Not only would that clearly have not worked with Lauren, but he felt… changed. Reborn. He wasn’t Klutz anymore, and he was pretty sure he liked th...at.“Ken.” Lauren repeated him, then gave a sweet smile. “It’s nice to meet you. Formally, I mean.”Ken would have continued but an intrusive cough and the dark, cold stare of a balding man from a door behind the counter caught his gaze. It wasn’t staring at him, but Lauren didn’t need to turn around to know who or what it was. “Anyway, if you’re not. Their gifts were frantically unwrapped and instantly played with. Paulo also loved the very expensive watch that I had purchased for him. Life was back to normal.Five years after building the first branch my dad talked us into opening a second branch. We pulled out all the stops with this business and it became our most successful branch of all four. A very dynamic cousin of Paulo’s was appointed as the manager and did an unbelievable job. Paulo preferred to remain at the initial branch because. She said, "Great. I'll get my suit on. Be right out." I went out to the pool and sat by the edge. She came out about five minutes later with nothing on and dove in the pool. I blinked a couple times before she popped out of the water. She swam over to me and said, "Are you getting in or do we start right like this?" She was between my legs, clearly staring at the erection in my shorts, and very clearly on my wavelength at that point. I said, "Let's start right here." With that, I sat up and. "I had an uncle who raised pigs and those things stink. Personally, I'd rather live in a city. At least there I could hang up my shingle and I could work as a doctor while you stayed home and raised our kids."I said nothing in reply, letting Felicity have her chuckle. By then my mind was on other things. I was actually wondering if being king would be bad thing considering the benefits. As king I could rally the people against the alternative Earth and their machinations. It might be an option.