I had been meeting with a prospective client for several days at his suite in a downtown hotel, doing my best to secure a contract between his company and mine, in the face of what I knew was some very stiff competition.

I finally succeeded, and it was late on a Thursday afternoon when Aaron and I finished wrapping up the details.

Aaron was in his mid-30s, just a year or so younger than me. He was a bit young for a CEO, but then he had inherited the position from his father, who had started the company. He was an attractive man, with very bright blue eyes — the same kind of eyes that had first attracted me to my husband. I had tried to avoid looking too deeply into those eyes, as my firm policy had always been never to get overly friendly with a client.

Now, as I was getting my things together... Read More