Chapter 7

About an hour later, his stomach began to growl terribly. He contemplated ordering room service since he didn't have a good pick-up line. He wasn't a weak man and couldn't have any girl look at him that way, so he talked himself out of hiding in his cabin. Adonis convinced himself he'd dealt with stronger foes in the business world than this situation. He had to think about this on business terms to get some balls about himself and face his challenger.

"I love a challenge," he said, picking up his blazer and heading to the ship's promenade deck.

It’ll probably be challenging and even more interesting if I conquer it and stand to profit from it."

On his way down the elevator, he thought about something Beenie had said: he was supposed to meet a young lady on this cruise. "Oh my God! Could it be her? This isn't right! Nah, she's not the girl Beenie was supposed to meet. But that would explain why she's on this cruise alone: Beenie canceled. What the...!"

Adonis thought long and hard ab