Chapter Eight: The CEO And His Little Man

For the next twenty or so minutes, Ethan engaged Angelina in small talk and as they discovered that they shared mutual likes in tech gadgets, movies and suchlike, the conversation became even more animated. Within a very short time, they were laughing their heads off and high-fiving each other like good old buddies.

Meanwhile, Maxwell, who had realized that his icy glares and subtle throat clearing weren't going to work as Ethan was deliberately ignoring him while the little man seemed oblivious, resigned himself to getting some work done with the laptop in front of him.

About thirty minutes after take-off, a busty air-hostess with the name tag that read Valerie, sashayed her way over to Maxwell for the third time now in a row. Then, elegantly bending over to keep the menu in front of him while making sure she displayed her silicon 'assets', Valerie fluttered her fake lashes as she spoke in a sultry voice.

"Mr. Gallagher sir, you've been rejecting my offers of breakfast but it's