Chapter 18
Drago couldn’t get the teasing vision of Chase on her hands and knees out of his head, which made securing the staff’s cooperation a much more difficult task. Fortunately, he’d been able to resolve the linen crisis earlier. Nothing a little of his money and a new contract brokered by Rita couldn’t fix. The staff would simply make the other linens disappear, and intercept any communications with Santini.
But then Inez showed him the awful mosaic, and the headache that had been brewing all morning reached pounding. The tile was exactly what he’d ordered, but now his chest tightened as he absorbed it in all its horrific glory. The thing looked like a blood splatter, and was obnoxious against the ivory walls and white marble floors of the hallway.
He’d attempted to track down the
