Juwon read the reports from his engineer and paused when he saw that one of his workers had an accident. He quickly called his engineer and relaxed when he was told it was nothing serious. He read the rest of the report and went to his bedroom. When he checked the time, he realized it was already late. He was supposed to have dinner with Gini or call her if he couldn't make it and he'd done neither.

The last thing he wanted was to make her mad this early into his plan. He had her number from the files Roman sent but he couldn't call her because she'd ask how he got it. He'd see her the following day. Maybe, he'd go along with few gifts to butter her up.

Gini wasn't the angry type but that was his observation from ten years ago, he didn't know much about this Gini. If it wasn't so late, he'd stop by at her house right now just to make everything right. She'd kissed him lightly at the store, touched his face and teased him, that was the side he wanted to keep seeing. That was the side that made him happy and relaxed.

Juwon went to bed knowing he was going to apologize and explain to Gini why he didn't reach out. When he woke up the next day, he got dressed and drove out of town.

He waited for Muna at a large boutique and sipped the champagne he was served. Muna came in dressed sharp and slick and he hugged her briefly.

"Why did you come in to the city?" she wasted no time in asking.

"We are at a boutique obviously so I came for dresses."

Muna's heels made a click clack noise as they walked around the store. "Dresses for whom again?"

"Gini."

"Ah, Gini." she said with a snarl. "Why would you want to get her dresses?"

"As a present. I bailed on her last night and I'm trying to make up for it."

She looked at him. "You could simply apologize, that's what most people would do."

"I'm not most people."

"You really still like this girl, uh?"

"Do you think I do?" he deferred.

"I don't know what to think and that's the reason I'm asking. I'm not sure what you're doing."

"I'm trying to get her to like me."

"Okay. So what do you need my help with?"

"Help me pick something great. She's a dancer with great form, I want something that'd show her toned legs."

"Why not buy her lingerie so she can know how interested you are."

"That's not subtle at all."

"Not everyone likes subtle."

"Just choose something nice that doesn't intone sex."

Muna moved clothes aside and spared him a glance. "Be careful with her."

"You don't have to tell me that every time." Juwon was starting to regret telling Muna about Gini.

"What's her dress size?"

"She's really skinny. Could be a two."

"You've never dated someone skinny since I started working for you."

"I've never dated anyone after Gini," he corrected.

"I to beg to differ. The plethora of older women you tell me to send flowers to speaks for itself."

"I was being nice. They wanted sex from a younger person and I wanted more mature minds to spend my time with so..."

"Hmm, okay. You don't have to follow me around. I'll find her something great."

"Not just great, exceptional. She was born with a silver spoon so she can identify quality."

"Noted. Go drink your champagne on the couch."

Juwon heeded her advice and left Muna's side. He read and replied his mail as she worked. Juwon went in search of Muna when he got tired of waiting. He saw her holding a white dress.

"Hey, how is it going?"

"Found a dress, looking for another so you can have choices to pick from."

"Smart. She's an inch taller than I am so consider her height also."

Muna smirked. "Really?"

"Her dad was huge. He wasn't called Big Fred for nothing."

"She's about six feet tall then."

"I'm six feet, she's about six feet one."

"I have to pick another dress then. This would be too short on her."

"Why is it taking so long anyway?" He took a glance at his wrist watch.

"I'll hasten things up. Are you staying in the city tonight?"

"No, I have to be back in town today. Gini would be expecting me and I don't want to disappoint her again."

"I wouldn't want to ruin your plans then. Give me few minutes."

"Get some shoes to go with the dresses," he quickly added.

"Why?"

"Because I asked," he said and turned away.

Muna came to the couch thirty minutes later with the sales attendant. They were both holding some dresses.

"Ready to leave?" he asked.

"Not yet. You have to pick the dress you think will suit her the most."

"I'll take all."

Muna cleared her throat. "That's five in total, isn't that too much?"

Juwon ignored her and faced the sales attendant. "I need your most expensive shoes in size forty."

"Alright," she said and hurried away.

"Would you like to buy her bags also?"

Juwon looked at Muna and didn't reply her. She didn't like Gini because of all he'd told her but he needed her to tone it down a bit. Her concerns and comments were bordering on bitchy and he'd hate to fire her for it.

Juwon looked at the shoes that were presented and picked two pairs of red bottoms heels. His purchase was carried to his car as he walked out of the store with Muna by his side. He didn't give her much attention as he bid her farewell. He drove out of the city and took the road back to town.

Juwon thought about stopping at the store once he got into town then inviting Gini for dinner at his place. He'd then give her the presents and tell her to wear one of the dresses for him. He could picture her in the red, double slits dress Muna had picked. The thought of her long legs showing as she walked in it made his mouth water. He had to stop himself from having filthy thoughts about her. She had been in town for only few days, there was no point rushing her.

They were going to have sex, it just didn't have to be so soon. He wanted to get the setting right. Even their first intense kiss had to be well anticipated. He hadn't seen nor touched her in ten years. Whatever he did now had to be worthwhile, otherwise she'd lose interest.

Juwon checked the time on the dashboard and noticed it was just noon. He could get into town before two p.m. and meet Gini at the store. It wasn't going to be easy explaining why he missed dinner. He'd simply tell her he couldn't make it because he was busy and didn't have her phone number handy to inform her not to expect him.

He drove to the store once he got into town and saw it closed. It was too late for her not to have it opened. He'd assumed she wanted to operate the store while she was in town but he'd obviously had it wrong. She had to be home then, so he drove towards home and passed his house as he drove to Gini's. He parked on the other side of the street and was about to get out of the car when he saw her with someone on the doorstep. Muscular hands were wrapped around her waist as she leaned in for a kiss.

Juwon didn't realize he was grounding his teeth until he started the car and drove home. He slammed the door to his house shut as he walked in. Juwon threw his car keys on the sofa as he paced. He'd asked her if she was seeing someone and she'd said, nothing serious. Well, nothing serious came to town to see her after just few days and had his arms around her. Juwon seethed as he remembered her going in for that kiss.

It was the loser from the file Roman sent over. Why did she invite him here? He'd thought he was making progress with her. She'd looked at him with those soulful eyes and touched his face yet had someone come into town. He had better not touch her. His chest tightened as he thought of them in her bedroom. Of course, he was touching her right this minute. If she wanted sex that badly, all she had to do was ask not bring some loser in to town.

He'd made a mistake not going to her yesterday, he'd been so busy with the reports. Who knew she was going to invite her wanna be heavy weight champion of a boyfriend? His throat constricted as his mind kept torturing him with vivid images of them having sex. Juwon poured himself some brandy and sniffed the drink. He walked to the kitchen he never used and poured the drink down the drain.

He was going to give her few minutes then go to her house. He didn't care if he interrupted whatever was going on. In fact, he wanted to interrupt whatever was going on and to punch the guy. He didn't care if he got beaten to pulp in the process, he had no rights touching her and he was going to tell him that.