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Holly comes in with the champagne and we move over from the desk to the sofas placed on one side. She pours us the champagne but there’s still no sign of the client. Liam keeps talking, about the new projects and about his life and how happy he is to have me as a model, and hours pass without me having noticed.
“Sir,” Holly comes in. “Mr. Liddell says he won’t be able to make it. That you should do the signing yourself.”
“Fucking Liddell,” Liam says out of nowhere.
Holly blushes but doesn’t move. “He says he has an early flight tomorrow,” she continues. “He says he will catch you in Vienna.”
“Whatever,” Liam says.
“Sir,” Holly says. “What would you like me to do about the dinner reservations?”
Liam turns to me. “What do you say, Sebastian?” he says. “Should we go for dinner? I’m starving and I’m sure you are too.”
“Sure,” I say glancing at the watch. It’s almost 7:00. There’s still about three hours left for my plans with Teague.
“We’ll go in the limo,” Liam says.
“What about my car?”
“We can come back here if you want,” Liam says. “Or you can pick it up when you come here tomorrow.”
“But I won’t have a car for tomorrow.”
“My chauffeur will drive you anywhere you want, Sebastian. It’s not a problem.”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure!” Liam says, getting up. “Now, let’s go. The reservation’s for 7:30 and there will probably be some traffic at this time.”
“Where are we going?” I ask when we get into the elevator.
“BOURBON.”
“BOURBON?”
“What you don’t like it?”
“Actually,” I say. “It’s my favorite place in Springvale.”
“They have the best Camembert in my opinion.”
“Yes. They do.”
Liam laughs. “You seem surprised.”
“I am. I’ve never seen a connoisseur of French food in this town.”
Liam laughs harder. “Next time,” he says. “I will invite you over to my place. My chef makes the best buckwheat crêpes and pan-seared foie gras. And I have a nice collection of Boudreaux that will go perfectly with it and that I think you’ll enjoy.”
“If I didn’t know any better,” I say, as the elevator doors open. “I’d think you’ve been stalking me for years to find all this information and now you’re using it to keep me bound to that contract of yours.”
“You never know, Sebastian.” Liam says and gets out of the elevator ahead of me and turns to face me. “I might have done exactly that.”
He winks and it makes me laugh. “You’re nuts.”
“Thank you for noticing!”
“And full of yourself.”
