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‘Will you be staying to watch?’
‘God, yes,’ Matteo said. ‘And sorry if you don’t like it but if you do place, then I’ll be in Italy too. Don’t worry though. I shan’t be breathing down your neck.’
And for the first time, possibly ever, Abby imagined just that—a man breathing down her neck, or even on her neck...
Not just any man.
Him.
He expected her to backtrack, to maybe push for a lower place, but instead she looked straight back at him.
‘We’re going to do better than fifth.’
He really, really hoped so.
And so, too, did she.
‘Right,’ Matteo said and called for the bill and then he asked for her bank details.
‘We haven’t placed yet.’
‘I’m just making sure that you do.’
He paid and then asked for a driver to take her back to her hotel. ‘My sister Allegra has got a big charity event tomorrow. I think we should go.’
‘You said...’ Abby started but Matteo overrode her.
‘Everyone will be there, including the press. It might rattle the opposition if they think you’ve got a Di Sione on board.’ He tapped the side of his head. ‘Mind games.’
Oh, it would seriously rattle the opposition and Abby would take any edge that she could get.
She thought of Hunter and that terrible night and she had to beat him this year.
It was her only chance for revenge.
‘Abby, you need to ooze confidence,’ Matteo said. ‘Doesn’t matter how you feel on the inside.’
‘Please.’ She rolled her eyes. ‘It’s easy for you...’
‘You don’t know me,’ Matteo interrupted. ‘But believe me when I say, never let them smell fear.’
She nodded.
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nbsp; ‘So will you come?’ he asked.
‘Yes.’
‘Good,’ Matteo said. ‘After tomorrow I’ll leave you alone to do your thing. If I send a car for you at ten would that be okay?’
‘There’s no need for that. I’ll meet you here.’
‘Sure.’
When her car arrived it was Matteo, rather than the driver, who opened the door for her, and they spoke for a moment before she got in.
‘I’ll see you tomorrow,’ he said and she nodded and then he shook her hand. ‘And you need to dress up.’
