One immediate turnoff was Paul’s appearance, at 5’7 and nearly 190 pounds, he was much heavier than in his photo. Kathleen had a negative bias tow...ards slovenly males but struggled to put it aside for the moment. For nearly ten minutes they carried on a conversation, avoiding the question of whether an encounter would take place. At that point Paul suggested that the two proceed immediately to a local five star hotel.Kathleen had decided in advance that she would play hard to get, but she was. “I’m sure you could find someone to go with you,” she smirked.I’d been had again! She couldn’t keep the smile off her face; her eyes were so bright you could hear the laughter. This whole ID thing was just ... Well, maybe there was some truth to it, but that wasn’t the point.I became just as devious.“Wow. Thanks, Cali. I’ll pay you for them. There’s this lady at the office who kinda dropped some hints—”Cali’s expression collapsed on her face and she reached to snatch back the tickets, but I. 4 million dollars worth of these areas in the site work and the first stage of the building. The site work was for both dorms and the first stage included the foundation for the first dorm. He estimated that we could save 4 million over the entire project by eliminating the overlaps that would have to be corrected by exceptions to the contract.The meeting needed to include more than just me. This problem needed someone with more authority than I had. If the issues couldn't be resolved then. They had taken and given from each other until the moment when all was still and complete."Do you believe in love at first sight?" Jillian whispered against his cheek at last.He considered her question for a moment, but not because it scared him. He considered how he felt towards her, trying to ignore the influence of pheromones and endorphins. He'd never met anyone who had blown through his life and cleared out the cobwebs like she did. He had never considered it possible to feel this.