My Secret Valentine Page #5

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- Need some help?

- No. I have a system.

You wouldn't understand it.

I've got a system too.

It's called a smartphone.

I like to write stuff down

because it actually helps me

remember it better. Plus, I

don't wanna have my head

in my phone all day.

I'm sorry, what?

What? What did you say?

(Chloe chuckling)

- That's very funny.

Oh! Here it is.

OK.

Yeah. OK.

All right. You have

a product he needs.

He needs you more than you

need him. You have a product

he needs, and he needs you

more than you need him.

What's wrong? You OK?

No, it's... it's this owner.

He has the most successful

restaurant in town.

He never buys from us.

My dad has tried for years.

Wait here.

(sighing)

This is our

special edition blend.

You'll be the first restaurant

in the Valley to have it.

My customers expect

something nuanced.

Oh, it's a complex blend.

It's a... cab franc,

petite Bordeaux.

(with Southern accent): Well,

I'll be! Is this

the Grange blend?

I've been huntin' this down

ever since the blind tasting

in Lyon.

- Uh... Lyon?

You know, some people

prefer Paris, but...

you give me Lyon any day.

What blind tasting?

I was just there

last month. I didn't

hear about this.

It was invite only. You know,

for top collectors.

- Yeah.

- You're a collector?

I'm a buyer for private

collections only. Yeah, there's

a lot of money in Texas oil.

They just need a little help

with taste... if you

know what I mean, pretty lady?

- Yeah. Sure.

- Yeah. So who are you?

I own this restaurant.

Hmm.

Well...

in that glass sits the wine

that beat out wines

from Bordeaux

and the Rhone region.

My top collector friends

would flock to any place

that carries it.

Yeah. You know, maybe now

that it's had a little time

to breathe, you could

give it another taste.

(sniffing)

It does have the complexity

of a Bordeaux.

It just needed to breathe.

- You're absolutely right.

- Well, you know,

let's cut to the chase here.

How do I get

an entire case of this?

- Oh, you know...

I'm so sorry.

I think you're out of luck,

'cause he was just about to buy

both of the cases

I have with me.

- Oh, come on, buddy!

I mean, you can't

spare a few bottles?

I have

a long-running relationship

with Chloe's father's winery.

I wouldn't

want to do that to her.

- All right, all right.

I know when I've been beat.

- So sorry.

Well, you know...

you win some, you lose some.

Look, your place might need

a little help with the dcor,

but... I'll be back

with some of my friends,

all right? Have a few

of these bottles.

You have a good one, pal.

Bye. Take care. OK.

OK, good.

Ahem.

Thanks again!

(laughing)

(sighing)

That was amazing.

That was amazing!

(both laughing)

(Chloe sighing)

Wait, a blind tasting?

Where do you come up

with this stuff?

I read about it online.

(without accent): I didn't

do anything. I just set you up.

You closed it. Two cases!

I know, right? Two cases!

I didn't think he'd buy

a bottle, not to mention

two cases! Thank you!

Really, thank you so, so much.

(Chloe laughing)

(sentimental music)

No problem.

Your accent was

overkill, though.

What?!

I've been working on

that accent, OK?

I thought my Texas accent

was actually better

than my Finnish.

(upbeat music)

OK.

You hungry?

Uh, yeah, I kind of am.

Yeah, me too.

I got an idea. Why don't you

keep working and I'll

go grab us something, OK?

- Really?

- Yeah!

- OK, great!

- Yeah, it looks like

a good place over there.

All right?

All right. Thanks.

Any requests?

Oh, I'm... I'm

not picky. Anything.

You're not gonna

leave me, are you?

I would never.

Maybe.

I might.

(Seth laughing)

I'm watching you!

No, I won't.

This is so beautiful.

(Seth):
I just found it

while driving around.

You're in for a treat.

This is the perfect bite.

Mm!

What do you think?

That it's delicious.

Who are you?

What do you mean?

You blow into town

with your...

your city swagger

and your car salesman ways

and then... and then

you do all this.

I can't figure you out.

Why don't we stop talking

about business? All right?

I just, I never get

a chance to relax.

You know what?

You're right. Neither do I.

(sighing)

This little picnic would

be delicious with a...

a bottle of our cab franc.

- Oh...

- Have you tried it?

Yeah. It's good.

"It's good"? "Good"?

Yeah, it's really...

it's really good.

It's... fruity.

"Fruity"?

I'm sorry.

How do you...

how do you actually work for a

wine company and not know wine?

I focus on

the entire wine experience.

- OK? Not just the taste.

- Mm-hmm. Right.

For example, at Stratosphere,

we're known for making

boxed wine cool again.

Boxed wine was never cool.

That's just...

That's very funny.

You might be

Truman's daughter...

but...

I think there's

a lot more to you.

Who wouldn't wanna live here,

honestly, and talk

about wine all day?

I'm jealous.

I grew up with crowded sidewalks

and concrete parks.

Yeah, but what about

your camping trips?

Those stopped when I was 15,

after my dad died.

I traded...

life in as a good old boy

to be a full-time city kid.

Seth, I'm sorry. I didn't know

about your dad.

- Oh, no. It made me

who I am today.

Now I just work as hard as I can

to be as successful

as I can possibly be.

Success can...

can be protective,

but is it really fulfilling?

Well... what do you

think fulfilling is?

Being passionate

about what you create

and not selling out.

Um...

you know, I just never had a...

...family business

to fall back on, I guess.

I...

you know, just because my family

started this,

it doesn't mean I haven't

had to work incredibly hard.

And... don't you ever...

doesn't it

ever bother you that...

you come in and you just buy out

the thing that people

have put their heart

and souls into?

Actually, people...

thank me for allowing them

to grow far more than they

ever could have imagined.

Chloe, do you think I'm...

I'm coming in and trying to take

everything away from you?

Because I'm...

I'm just doing my job.

See, that's what...

That's what worries me.

We should probably...

Sorry, we should probably go.

Yeah.

I love it here.

(slow sentimental music)

Hey... are you OK?

Yeah. Yeah, everything's fine.

Thanks for today.

No problem.

Let me.

- No, I... I got it.

Really, I'm fine.

No problem.

See you after.

OK.

(engine starting)

(soft upbeat music)

"Your bill is racking up."

(soft chuckling)

OK.

"Does your handyman experience

cover advice

on dealing with a jerk

at work?"

Hmm.

"Hello. I find

that the best jerk repellant

"is doing the unexpected.

"Instead of fighting back,

smile.

"The jerk is only a jerk

if you let him get to you."

(Truman):
Chloe,

I need your opinion.

I was thinking two reds and

a white for our Festival booth,

but... which ones?

- I think--

(Seth):
Well, here's

a thought. For the launch

of our new canned spritzer,

we would do "freefills."

So, for every two cases we sold,

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