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“You don’t like beef?”
Derek shook his head. “Not really, plus I’m watching my weight.”
Chance looked over at him. “Why?”
“Corporate image is everything,” Derek answered.
He started with his soup and salad.
Chance shrugged, not understanding the comment. He supposed Derek worked at some company that insisted on its employees maintaining a certain weight. “I like you just the way you are.”
Derek smiled. “Thanks. You have a nice body, too. Do you work out at the gym as well as jog?”
Chance shook his head. “No. I just jog. I try to run once or twice a week. Do you run?”
“No time,” Derek answered. “But I do try to take advantage of the gym at work when I have a moment between meetings.”
There was that word again. Chance cut into his porterhouse steak and ate a piece of it. The meat was tender and seasoned just right. “You attend a lot of them?”
Derek nodded. “Too many.”
Chance tried the soup. Minestrone. His favorite. Edna got it just right. “This steak is so juicy and the soup reminds me of my childhood.”
“I’ll have to tell Edna,” Derek said. “She will be pleased.” He lifted his glass of wine and sipped.
Chance couldn’t help but notice Derek checking him out.
“Are you married?”
Chance looked up. “Who me? No.”
“Dating someone?”
“Not at the moment.”
“So, what’s it like being a photojournalist? I suppose you meet a lot of people.”
“Yes, I do. I like doing my job most of the time. It’s fun making babies laugh.”
“Do you just work for the one company?”
Chance shook his head. “No, I work for several other magazines and do some online articles. I like the fact that I can basically sit in my apartment in my pajamas and work most of the time and I don’t have a boss breathing down my neck all day. What about you?”
“I don’t have a boss either, but sometimes I work very long hours.”
“Meetings?” Chance asked.
Derek nodded.
“What exactly does a pharmaceutical company do?”
“We develop, produce, and market drugs,” Derek answered.
“You mean like Tylenol?”
“Yes, something like that.”
“Wow, is there good money in it?”
