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"To be honest, not much, at least lately"

"So you’re a workaholic?"

"You could say that"

"Well, we have that in coazed out into the horizon

"Oh? It seeh these days to take a more relaxed approach to life"

"My life is hardly a vacation, if that’s what you’re i"

"I see no reason why it shouldn’t be"

"Then I suppose you don’t know hten me," I said "A little bird told me you used to be a hacker"

Over the ririmace flashed across his face, then disappeared

"You shouldn’t believe everything you read online"

"No?"

The server brought our meals, two perfectly cooked rib eye steaks atop a bed of asparagus and sautéedfor a moment and I thanked the server, who disappeared as quickly as he’d arrived, leaving us alone onceeach divine bite "You aren’t interested in sharing your life story, I take it?"

He paused before answering, intently focused on hiseye contact "You’ve read the cliff notes already What more is there to tell?"

"How else will I kno to become insanely successful unless you tellhe would tell hed and ran a hand through his hair "I developed banking software, sold it, and now I invest in other, mostly successful, ventures to kill time Satisfied?"

"Not really," I said truthfully

"So how involved is Alli in your business?"

I wanted to know more about Blake’s infamous history, but I decided to circle back to it later since it seerinding ears yet

"She was my inspiration for the site actually After three years I think I’ve finally coh she still insists on dressingShe’s responsible forthe connections that have resulted in most of our paid accounts"

"You said her involveh"

"Alli’s parents are expecting her to get a job that pays et financing or grow ine that’s where she’ll end up eventually if things don’t work out here"

"How are you financing the site right now?"

"Honestly?"