Just another update...

On with it then...

Diane was going over her schedule for the week with her assistant Lisa, when her cell phone rang, "Hay cowboy, what's up?" she greeted her husband. A soft smile on her lips. Lisa ducked her head and smiled to herself. Sometimes her boss acted like a lovesick teenager when her husband was around, or on the phone.

Kurt smiled at his wife's words, he just loved it when she was sassy. "Just picked up the new truck. Want me to send you a picture?" he was so sure she was going to be rather amused at his choice. "Also, John's here. I just picked him up from the airport, mind if he joins us for lunch?" John was a long time friend of Kurt's, he had just retired from the military and had come back to Chicago to take care of his parents farm, they were unable to keep it up any longer and he was ready to take over and run it for them.

Diane had been waiting to meet John, Kurt had told her several stories about their escapades from their high school years and he sounded like a bit of a rascal. "Sure, I'm looking forward to meeting him. D'Angelo's down on the corner OK with you?" It was close and one of their favorite places for lunch.

"Yep, we're out front now. Want me to come up?" he replied. He had parked on the street in front of the building her office was in, they could walk down to the café together.

"No, I can be down in a few minutes, I'm done with what Lisa and I are working on. You send that picture yet?" She was curious to see what his new truck looked like, he had decided that the one he had been driving for years needed to be upgraded to something with more room. Plus as she'd told him he could always use the tax deduction. He'd spent several minutes laughing over that!

"Sending it now, see you in a few!" he sent the pic and leaned back against the side of the truck to wait.

John looked at him with skepticism, "So this wife of yours really exists? You the life long confirmed bachelor? Still not believing it!" He joined Kurt in leaning against the side of the truck, arms crossed over his chest, a solid smirk on his face.

"Yes, John, she does. She's the managing partner of her law firm on the 28th floor. She's also one of the best litigator's in the city. She's absolutely gorgeous and has legs that just won't quit. And her laugh...yeah... she really exists..." Kurt replied, chuckling at his friends obvious disbelief, well, he'd see soon enough.

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"Oh that man! I'm gonna kill him..." Diane's reaction to the picture Kurt had sent her drawing Lisa's attention.

"Um, Diane, what's wrong? she asked. Looking at the picture on Diane's phone; of a very red Ford F-250 that was Kurt's new truck. "Must be his favorite color! He really likes it when you wear something red!" She teased Diane. (Lisa was well aware of Kurt's affinity for all things red, especially when it came to his wife. The color of the truck did not surprise her at all.)

Rolling her eyes as she took her phone back from Lisa, **Pervert** she thought to herself. He certainly had a "thing" for red. Whether it was her clothing or her lipstick. And now evidently his new truck...She was *so* going to mess with him tho'. Thoughts running thru her mind, trying to come up with a quick idea. Oh, wait! That dress. THAT dress! The red one that she had just bought and was going to send back, it was much shorter than it had looked on the hanger. Her personal shopper had been out sick the day she had gone shopping and as she had been in a hurry she had not tried it on until she had taken it home. It only reached about mid thigh and she felt it was not appropriate for work, or court. She'd brought it to work, planning on having one of the firms messengers drop it off at the boutique for her, but not now. She was going to put that short red dress to good use instead!

Turning to her assistant, "Lisa, that dress I gave you earlier? Do you still have it?"

"I do." Lisa replied, turning towards her desk to get the dress. Her boss sometimes had a devious mind and she loved to watch her work. The two men down on the street wouldn't know what hit them in a few minutes!. Returning to Diane's office she took the dress out of the black bag it was in and looked at it again. It was long sleeved and very fitted, the scooped neckline was just low enough to show off some skin but didn't distract from the rather short length. It was perfect! "It zips up the back, you want some help with it? And don't you have a pair of black patent Louboutin's here? And the jewelry you have on now works, so I wouldn't change it."

"Thanks Lisa. Also I'd like you to come with me, as far as I know John has never seen a picture of me and I really want to mess with Kurt a little and I need "co-conspirator"!" Diane's reply laced with laughter. Stepping in to the adjoining bathroom Diane quickly changed from the navy blue dress she was wearing to the red dress and swapped her shoes for the Louboutin's. Checking her hair and makeup, she slicked a fresh layer of red lipstick on. **That should do it!** she thought to herself.

After zipping the dress for Diane, Lisa had stepped back to her office to gather a few props. She gathered up Diane's briefcase and purse and her own purse as she followed Diane to the elevators. She handed Diane her purse and as the elevator descended Diane took her sunglasses out of her purse and put them on, not wanting her eyes to give anything away.

As the two women stepped out onto the street, they stopped for a moment while Diane pretended to look at something on her phone. She had her back towards the street, "How far away are they Lisa?"

Glancing up over Diane's shoulder she spotted Kurt and John standing next to the truck. Kurt was fiddling with his phone and John was staring at Diane as she stood there. "About twenty feet away, Kurt has his head down and the man I am assuming is John is very interested in what he is looking at!" Diane looked at her over the top of her sunglasses, raising an eyebrow. "You!" Lisa chuckled in reply. "That dress is, um, very attention getting!"

"Perfect! You ready? Just play along..." Turning slightly towards the men, she glanced up briefly, checking the scene before her. Kurt was still fiddling with his phone and the man with him was definitely staring at her. She handed her phone to Lisa, who looked at it and then nodded her head before handing the phone back to Diane. "OK, let's go." She slipped her phone into her purse and started walking towards the two men, her path one that would take her right past them.

