Chapter 252

‘Well?’ Ari prompted when Elodie refused to give him a straight answer. It was a simple question, damn it. ‘Well…’ she drawled, relishing the way he cared so much about her reply and tried so hard to hide that fact. ‘It’s not the same.’ ‘What is?’ Ari frowned. ‘You and Adriano. Both handsome, but in different ways.’ She studied her boyfriend, who looked just as comfortable and relaxed lounging in a cashmere sweater in their little Swiss cabin as he did commanding attention in a charcoal grey suit in a corporate boardroom. ‘You are more of a James Bond type, suave, confident, king of the business world. But Adriano, he gives off a more…Indiana Jones vibe. He looks like the type who could easily survive in the wild with nothing more than a whip and a satchel.’ ‘So you are saying he’s more adventurous than me.’ Knowing how much Elodie enjoyed the outdoors, the comparison bothered him. ‘No. I’m just saying he’s charismatic in a rough-and-tumble way.’ Elodie set down her mug of chocolate, c