Chapter 59

"I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men" -EURIPIDES

JORDAN POV

"Although the number of clients reduced due to the saga in Chicago, we can see that our sales increased by 30%. We were able to dispatch 30 trucks across the country, earning us..."

A soft ping disrupted my focus on the speaker who was presenting the sales report. I stealthily fished my phone out of my pocket, Ben smiled when I saw the small message icon with hearts on it.

'I feel like eating something sweet and sour.'

The message read. My smile grew impossibly larger as I typed furiously and did not back a quick response.

'Dinner date after work?'

I placed the phone flat on the table and reattempted to focus on whatever was being said. Soon enough the ping went off again!

'I want us to finish that silly show you faced on me.'

My smile became too hard to conceal so I cleared my throat, earning myself the attention of others who sat around the table.

"Is there a problem, sir?" Reb