Chapter 216

She just hoped that her potential client kept their appointment, Orla thought as she walked through the entrance of the expensive and very exclusive boutique hotel suggested by the client as a meeting place. Far too exclusive and discreet to have anything as commercial as a foyer, its entrance hall was more like the entrance to a private home.

An elegantly dressed woman wearing what Orla suspected might be Chanel greeted her and suggested that she might like to wait in a private sitting room, overlooking their equally private garden.

The hotel had been designed by a very well-known design team and showed all their hallmark touches. Orla was impressed and envious.

It had been six weeks since she had left India, and each one of them had felt like its own special version of hell.

Things had to get better. She had to get better. And she had to get over Arni. She had to stop loving him and wanting him. She had to.

"Hello, Orla."

Arni! She stood up, and then had to sit down again as her leg