Lover by Design
Celeste said, sitting.
“Naturally. I knew in Monaco. I knew before Monaco, if we’re being precise, which at this table we may as well be.” He poured wine no one would drink. “I’ve simply been enjoying the performances. You’re both very good. It seemed a waste to end the show early.”
He talked, because Ferrand always talks, and because tonight he’d decided to let us see more of the board than he ever had.
“You’ve been operating,” he said, “under a charming misconception. That what happened to Harlow was a defeat. A great machine, exposed, dismantled, its maker arrested. A victory for the good and the dull.”