XAVIER WAS STILL ASLEEP when I left for work this morning, so I hoped to talk about the next step in our relationship after our date tonight. We’ve let too much time go by between us to not be honest with where things are heading in the future. I turned my phone on vibrate before replying to his good morning message. Xavier: Good morning beautiful. Me: Thanks Handsome. We have a big client coming in today that I didn’t even get a chance to prepare for because my father told me about 10 minutes before the client was due to arrive. As the branch manager, it’s my job to handle high profile clients, but I often pass them off to my other managers seeing as though they need the practice, but I’m always available if something happens and a little more finesse is needed. But he insisted that I

