Chapter Fourteen: Another Escape

The dinner was a bore to Arya. All that was going on was an auction, men eating and drinking and talking business but everything they said was a bit coded. It was from the conversation however that she discovered Juan was into the wine business; he had a vinefields of grapes and had orchards across several countries.

His enemy Dominic was also into a similar business but they had illegal businesses she could not really get wind of from the conversation.

"Excuse me," Arya mumbled to Juan standing up. She had already found a way to escape from him. She would go to the restroom and that way he wouldn't be able follow her. Instead of going to the restroom, she would find an exit and run away.

"Where are you going love?" He asked in a sensual voice standing and putting his hand on the small of her back.

"I need to use the restroom," she smiled at him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I'll be right back love."

Juan did not miss the sarcastic tone when she called him 'love'.

"Let's go."