Mark had fire in his eyes when he watched his buddy Anthony introducing his desperate looking friend to Sheri. Anthony had Jill in a loose embrace as he was talking up his chum to Sheri. It was fair to assume that they were all paring up.
Not willing to see Sheri leave with another man. Mark sends Parkdale city news journalist Angela Wilks over with her crew to interview Sheri. When Angela successfully got Sheri in her corner for an interview, Mark lined up the Parkdale city newspaper to go over to her next. Mark knew that if the major local news outlets showed an interest in her all the other news media outlets would come flocking. Anthony's friend won't have the time to mingle with Sheri enough to convince her to get in bed with him... Not saying she's that type of woman... Just making sure the opportunity never presents itself. And when Sheri becomes overwhelmed with the intruding questions, Mark can just swoop on in and tell the paparazzi to take a break.
'Wow this woman got me doing things I never thought I'd do...' Mark thought to himself. 'Cock block.'
While Sheri's being occupied providing news coverage, Msrk wouldn't have to watch her so much.
***
Mark and his wife spent some time schmoozing to some folks and made out with $79k. Happy with this result Monica was ready to go home.
"Hun let's wrap things up, we've done really well for the night." Monica couldn't wait to get out her heels.
"Hunny, there's five more potential donors that can help us get in on that Dream program." Mark stressed.
"Yes, but close to $80k is good for a noncharitable event." Monica says, thoroughly impressed with what they collected.
"Okay let's just try to get it to $100k and we'll call it a night. Cool?" Mark coaxed.
"How bout YOU make it an even $100k and come home when your done. Cool?" Monica rolled her eyes at him.
"Okay, okay, but you know I do my best work with you." Mark pointed out.
"You can get $20k without my assistance, I'm going home." Monica turned to leave without even a kiss goodbye.
Monica was irritated about his brazen behavior from earlier. She couldn't believe he asked for sex in public and had the nerve to order alcohol. She didn't care if it was a joke. She left hoping he'd learn to not do that again. They will talk about it later.
***
Mark neglected to tell Monica that he had already schmooze $1.3M earlier so they were sure to get a piece of action on the Dream project.
Without having to inquire about any more donations, Mark was free to... mingle... 😏