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CHAPTER 6
Miller
Business meetings.Partner meetings. And phone call after phone call.
I have not left the confines of this building and every part of me is itching to call Denise.
Instead, I forced Jackson to head out for sushi and I couldn’t be more relaxed.
My arm drapes over the back of the booth as my other hand traces the condensation on my beer glass.
“I haven’t heard from you in the past few nights. Are you sick?” Jackson sets his chop stocks down and leans forward.
“Sick?” I question.
“You have had a knack for calling me pretty much every night to run a concept by me for the past few years, but my phone has gone silent. So, I just assumed you were sick and finally getting your body some rest.”
“I rest,” I reply with defiance.
“Barely.” He shakes his head.
“Just because I don’t need the same amount of sleep that everyone else does.”
“That’s right, you’re a robot.” He rolls his eyes.
“Fuck you.” I throw a straw wrapper at him.
“Seriously, what’s going on? Ever since the charity event, you’ve been distracted.”
“I met someone,” I tell him after a brief pause.
“Oh, do tell.” Jackson moves his eyebrows up and down.
“Nothing to tell. I met someone. I like her. We’re spending time together. End of story.”
“With you, that’s never the end of the story. So, what’s hers?”
“I’m still trying to figure that out.”
“So, would I know her?”
“No, probably not.”
“And why’s that?”
“She doesn’t run in the same circles as your girlfriends do.”
“I don’t have girlfriends.”
“The chicks you meet, then. Is that better?”
“That is a better way to frame it, yes. So, when do I get to meet her?”
“Not sure if I want to taint her with meeting any of my friends.”
“To taint her? What the hell, I’m Prince Charming.”
“I recall your last girlfriend called you. What was it? Mr. slick and greasy?”
