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I begin to pant lightly as rab one of the napkins and hold it up to htly

“You seeul proclaims

“This is turning out to be one hell of a night,” I say breathlessly as Mr Peak rubs rab the table Oh ht here in the middle of the restaurant

“Oh fk,” I say as I look at Mr Peak

“Are you okay, Sarah?” Liam asks me

Oh yeah, I’m fine as I look down and slam my hands on the table A couple of people turn their heads and look in our direction I don’t give a fk right now Mr Peak is rubbing me out like there’s no tomorrow!

I look at Liains to blush Then he s you, Sarah We will be in touch I hope you enjoy the rest of the evening”

“Thank you, Liaasm

My body stiffens up and then relaxes I slide down on the chair and place my hands down by my side The waiter arrives with a bottle of wine Mr Peak takes his glass and offers up a toast “To the evening,” my boss says

With whatever little energy I have left, I lift upthat couldn’t start out better”

We toast We drink Indeed, this is already a hell of an evening

Mr Peak and I enjoy a nice long dinner with more than our share of the restaurant’s inventory of Chateau Latour Pauillac We walk out of the establish for Mr Peak’s Rolls-Royce when a couple of teenage girls stroll up to us

“Oh irls says to me I have no idea what sheAll of a sudden, one of the other teenage girls opens her purse and pulls out her iPhone “Can we take a photo with you?”

I can’t believe this These are irl as I pose for a photo with the teens It suddenly hits irls take several photos with ush about my interview on CNN earlier that afternoon “I just love the way you fked up that anchor You made her walk off her own show!” one of the teens says excitedly