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off my case.”
    “No
problem. It’s an abuse of power with those kinds of guys, I see it happen all
the time.” He smiled his dazzling smile at me again. It was even more beautiful
and mesmerizing than it was the first time. I felt a lust for him pool in my
belly.
    “I’m
Sophia.”
    “Jason.” He
grabbed my hand in his large hand and shook it.
    “Nice to
meet you.” I smiled. “Now if you don’t mind, I have to clean up some dog shit.”
    Wrapping my
hand in a bag, I crouched down and did the task, throwing it out in the trash.
My cheeks reddened at this embarrassing situation, but it had to be done.
    I looked up
at Jason, who was laughing at me.
    “What?” I
asked.
    He shook
his funny. “Nothing - it’s just, it’s funny.”
    “Funny?”
    “Yeah.” He
smiled that heart-melting smile again.
    Holy
fuck, he was cute!
    If I hadn’t
just had dog shit in my hand, I would have felt like he was hitting on me. I
would have asked him out, even! But as it was, with his golden, toned muscles
and light mist of perspiration, he looked like a Greek God and I looked like a
woman who took care of six dogs all day.
    Nana, one
of the older dogs, began to howl and the others followed suit. The dogs barked
and wailed, making it impossible for Jason and me to speak.
    Jason moved
in closer to me, so that his lips were next to my ear. “Listen,” he said,
pulling off a band which secured his smart phone to his bicep. “I think you
should call me sometime - when you’re not so… preoccupied.” He looked at the
dogs before pulling off the case of his phone and sliding out a card which he
then handed to me.
    A
business card?
    What kind
of a man carries business cards during a run?
    A deep
voice inside me yelled: a man who picks up women at the dog park!
    “Call you?
Like, for dog-walking services?”
    He laughed and
I felt his hot breath on my skin. My cheeks flamed and my delicate hairs stood
up on end.
    “No, for
dinner. Perhaps this weekend.” Now his dazzling eyes were inches from mine,
looking deep at me.
    “Like… on a
date?” Hearing my words out loud sent a pang of embarrassment through me.
    “Yeah, like
on a date.” He smiled. As soon as he spoke my embarrassment disappeared. He
wasn’t laughing at me, he was enamored with me. He thought I was cute.
    His
mesmerizing dark eyes and cute smirk held my gaze. I smiled back, overwhelmed
that such an attractive man wanted to go out with me.
    “Okay.”
    “Great.” He
pulled back, strapping his phone back to him arm, but keeping his eyes on me.
“I’ll talk to you then.”
    Jason
smiled one last time before running back towards the path.
    Inhaling
deeply to take in Jason’s invigorating scent before it disappeared, I admired
his toned physique as he ran away.
    When he
finally disappeared in the distance, I looked down at the card.
     
    Jason
Powers
    CEO
Powers Corporations
     
    My heart
beat wildly in my chest, rattling against my ribs.
    Jason
Powers.
    The
pounding of my heart drummed loud in my ears.
    Jason.
Powers. Jason Powers. CEO Powers Corporations.
    I looked at
the card until the words no longer had any meaning. My thoughts kicked into
overdrive, trying to turn the situation into a positive, but the longer I
walked, the angrier I became.
    There was
no way that young, handsome man could be the man who destroyed this community
and took all our jobs. It was impossible.
    I crumpled
the card in my hand and held it in my sweaty fist as I walked home. The dogs
howled and barked the whole way.

~Chapter 2~
    By the time
all the dogs were returned to their owners, I sat at home, pacing back and
forth with my phone in my hand as I eyed Jason Powers’ wrinkled business card
which stared at me from the kitchen counter.
    What do
I do?
    Of course I
wanted to go on a date with this sexy man, but it was Jason Powers . If
my mother ever knew…
    I jumped as
the phone in my hand came to life, ringing loudly. I looked at the screen.
    Victoria .
    My heart
beat in my