I sit back up and smile down at him. I figure my smile must have been on the feral side because he suddenly looks at me warily. My plans run through m... head and I practically sigh. I waste no more time and shimmy down his body until my feet touch the floor. He sits up and reaches for me. I back away, kneel and shake my head. “Now it’s time for a little payback, sir,” I say, barely recognizing the husky voice that emanates from my throat. He looks at me a little shocked. I take advantage of his. You wish! Dinner that night was still pretty tense until Suzanne started flirting with Vera and, to my surprise, Vera started flirting back. After the first course Suzanne offered to bring the desert from the kitchen and Vera accepted. While Suzanne was out of the room Vera asked me: Do you think that she might like me a little bit? Well, she was flirting with you just now. At the very least, I think that that means that she would like to like you and would like you to like her too. And. It’s every appliance they can think of. We haven’t even added it all up, but the annual number has to be in the multi-billion. They wanted to do a ten-year lock-up. I explained that we wouldn’t do exclusive lock-ups because we already have customers in their industry segments. They were disappointed, but went for the deal anyway. Our IPO is going to be so sterling with all of these orders; we’ll have a much higher valuation.”Dave and Nikky asked a few questions, and then ended the call so JR. There was considerable excitement when the ladies appeared in the evening gowns that they had purchased in the Other Reality.As soon as we entered, we were approached by a heavyset individual in a fancy non-military uniform."See here, Captain... !" he started, approaching us from the side of the room."O'Connell," I informed him."Captain O'Connell, you can't bring those women in here," he continued."This is the Officers' Mess, is it not?" I inquired."Yes." And this is where the Officers assigned.