persian napped in the soft bedding set in the corner of the room, while giovanni donned his best suit and pulled a bottle of wine from one of the drawers from his desk. it was saved only for the most important occasions, and per- haps this was one of those occasions.
archer and ariana were his only executives left to meet with--petrel and proton were still gone, missing, who knows where they'd left to? yet he could always count on the two he had left. they were loyal 'til the very end. and they were to meet him this afternoon.
yet at last minute, archer called in, claiming he couldn't make it. excusing the executive for the day, it would only be him and ariana. it had been a long time since they'd been together, alone. tension beneath he and his ex-lover still arose every now and then. it would be a risky meeting, but they had things to talk about.
already he was pouring two glasses of wine when the door creaked open. brown eyes flickered upwards to meet the gaze of the redheaded woman. he smiled, lips tugging upwards tightly. "it's nice to see you," gio- vanni said, taking a seat. "come, sit down. you know there are things to discuss."
