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"-And his building is the size of a stadium! It was huge, Flo , you should have seen it." Xena gushed about the hot new CEO of Deta Industries. He had just risen to power after his dad had stepped down and announced retirement. She was scheduled to interview Mr. Luca Deta tomorrow at 11. a.m for her magazine. I could see that Xena was beyond thrilled because all throughout lunch the blonde girl had not even touched her food, and it was her favourite.

"I am so excited to meet him! Did you know that he has done so much work in the Amazon during his time interning for his father?"

"Amazon, the online store?"

"The rainforest." she answered me with a straight face, unaware that I was only pulling her leg.

"And he has started testing for a new round of vaccinations for animals with bone defects." She continued. Her eyes were starting to get dreamy and I snapped a finger in front of her to get her out of it.

"I don't know what you'll ask him about in the interview if you already know everything about him!" I teased and she pouted at me.

Reaching for a fork she said, " You got your millionaire, I want mine." And then laughed at her own joke. She had, since morning, been very relaxed about Reece. They met when she was returning home and Reece had excused himself to go back to work for the rest of the day.

I shivered at our morning tête-à-tête. It had been a tough but liberating conversation and had ultimately put us both in a better mood.

"Who's lost now, huh?" Xena grinned slyly, enjoying pulling my strings as well. I struggled to cover my blush and pushed her plate of ravioli further towards her. "Eat, you've already lost so much energy with all that chattering." I said playfully and she beamed at me, spearing a ravioli pocket with her fork.

She was obviously quite smitten with this guy, I might have to check him out. Xena was a sucker for environmentalists anyway. She said that they were the real heroes of the future and what not.

Our lunch was a celebratory lunch. The director of the movie had called to confirm the fact that they were indeed going to use my script for the movie and had told me that he would send over the documents for my lawyer to look over and sign them. To be honest, I had completely forgotten about my meeting with him a couple days ago; the night I had met Reece again. So much had happened these following days that I barely had any break. But today was going to be the start of our actual vacation. My best friend was here, and so were my old friends and I intended to have a blast.

The celebratory lunch was further fueled by the gorgeous best friend who had managed to land the interview for tomorrow and was in such high spirits since she toured the office building of Mr. Luca Deta. She told me he was rather handsome as well, not that she had met him.

We finished our food after an hour of Luca Deta's praises, much to my annoyance. But then again, I was happy to see my bubbly best friend back again. She had been so down after her ex had taken that toll on her. Our lunch was delicious. The server took our empty dessert plates away as we sat in contentment.

"Let's get the bill, I feel like going shopping into the main town now!" Xena chimed, her enthusiasm was contagious. Finding myself nodding I raised my hand for the waiter, signalling the bill. However, instead of going to get it, he moved towards the table with a small smile.

"Ma'am, your bill has already been paid by Mr. Wolf," he told me politely, smiling at me and I let out a huff. The waiter moved away when he was called at another table.

The irritation must have shown on my face because Xena leaned forward and placed her hand on top of mine, "Relax Flo, you're overreacting." She told me bluntly, watching me carefully.