’ He directed her to the parlour, and showed her to a small chair near the corner table. ‘To begin with, Penny, I think we should discuss your goa...s and expectations from our tutoring sessions. Exactly what do you hope to learn, and what will you do with that knowledge when our sessions are complete?’ He waited patiently as he watched her struggle with her answer. When it came, he was unsurprised, and very pleased at how well he’d judged her drive. ‘Well, Mr. Smith, I would very much like to. He shook his head to clear it and said, ‘I’ll put a call into Legal and we’ll arrange another meeting in the morning. 9:30am work for you? She gave him what she hoped was a sexy smile and replied, ‘Anytime, Cade. Anytime,’ as she sauntered out the door. He watched her and her delectable ass until the door closed and then he sank down into his chair. ‘Tate, you are a dead man.’ he said aloud. The man had set him up. Tate knew she wanted a merger and he didn’t want to deal with it, so he had left. He was quiet for a minute and then said, “One of the professors at school was making an analogy between cooking, and chemistry. I had never thought about it before, but watching as you worked in the kitchen it really struck me that he was right.”“Interesting,” Dan said.Tom said, “You’re really good at that. I noticed that you were really careful in how much cheese you put on the pizza. You made sure that each topping covered the pizza evenly. I was really impressed.”“Thanks,” Dan said as a bird. A couple hours from where they had stayed overnight, Jamie stopped at a park for a short afternoon detour of sorts. Leah was surprised by this; she wasn’t expecting Jamie to stop at some park. “Jamie, why stop at a park?” she asked curiously. “Well, wanted to,” Jamie said with a mischievous grin. “I gotcha,” she said. She still didn't understand, but he was her man and if he wanted to stop, she was fine with it. Leaving the bike tucked safely behind some bushes out of sight of passersby,.