The Business

Ordering a drink, we sit and talk.

"Right, so the plan?" She looks at me.

"Tonight is a meet-and-greet, so we'll walk around and talk to people. You might find a friend."

She laughs. "Unlikely, I scare my friends away." She's not wrong; she does scare men away, but I'm hopeful she will find someone who doesn't run so quickly.

We walk around and talk to people, and as I thought, Bex is now alone with a guy talking and laughing. So, I stay by the bar. It's a safety thing, I feel safe here.

"Ruby, right?" I turn and smile.

"It is. Well done for remembering. You're Kian, right?" He nods and laughs.

"I am. How are you finding this place so far?" He sits and holds his drink while looking at me.

"It's amazing." I have no words to explain it.

"I'm surprised to see you here alone, without Mr Hendrix?"

Nodding, I smile. "He was helping me."

"Oh, I thought that you two were together." His head tilts.

"No. I spoke to him here and realised I knew very little about the world. He helped me understan