Chapter 64

The following day, Olivia apprehensively waited for the time she was going to meet Matteo later. She thought about how to phrase the question as nicely as possible, but she couldn’t think of any way to ask him about his feelings without sounding self-absorbed. She sighed many times when she was in the elevator as the time for her appointment was drawing closer. Matteo’s secretary asked her to wait on the sofa and went to check to see if Matteo was available, because she had arrived a few minutes early. When Matteo heard that Olivia had arrived, he told his secretary to let her in. He didn’t want to keep his sister-in-law waiting for too long. When Olivia entered his office, Matteo gave her a friendly smile that seemed to just reaffirm her suspicions. She couldn’t understand why a person so high up would take an interest in her if they didn’t have ulterior motives. “Mr. Bowes, I heard that you were able to talk to Dawn and get my designs back into the project, so I wanted to say thank y