Ahead, Carol noted the man standing to the side. Which was normal, if he hadn’t been holding a phone—aimed in their direction. Had someone leaked to the media about her return? She could already see the headline: “Young Heiress Returns Home to a Ruined Empire”. She’d been featured plenty in the past and was surprised it still bothered her.
“All right, Carolina,” Ricardo leaned forward, blocking her from the line of the camera. “Now that introductions have been made, why don’t we get to know each other better?”
Catching her wary look, he gave her an easy smile, bringing out a shallow dimple on his left cheek, covered with a day’s worth of stubble. It gave him a roguish, masculine appeal she was trying hard not to notice.
“I’ll go first. I already said my name is Ricardo Santos. My friend
