Club Endless Fantasy (Haremworld)

“What do you mean by that?” I eyed her suspiciously.

“This is the beginning of your Infinite Fantasy, Gina, but like Harmony—your destiny doesn’t lie with just one man.” Her smile widened.

“Fuck!” I glared at her and felt my nostrils flaring. “I knew it. I fucking knew you didn’t just show up to introduce me to someone. I’m not interested in being set up with a bunch of guys.”

“You can try to hide from it, but you’re not going to find happiness unless you give in to your true desires.” Angelina walked up to me and put her hands on my shoulders. “You’ve seen how happy Harmony is.”

“Yes.” I exhaled sharply. “And I know you’ve got some kind of fancy shit that is supposed to match people with the person they’re meant to be with—which is the only reason I gave Joaquin my phone number in the first place.”

And that’s where it ends. I doubt I’ll even pick up the phone when he calls now that I know what you’re really trying to do to me.

“Harmony was resistant at first as well. Most people are. I don’t choose the journey or the number of passengers. I just help people find the path they’re meant to walk.” Angelina tilted her head to the side and smiled. “If Joaquin was the only man for you, my work would be done. I ran the algorithm multiple times. It always comes back the same for you.”

“So, two people that are best friends just happen to be destined to have the same kind of strange relationship?” I shook my head back and forth.

“Perhaps that is why you’re such good friends to begin with. You share a lot of the same desires—desires you’ve probably never even discussed.” Angelina nodd

ed and patted my shoulder. “Go on a date with Joaquin, but just get to know him. I’m not suggesting that you sleep with him—in fact, I insist that you don’t.”

“Why? I mean, I wasn’t planning on losing my virginity to someone on the first date, but why can’t I sleep with him if we’re destined to be together?” I tilted my head, feeling a little intrigued by her statement.

“Because, my dear.” Angelina patted my shoulder again. “Your virginity is someone else’s Infinite Fantasy.”

“Of course it is.” I sighed and pulled away from her. “I’m not playing this game, Angelina. Go back to New York or wherever you live now. I don’t need your help.”

Why the fuck did I ever take her card to begin with?

“Oh my god! You have to do it!” Harmony’s eyes were flickering with excitement when I told her about my meeting with Angelina.

“Harmony—don’t.” I held up my hand and felt my jaw tightening. “I know you sent her to find me. It’s too fucking convenient that she showed up right when you did. Let me guess, you were on the same flight? You plotted and planned all of this before the plane landed?”

“No!” Harmony’s face twisted to disgust. “I would never do that to you.”

“Then what the hell is Angelina doing in Chicago? There’s no way she came all this way just to see me.” I leaned back against the couch.

“Angelina does what Angelina wants. Trust me, I wanted to strangle her more than once when I was on my journey to find the men I was meant to be with, but in the end, she was right about everything.” Harmony shrugged and shook her head. “I don’t know why she’s here, but I think you should trust her.”

“She told me that I couldn’t sleep with the guy she introduced me to.” I looked up at Harmony. “She said my virginity was someone else’s Infinite Fantasy.”

“That’s… interesting.” Harmony grinned and her eyes lit up again. “Do you think it could be one of your old boyfriends?”

“God, I hope not.” I rolled my eyes. “I don’t have anyone in my past that I want to reconnect with. That’s why they’re in the past.”

“I was nervous too, but when the time was right—I knew it.” Harmony nodded and reached out to take my hand. “Just promise me you’ll go on a date with this guy. Even if it doesn’t lead to anything, just go on one date with him.”

“I’ll think about it.” I shrugged and squeezed her hand. “But for now, the only thing I can think about is work because I have to write up a report about Hal’s Pub for my bosses.”

“Are you going to recommend that they buy it?” Harmony let go of my hand and leaned back on the couch.

“They already want to buy it. My job was to scout it out, get a feeling for the atmosphere, and let them know if there are any obvious obstacles.” I reached over and picked up my laptop.

“So, are there?” Harmony raised her eyebrows inquisitively.

“There might be.” I exhaled sharply and chuckled. “The guy that asked me? He owns Hal’s Pub.”

“Interesting—the plot thickens.” Harmony made her eyebrows bounce in a comical fashion.

“One more thing.” I looked up from my laptop. “Angelina said you and I share some of the same desires—desires that the two of us have never even discussed. I found that interesting, since we talk about pretty much everything.”