I was stopped in my tracks, as they say. Struck like a lightening bolt by her gorgeous face. I thought to myself that this had to be the cutest, most ...boyish girl ever or the cutest, most feminine boy ever. That first glimpse of her happened as I walked through an up scale, expensive, department store. She was working there and when our eyes met, I smiled. When she smiled back I nearly walked into a store display. I felt taken immediately. My spine tingled and my brain melted. I pretended to. I said it was back-ordered; you'll get it eventually. For now, you'll have to make do with what we've got in stock."Frustration tasted bitter, Jack wanted what he had ordered and not some substitute."Next," said the clerk.Forced past the desk by those in line behind him, Jack stumbled toward the exit. Then he turned and pushed his way back toward the petty bureaucrat, squeezing himself in at the head of the line again. He didn't make anyone happy doing this, but at the moment, he didn't. This was to be one of the best business meetings heever had.-*-She heard the secretary announce that his 10:00 meetingwas here, and heard him request them sent in. She was alittle cramped under the desk, but otherwisecomfortable. The vibrators were beginning to do theirjob and she wished that she could reach down and helpthem. She couldn’t. Her wrists were secured to theunderside of the desk. He got up from the desk, careful to push away beforerising. She heard him greet what sounded like. " He still had no idea how to back out of the deal without risking his reputation and possibly his Manor as well.If this were not enough, he realized that he had an even bigger problem to deal with, and that was Sirinna. He had tried to ignore it, or to convince himself that it was not really there, but this was folly. He had been fooling himself, possibly from the start.Rennis had been right. Roquan had let his ego get the best of him. Had he been thinking clearly, he would never have allowed.