Chapter 18

(Renata Pellegrini)

"There was an unforeseen event at the company, can we reschedule? ... I understand, I hate missing appointments too, but really this problem can only be solved by myself, I ask for your understanding... Well then tomorrow at eight o'clock, meet me there at the hotel", he turns off her cell phone and puts it in her pocket.

We exit the elevator and enter his living room, Veronica sits in one of the chairs in front of her desk, he motions with his hand for me to sit in the other one, I sit down. He goes to her seat behind the desk, crosses her arms over her chest and looks from me to Veronica.

"You almost lost me a million-dollar meeting!", he says with a straight face, what the hell! I didn't mean to get in the way of his business, I just wanted to teach her a lesson in it.

I try to keep my gaze upward, but her gaze is cold and emotionless, not unlike the first look he gave me when we first met. It makes me look away and fold my hands in my lap, am I scared, again?

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