Knight in Shining Suit
she said to me, in between tears.
“Thank you very much, Astrid. It was a job brilliantly done,” Jacob said, shaking my hand.
I said goodbye to my assistant and then I went down the front steps. True enough, a familiar McLaren was parked in front of the hotel. As soon as he saw me approaching, Ryder got out of the car and opened the car door for me.
We drove in silence. I didn’t know what to say to him. I would have babbled endlessly with Ryder Woodson, the bartender, but I was seriously tongue-tied now, in front of Ryder Van Woodsen… apparently the richest bachelor in town!