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Satisfied with my plan of action, I climb into the shower and turn on the water to freezing cold, relishing in the ache in my bones and my stinging skin before I turn up the temperature and relax.
I have been distracted today with Isla Harding, but tomorrow, shit gets done. There are several issues that need dealing with swiftly and ruthlessly, and for all I’ve enjoyed having Gideon the man out to play this last day. Gideon the Don needs to get his eyes off Isla and back onto business.
Solitaire doesn’t run itself and for my sins, that responsibility lands on me.
20
DANTE
Sitting in the M25 traffic was an absolute nightmare, but I’ve hit the M1 and am nearly at the junction to the M6 motorway, which will take me all the way up the Lakes where that arsehole is supposed to be. If I’m on a wild goose chase, I will kill him regardless of anything else going on.
It didn’t take me long to reach the getaway car, parked in an underground garage some way from the office, and this drive has given me time to think.
Ringing Jem through the Bluetooth, I wait while she answers. “About time,” I grumble.
“Well, excuse me for having a life. By the way, before you say anything else, Sebastian Christchurch has been following you. I saw him outside the office.”
“Oh, really? And you know what he looks like because…?”
“Oh, please. Everyone knows what he looks like. He is hardly a simpering wallflower about London.”
“You fancy him,” I tease her.
“Noooo.”
“You do.”
“Blonde hair and hazel eyes are not my thing.”
“No, because when they are on a bad boy, it’s really not your style, is it?”
“Fuck off.”
Chuckling, I can see her blush from here.
“Besides,” she says, clearing her throat. “He is your enemy, so he is mine. And I’ve got my eye on someone else.”
“Oh, do tell?”
“Nope. You will interrogate him, and that’s just a big no.”
“Hmm. Now, you’re only intriguing me more.”
“Shut up and tell me why you rang.”
“Ah, yes. Who did Sophia poach from that agency?”
“Hmm. Hang on, it was in the file.”
I wait while she rustles about.
“Someone called Isla Harding.”
“Picture?”
“Sending it to you now.”
“Thanks. I’ll contact you again soon.”
