Claudette Reed
e conversation. I was refusing to show the sl
e the title of "Baddest Bitch in
need you, it's
ed with a sinister look and leane
our partn
ne and slight snarl on the corner of his lip as h
and I'm pushing too hard. Should I flirt? No, he would
start with a
ead closer to m
ses would work better together if we have some so
parted as she shifted his jaw. "Alright." He sat up str
broadened
ghtly, a nervous habit of mine that I need to break out of. The minutes passed by
ared his throat before downing the rest of his
ake your
he menu that I hadn't e
rd Dominic say to the waiter, "I thin
waiter turned his head to me with a nervous loo
ty on his face. He was silently asking if I really wanted to stay in this suffocating space with hi
er something or I'm going to feel weird." I adjuste
he waiter then
his menu as well
e with an unreadabl
ow," and took a
ly, and I need to be in my right mind during this lu
just stand up and l
ven't. And
is head, "How ca
both know th
lip twitched into
the type of guy who would leave a
ed and shook his head gently, his eye
efill of his drink. What was it? Scotch? Bourbon? I couldn't be sure, bu
ws rose. "You've been in the position of CEO for less than
continued, "I have to sa
lish in another year's time, especially with certain conta
as a model,
ents and then some other brands unt
lass again and frowned, "So you wer
nd sleep fashion.
uh.
hat and my eyebrows furrowed when I saw the calcu
re a pr
as he answered my question, "I just wonder..." he trailed off and
nder...
as good a
sed, not t
oning me becaus
line still between his slante
le of anything a man in my position would
oing. "If I were a man, you wou
and looked me up and down over the
. "If a man had climbed to success the way I have in les
me to treat y
w me the same respect
re in our eyes and neither of us looking aw
ink, sir?" The wai
ound out as his eye
nce and only stole glances of ea
tion to let the servers know we were done. I was slightly fascina
each other any longer, Dom
k a dramatic pause and his face beca
e nothing but prof
, "I want to see
..k
, meet your people, your i
my water,
bout to get involved in if we partner
can understand that." I looked down at the table and smoothed out a crease that
mbarrassed
isn't embarrassed
s head. "One
b
0% of the
my mouth with my hand and look around to be sure that I didn't disturb anyone with m
no d
ha
hink I got so
camming peopl
know my
do
moments before he cracked a
have
ave a