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head. He would never get caught up with one woman
when there were so many to pick and choose from. Still, he could
understand why his brother had been so taken by Emily. She was a
beautiful woman, and from what he knew of her, she was smart, a
hard-working business owner and she had eyes that a man could lose
himself in over and over again.
    “ Since you’re both here,”
Dante said, “I want to let you know that I will not be going to
Pleasure Island this weekend.”
    “ What?” Desmond said,
frowning. “You have to go. The media is all geared up to meet the CEO of Grieving
Hearts Connect.”
    “ Des, you and Dimitrius will
suffice as representatives in my absence.”
    Dimitrius shook his head. “Dante, I’m with
Des on this one, bro. You said you wanted everything to go
smoothly...well what kind of press are we going to get once it’s
known that you’re not there?”
    “ How can I come there when
the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with won’t be there
to accept my ring?” Dante asked in one long, frustrated breath. “I
won’t do it.”
    Desmond rubbed his hand across his head.
    Dimitrius sighed because he wasn’t sure of
what else to say. Once Dante had resolved to do something, it was
as good as done. The same was true when he hadn’t wanted to do
something.
    “ Why didn’t you just talk to
her? Over the phone, I mean?” Dimitrius inquired.
    “ Because she would’ve picked
up on my voice and I couldn’t risk her finding out that Armand is really me. She
doesn’t like me, remember?”
    “ Why do you sound like
you’ve given up?” Desmond asked. “Today is Wednesday. The ceremony
is Saturday. If you really want this girl, you got today, tomorrow
and Friday to convince her to come to Pleasure Island this
weekend.”
    “ And how am I supposed to do
that when she won’t log into her account?”
    “ I got it,” Desmond said.
“Send her a private message. She doesn’t need to be logged into
messenger to get a private message. Send her your phone number and
type the words, ‘call me’.”
    Dante shook his head. “I don’t want her to
pick up on my voice, Des.”
    “ Well, in order to get
something you never had before, you have to do something you’ve
never done before. Right? So, send her your number. Once she talks
to you for the first time, that has to be all she needs to convince
her to be standing on the beach Saturday, ready to exchange vows
with you. Now when she gets there and realize that you tricked her,
well, you’re on your own then.”
    “ I’ll think about it,” was
Dante’s response. “Was there anything else we needed to
cover?”
    “ I don’t think so,”
Dimitrius said.
    Desmond spoke up and said, “Don’t forget
that we need help in the marketing department. I can wait until
after the hoopla has died down around the upcoming GHC events,
though. Just a reminder.”
    “ Okay,” Dante said. “I’ll
work on it. For now, this meeting is adjourned. I’m sure you both
have plenty of work to do.”
    Dimitrius smirked. “We’re sure you do,
too.”
     

Chapter 6
     
     
    If ending things with Armand seemed like the
right thing to do, why did she feel so bad about it? Emily had even
logged on to her instant messenger on GHC last night and saw that
he was offline.
    What had she done?
    She missed talking to Armand already. In a
way, he’d become a distraction from the grief she struggled with
after losing Melvin. Now Armand was gone. Or was he? Maybe if she
apologized to him for ending things so abruptly, he would be
forgiving and they could pick up right where they left off.
    Feeling good that this was the right
approach, she logged on to her laptop and signed into her profile,
noticing a private message indicator light blinking. Before she
could click on it, a customer had walked in.
    “ Good afternoon,” Emily
said. “Welcome to Emily’s Boutique.”
    “ Hi there,” the lady
responded.
    “ Can I help you find
something?”
    “ Um...no. I’m