asiness and looked at th

the lastest Jap

as I predicted

usual', Sharon said wi

ngry. It was infuriating. She wished he

, 'So unless you want to tel

home', he said, 'About

e and she was looking forward to it. It had been so long that she had been anywhere interesting

ay in bed for a week, so he won't

'll?' Sharon asked but

. Nothing serious He asked me to explain it to y

ut of sorts and really I'll for the past few days. He really needs a long vacation but a week in bed is a start. Well, I'd better cancel eve

the phone but Bryan gentl

trip is still on. It's just th

aron said

of that but he wants the bank to be represented and he is supposed to give

t the need to ask Bryan to give the talk when

hioned view of the role of w

e obviously!' s

the right time to argue with him, so I just went along with his directives

her to pass and she picked up the scent of his

ing all the travel documents

ave to be change

with it', he said as he turned to wal

p. Only her loyalty to David made her decide to g

agazines and newspapers and tried to ignore th

off and in the end, they were t

ng as Sharon had envisaged

r hotel, she was barely able

turned out to be charming, beautifully furnished and a magn

a while, gazing out. Even in the rain, Rome was sti

the window and went into her modern bathroom to take a long warm fragrant bath, pour

ing of the conference was at nine o'clock the following morning and was scheduled to take p

ad wanted a peaceful place to retire to when banking policies be

er bed to sleep and her dreams w

art when someone k

rst where she was.While she had slept,

alked to the door to open it after stumbling out of bed. The

ng ultra- civilized a d menacingly prim

ly shaven face and sleek black hair, his gleaming black eye

, working on instinct buried deep inside her, too deep for her to be qu