Chapter 20

The curtain is due to go up at any second as we take our seats back in the box, Alexi guiding me to sit between him and Mr Demagio, and as I do so, the older man slides a concealed stroke over my thigh out of Alexi’s viewpoint with his thumb. I do not react but keep my cool and plaster a smile on my face, but my skin is recoiling across my body, and my insides clench.

It would appear that I have been out of this game too long, and my short stint working in Alexi’s club has dampened my immunity to unsolicited male groping. I have lost some of my edge and am not as immune as I used to be.

His young friend on the other side sits forward to peer over the balcony, utterly oblivious to her dirty old escort, and I hope it is her father for her sake and their relationship is innocent. I don’t see any facial similarities that suggest this is her Daddy, but you never know.

“You’re a charming creature Miss Walters, most alluring. Mr Carrero, you are a lucky man to get to deli