Chapter 330

Gregorio stared down at the message on top of the pile he had picked up from reception on his way through the hotel to his suite.

Would you please meet me at Garstang at eight o’clock this evening?

There was no signature on the message. But there didn’t need to be.

Only Chloe could have sent such a request, asking him to meet her at the same restaurant, at the same time, as he had previously arranged.

Gregorio read the message a second time as he stepped into the lift, torn between crushing the piece of paper to a pulp in his hand and a grudging feeling of admiration for the position Chloe had deliberately put herself in.

Because she now knew he'd been lying to her about her friend Alana...

That might be so, but nevertheless, Chloe had to know that by asking him to meet her at Garstang, of all places, she was leaving herself open to the same humiliation she had deliberately inflicted on him previously—that he might now be the one not to turn up for the date and leave her sitting at th