Tessa swirled her wine in contentment while she wait for Jack. She had invited him to her place to discuss things further. She was grinning from ear to ear as she recalled her conversation with him few days ago at the bar. she was glad she ran into him at the club, she had been walking to cool off after striding out when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Tessa?"
She looked back to see her long time lover's familiar face. "Jack, oh my. How have you been?"
"I'm good. You skipped town so fast that I didn't get to hear about the deal anymore"
She remembered how Fred had forced her to break things off with him, with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry I couldn't brief you before leaving. Something came up which I had to attend to real quick"
Jack brushed off her apology, "no worries, hope everything is good" he asked worriedly.
Seeing his genuine concern for her. Tess felt warm on the inside and it occurred to her that Jack might be the right person to use for her plan.