Chapter 262

‘Mind if I come in?’ Elodie asked. ‘Sure.’ Dashiell closed the door after her. ‘Drink?’ She accepted a glass of wine from him. ‘Thanks.’ He was curious about why she’d come. During their last meeting, she basically told him to get lost. Had something changed in the last couple of days? Where did she go? And where were those bodyguards who were always following her around like a shadow and scowling at him with disapproval? If the bodyguards were gone, did that mean Ari was back? Dashiell studied Elodie’s face. It was pretty as ever, but there was something different. It took him a while to figure it out. It was her eyes. They seemed to have matured ahead of the rest of her body. Sadness, relief, bitterness, and a whole range of emotions that weren’t there two days ago. Elodie took her time with the wine. This might be the last time she ever sat in the same room with Dashiell and had a peaceful drink with the man. ‘About La Hacienda.’ She set down the drink and straightened. ‘I’ve got th