Nadia waited until Simmy was seated beside her before checking her watch. She wanted to make sure he noticed her doing so to reinforce her sense of urgency. In her experience, the super-rich boasted short attention spans and mercurial personalities. They were also risk takers content to push timetables to the limit.“It’s 11:35,” she said. “Four and a half hours left. And that’s if I want to push it. And I don’t want to push it.”Simmy’s driver handed him a computer tablet from the front seat. Simmy took the tablet and cast a bemused look at Nadia. “Push it? When did I ever suggest I wanted to push anything with you?”Nadia blushed.“When someone tells me something,” Simmy said, “I remember it. I don’t need to hear it twice. And when I give my word I’m going to do something, my word is good. I’m going to have you in Vladivostok on time.”“I didn’t mean to offend you,” Nadia said. “It’s just that dealing with you is even harder than dealing with the president and prime minister of Russia.”“This I have to hear.”“Same idea, fifty percent more complicated.”“How so?”“You are oligarch, client, and friend.
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