“You should say yes next time.” “No.” “Why not?” “I’m not going out with some stranger. And I’m not dating a client.” “Why not?” she said again. “People do it all the time. The stranger thing, I mean. Aren’t we all strangers these days?” She pointedly glanced at her cell phone. “It sort of feels that way, sometimes.” He couldn’t help but let his gaze rest on her familiar face. “We’re not strangers.” “No, but you’re not gonna date me.”
