To Avine's dismay, the billionaire was in no way surprised to hear that name.
- - Ah, here we are finally at the heart of the problem. So she really did talk to you. He continued with deceptive calm. And she didn't leave anything out.
- You... you knew this woman was there and that she was going to talk to me. Mumbled the young woman seized with an awful doubt.
- That awful woman's name is Iselle Chapman. I liked her in bed. And yes, he admitted remorselessly and unsympathetically, I knew she was in the casino. That she would make sure to talk to you and tell you everything she wanted you to know.
This time she really looked at him as if she was seeing him for the first time, or better, as if in spite of all her talk about being aware of his nature and secrets, she was finally seeing what he really was.
- If I understand correctly, you have calculated everything down to the last detail! she spat, stunned by the manipulation.