Chapter 101

REJECTED

“How can I repay you? Name your price”.Brian searched her face, which was curiously devoid of expression as he sipped his wine.

“This is a trap”, he thought.Whatever I ask for is either going to be too little or too much”.

“You needn't repay me”, he said. “There's nothing that I currently need”.He said, as he dropped his empty wine glass back on the tray.

“This glass of 1994 Bartolino is thanks enough.Besides, you saved yourself. Even if I hadn't warned you, you would have been fine”.

The guests looked from Brandy to Brian, confused that he would decline a reward.

Brian, however, was watching the subtle changes in Brandy's face as she processed his deliberate words.”I know that many customers here have had indecent thoughts about me”, Brandy thought.

“I expected this man to be at least a little bit shy around me, but he's not”.

When a beautiful woman offers a reward, most men would ask for a date or at least money. What kind of man turns down any reward?And then there's the w