Hearing the sound of his wife's footsteps on the sidewalk, Kurt looked up and damn near swallowed his tongue. THAT was not the dress she had been wearing this morning! He'd had a feeling that she was going to make him pay for buying a red truck and it looked like he was right. He also had a sneaking suspicion that the red dress she was wearing was just the beginning. And he wondered how long it would take him to get it off of her...damn...and then he noticed John staring at her, watching every move she made. There was no telling what his wife was going to do. This was going to be good.

John was stunned, he did not know who the stunningly beautiful leggy blonde woman that walking towards them was but he really wanted to find out. He couldn't help but stare as she walked past, he assumed it was her assistant that was keeping pace with her. He swallowed as she stopped a few feet away and looked directly at him. "Really? You like what you see?" she challenged, her chin lifting a little. Yeah, he really liked what he saw and he really wanted to know who she is.

Deliberately running his eyes over her, lingering on her legs, "Oh yeah. I really like what I see." His eyes finally meeting hers again. Kurt could only groan and shake his head. John had *no* idea that he had just run up against a woman that was far more than he could ever hope to handle. Stifling a sigh he finally looked up at his wife, a smirk firmly in place.

Turning to her husband, she propped her left hand on her hip, "What about you cowboy? You like what you see?"

"Yep! Why don't you come on over here so I can get a better look!" a slightly challenging tone to his own words. He had no idea what she was going to do but all he cared about at that exact moment was getting her into his arms. And then hopefully later into their bed. Or maybe the back seat of his brand new red truck!

Diane slipped her sunglasses up, settling them on her head and handed her purse to Lisa. Stepping a couple of feet away Lisa glanced at Kurt's friend, he seemed frozen in place, carefully watching Diane as she walked over to Kurt.

Stepping over to Kurt, Diane placed her left hand on his chest and pushed him backwards until he bumped into the side of his truck and then she stepped even closer, pressing herself fully against him. She ran her hand up his shoulder and wrapped it around his neck, pulling him down to meet her kiss and then slid her right hand under his jacket and across his chest, digging her fingernails into him. Two could play that game he decided and ran his hands down her back over her hips and as soon as he had his hands full of her very nice ass he pulled her flush up against himself.

Slowly pushing away from him, she grinned, "You're getting rather handsy there cowboy. You think you can handle it?" Running her thumb softly over his lower lip to remove the red lipstick that was smudged there. While she waited for his reply she ran a finger over her own lips, wiping away any smudges.

"Yep!" his typical answer causing her laughter, bright and sunny and oh so sexy. Wrapping his arm around her, he turned back to John. "John, my wife, Diane."

John could only stare, this gorgeous woman was really Kurt's wife? Really? His wife? Oh man, he felt like an ass, hitting on her like that.

"Nice to finally meet you." she offered, her hand outstretched towards him. Watching him get a little red on his cheeks as the realization of what had just happened hit him. It was payback, for the truck. It just had to be. They'd been played but good. He decided right then that he never wanted to play poker with her.

"It's nice to meet you!" his hand meeting hers, she had a firm confident grip, he liked that. "My apologies, I was out of line...I know better."

"No need to apologize. Just a little payback for an inside joke." laughter slightly evident in her words as she motioned towards Kurt's truck.

As she turned towards the young woman that was standing a few feet away John noticed that Kurt's right hand was comfortably settled on Diane's hip, his left hand on her belly just below her waist. His fingers pressed slightly into the fabric of her red dress. Her really short red dress. Red dress...red lipstick...red truck...Red. It finally dawned on him what the "inside" joke was! Kurt had a "thing" for the color red and it was all because of his wife! Standing there watching Kurt watching his wife as she talked to her assistant he realized something: Kurt was not only in love with his wife he had a big ol' schoolboy crush on her! And he REALLY liked it when she wore red!

His booming laughter drew the other's attention back to him. He clapped his hand down on Kurt's shoulder, "You poor bastard! You're just in so deep aren't you?!" laughing at the very femme fatale smile that Diane graced Kurt with. Turning to Lisa, he offered her his arm, "I'm John, walk with me?"

Finally giving in to her own laughter, Lisa took his arm, "Lisa, and it would be my pleasure!" Kurt and Diane were left just looking at each other as John and Lisa walked off towards the café.

Diane grinned at Kurt, "Looks like your friend is making off..."
"With your assistant!" he finished for her, pulling her into his arms again. Loving the sound of her soft laughter as she slipped her arms around his neck and pressed another soft kiss on his lips, her tongue teasing with his. The kiss leaving them both wanting more.

"Come on, let's go get some lunch." Leaning back in his arms she teased him. "It's a nice truck, but seriously? Red?"

Stepping slightly away from her he slowly looked her over, his eyes lingering on her lips and then roaming further, visually caressing her, lingering on her legs. His hand reaching out to tuck an errant lock of hair behind her ear, he leaned in and placed a soft kiss on her neck, "Yeah, red...because, well...you." His lips finding hers again. When the need to breath became necessary they slowly pulled away from each other.

Looking down the street towards the café, they could see John and Lisa just walking thru the door. "I think we've been left. We'd better go rescue Lisa before John puts his foot in his mouth again." Kurt smirked.

Diane had to laugh at that. "I think we'll need to rescue him! Lisa's a lot tougher than you think!" Taking his hand and tugging him towards the café. Their amused laughter following as they finally walked thru the door of the café.