Rupert crinkled his nose then relaxed. A glimmer of hope flashed across his face as he decided Edward must have been joking. He smiled again, pleased by his stellar reasoning. “How did you know about my visit with Dr Hausner, then?” Edward savoured a tiny sip of wine before responding. “The same means by which I know about your meetings with my former patients.” Moorely wasn’t smiling now. Before he could speak, Edward unleashed the flood. “And by the same means I know about your little fixation with my Isabel.” Rupert’s normally ruddy complexion was vacillating between various hues of white and red. He opened his mouth to object, but Edward was quicker. “While I can’t say I’m thrilled by the way you pleasure yourself to thoughts of my dear girl night after night, I must tell you that

