It also ensured Channing would come alone. Jocelyn and Nick were waiting for him when he arrived, already settled at a quiet table in a far corner where they wouldn’t be disturbed. They rose and embraced him. There was no question of their loyalty to one another. Channing wondered how those values would play out now in the wake of Alina’s scandal. Would they opt to advise him to distance himself from her or would his friends take her into the fold? Jocelyn poured each of them a glass from the bottle on the table. ‘A whole bottle?’ Channing teased. ‘We’ll be here all afternoon.’ He wasn’t sure what kind of sign that was. None of them was a heavy drinker and a bottle seemed quite ambitious. ‘We don’t have to drink it all.’ Jocelyn set the bottle down. ‘I didn’t want to be interrupted by a waiter. I thought a bottle would ensure our privacy.’ He smiled, but his eyes were serious. ‘It seems we have a lot to talk about.’ ‘I explained everything yesterday, Seymour has made a habit of taking loans out against properties that aren’t his—’ ‘No,’ Jocelyn interrupted.
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