Chapter 27

• They exchanged a few words and agreed to meet again in the evening, just wanting to make the proper introductions and get to know each other. They returned to the hotel in silence, indifferent, agreeing to meet again at 7 p.m. to go to dinner with the Forsythe brothers. The rest of the day would be spent sleeping, eating, resting, but above all, thinking.
• Ten minutes before 7 pm, Alessandra went down to the lobby to meet Dominic. She looked stunning that night, wearing a tight dark blue dress with long sleeves that reached her knees. She put on some gold high-heeled sandals, a matching clutch, left her hair loose and wavy, applied a deeper blue eye makeup and sealed it with a nude brown lipstick. She wore delicate accessories, grabbed her iPad that she couldn't leave behind, and waited seated on one of the sofas to go to dinner. Even though it was winter, in Hong Kong the weather was nothing like London's. The night was cold, but pleasant, so she didn't think she needed her coat.
• She waited for more than twenty minutes, it was already 7:15 when she checked her wristwatch. It seemed strange that he hadn't come down yet, as he was usually very punctual. She was about to ask the receptionist to call his room when she saw her approaching, looking scared.