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“What’s on for you this week?” I ask as I mindlessly run my fingers through her hair.
“Just work.”
“I have to go away today.” I open my eyes.
“What?” She looks up at me. “For how long?”
“Until Friday.”
“Oh.” She lies back down. “Okay.”
I roll her onto her back and drop my lips to her neck. “Let’s go away next weekend when I get back.”
“I am away.”
“I’m not. I need a break. I can be back early Friday, and we can leave as soon as you finish work.”
“Really?” she asks.
“Yes, really.”
She smiles, and I drop my lips to her nipple to give it a hard suck. “I’ll look forward to it.”
15
Olivia
“So?” Giorgio sits back on the chair in my office. His mischievous eyes hold mine and I have a sneaking suspicion that he already knows. “What have I missed?”
“Nothing much.” I roll my lips to hide my smile.
“I’ve missed nothing?”
I pretend to type.
He lets out an exaggerated sigh. “Why must you torture me, my darling?”
“Torture?” I smile as I type. “How so?”
“Have you seen Mr. Ferrara?”
I turn my attention to him for the first time since he’s been in my office. “What do you know about Mr. Ferrara? How do you know him?”
“Rico and I have been friends for years. I knew his father.”
“And how exactly did it come about me coming to Milan?”
“Rico called me.”
“And said what?”
“He asked me if you had applied for a job there two years earlier. I said I would check it out. I found when I searched your name that you actually had a current job application in place. I called him back, and he asked me if I could arrange for you to be in Milan.”
“But why wouldn’t he call me himself? Why would he need the excuse of Valentino?”
He cringes. “I know, I thought that, too. How exactly did you two meet?”
“Our eyes met across a crowded room. He came over and translated the menu for me, and then he joined me for dinner.”
