better. Their session in his chamber had left her sore but nonetheless s he was besotted – hopelessly falling for him and it didn’t matter any more if he took her to his chamber and tormented her with whips and things. Just as long as he continued to make her feel the way he had minutes ago when she climaxed gloriously and twice at his hands,
“Good – go and get ready then because Luisa is expecting us in less than an hour.”
Gina showered and put on a strappy summer dress and a pair of heeled sandals. She didn’t need much makeup her skin was glowing and h er hair shone beautifully , she thought as she brushed it. Probably because the sun had sprinkled highlights through it she realised as it flowed and waved over her shoulders and down her back . She felt beautiful – she looked beautiful and that, she decided, was all down to Matthew , this wonderful place and how he made her feel.
“Grace,” she greeted her step mum excitedly as Matthew handed her his phone. “I’m fine, ” she responded to the woman’s concerns. “I t’s lovely here and we’re having a great time.”
Matthew had set the handset to ‘speakerphone’ so he could hear w as said between the two women but that didn’t stop the constant chatter and laughter between the two.
“You’ve had a visitor,” Grace told her finally . “A young man – he says he met you at that event you went to with Charlie. Kyle, Kyle Hastings,” she told Gina. “I didn’t say where you were but he seemed quite concerned about you. Of course I did my best to reassure him – I simply told him you ’d gone on holiday with some friends,” there was a pause. “Was that okay, Gina? Do you know him?”
“ Yes, but it’s nothing important, Grace. I think he just took a fancy to me that night,” she explained catching Matthew’s questioning look. “Charlie will have told him where I live and that’s why he’ll have come round but don’t worry.”
The idea of Kyle Hastings going to her house looking for her was unsettling. It probably had something to do with him knowing she was in Matthew’s penthouse that night. He must presume that she kn ew something , she realised . His boss, Benito Carlotti , would love to have the information she’d found. T he rivalry between him and Matthew was intense .
“Are they looking for me?” She asked him once Gra ce had hung up. “They must suspect that I have information. They won’t come here, will they?” She asked suddenly worried about her safety.
“ If they did it might teach you to keep your pretty nose out of my business ,” he smiled. “But no, they won’t come here because they’re only guessing - they don’t really know that you have anything at all , do they?”
Matthew knew nothing about how Kyle had helped Gina that night so he was puzzled why the young man had gone to the trouble of calling at her house.
“You must have made an impression on the young Mr Hastings,” he decided. “I can’ t say I blame him.”
“He was nice, pleasant and when I left you he did invite me to have a drink with him. But I refused, of course,” she assured him. “I was going to meet you, remember, so Kyle Hastings had no chance I’m afraid.”
Matthew smiled. She’d also charmed him that night but he was mindful that she’d had an ulterior motive for wanting to be with him. She ’d been on the prowl for information, information that she ’d planned to use against him or so she ’d thought. He frowned, Gina had spoiled his plans in a big way that night by stealing from him but not in the way she thought.
The journey to Paraggi was a short one and took only minutes in Matthew’s sports car. As they pulled up in front of the hillside house Luisa was at the door to meet them.
Once again she hugged Matthew tight and kissed Gina on the cheek.
“She is bellissima, bellissima ,” she said enthusiastically patting her cheek.