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Her gaze upon the other wo face was limpid

At her side, she could hear Theo clear his throat suddenly She almost frowned That couldn’t possibly have been a sh, could it?

Then he was intervening, his voice smooth and emollient

‘Christina—Victoria, as I’m sure you know, is Aristides Fournatos’s niece’

The other woman smiled It was her turn for a shot now, and she took aim pointedly

‘Of course—and I’ratulate you on an excellent match Fournatos and Theakis—a formidable commercial coated her lover’s er, ‘you must tell me when you will be free for lunch I need your business acu the best investment of my divorce settle out Vicky

Vicky could feel herinvestments in that slinky voice she’d eat her nonexistent hat! She stood there, a fixed, doggedly polite slass of wine, until with a final throaty laugh Christina Poussos reached up, brushed her ains

t Theo’s, and glided off again

‘Until Friday, then, Theo darling,’ she murmured, in a Parthian shot that found its htened around the stelass

Forcibly she ot up to with Christina Poussos Or anyone else

Deliberately she raised her wineglass and took a larger mouthful than usual

I don’t care I don’t care squat

Not even microsquat…

And why should she? She hadn’t even wanted to ive squat about hi on with any women She just didn’t particularly want to know about it, that was all

Brightly, she turned to Theo, fuelled by the wine inside her