Obviously we know how that first date worked out – if not where
have you been? Return immediately to the beginning of the story, do not pass go
and do not collect £200!
Anyway over the course of the next week, in between working
all hours to get the promotion sorted and drum up a couple of new clients in
the process, Sebastian met Alice a few times at the coffee shop.
He was aware as this was also her place of work it was not
the most romantic of places for a “date” but his finances didn’t stretch very
far.
When Celia was on the scene they’d hop into her Porsche and
take a ride out into the country, he wished there was a way to give Alice the
same treatment.
While pondering this in the office one day Melanie piped up
from her desk.
“I need someone to take the final picture boards to Edgar
for him to sign them off for the official media campaign. I wish the blasted
man had a computer for me to email them to him but no a landline is advanced
technology for him. I could use carrier pigeon I suppose.” Fake laughter trilled
at her own joke while Sebastian meekly smiled. “No in all seriousness he can’t
leave the farm to collect them and I have tickets for the opera tomorrow
evening with a potential new client so I can’t go traipsing about on a farm for
goodness sake. The smell of the place lingers. Sebastian be a doll and take
them for me.”
“On expenses?” He raised an eyebrow.
“First class train ticket charged to the Summer Brooke
account.” She watched Sebastian’s face subtly change. It was easy to imagine
his brain ticking, did he think she was blind to what had been going on?
“Two
standard tickets if you want to take Golden Girl. Might be to our advantage I
suppose, he was quite taken with her at the ball. A few photos on Twitter to
keep us trending. See if she has a yellow T shirt to wear. But just make sure
you get Edgar’s approval on the full package we need to make a big splash.”
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