Thanks to Costermonger, Hale1 and Findegil for their editing.
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"Well, that's a very interesting offer," I said. "I'm afraid the job just isn't for me."
Tom Jackson wasn't happy about the decision. I decided I'd just have to live, somehow, with his unhappiness.
"This isn't making me very happy, Adams," he said. "Everyone I've ever offered a partnership to has taken me up on the offer."
"Well, I apologize for the unhappiness," I said. "Of course, making you happy is one of the primary goals of my life."
"It should be," he said. "Your future promotions are dependent on it. Several of our senior partners are very eager to see you advance in this firm."
"I'm pleased to hear it," I said. "I really have very little ambition, though. I'm perfectly content with being an associate."
"How does your wife feel about that?" he asked. "Does she know the opportunities you'd have, the benefits that the two of you would enjoy when you make junior partner, and then full partner?"
"I have no idea," I said. "I've never asked her. She has very little interest in my work."
"Does she have any interest in a penthouse apartment in the Dover building?" he asked. "Does she have any interest in you earning high six figures?"
"I'm not sure," I told him. "She's never mentioned being unhappy with our present income or address."
"Why don't you speak with her this weekend?" he said. "I'm sure you might see things differently if you mention the compensation package we're offering."
I agreed to speak with my wife and he went away and left me alone. I finished the case file I was working on and took the rest of the afternoon off. I played golf with my high school football coach and had a nice dinner with my father-in-law. We discussed the case I was working on and he hugged me as we parted.
Marci wouldn't be back until late in the evening so I went to the gym for a couple of hours. By the time I went home and showered, it was time to pick her up from the airport. Her flight was late, so I sat in the bar and had a beer. I kept an eye on the arrival time screen and strolled down to the gate when it said her flight had arrived.
She wasn't alone when she came through the door from the plane. She's never alone. There was some guy in a uniform trailing along, trying to talk to her. She wasn't paying the slightest attention to him.
Those long legs flashed in the high slit of her skirt and that mane of golden hair bounced around the face of an angel. She's been my girl since we were sophomores in high school. She could have anyone, and I mean that. That face goes with a body out of a young man's fever dreams, big firm tits, a tiny waist and a swell to a woman's hips. Her ass is something to feed that fever and she just exudes an air of sexuality that makes men act like fools around her. I've seen men run into things, watching her. If you add a mind like a steel trap, Marci is the total package.
Marci knows she's hot, she can't help it, but I'm lucky enough to be the one guy she's hot for. She saw me waiting, and her face lit up in a beautiful smile, white teeth flashing in the dark tan of her skin. She moved faster and the uniform was nearly trotting to keep up. She threw herself into my arms and I picked her up and swung her around. One of her heels nicked the uniform on the thigh and he gave a yelp. I set her down and she gave me a kiss that made my knees weak. She looked around and noticed the uniform.
"Oh, baby, this is Captain Sparks. He was our copilot. He has so many fascinating stories to tell. He makes it feel as if you were right there in the cockpit with him during all those missions he flew when he was in the Air Force." Her voice was low, husky and sounded like canned sex. She knew what that did to me, the little minx. "Captain, this is my husband, Zane." His face fell at the mention of "husband."
"Wow, fighter pilot?" I asked.
"Yeah, I flew Hornets," he said.
"Air Force guy, huh?" I asked.
"Yep, that's where I got my wings," he said.
"Huh, well, I guess that just shows you what we civilians know," I said.
He frowned. "I guess," he gave a nervous laugh. "What do you know?"
"I never knew the Air Force had aircraft carriers," I said.
He stuttered around for a minute. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, those Hornets are carrier based," I said.
His face went crimson. He blustered around for a second and decided he had business elsewhere. Marci let him get ten feet away before she went into gales of laughter. "You're a mean man, baby," she said, and gave me another one of those kisses. "Take me home. I've been three days in the desert and I'm as horny as a goat. I'm going to turn you into a marshmallow tonight."
By midnight I was roasting over a fire and ready for my graham crackers and chocolate bar. I drifted in a pleasant haze with two big breasts crushed against my chest, her nipples scraping against my skin in a very delicious sensation.
"Miss me?" she asked.
"Every second," I told her. "Hey, Marci, how do you feel about a penthouse apartment in the Dover building?"
"I don't know," she said. "It's kind of an old building. Which way does it face?"
I pondered. "I'm not sure, they haven't told me yet. I can also earn 'high six figures'."
"Hmm," she murmured. "Is that what you want?"
"No, not really," I said. "I was just offered a junior partnership at Abbot and Reims. They thought I should mention it to you."
"Well, congratulations," she said. "Who do I have to fuck?"