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Marcus laughed. “Good work, Olivia. And on the first day too,” he added.
“I just got lucky, but I get the feeling if I was following him today the result would have been the same.”
“What makes you say that?” Garrett asked.
“The way they were together. They couldn’t keep their hands off each other, and they were very open about it.”
“Like I said, Olivia, good work—very thorough,” Marcus said as he looked over her report.
“Where do you want me to go with this now?” Olivia asked.
“Stay on them. See what you can find out about how long it’s been going on and what you can find out about her,” Marcus said, pointing to the picture of the woman.
“Yeah, like confirming that her name is actually Abril Arrington for openers,” Garrett commented and shook his head.
“I’m on it, Mr. Douglas.”
“And it’s, Marcus. We’re all pretty informal around here,” Marcus said and stood up. “Why don’t we talk about this tomorrow, see where we are once I talk to the client.”
“Sounds good,” Olivia said.
After leaving Garrett and Olivia in the conference room, Marcus returned to his office. He stopped and told Janise to call Mrs. Daniels to see when she could come in. Ten minutes later, Janise informed Marcus that Mrs. Daniels would be in to see him at four o'clock.
Marcus sat back in his chair and thought about Mrs. Panthea Daniels. He wasn’t about to deny that he was very attracted to her. Marcus had never been involved with a married woman before. He always thought it was bad business. He sat; holding the information Panthea wanted in his hands and was now curious, for selfish reasons, what she would do with the information. Panthea wouldn’t be the first person who, after getting the evidence of a cheating spouse, stayed with them. Only time would answer that question, but that didn’t change the fact that he wanted her. The only real question then was what he intended to do about it.
At exactly four o'clock that afternoon, Panthea stepped off the elevator wearing a Maggy London matte jersey, charmeuse-trim, halter, silk dress with a dazzling silk pleated waistband and sash tie. It’s flattering halter style showed off her shoulders and back.
“Good afternoon,” she said to the receptionist. “Panthea Daniels. I have a four o’clock appointment with Mr. Douglas.”
“Good afternoon, Mrs. Daniels. If you’ll have a seat, I’ll let Mr. Douglas know your here.”
Panthea thanked Angela and sat in the waiting area. She was excited about seeing Marcus again after having had dinner with him the night before. Panthea could tell that Marcus wanted to kiss her while they were standing by the car. If he hadn’t said goodnight when he did, she might have done much more than just kiss him.
It wasn’t long before Panthea was told she could go to Marcus’s office. After exchanging pleasantries with Janise, Panthea went in the office. She found Marcus sitting behind his desk.
“Come in, Mrs. Daniels, and have a seat,” Marcus said as he watched Panthea walk toward him. “You look very nice in that dress.”
“Thank you. I’m glad you’re pleased.” Once Panthea was seated she said, “I just want to say I had a very nice time last night.”
“I enjoyed your company as well. I hope it won’t be the last time.”
“I can assure you it won’t be,” Panthea said confidently.
“Before we get any further off track, let me talk to you about why I asked you to come here today.”
“You mean it’s not because you couldn’t spend another minute away from me,” Panthea flirted.
“Well, it’s that too.” Marcus smiled. “But actually it’s a bit more serious,” he said and picked up the envelope. “My investigator has come up with some information that I have to share with you.”
Panthea looked at the envelope. “You know, when Janise called and asked me to come here today, I never thought that it was because you already had something. I mean, I really thought you just wanted to see me. But those are pictures, aren’t they?”
“Yes, Panthea, they are.”
“How graphic are they?”
“Not at all.”
“Why don’t you just tell me about it first, and then I’ll look at the pictures, okay?”
