Dinner Date 1

Claire woke up as usual, she did her chores and prepared Myles for school, she wore the suit Em got for her.

Claire arrived the company at the normal time, Jeff and McDonald were already at work, Claire went to her office and arranged it.

Morning prayers were held at the war room, immediately after the prayers, meeting commenced. Jeff sat on the extremely large chair while every other person occupied the chairs round the table, Lea sat close to Claire while Claire sat opposite the HOD of sales and marketing department. Jeff studied the environment before speaking "good day everyone" Jeff greeted "good day Jeff" everyone greeted uniformly "the company is going on promo for two weeks, it will be starting on Monday, do anyone have something to say?"

"Good morning Jeff" greeted the HOD of sales and marketing department "will all due respect Jeff I'm not in support of this promo, it will cause nothing but loss" "we are not trying to generate profit, we are trying to increase the demand of our goods, besides in business we take risks in order to get the best" Claire said "yes, I agree with you that in business we take risk, now let me ask you what happens if the people are still adamant to buy from us?" "There is a 75% chance that people will definitely buy from us, in business we will definitely have loss, but what makes you a good business person is your ability to minimize the loss and maximize the profit" Claire said "thank you very much for that statement, minimize loss, how will this whole promo minimize loss?" "Mr. HOD, we are not trying to get more profit, a promo is when you advertise your goods so that the demand for your goods will rise" "first of all, my name is Josh, Jeff this girl will bankrupt you, believe me" Josh said pointing his finger at Claire "what will be my gain if I bankrupt him?" "Don't listen to her, Jeff remember that I will always tell you the right thing, I started this company 7 years ago with you, I will never try to harm you".

"Enough!" Jeff said "I own this company and whatever I want to do with it is my business, I make decision, I understand you Josh, I understand the perspective you are viewing thing from, lovely one" Jeff said and nodded his head in approval "Claire you are also making sense, I also understand the angle you are coming from, nice and lovely ideas from the both of you, but the decision is up to me to make, you can't make the decision, you can only influence it, I have made up my mind, I say we go with her plan. Period" and that was how Jeff ended the meeting.

"Wow, see how you laid out your plan with no fear, you seriously need to teach me how to be bold" Lea complimented "thank you, you can come to my house over the weekend, then we practiced" said Claire before going into her office.

An hour before lunchtime, Jeff called Claire to his office, when she arrived she sat on the sofa waiting for Jeff, "how are you" Jeff asked "I'm fine, what about you?" "I'm fine, you will be coming with me to a birthday party tomorrow night, it's going to last over the night, I will rather call it a dinner date" "but I have a …" "no excuse, you must be there tomorrow" "Jeff!, please can't you just go without me" Jeff looked directly into her eyes, he then pushed her closer to himself, he then whispered in her ear "please, pretty please" his voice sounded so sweet that no woman would ever decline his request, she pulled away from from his grip "first of all, we shouldn't be doing this here, we made rules and the rules we shall abide" "have you forgotten I own this place" "nope, anyway that aside, I will try to make it tomorrow" Claire said "you can home during lunchtime to prepare for tomorrow" "okay" said Claire, she stood up and was about to take her leave, she turned back and gave Jeff a quick kiss on his lips. Jeff was shocked by what she did, he never expected it.

When Claire arrived her office, she called Em, informing her about the dinner date, she needed a diner gown because she had none. When it was lunchtime, Claire went home, Em was already at home when c Claire arrived, the two of them drove to a mini boutique.

"Claire I'm sorry I couldn't take you to the big boutique in town, I would have done that if I had enough money" Em said "come on Em, you know that I can't even afford a boutique like this, thank you so much, you have done more than enough for for me" Claire said and hugged her. The two of them went round the boutique trying to get the best dress, finally they bought a black dinner gown. The whole day was spent happily as Jeff and Claire chatted all through out the night

FRIDAY EVENING

Myles and his friends were playing while Em was making Claire up, Claire hair was weaved one side, revealing one side of her neck, her dress was an off shoulder straight gown with slit up to her lap, her long legs perfectly matched the dress as the dress outlined her hips, her silver heels were a perfect match to the dress, her long eyelashes made her face look extra beautiful, though the quality wasn't too good, the cloth looked perfectly fitted on her body. After Em had finished making her up, she left. Jeff black limousine was packed outside her gates, the plate number was boldly written as MEGA JEFF, when Jeff saw Claire he was stunned, she looked more beautiful than ever, she entered the car and drove to the venue.