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AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is Part 3 of the Julie Covington McGill story, about a recent college graduate, Michelle, who landed her first job at Julie's Accounting Firm, Smith & McGill. The story is written to stand on its own, but it's highly recommended to read the preceding chapters for background and context. This is my first entry in the Taboo category, so please be kind when providing feedback. Enjoy!
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"FUCK!" Michelle yelled, while gently banging her forehead on her steering wheel. Not only was she at work an hour and a half early, as the black Mercedes in the reserved parking spot labeld "JCM" clearly indicated, she had failed at beating Julie to the office. "And I didn't even get my fucking latte!" Michelle whined, feeling the insult being added to the injury.
"Morning," said the security guard, never bothering to look up from the Daily News Sports section, as Michelle passed through the lobby. She punched the UP button, and fidgeted with her hair, thinking of what she could possibly say to Julie, while waiting near the bank of elevators.
DING!
The loud bell announced the elevator's arrival, which brought Michelle back to reality. She stepped into the marble walled compartment, and her finger hovered near the 8 button, the main floor for Smith & McGill. "No, no, no," Michelle thought to herself, "if you go to 8 you'll have to walk right by her office on the way to your desk."
Punching 7, Michelle leaned back against the elevator wall and smiled, proud of herself for her covert plan, while the elevator doors slowly closed. Michelle realized she could swipe herself into the Smith Room, the large conference room on the 7th floor, named for the recently deceased principal partner at S&M, and then take the back stairs up to 8, without ever passing Julie's office.
With quick swipe of her ID, the lock on the large oak doors disengaged, and the motion sensor triggered lights illuminated the darkness, as Michelle stepped into the Smith Room. She paused for a moment to let her eyes adjust to the suddenly brightened room, before making her way to the staff door on the other side of the large mahogany conference table. Michelle turned the handle on the staff door, but didn't open it. Instead, she turned back into the Smith Room, and stared at the four by three foot oil painting of Old Man Smith that hung on the North wall.
If even half the stories were true, Old Man Smith was a cross between Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway, with the accounts of his many business accomplishments only outdone by the many tales of his worldly travels. And the bi-speckled image looking down upon her definitely looked the part.
The full-bellied man, sitting confidently in the burgundy leather chair, with his majestic Irish Wolfhound, FInn, by his side, stared back at Michelle, as the wheels in her head were turning. With his big head of wavy white hair, ample jowls, and the bushy white moustache, Michelle thought he looked more like a walrus than a President, but it was Finn who caught her attention this morning.
Michelle had heard the office rumors about how Julie really got to the top, passing them off as idle gossip, but something about the way Finn was sitting, proud and proper, and looking every bit as entitled as Old Man Smith, was reconciling within her brain, with the events she witnessed the previous night.
"He was such an incredible lover, passionate, and insatiable. You never forget your first, and I miss him terribly."
The lyrical words arrived at Michelle's ears just ahead of the aroma of the fancy French perfume, and she felt her muscles tense, and the hairs on her arms stand on end. She replied without turning to face Julie, who she could sense was drawing nearer.
"You and Mr. Smith, ma'am?"
Even her laugh was elegant, as Julie chortled at the proposition, "Well, isn't that what the rumors say, dear?"
"NO! Ummm, I mean, I don't know. What rumors ma'am?" Michelle blushed beet red, and blurted out her responses, while realizing that the more she denied it, the more it confirmed that she had heard the rumors.
Turning the young woman by her shoulders, Julie's face beamed as she looked down on the shorter Michelle, "I'm just teasing you love, for disappearing last night. I was looking forward to having you for breakfast."
Michelle felt her body shudder at the innuendo, and she squeezed her thighs tightly together, while staring into Julie's steely blue eyes, which sparkled with hunger and desire.
"So what brings you to the office so early this morning?" Julie asked, still holding Michelle by the shoulders, "couldn't sleep because you had your hands full?"