#Chapter 261 – “Italy is Barely Europe”

About forty-five minutes later, the van pulls up to a chain-link gate at the airport. As the drivers stop the van to have a brief discussion with the guards, Amelia raises her eyes to glare steadily at Victor. He meets her eyes evenly, without emotion, and doesn’t break her gaze. She doesn’t intimidate him. Not for a moment. Instead, he cocks his head to the side and considers her – this woman who had such power over him when they were together. This woman who could change his mind with a single touch, even a single steamy look, on some occasions. He feels guilty, suddenly – for his people, his children, for Evelyn – that he let her have that kind of control. But even now, as he considers it, he realizes that Evelyn has that same control. That his attraction to her – his desire to be with her, near her, touching her nearly all the time – it supersedes what he had with Amelia. The only difference is that Evelyn would never do that. He had always known that Amelia was selfish – didn’