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ALEX

Oh happy day indeed.

Everything was working perfectly today. I’d woken up well rested, breakfast had coincidentally been what I’d been craving all night, I’d just closed a deal that had stressed me for months, and now I was face to face with the woman whose face filled my dreams.

Despite my phone getting cracked, the moment couldn't be more perfect.

The deal I’d closed just minutes ago was such an amazing milestone for myself and my new business partner that we’d decided that a celebratory dinner would be required to officially seal the terms of the project.

My business partner had suggested that I do him a favor and bring a date, that he's noticed during our interactions that I’ve been a bit stuck up and he’s certain that a woman’s touch would lighten me up.

The only reason I didn't immediately turn down that idea was because Scarlett was the first person that came to mind and I knew her presence would definitely do wonders for me, I’d be fucking ecstatic and proud to have her o