32

Nerthus

“Hey beautiful!”

“Gigi, we are still seeing each other tonight, right? Is everything alright?”

I hear him chuckling through the phone. “I’d love to see you tonight, my belle. But I fear I have bad news.”

“What? Are you standing me up?”

“I have to. A gorgeous stallion just came into my bar, telling me that you are booked exclusively, and I should stay away from you.”

“You are kidding, right?”

“You didn’t tell me you were dating Superman.”

I groan, throwing my head back into my neck. “God, he isn’t my date. He is a client.”

“Girl, are you sure you haven’t got a place for me where you work at?”

I laugh out loud.

He is such a pervert.

“Believe me, getting someone looking like him is like winning at the national lottery.”

“Do you like him?”

I shrug, plucking invisible lints from my clothes.

“I don’t know him well enough to like him. He doesn’t talk much.”

“Ooooh, you lucky bitch.”

***

“You!”

I don’t even care that I stormed into a running meeting until I see his grin.

He is, a