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‘I asked Watson Russell if he knew anything about the ano up along the coastline and he told me that it’s been Cape’s baby from the start True or false?’
‘I believe he is in charge of those accounts’
‘You believe?’
Kate took a deep breath and did her ut her—but it was next to i into her, he didn’t cause anything but a rapidly beating heart, a drypalms which she surreptitiously wiped on her skirt
‘He’s in charge of those accounts Exclusively Perhaps you could explain what it is you’d like to find out?’
Alessandro pushed hih the office, noting in passing how little there was of her personality in it No cutesy photographs in frai seascapesor works of artor adorable puppiesor semi-clad firemen
He said nothing for a few seconds, then spun to face her, hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets
‘Quite by chance a batch of files was delivered to me—probably because “Private and Confidential” was stamped so boldly on the envelope that the post boy must have automatically headed up to the directors’ floor I scanned them and there appeared to behow shall I say this?certain discrepancies that need checking out’
He couldn’t keep his eye on every single senerously indeed to do that, and with the fat pay packet careat deal of trust
He trusted his people not to try and screw him over
‘There are a couple of snize II do knohat they’re called’
Kate paled as the significance of what he was saying began to sink in
‘You catch on quickly,’ Alessandro said approvingly ‘I had actually come down here to confront Cape with these files, but in his absence it ht be a better idea for you to have a look at them and collate whatever evidence is necessary’
‘Evidence? Necessary for what?’ she asked faintly, and flushed when he raised his eyebrows in question, as if incredulous that the point of what he had said e Cape is nearly at retirerandchildren’
‘Call me crazy,’ Alessandro said, with such silky assurance that she wanted to throw the goldfish paperweight at his handsoe of rieved Of course I could be coht very well be a simple explanation for what I’ve seen’
‘But if there isn’t?’ She was unwillingly raceful way hewhere his hand was shoved in his trouser pocket
‘Well, the wheels of justice have to do soed ‘So, here’s how this is going to play out: I a to hand the files over to you and you are to exa you know Cape’s password for his computer?’
‘I’m afraid I don’t’
‘In which case get one of the coh every single docuet back to me out of work hours’
‘Out of work hours? What are you talking about?’
‘I think Cape’s been eoing round the houses, but that’s the long and short of it I had no idea that he was in sole charge of this project Had he not been I ht have been inclined to widen the net of suspicion, but it fundamentally comes down to just one man’
He paused to stand in front of her desk and she reluctantly looked up—and up, and up—into his dark, lean face
‘Froreat deal of ht be why no alar period of tireat deal, and if there are dummy companies involved’