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His calm demeanor spoke of experience. He wasn’t fazed by much of anything. That made Ivan think even bigger. Seth could handle whatever he had to propose. In fact, Ivan assumed the man felt more comfortable with the bigger ideas as opposed to the hassles of the smaller ones. After all, the man made a living selling multimillion-dollar boats. So why would a mere party rattle him? All Ivan had to do was come up with ideas to increase the popularity of his business and products, and Seth would be willing to do it.
Ivan caught on to that and felt a rush of energy overtake his body. He felt light-headed. Too much knowledge was traveling to his brain at once.
Yo, making these bigger deals is fifty times easier than that small shit, he realized. He’s ready to sign the check already. So I can just relax and give him the proposal next week. SHIT!
Lucina looked at Ivan for his lead again. Her quick-thinking partner was flooded with ideas, and she began to expect it from him.
“So, what do you think, Ivan?” she asked him again.
Ivan fell into a cool pose. In his mind, the deal was done. He didn’t even want to think about it anymore. He wanted to enjoy the boat ride now.
So he nodded and told Lucina calmly, “We’ll just think about all of our ideas and get back to him. Okay?” Then he joked, “We should have all of your girls wear something from Versace out here. The bright colors would all shine under the moonlight and bounce their images off the water.”
He looked back at Seth and asked him, “Does that happen out here at night?”
Seth smiled. He said, “You can only imagine how beautiful the nighttime is while out on a full moon.”
Ivan said, “I can imagine it. I can imagine it right now.”
He felt gleeful and happy, like dancing across the deck. He thought, I’m about to be a multimillionaire! It’s already in my cards. But I need to be bigger than just parties and a website. I need to form, like, Ivan David Enterprises or something: parties, promotions, marketing, website, real estate, cars, boats, accounting, and whatever the hell else I decide to get into.
Ivan walked over to the edge of the boat and breathed deep, inhaling the ocean air.
He said, “It feels real good out here, Lucina. It feels good.”
Lucina looked at him and smiled in front of Seth. But in the back of her mind, she thought, He’s getting a big head again. I know that look. And she began to feel distant from him. He was a blessing and a curse.