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One of my esteemed readers pointed out that it seemed that an important part was missing - when and how did he propose to her? Unfortunately, he was right. When re-formatting the story, two chapters fell through the crack. I corrected this. My apologies.

Please don't forget to rate the stories. Nothing is better for an author than to feel that his efforts were appreciated - even when he is told something was wrong. At least it was read....

James lost his father and has found his love. All is wonderful now? His future mother-in-law, initially so supportive, gets upset with him and a final presentation to her on her company’s future, almost ends in disaster. There is a showdown, and she faints. James and Maureen recover her and finally, the situation is resolved. What else can happen? He gets promoted, they marry, and go on a honeymoon in beautiful Bali. His secretary turns from a duckling to a swan. Once in a while, the good guys win.

In the 1970s, I lived and worked in Sydney, Australia, and was always fascinated by the people and the country. Unfortunately, my career led me to other countries, and I settled in Brazil. Retiring about five years ago, I started writing a story about two people falling in love. To my surprise, the story took on its own life and developed into a long novel. I published it on SoL, and it was well received.
I was not too fond of it, however, and looked for an editor. No luck. It stayed in SoL archives until I found a very competent editor, who offered very graciously and competently to look through my story and improve it.
What you find now is a tale re-written, edited, and checked competently for errors and inconsistencies by rlfj, and much better than my first attempt. It is a fantasy about people falling in love, succeeding in business, having fun, resolving their problems, and improving the world.
The first part that you’ll read soon, shows a young German workaholic businessman meeting a young girl at a party in Sydney, and with the help of a bottle of Grange Hermitage, a Porsche Carrera, and Joan Sutherland singing Casta Diva, they fall in love. There will be problems - her mother is a successful businesswoman, with whom he tries to close a big contract, but she does not like him at all in the beginning, but in the end, they realize their love.

This is a re-write of a tale I started in 2016, and re-wrote it in 2021, breaking into 11 Chapters. It was generally well evaluated, with ratings between 7.5 and 8.00.

I re-read it recently and discovered flaws in the story: occasional lack of consistency and missing small parts (breaking into separate chapters was a bad idea), and small grammatical errors. Sometimes I had to stop and try to remember how the story developed. So, once more I re-wrote, re-edited, re-checked, and in general, improved the readability of the story. I also joined the chapters back into one long narrative.

It shows a tale about love, of personal relationships getting close and some fading away, of business challenges and successes, and of people deeply in love. It has sex (after all, this is a site for erotic stories), but the sex is only a basic ingredient of a much richer story, of people falling deeper and deeper in love. It might be too sugary for some, but I like love stories with a happy endings.

I hope that you enjoy reading it as I enjoyed writing it. Read the first chapters, and if you enjoy them, finish the tale and give me feedback. If you don’t like it, let me know and I promise to reflect on your commentaries.

A Long and Lasting Finish

All pieces come together, and the family is united, having friends they care for – and who care for them – and they made a long-lasting impact on their and others' lives. For them, a Fantasy about Love turned into reality.

The story is finished - it took me a long time to get here. I started it as an exercise to practice my English as I’m a German and have lived in Brazil for a long time. It slowly grew and grew, but now it’s done.

I had fun writing it (even after re-reading, re-spelling, re-editing, re-writing, etc., several times….). I hope that you had fun reading it. Let me know – I would appreciate it.