Chapter Three
The day after the episode at the stables, Matt had to go on a trip to an art fair, where his agent had arranged for him to give some master classes in painting. He was glad of the three-day break. It gave him a chance to review the situation with Elizabeth, consider how it might go forward. And he liked the idea of leaving her alone to mull over the consequences of her impertinence to him. Would she be less assertive the next time they met?
The evening he got back he went straight from the airport to her apartment. She greeted him with a hug and showered his face with kisses. She brought him a drink and then stood over him as he sat on the sofa, sipping her excellent pinot grigio.
“Well, Sir?” She stood with hand on hip, looking jaunty in her tight-fitting jeans.
“Take yo
