Chapter 4
He wasn't wrong about the restaurant, she thought. It was great. A hidden gem of a place. It felt vaguely familiar to Alex. Maybe she'd been here with her parents as a kid. She wasn't sure. It was a small cosy place and a short Italian man greeted them as they arrived. He obviously knew Harvey and sat them at a quiet table in a corner of the restaurant.
Their conversation came easy and any short silences were not awkward. To anyone watching, it looked like a pair of old friends catching up over dinner, albeit with a little mutual flirting thrown in for good measure. They talked more about work and Harvey filled her in on his colleagues. About Jessica being his mentor, about him now being Mike's mentor, about Donna being essential to his existence at the firm and about Louis being a pain in his ass.
Alex had many clients as high flying as Harvey and then some. These people earned crazy money and in turn spent it with her. So she was always surrounded by wealth and what it could get you. Hell, she made more than enough money to keep her in Hermes bags and Louboutins. She wondered how much it would cost for some of the city's top lawyer's time and Harvey confirmed it was $1,000 an hour. "Wow, you must be good" she said. "Oh I'm unbelievable" came his reply along with the sexiest smile Alex had ever seen. She could tell that this guy would be trouble if she wasn't careful. Harvey was just thrilled she'd walked straight into that one!
"So what would $1,000 get me?" Harvey asked and there was that wicked smile again. "It would get you a few hours of my time and maybe even lunch." Harvey raised his eyebrows, impressed that Alex's time commanded almost as much money as his. "I'm impressed; I like independent women that make their own money. This city's too full of gold diggers." Harvey added. "I do ok! I'm lucky that I love what I do and I'm very good at it. I work hard and I know my stuff inside out so when the paydays come, they can be pretty big" she replied.
Harvey was intrigued "so what's the most expensive diamond you've ever bought or sold?" "Last year I bought a ridiculously rare and expensive collection of diamonds for a client at auction and my commission ran in to eight figures". "Eight figures?! I'm in the wrong trade! Wow. Beauty, intelligence and her own money. You're the complete package!" Harvey said. "Yes I am" Alex replied with a knowing smile. Harvey wasn't sure how he felt about her earing more money than him initially, but then he soon realised it was a good thing. He'd dated too many women that only cared about his money and what he could buy for them.
As if almost reading his mind as it wandered to women he'd dated, Alex wondered how often Harvey came here, or more specifically, how many women he'd bought here. She got the distinct impression that he'd had more than his fair share of women. There was no way he could be that confident, that handsome and that cocky and not be a hit with the ladies. A subject they would discuss later, over their second bottle of wine.
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