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guys, I really must go myself," she said. "I have got to find my handbag and get a taxi. Monday morning I start work on the contract and I'm going to spend tomorrow preparing.
    "Lovely to meet you, Nick, and I'll speak to Katherine in the week."
    "Yes, definitely. Ask her to call one of our drivers. It's been good to meet you and I look forward to us working together."
    She didn't go through with the charade of walking round the terrace looking for a handbag that she knew was in the apartment but she kissed Olivia on the cheek. "Nice to meet you Olivia," and then, after shaking hands with Nick Hensen, made a hasty exit.
    "Quite a head turner," Olivia said to Nick after she had left. He didn't respond.
    Inside, Lord and Lady Ashton and Tavis Hamilton were still engaged in conversation, although the latter looked bleary-eyed, finally succumbing to the whisky he had been drinking for many hours.
    "Oh, here it is," she exclaimed, picking up her bag. "I'm so forgetful."
    "Alex, dear, welcome back, come and sit down," said Lady Ashton.
    "Oh no, Eleanor, I really must be going now."
    "But stay here longer and then you can sleep over at ours. We are only in Bayswater."
    "I'd love to Eleanor, but I'm starting on Nick's contract on Monday and tomorrow I need to prepare. All the stuff I need is back in my flat. And it's just ten minutes in a taxi.
    "So lovely to meet you and Lord Ashton," she said, pecking both on the cheek. "And you Tavis...must keep in touch."
    He rose with what little en ergy he had left. "My darling, it has been a pleasure and if I didn't have such a wonderful wife you wouldn't stand a chance.
    "Give me a call when you fancy an afternoon drinking whisky in some seedy Soho bar, and I'll pick up the bill," he added while handing her his card.
    "Sure will," she replied.
    She then went to find Katherine. In Park Lane there was no shortage of taxis to hail but how to get out of the apartment with the elevator that could have been in a James Bond film?
    "Hi Katherine, I'm going now, I'll get a taxi downstairs."
    "Oh don't be silly, we have a driver sitting all bored on the bonnet of his car, waiting for someone to take home. Let me give him a call."
    "Do you mind. I've felt quite like I've been playing above my league all day. I think just getting in the back of a black cab and going back to my normal life would be...sorry, it sounds rude...but a bit relaxing?"
    Katherine smiled. "Well, you are certainly not playing above your league but I do understand what you are saying. A bit like taking your boots off after a day at the shops.
    "Nick has told me to call you in the week and I'll do that. Let me sort the lift for you."
    A short walk up Park Lane, outside the Hilton, she got into a cab. "Shoreditch please." On the journey she wondered how she could be so relieved to escape one of the best days she had in ages.
    What to make of everyone. There was Tavis Hamilton, witty, clever and friendly but clearly suspicious of her; Lord and Lady Ashton, adorable and funny; Katherine Price, ever so smart, lovely in looks and personality and amazingly efficient. And Nick, rich, attractive but easygoing...and a total flirt.
    She opened the door of her flat with relief. Away from the beautiful people, she kicked off her heels and enjoyed a late-night snack of cheese on toast while watching a rubbish movie on T V. "Bliss," she thought.
    By the time she dragged herself into bed, it was nearly 3 am. As she drifted off to sleep, she planned the day ahead. She'd spend an hour with the Sunday papers and the afternoon working on the Hensen contract.
    But as she dozed her mobile phone bleeped with a text message. It startled her to hear the distinctive tone at that time of the night. It read simply: "Beware Nick Hensen." It was from a number that she didn't recognise but the end of the message carried an invitation to use a company that offered a free online SMS service.
    What the hell does it mean, and who sent it? she thought.
    She got out of