Page 47 of King of Clubs

Your message woke me up actually.

Marlee

OMG.

I’m so sorry. Go back to sleep. We can chat in the morning.

7pm is perfect.

Please tell me you aren't one of those people who never puts their phone on silent?

Sebastian

Haha. It’s all good. I never put it on silent – most of the people who contact me are asleep at 2am.

Do you have any allergies?

Marlee

People who don’t drink coffee.

And sleeping apparently.

And people who don’t put their phones on silent.

Good first impressions.

The list is endless.

It was the middle of the night and normally I was stringent on getting at least eight hours sleep a night, yet I was wide awake and grinning over her unexpected responses. Always separated and in quick succession. The more time I spent with her, the more I smiled. She was so abruptly honest and her unfiltered nature was refreshing. As it was, I was chuckling into the dark as I thought back to the night I first met her.

The way she appeared both appalled at her fist gut-punching my stomach and also on the verge of laughing. It was that moment which started my infatuation.

Sebastian

Damn. What symptoms should I be looking out for in case of a reaction?

And now, I was flirting with her via text messages. So much for hating phone communication.

Marlee

Large and uncontrollable limb movements.

My croaky laugh broke free in my empty room. Who was this woman?

Sebastian

You are definitely memorable.

I watched the dots dance across my screen, but it took a little while for her reply to come and when it did, it wasn’t what I was expecting.

Marlee

I’ll take that over forgettable.

But I could say the same about you.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the other night in your office which makes you just as memorable…

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