The phone call.

At 4, Beth joined David in the conference room, where they began the task of collating documents, writing up arguments and citing law to build a prep for David's case. Beth knew that a senior lawyer would have a whole team of interns and clerks working on something like this while they attended a premiere, or a gallery opening, or just went home and fucked their plastic trophy wife. David was being broken in, **** to do the work himself with only her for help. She watched him work and admired his drive.
They ordered Chinese around 5:30.David pulled off his tie and Beth {if Office Attire = 1
}shed her shrug. She couldn't be sure, but she think she caught David staring at her now and then in her revealing sundress. He doesn't have a crush on me... {elseif Office Attire = 2
}Let her hair down and unbuttoned the top button of her blouse. The office was air conditioned, but the partners didn't like to waste money, so it was getting warm in the conference room.
{else
}shed her sweater. It was getting too warm in the conference room. {endif
}
At around 5:45, David's phone rang. He picked it up, and frowned.
"It's Kim... I'll be right back."
"It's cool, I need to go to the bathroom anyway."
Beth washed her hands and exited the bathroom, making the leisurely return to the conference room. The floor was quiet: she guessed they were the only two working late on a Friday, at least up here. She didn't even hear the cleaners. As she approached the door to David's office, she could hear his voice. The door was ajar.
"...told you. I'm trying to finish this work so we can have our.... Baby...Kim..."
It didn't sound good. David sounded like he was repeating himself.
"Because tomorrow night is our anniversary and I wanted.... it's our six month anniversary..... Well I like to celebrate it, ok?"
An inaudible response passed. "I... you were the one who said you wanted to see it...We're working as hard as we... Beth and I."
For some reason, that did not go over well. Beth could hear audible words in the screamed response. "that slut" was at least intelligible. What the fuck? She and Kim had been friendly the times they had met. She was a little stung by the words.
"That's outrageous, honey. She offered to help so that I could.... that's a completely baseless accusation I don't know where....Kim.... please...."
Wow. {if Formation = 1
}She knew she was oblivious to guys being into her, but clearly Kim thought something was going on. {elseif Formation = 5
}Listen here, bitch. If I wanted your man, I could have your man. {else
} She couldn't believe her ears. Office gossip about a crush was one thing.... {endif
}
"That's fine! Go out with your friends. I'll see you when I..... fine! Do whatever makes you happy, stay in a hotel, stay over at Georgia's place, whatever you want." David hung up the phone and slumped into his chair, leaning back and staring at the ceiling while rubbing his eyes. "I need a fucking drink."