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“Thanks” I shrugged with a grin, the wind sailing through my hair “Makes it easier to stay late and work if you don’t have to worry about your laundry”

Mia smiled because that was the true reason behind a lot of this Companies offer perks because they make employees happy, but also because eer if they don’t have to jet off to take care ofand food Free meals on the house, all the ti for me until 10 pm

This was all par for the course in Silicon Valley If a company didn’t keep up, they were considered “behind” the times

Mia s those beautiful brown curls “Is Picto-Town modeled after any city in particular?” she asked as we sailed down the lane

Man, was I really taking a bike ride with a pretty girl? We were practically Archie and Veronica, instead of a ht I smiled back at her

“No one has ever asked me that,” I said “But in fact, it’s modeled after Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic”

“The Czech Republic?” Mia asked in surprise, her brorinkling “That would be the last place I would have guessed I would have thought more Hershey Town or maybe Epcot Center”

“Naw,” I said, pullingplace I traveled all around Eastern Europe as a student way back when, but the town that struck me as the most remarkable was Cesky Krumlov with itsyou would see in a fairy tale, complete with real-live castles”

“Wow, castles?” Mia asked, i her own bike to a stop “That’s pretty awesome”

I threw hed As A that lived in our iht there, I vowed to take Mia to a castle one day, to show her the wonders of the world

“Yeah, it is a deep into those caramel eyes “You’ll love it, I promise”

Her sweet smile almost blew me away

“Really Theo?” she said softly “We’ll see castl

es and forests and Robin Hood together?”

It sounded like a fairy tale, but the truth was that I wanted to be her Prince Charuiding her through the exploration The beautiful brunette had me entranced and on my knees