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“You sure?”
“I’m sure,” Victor replies. “Go and get some sleep.”
Evelyn nods. Then nods again. She flashes me a weak farewell smile before she heads to the elevator to her room.
Yeah, her poor heart...
“Me? I can’t take a night off,” Victor tells me. “I am starting a movie tomorrow, but I’ve got an important dinner date tonight that I simply can’t miss.”
“What dinner date?”
The actor merely stares at me with those impossible blue eyes...
Oh. He means me.
I’m the important dinner date.
I raise the glass of fresh Italian spring water to my lips and look out at the view over the beautiful old city. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of this sight, that’s for sure.
Victor has decided to take me around the corner from the hotel to a terrace restaurant that overlooks the skyline. All the domes and churches surround us. It’s the most Italian experience you could ever hope to get. I really do feel like I’m in a movie.
“So you’re just having water?” Victor asks me, his eyebrow raised.
“Yes.”
“You know you’re not paying, right? You know you’re not paying for any of this? You can choose anything to have.”
“Yes, I know,” I say.
“You could pick any drink you’d like. A glass of wine, cocktails...”
“I don’t drink,” I reply. “I’m happy with water.”
Victor leans back in his chair as if the information is some major discovery.
“You don’t drink?” he asks me.
I nod. “No.”
“Why not? If I may be so bold as to ask.”
I shrug.
“I saw my ex drink when he gambled,” I explain. “I saw the worst, ugliest side of it. I don’t want to touch a drop, but I don’t mind if other people do.”
It’s Victor’s turn to nod now.
“Okay, then,” he mutters. “I won’t drink, then. Not around you.”
“You don’t have to do that, Victor. I really don’t mind...”
“I want to,” the actor replies sternly. He’s deadly serious. “I’m not going to drink while our... agreement is in place.”
“Okay. Thanks for that.”
“How do you find Italy?” he asks me, curiosity burning in his blue eyes.
“It’s incredible,” I reply. “I guess you’re used to it, though. I guess you’re used to flying all around the world in your private jet.”
