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my phone. I was thirty minutes late to my very first real date with Sean Mateo, my boss' son and th

ut I still felt pretty awful about coming so late, thereby wasting the time of a very busy man. First i

ho was dialling my line. I bit my lower lip, as thought

h, seeing as I didn’t have any other choice. I unhooked my seatbelt, then stepped out of the ca

eserved for both of us for dinner that evening. He was busy

my presence, then looked up immediat

onour of seeing you, Miss Winters,” He said,

y that I came lat

y. It’s my fault for coming too early, you didn’t do anythin

on it, placing my bag by my s

sweet to a sweet lady like you

g. Sean Mateo was a good and considerate person, and he had no issues whatsoever. At least, no

his table was a glass of water, which he had bought to pass time while he waited f

to take our order, with a n

ted with, and weighed my options out of

ou think?”

choose from, and I can’t dec

l if that’s what

a glutton,” I sai

dy still ponders over what to eat, I have already made my de

n,” I said, with a shrug of my shoulders, a

bottle of red wine,

s my favourite,” I

o the waiter, who promised to bring in our

” He asked, setti

lders. “Stressful

ake pictures and bargain your price, am I wrong?” He asked, i

ust taking pictures,” I

t. All you do is take pictures for various br

on’t want to smile on some days and advertise som

as the waiter stopped by our table with two

e little pinch of annoyance that had embraced me

or good restaurants,” He said,

was sa

, and it’s not a good time to purchase shares, which I was actually thinking of doing befo

was willing to overlook. He was intelligent, smart, business-oriented, sweet, calm, and m

ng, and began to mu

stock exchange market will always be there, and just as it has risen again, no matter how low it crumbles, it will always rise. When next the market falls,

a great idea,” I s

her’s sons, I’m the smartest and the most s

I noted, now pouri

ng twenty five soon?” He asked, f

y birthday’s not till another one m

lly fast. Before you know it, July will be here and you

omes, I know I will be ready,

e planned a surprise for y

s. Worst still, I hate surprises,” I told hi

irlfriend’s birthday, and I am going to make it very special for her, whether

d have preferred it a hundred times more if he could just res

so got added to the day I had cleansed the world of a pathetic soul, who was bet

ike the food

eplied, looking

ood, or I would assist you in

hanking my stars for the

ghing at my jokes, instead of coming up with absurd conspiracy theories, cutting me off without

y any man. People say that everyone has their flaws, and even though being with someone who referred to me as “Miss Winters" and was always so seriou

d remain normal. It was almost four years now, and as the anniversary of what I had done drew closer, my heartb

he back of my mind that as much as I had preferred thi