Chapter 11

• Maksim became Dani’s most frequent companion. The dog seemed to have no qualms trotting behind her wherever she went, though it would come as no surprise if he had a camera attached to his leash to track her whereabouts.
• Dani spent another cold, grey afternoon walking around the gardens of Alexei’s estate. For the entire week she’d been here, not once had she seen a ray of sunshine peek through the sky. It was laughable to think that Alexei considered this his summer home when everything seemed to be in a perpetual state of dreary, depressing cold.
• In any other waking moment in her life she wouldn’t be out here choosing to freeze to death, but the frigid air helped clear up any ridiculous notions of Alexei liking her, after what happened last night. So what if he called her pretty? He could be pulling her leg just to throw her off, and she would be stupid to try using that against him anyway. He would never fall for it, and he was in a totally different league. This was not the time to be playing games, and not with that kind of man.