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Seeing Leitner next to E like they were old friends started a fire inside rew into an inferno when his focus turned ave me a once-over, dismissed me as inconsequential, and returned his attention to her

Money was power, and if I were my father, I’d use this opportunity to let Leitner know exactly hoerful I was But I preferred the indirect approach He wouldn’t know me as an adversary if I came at him as a friend

My tone arm and pleasant as I strolled toward hiirlfriend beatsmile “Vance Hale”

The Austrian took it, and his grip was as strong as I expected it to be “Hale? Like the bank?”

“Yes, like that” I slipped an arm around Emery and was pleased at how she responded There was no hesitation She leaned into me and acted like this was natural for us Her sleepy voice froh my head

It can be real if you want it to be

Part of er part of me warned that I should be cautious She’d et close to me, and then toldto do whatever needed to be done I’d gotten the suspicionOr that she had an agenda I hadn’t been clued in on yet

But her friendship with Jillian? That seeuilt couldn’t be fabricated because no one was that good of an actororme I didn’t knohat to believe

Petra materialized froe srabbed his hands, and dropped a friendly kiss on his cheek “I thought I wasn’t seeing you until tomorrow”

He looked sheepish, but only for a split second “I came early Monaco is a special race and I’ve always loved this track”

If that were true, he had to be one of the only drivers who felt that way Since the race was run on the winding, twisting streets of Monte Carlo, the cars never got up to full speed, and there were rarely any opportunities to overtake Janssen told me it wasn’t Formula One; it was rush hour traffic

Petra dropped one of his hands but used the other to pull him toward the back “Well, then, since you’re here, I’ll have Phineas pull soether for you”