Chapter 18

"You will go in my place, Rafaela; you will receive someone for me."

"Me?" she questioned, already imagining she would lose her precious lunch hour with Kate.

"Yes, I can't let my driver go; it would seem disrespectful on my part," he replied. And to not just stop there, I want you to go to a flower shop and buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers."

"What specific flower do you want me to buy?" she asked, interested, trying to imagine who this person was that would receive so much of Ethan's attention, to the point of receiving flowers.

"Does that matter? What flowers do women like the most?" he asked her, and she didn't know how to respond.

A woman, she thought.

"I don't know, women's tastes are different; some like delicate and discreet flowers, others like extravagant and colorful ones."

"That seems difficult," Ethan seemed to think. "Tell me, what kind of flowers did you most enjoy receiving?" he asked.

"I’ve never received flowers," she replied with a certain sadness.

Although she was