It's Me And Not You

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Really Daniel Carter, I scream at myself in my head. Why on earth would you say that?

The woman gets up and I can see that her high heels make her to be eye level with me since she is shorter than me. She is mad, no that is an understatement. She is really furious. She grabs the remainder of her cocktail and tosses it on my face and wordlessly walks away from me.

That wakes me up from my day dream and I must say ,I feel ashamed of myself and embarrassed. I look around and I see that everyone is looking at me. Luckily for me its just a few people as most of the guests have gone inside the conference room by now. The media representatives are also inside. I don't even want to think of the headlines that this scene would have created. " Billionaire Bachelor gets dump by girlfriend at a prestigious party" . " Dan Carter is loosing his charms" I just hope for my sake that no one took pictures or recorded  this scene.

I am drench in the cocktail drink now. Luckily I always keep a spare shirt and some pants in my car. I once spilled coffee on myself and had to wear a suit jacket to cover up the stain. And it just had to be blazing hot that particular day. From that day I vowed to always be prepared and besides it has been the wisest decision ever. Sometimes my meetings will run over and I spend the nights in some of my hotels and it helps to have a change of clothes last minute.

I walk over to John and the intern, I can see that they are trying really hard to keep they laughter in. "Sir, I will get the spare shirt for you in the car."  The intern volunteers and leaves me and John chatting.

" It seems like you are loosing your charms Mr Carter."

" Don't rub salt to my wounds John, they are still fresh"

"On the contrary Sir, I am just trying to lend a helping hand." John responds whilst he laughs and it is clearly visible that he is enjoying this.

"What did you say to her ? She looked really mad."

" Trust me, you don't want to know." 

"Ok then, But just know  that I am available at anytime of the day for you to consult me on the very best pickup lines."  He laughs again.

" I am not going to leave this down, I can see that. On a serious note, did you see if anyone took any pictures of this incidence. I will need to inform my PR team to be prepared to do some damage control."

"No, dont worry about that Sir, you were lucky as only a few people were remaining outside. And this happened unexpectedly and  most people were just shocked  to even remember taking out their phones"

The place is now completely free of the guests since the conference has begun. I am glad that I am not one of the first speakers tonight. This will give me enough time to change and come back. I am the last speaker today. My job is easy,thank the guests for attending this conference and tell them to enjoy the evening whilst is last before the two formal torture sessions this weekend.

"Sir, here is your shirt" The intern says when he returns. I really should ask John his name that I have forgotten again.

They accompany me to one of the bathrooms. They wait outside, whilst I go in and change. As I am busy changing my shirt, my thoughts go back to this mysterious woman.  I don't think she knows who I am. I can usually tell when someone recognises me, in the case of single women. They will try to get my attention by doing all sort of annoying things and some will even flirt with me. This is good for me because I can finally ask  a woman out that does not have an agenda of using me for my money. Though I think I blew that chance with her already. The only good thing that came out of my stupid behavior today is that I now know for certain that she is not married. I saw that she was not wearing a ring on her finger.

I am going to find her and I will apologise for my stupid comments. She probably thinks that I am a womaniser. Why did I make this situation difficult for myself? It is going to be even harder to get her to go out with me.  Oh shit, I just remembered I don't even know her name. How I am going to even find her in this crowd? I start to panic... Then I hear a knock on the door.

"Sorry Sir, the MC is looking for you now. You have to go on stage soon." 

Oh no, I was suppose to be 5 minutes tops, here I am day dreaming. I have finished washing my face and I am buttoning my shirt up now. I take another look at myself again, I think this look will pass. Then I go out of the bathroom. When I am outside,I see the three gentleman waiting for me.

"Shall we?" I say.

And we all make our way to the conference room.

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