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way into the store.
    I followed behind him and waited for him to order, then he turned to me and signaled for me to tell them what I wanted. Hmm, I figured him for the ‘order it for the little lady’ type person. He also ordered olives for us to share. They led us to a booth and I went to wash my hands up front. Joshua walked up beside me and asked, “So, you are familiar with this place?”
    “Yes, I love Nandos.”
    “Me as well,” he smiled down at me.
    He really had a gorgeous smile, but I couldn’t concentrate on that. I wish he would stop smiling at me altogether. I dried my hands and walked back to our table. He slipped in across from me, looked at me and sighed.
    “What?” I asked.
    “Nothing, just glad you came.”
    Wow. I put my head down in embarrassment. The man was making me blush. I guess he saw this and said, “So, about the business I wanted to discuss with you.”
    “Yes, right.”
    “I have a phone prototype that I want to be in the hands of every executive across the country. I’ve been trying it out for the last three months and it is something that I like and it serves my needs. I would like to employ your company to help my team with the marketing strategy.”
    “Are you serious?” I exclaimed.
    “Yes, why wouldn’t I be?”
    “Your marketing team has to be top notch, Kelly is an international company. I can’t believe your department cannot handle this. What is this about? You never even heard of my company until yesterday. Is this some ploy to get a date or something? This isn’t funny.” I lowered my voice.
    He seemed angry by my line of questioning. “I don’t offer business opportunities to people I just want to date,” he grounded out. “I offer business opportunities to professionals that I see potential and want to help them expand their reach. You came from Nunce, Incorporated, right? They are known around the country for their work and if you were there for ten years, I know that you are good at what you do. My team is great, because I hire the best, but they lack diversity and another perspective. A younger executive, who also happens to be female and of a minority group.”
    “So you want to hire me because of age, gender and ethnicity?”
    “No, I want to hire you because I’d like to see S&W expand. It’s the sort of company I’d like to see in the Kelly Building.”
    I laughed out loud. This man could not be serious. My company has been in existence for a total of three years with a 2.5 million dollar budget, six employees and we work around the clock. There is just no way, he wanted to hire us just because. I laughed even louder. He could not be serious. I laughed so hard, tears came to my eyes. At this point, the waiter arrived with our food. I was trying to compose myself, but this was by far the funniest conversation I had in a long time. Joshua was not amused at all. He dropped the folder on my side of the table. I inhaled deeply to get myself together and opened the folder. It contained research on my company, my resume, my employee’s resumes, my financial records, my client’s names and other personal information, sample projects, and a trajectory graph.
    I stopped laughing. This man was serious.
    “Wow, you’ve done your homework,” I mumbled while I looked over the trajectory graph and took a sip of water.
    “Do you think I’m a foolish man to mix business with pleasure, Ms. Wilde? I assure you that I am not. I wouldn’t hand over a billion dollar deal to someone who couldn’t handle it.”
    I choked on my water, but thankfully did not spray it all over him, just on my seat. After I regained my composure, I squeaked, “a billion dollars?”
    “Yes, that is correct.”
    “Look, I appreciate your confidence in S&W and even the offer, but this will not work for us. We are growing at a steady rate, even from your own graph, you’ll see we are making progress that can be maintained. Jumping into something that is beyond our depth is not