28 A CONTRACT AND CLAUSES

“The tire of my car burst on the road and Giovanni showed up. Long story short, he gave me his car,” Anna summarized, glancing at the sports car through the restaurant's window. She looked away, turning her attention to the empty restaurant. “By the way, was it really necessary for you to rent out the entire restaurant?” “—We could have easily gotten a private room,” she told him. If it was someone else, she'd have assumed they were trying to impress her and unless she was in a parallel universe, that wasn't his intention. “I don't want to be in the same room as you.” His words caught her off guard, his cold tone freezing the hair on her body. “So you're saying being in the same room as me is tempting,” she muttered under her breath as she took a sip of the cup of coffee in front of her. She looked up to see his lips pressed together in a thin line as he squinted at her. Shit! He heard me. “I would ignore you, but it's rather dangerous to have you carrying around such r