Gamble With My Heart

I rush through my meeting, not really concentrating at all. I need to close this deal, but I know it will really close itself. I am the best at what I do, I could have done this with a conference call from my office, but I felt like showing face. As with these things, they bring you countless amounts of coffee just to keep you awake. All I can think about is going past Crazy Beans to get real coffee on my way to the office and, of course, to see the owner again.I leave my meeting at noon and make my way back to the coffee shop. I decide against asking Mason to come over; I know he would be teasing me for being here. I myself don't know why I am here. But if I want to get this girl, I should start doing it now.And then there is that part that does not want to look stupid in front of his friends when she turns me down.I sit at my usual table. I take my phone and run through my emails and also send a message to my assistant that I would be in a bit later. Finall

This is by far going to be the most exciting but most torturing challenge yet. That is, if I can even get past the first week of it, how do you even play hard to get in a damn coffee shop. Sometimes I really do wonder about the advice that Tajsa gives.But I need not wonder too long cause that is when I see her. She is standing across the room at a small round table with whom I guess is Jo and some other friend. She is dressed in a tight mini red dress with knee-high stiletto boots. Eve

I make the fifteen-minute walk in over half an hour. I need to clear my head; I was so looking forward to seeing her, definitely not for this disaster to happen. Who brings coffee from home to a coffee shop anyway!At the office, Tajsa is sitting clearly waiting for me."Morning, Mr. Chase.""Morning Tajsa.""I hope that is not her coffee that she threw all over you?""Yes, it is but not the way you think.""What did you do?""I walked into her; she messed her coffee on us both.""How do you walk into her?""I was rushing out of the shop.""Okay, what did they do?""That idiot brother of mine took her friend home.""Oh my god, the man is an idiot, does she know?""The ass says that she doesn't.""Why did you not stop him last night?""I left early because I thought she had left, but obviously, she didn't.""You what?""Yes, yes, make a joke now; I left the club earl

She turns and leaves the building, making her way down the road. What I fail to notice as I make my way back upstairs is that my shirt is all scrunched up still, my hair is a total mess, and I have the dumbest ass smile on my face. This is surely going to cause a stir around the building.Back upstairs, Tajsa is already waiting for me in my office."Why did I not hear any screaming?""Maybe because we were talking.""Don't bullshit me, Damon, you and a beautiful woman alone in a room?""Okay, I might have kissed her.""Just kissed her?""Yes, a damn lot of kissing her. I have not kissed so much since senior year. I feel like a stupid schoolboy.""So my plan worked?""Yes, and since when do I send flowers?""Since today and it worked out quite fine, didn't it. I was not expecting her to come at all.""Now, what do I do next? I am not sending flowers every day and do just kissing. I mean, it is hot and all, b

 I am standing at the Reception of Hamilton Enterprises with a beautiful woman in front of me; she seems very familiar. I do hope that I have not met her at Myst before, or even worse than that, I have slept with her and never phoned her back. Luckily as she mentions her name, I can for sure say that her number has never been on my phone.“Call me, Amber.”“Amber, it is so nice to meet you.”“Do you want to follow me to my office? Is there anything that I can get for you?”“Just a glass of water.”“A bit of a late night?”“I guess you can say it was.”We get to her office, where I am seated in front of her by her table. She looks at me intensely as we wait for her assistant to bring her coffee and my water.“You sure you don't want any coffee?”“I just had some over at Crazy Beans, thank