Chapter 173

‘Back to the hotel, boss?’ Dashiell’s driver asked, breaking the tense silence. Dashiell shook his head. ‘No, Davis. Follow that car. Discreetly, of course. Don’t let him see us.’ Davis raised an eyebrow, a silent question hanging in the air. Dashiell knew what he was thinking. Why follow his rival? Especially now, when their bitter rivalry over Elodie had reached a new low. But then, moments earlier, he had seen Sebastian Fontaine leave the same building, accompanied by a man Dashiell vaguely recognised as Ari’s assistant. Dashiell was aware of the animosity between Sebastian and Elodie. Now, seeing Sebastian and Ari seemingly working together gave Dashiell a flicker of hope. Maybe this was something he could use to drive a wedge between the couple. ‘Just do it,’ Dashiell said when Davis did not move, his tone leaving no room for argument. The black car purred back to life, manoeuvring silently into the stream of traffic, keeping a discrete distance behind Ari’s Rolls-Royce Phantom. D