.. ?" She looked at me.I smiled, "That's okay and my name is Beaker, Chris Beaker." I said and turned to leave, dropping the 'ignore me' spell for her...only."Beaker? But you don't look anything like..." She said and then stopped as I turned to face her again, "you didn't look like that when you arrived." She said and reached for a pocket.I cast a spell to hold her and then asked, "What were you going to do then?"She tried to avoid the question but a second spell made her talk. "It was an alarm. ”Before he could depart Susan laid a hand on his arm. “That’s awfully sweet of you.” She told him kittenishly. “Perhaps, when you return, you’d honour us by taking a drink with us, to celebrate, sir.” Susan threw everything into this effort; lowering her voice seductively and dropping her eyes demurely.Adam seemed to be having trouble articulating. “Oh... er... er... yes... yes of course. I... I’d like that. Just give me a minute and I’ll pull my rods in and be back with you shortly.”“Hurry. I loved our industry, but it wasn't the most gendermixed in the world. Still, most women turned aside long before they'deven picked a major, much less graduated and entered the industry. Forevery woman's resume we got, there were dozens, sometimes hundreds ofmen alongside them. Unless he wanted some sort of educational outreach,I didn't see how we were going to solve anything here."The key, ladies and gentlemen, (but mostly gentlemen), is empathy. Howcan we solve our problems, when there's this. He was attempting to unlock his apartment door while at the same time fingering his girlfriend's pussy. He was also holding her up so was thankful when she held onto him. She wasn't helping since she began nibbling his earlobe.Paul finally opened the door and stepped into his large suite. It was a massive apartment with floor to ceiling windows on two sides. Carol slid off his body and placed her feet gently on the ground."You owe me. Big time." Carol was trying to look angry, but it wasn't.