By Thursday, the office was buzzing about the big presentation Nicholas, and Madison were preparing for. As usual, he was impossible to please and she was impossible to intimidate.
Which made the tension between them even harder to ignore.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Pointing at her notes) This? This is what you’re bringing to the table?
Madison Torres (FL)
(Leaning on his desk) Yes, because unlike you, I actually know how to talk to people without freezing their blood.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Deadpan) And yet you’re still single.
Madison Torres (FL)
(Gasping) Excuse you?
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Smirking faintly) You heard me.
Madison Torres (FL)
(Folding her arms) Fine. If I can charm the client tomorrow better than you can, you owe me dinner.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Looks up slowly) Dinner?
Madison Torres (FL)
Yeah.
Madison Torres (FL)
A real restaurant. Not one of your soulless boardrooms.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Studying her with a faint smile) Fine.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
But if I impress them more… you stop talking for the rest of the day.
Madison Torres (FL)
(Snickering) Deal. Like you’d survive a whole dinner with me anyway.
Nicholas Grey (ML)
(Low) Oh, you’d be surprised.
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That night, Madison recounted everything to Lila over wine in her tiny Bronx apartment.
Lila (FL best friend)
(Grinning wickedly) Girl… a bet? Dinner?
Lila (FL best friend)
That man is so into you, and you’re too stubborn to see it.
Madison rolled her eyes. But as she lay in bed later, her phone lit up.
From: Nicholas Grey
“Don’t wear anything ridiculous tomorrow. It’s important.”
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