Page 104 of The Thorne at My Side
"It's what the color reminded me of." I shrug.
"I can't wait to meet her.” Elle laughs.
“What’s funny about that?” I ask.
“Well, the girl who has Austin Thorne painting his nails and comparing the color to nature has got to be someone special."
"I have a feeling you two are going to get along splendidly.”
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Today I'm going to trail Maggie. It isn't stalking, I'm not going to do anything, I just want to see how she spends her day.
I've got a meeting tomorrow morning about a new venture. It was inspired by the night the boys brought in thebig gunsand some compelling data I was able to dig up. Plus, I think Elle would be great at running the whole thing and I could be the CFO and let her make strategic decisions.
But, today, I'm on Maggie watch.
Sam has been helpful, she told me where she is teaching and then it was pretty easy to find the classroom and time online. Thatday I met her after her class, Greg and I sat in the car and watched her walk off campus towards Adams Morgan so I think she walks to and from Georgetown.
It's like an hour long walk so I was also surprised to see her out for a run the other morning.
I had gone to Sunrise for the gift card and was waiting for Maggie to leave for work when I just happened to look up the street as she came jogging down in my direction.
Jumping out at her probably wasn't the smoothest of moves but I couldn't let her get by without stopping her.
It worked out perfectly. The way she smirked as she walked into her building? Heaven.
And then the back and forth with me on SMS Connect? I could hear her smiling through her words.
Felix keeps reminding me to be patient, to wait until I'm sure she's fallen for me.
Austin me.
She has to be so smitten with Austin Thorne that she wishes DCFox is me.
I have to be careful with what I say as DCFox, I don't want to tip her off but I don't want to throw her too far off the trail.
The goal of following her today is to find the places she visits often so I can pop in and be there. That's my current strategy. Be there.
It's not complicated, it's not sophisticated. It's simple. Straight forward. Show up, be there, and be myself.
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"So what did you find out?" Felix asks as we crack open beers in his kitchen.
"I found out she walks to and from work. She listens to something while she's walking and I don't think it's music because she never sings along. She carries this purple water bottle with her but I never see her take a drink of it. And her purse slides off her shoulder, a lot."
"Interesting, so what are you going to do with that information?"
"I asked Elle to recommend some bags and I'm going to buy her one."
"So your strategy is to buy her affection with gifts?"
"Maybe, I think she likes it. You should have seen how her face lit up when I gave her the bakery gift card. Plus, I want to treat her, surprise her, spoil her. Let her know that Iknowher and what she needs, maybe even wants. It's not like I'm spending it on anything else."
"True, but before you go buying her a Birkin, I'd make sure she doesn't have an attachment to her current bag or that she's not a minimalist or something."
"Good point," I say as I pull out my SMS Connect phone.
