Unexpected Encounters

Stephanie POV

Applying the final touches to my makeup I was ready to go on my date, a man named Carlos whom I met at a club yesterday. A hot mocha latte body and chocolate eyes, a god among men…

Snapping out of my day dream, I looked at the time and saw that I had to leave now if I wanted to get there on time. The place was some high society restaurant with a name which I can't even pronounce; I was hoping that my company tonight wouldn't be too pretentious.

I arrived there just in time to see Carlos enter, after a bit of touch up on my lipstick and a bit of deep breathing I exited my car giving my keys to the valet. Gracefully I entered the place and asked for my reservations, at which point I was led to a table with an excellent view and a feeling of intimacy.

"Stephanie, so nice to see you." Carlos reached out to hug me. The brief contact had my body tingling all over.

"Carlos, you look amazing." I giggled. We sat down and the waiter came with the menu, pointing out all the specials and chef's choices, droning on and on about stuff I wasn't interested in.

"What would like Steph?" Carlos asked politely.

"The chef's choices will be fine, with a glass of Pinot Noir please." I ordered.

Carlos ordered some salad sounding stuff, at which point I knew there wouldn't be a second date, you can tell about a man's character from his dietary choices, and this man wasn't doing it for me. We did some polite chit chat until the meal came. I found out about his first marriage and his daughter, halfway through the meal I had enough. The guy is seriously hot, but he was too clammed up about his life, and I knew from previous experience that this would either end in him turning out to be a serial killer or an introvert, and whilst I don't have a problem with introverts, this guy was taking it to the next level.

I excused myself to 'freshen up'. Luckily the washroom was positioned right next to the exit, so whilst Carlos was busy looking out the window, I was making a hasty exit. Good thing he didn't have my number or my address…

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1 Week Later

Carlos POV

"Boss, here's the file for the next appointment. She owns a series of lingerie stores all through Miami, Trenton, New York and Boston, if we can acquire this account, it could bring in a lot of revenue for Rangeman." Lester stated. "The meeting is in fifteen minutes." He finished, leaving the file on my desk and left.

Before I could pick up the file my cell phone started ringing, looking at the phone, I saw it was mama calling. Oh Shit, Sunday dinner here I come. Sigh.

The call finished in fourteen minutes with me promising that I would do everything within my power to be there on Sunday.

I quickly flicked through the file on my way to the conference room, briefly glancing at the name of the owner, Stephanie Plum, reminding me of my impromptu dinner with a Stephanie, who ditched me at the 'Chi Spacca'. The first woman ever to ditch me, and hopefully the last. I thought we had a connection, but sadly not.

I entered the conference room and saw that Ms. Plum was being greeted by the core team, she turned around and froze. "Shit!" she exclaimed, looking at me.

"Stephanie!?" I barked.

"Err, Carlos, what a pleasant surprise…" she trailed off.

"You ditched me." I exclaimed before I could stop myself. Tank, Lester and Bobby all burst out laughing at that.

"The great Manoso, ditched!" he spluttered, laughing.

Ms. Plum suddenly seemed to have regained her senses and stated "I'm not sure I should use you as my security company, there's too much personal matter to go through."

"No, no, please have a seat, let's put all that aside and discuss business first." Lester objected.

After an hour of ironing out all the details, Ms. Plum was finally happy with her options and gave the four of us a small smile. She stood up and gracefully made her exit after thanking the four of us for our time. I was once again left standing.

I'm going to get you Stephanie, and you won't see it coming I thought. I have never been more wrong.

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