Chapter 24

Sam didn’t know why he kept glancing at the entrance of the restaurant after the girls had left. Why he thought by keeping an eye in that direction he’d get a glimpse of Chan, he wasn’t sure.

Beside him, Nina was bored stiff, and when the conversation went deeper into the business side of things, she’d had enough and excused herself.

“I really must go,” she said. “I’ve got appointments tomorrow.”

“Sure,” Sam replied, disinterested.

Jayden and Alec waved her farewell.

The fact was, as rude as it might sound, the men were quite relieved when she was gone. On that note, they relaxed and started joking around.

It was a little while later when they were on the topic of football that Sam saw the young woman he wanted to see most at the door.

Dressed in a white cocktail dress, her long hair done up into a loose bun, she was breathtaking. The moment he saw her, he wanted to walk right up, pull her into his arms, and kiss her passionately.

She and the other young woman in a sexy black dress we