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Dimitrius’ eyes were
fixed on her lips.
    “ Then you can come and
watch me eat while simultaneously getting to know me a little
better.”
    “ Um…” Melanie said. It was
very rare that she had lunch outside of the office. Yesterday, when
she’d met Emily was a special occasion that warranted lunch with
her girlfriend, especially since she had to fill Melanie in on the
interview. If it wasn’t for that, she would’ve stayed at the hotel
and warmed up a Lean Cuisine in the break room.
    “ Stop thinking of a reason
to turn me down and come to lunch with me, Melanie.”
    “ I’m not thinking of a
reason…it’s just that I don’t typically leave for
lunch.”
    “ Well, make an exception
for today, like you did yesterday.”
    “ Alright,” she caved. She
knew he wouldn’t stop until he got what he wanted. “Let me grab my
purse.”
    After walking away and
stepping into an office for a few moments, she was back, meeting
Dimitrius in the lobby.
    She loved the fact that he
was a gentleman, opening the door of the hotel, as well as the
passenger door of his black Maserati. Once she was in comfortably,
he walked around the back of the car and opened the driver door,
taking a seat inside.
    “ What is there to eat
around here?” he asked looking at her while sliding some tinted
shades on his face that enhanced his already striking
appearance.
    Goodness , Melanie thought to herself.
Had he said something? If he did, she hadn’t heard a word of it.
Sitting behind the wheel of a luxury sports car and looking as fly
as he was had her heart speedily thumping in her chest and all she
could hear were the beats of her own heart.
    “ Melanie.”
    With raised eyebrows, she
replied, “Huh?”
    “ Are you okay?”
    “ Yes. I’m fine.
Why?”
    He chuckled. “I just asked
you a question.”
    “ Oh…right. Food. Ah…Let me
think,” she said. “Oh, there’s a rib joint right around the
block.”
    “ You’ve eaten there
before?”
    “ Yes, a few times. Can’t go
too often, though.”
    “ Why not?”
    “ Those ribs will have my
butt a lot bigger than what it is now.”
    “ I don’t see anything wrong
with that,” Dimitrius responded.
    She playfully slapped his
firm thigh and mumbled, “I bet you don’t.”
    “ Is that the place right
there?” he asked, pointing.
    “ Yeah. Turn behind that red
car,” she told him, and he did.
    After they’d parked, he
opened the door for her again, following her inside the
restaurant.
    When they were comfortable
at a table, she told the waitress to bring water, and then she
said, “So why’d you send me roses, Dimitrius?”
    “ Just wanted to thank you
for having dinner with me. I had a good time last night, even
though you were eager to leave.”
    “ It wasn’t that I was ready
to leave…I was just baffled that you actually wanted to go with
me.”
    “ Why?”
    “ Because you seem to be
after a more prim and proper woman. I guess I am that woman to a
certain extent, but I like to have fun, eat, laugh and live. I
don’t spend inordinate amounts of time worrying about my hair my
nails and what brand of clothing I’m wearing.”
    “ Good. You’re just the type
of woman I need in my life.”
    Melanie gave him a playful
squint. “If you say so.” Even though he was a gentleman and had
shown her somewhat of a good time last night, she still had to keep
in mind that he had a reputation and the things he was doing with
her, was something that he’d done with countless other women,
making them feel like they could be the
one when, in actuality, they weren’t close
to being a thing. And did he really want to settle down as he
claimed?
    “ What? You still don’t
believe me?”
    “ Of course I don’t believe
you. How does a man, who can get any woman he wants, ends up in a
rib shack with me?”
    “ If I can get any woman I
want, why are you giving me such a hard time, darling?”
    Game, it’s all
game . Melanie couldn’t help but notice how
intensely he was