“Okay! I’ll wait for you.”
Vera Ashford stopped pressing and hung up decisively. Moments later Sebastian Cole’s phone lit up with the address she had sent.
A flicker of regret crossed his mind. Had he exposed too much interest? What if she used those drawings against him later?
He dismissed the thought. Once the truth came out, their paths would never cross again.
“Vera Ashford,” he murmured under his breath, “you’d better not disappoint me.”
Meanwhile, at the Sinclair residence, Derek Sinclair sat staring at a list of restaurants. He still felt guilty about the cold way he had treated Naomi because of Vivian. Now that he had a free afternoon, he wanted to invite mother and daughter out for a proper meal and make amends.
He had narrowed the choices down to a few places and was about
