glances like a machine gun. Every time that cleavage was in full view, every time she bent over to pick something up, Iâd be there looking and sheâd be annoyed and embarrassed. One time she even verbalized it.
âWould you like me to start coming to work in a frumpy potato-sack? Perhaps then youâd go back to looking at secretaries and assistants like the other men do. At least they accept Iâm untouchable.â
I grinned. âGo ahead. I imagine a potato-sack would be quite itchy. Youâd probably need to slip out of it by noon.â
âBelieve me, I can bear an itch.â
âBut will you ever take a scratch?â
She pulled back her lips just slightly, grimacing. Without a word she stood up and left my office. This was the first time I got a last word in, and it felt good. I kicked up my feet.