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"You've been so busy... when are we going on our first date?" Cara whined to Adonis with a childish pout on her face.

His hands ceased their rapid typing, and he peered at her from below his nose, adjusted his glasses, and then turned back to his work.

"Soon."

"You keep saying soon. Give me a specific date." She pressed further.

"I can't. I have a lot of work." He gestured to his laptop on the table.

"You always have a lot of work. Can't we just pick any day?"

"How about next month?"

"You said that last month."

"Then next week?"

"You said that last week." She cried out. "You know what? Do what you want. I just want to spend time with you, but if you don't want that, that's fine." Cara huffed before taking a seat on one of the empty chairs.

Adonis stopped his incessant typing. He rose and went to her.

"Fine. We can have our date tonight."

Cara squealed, throwing her arms around him happily.

It's been a few weeks since they started dating for real. A few weeks since Adonis was intro
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