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"Here I am," he replied and squeezed ood to see you I've had a hell of a day and I need some Lexi time"

He removed his jacket and slipped off his shoes

"I'm all yours," I said and took his hand I led hie "Here you go,for you but not as impatiently as I have been" I picked up my non-alcoholic beer and took off the lid and we clicked our beer bottle necks together and toasted each other

"To us," Luke said

"To us," I replied with a sn"

"So, my queen," Luke said and sat at the island "Hoas your day?"

"Great," I replied I told him about my seminar, and he watched while I put the ribs in the oven They had already been precooked, so all I had to do was caramelize the barbecue sauce Dinner would be ready in less than an hour, so we had enough time to catch up on our respective days

"Tell me how your day went," I asked

Luke took in a big breath and then exhaled heavily "If you want to know the truth," he said "It sucked the big one"

"How come?"

Luke ust "John and I spent the entire day trying to convince another investor to go in on project with us For some reason, he's hesitant and I don't understand why We have a lot of experience in startups and we have connections, but he's giving us the cold shoulder We have another etting this strange vibe off him"

I frowned "That's too bad," I said "I'm sure there are a lot of others who you could connect with for funding Besides," I said "I thought you had enough "