The whole department got the axe. Somebody upstairs said we weren’t necessary.”Ray worked in some kind of marketing department. I never understood... the work myself, but at the same time will concede that if you tasked an engineer (my profession) to market a product that we might be working on, it wouldn’t sell to anyone who wasn’t an engineer. “Fuck,” I swore shaking my head. “Didn’t your company reach record profits? Something like that?”“I suppose those record profits game from axing other. Despite our fitful sleep on the plane, to me she looked a trillion dollars, even if some of the brightness in her eyes was probably adrenaline. I kissed her and whispered, “Last chance to back out, sweetie. Once Mom spots the ring, you’re toast. I won’t get to see you again until tomorrow. Just remember, I love you, and she’ll love you too.”I couldn’t identify the look that flashed across her face; before I could ask if she was okay, James entered and gave us the high sign. “She hasn’t noticed. He's tanned with brown hair like me, but he has the bluest eyes I've ever seen. What really drives me crazy, is he makes no effort to flirt with me at all. While all of my boyfriend's other friends try to get in my pants, every time my boyfriend faces the other way, Cody doesn't. I know, (or at least hope) he wants me though, because he's always dropping these hints or jokes that I lay in bed thinking about FOREVER. For example one night we were all at my boyfriend's house drinking, talking. But, the most thrilling moment came as he saw the shape of her ass as it was about to touch the cushion of the chair. At that moment he had an almost overwhelming desire to be that chair cushion.Suddenly he realized what he was doing and returned his attention to his wife. He was slightly upset by what had just happened since it was so unlike him. He had always been attracted to and appreciative of beauty, but, not even with his wife had he ever experienced such a powerful surge of pure lust..