Madeline grabbed her coffee and settled into her desk. The last two and half months had gone by quickly and she had settled into a nice routine with work, going to the gym and her social life…There still hadn’t been a lot of dates but she had gone out with her coworkers a few times and there was always her weekend brunch dates with Jazmine.

She had been working diligently on a recent campaign for a watch company that would run in some major fashion magazines so she was determined to bring nothing but perfection to the table.

"Madeline."

Madeline jumped back from staring intently at her computer screen, "Oh hi Mr. Thomas!" She said with surprise.

“I'm sorry I didn’t mean to scare you and for the last time it's Vince, I’m not your father." He said with a smirk. "Anyway, Mr. Windsor wants to meet you. Before you panic, it’s all good news I can assure you! He has taken notice of your work lately, especially this watch campaign and wanted to discuss it with you." Madeline’s heart was about to beat out of her chest. She’d never met Mr. Windsor but as the owner of the firm she was naturally going to freak out a little.

"Yeah ok, wow! Um now or?" She stammered a bit as she tried to gather her thoughts.

"No sometime this week, his assistant will send you an invite. I’m not surprised he wants to meet with you Madeline, I told you in your interview your portfolio speaks for itself and you have incredible talent." He gave her cubicle wall a quick pat and then walked back to his office.

"Well how the hell am I supposed to stay focused now?" She muttered to herself. She took a few moments to collect herself, guzzle down half of her coffee and channel all of her anxious energy into finishing this watch campaign so that she could walk confidently into her meeting later this week with Mr. Windsor.

"So has your boss or like…boss’s boss rather ever called you into his office?" Madeline asked as she took a sip of her martini.

"Uh no but it’s not the same in a hospital. What for? Disciplinary matters? That’s the only reason I could ever see getting called into the hospital directors office." Jazmine replied.

"No not discipline, sorry I’m not making any sense. My boss told me today that the owner of my firm wants to meet with me this week and that it was good news. I guess he’s noticed my work…although I'm not sure what it is exactly he wants to talk about." She said as she nervously played with the olives in her glass.

"Holy shit Maddie that’s great news! Ya know, I told you when we graduated you were going to kill it, stop doubting yourself. Have you ever met him before?" Jazmine rubbed Madeline’s arm and lifted her glass for a cheers.

"Thank you, I know I’m just nervous and anxious…No I haven’t met him and weirdly I don’t have a clue what he looks like. I know he has a private elevator so he doesn’t have to interact with his minions." She said with a laugh.

"Ok let’s look him up! That way you can imagine his face when you’re preparing your speech you’re going to give him about how amazing you are and that he should give you a raise!" Jazmine said as she reached for her phone.

"Ha, ok I’m not asking for a raise less than three months in but yeah let’s look him up, his name is Bennet Windsor."

Jazmine furiously typed his name into her cell phone and then froze. "Oh my God," she exclaimed with dramatic pauses between every word.

"What?" Madeline replied as she furrowed her brow in confusion.

"Umm ok, so remember that guy we saw in our boxing studio?"

"What? Yeah why?" Madeline was now thoroughly confused. "Just spit it out Jazmine. Actually let me see the phone." She went to grab Jazmine’s phone but her hand was smacked away.

"Sooooo HE is the guy from the boxing studio!" She squealed as she turned the face of the phone toward Madeline.

"WHAT?!" Madeline grabbed the phone to get a closer look as if that would clarify anything. "Holy shit Jaz he is so hot!!! How am I going to keep my shit together in a meeting with him?! He made eye contact with me at the boxing studio and I tripped over my own feet!"

Jazmine laughed and grabbed Madeline’s arm, "This is amazing, and I can’t wait to hear how you nervously sneeze on him or something." She continued laughing as Madeline crossed her arms in annoyance. "No really Maddie you’ll be fine. It’s just too funny, I mean what are the odds?! Don’t sweat it though, just keep telling yourself he’s your boss or your boss’s boss and that will put you in a business mindset."

Madeline sighed, "Yeah you’re right…but we do have to change gyms!" She said in all seriousness.

Madeline had set her alarm thirty minutes early to ensure she enough time to pick out the right outfit, get to work in plenty of time to not feel rushed before her meeting with Mr. Windsor and of course give herself a pep talk in the mirror before she ran to catch her train. Her meeting wasn’t until 10:00 am and she was always at work by 8:30 am which gave her plenty of time to enjoy a cup of coffee and get about the day’s business. She was deep in though going over some image details for an upcoming vitamin campaign when her computer alerted her to her meeting that took place in 15 minutes. She jumped and grabbed her chest as she silenced the reminder.

"You okay Maddie?" Jason asked as he walked by her cubicle.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, was just lost in work I guess." She smiled casually while her breathing calmed.

"So are you coming out with us tonight? A few of us were going to check out that new Ramen place off of Huron." Madeline tried to listen to what Jason was saying but she was completely distracted.

"I have a boxing class tonight actually but next time for sure." She said as she gathered her portfolio and pen.

"Sounds good, your loss though…I was buying tonight." He said with a wink as he walked away.

Madeline’s heart felt like it was about two seconds away from leaping out of her chest as she rode the elevator up to the top floor.

"Oh my god my boobs are sweating!" She said to herself as she readjusted her bra. She felt like a newborn deer as she walked towards Mr. Windsor’s assistant. The top floor looked like every top floor office you’d seen in movies…a lot of windows, streamlined black and white decor and of course a massive corner office where Mr. Windsor commanded his empire.

"Hi there you must be Madeline?" A small, chipper woman looked up from the desk outside his office.

"Hi, yes I have a meeting with Mr. Windsor at 10." She managed to squeak out.

"He is just finishing up a call and he will be right with you." She said with a wide, toothy smile. "Can I get you anything to drink?"

"Oh no I’m ok tha-" She was interrupted by the intercom beeping and a deep voice.

"Janice you can send in Miss Strickland now thank you."

“I’ll send her right in." She replied as she got up to walk Madeline to the large doors of his office.