that if she had hung around it would have prevented this whole crisis? Had he actually expected her to stay and face the humiliation of his rejection when he had practically packed her bags for her? She shook her head in disbelief.
‘But still, despite your failing in this, Matteson’s is in an excellent location,’ he continued.
Here we go again, she thought. He’s just trying to convince me that I’m such a failure I might as well sell now.
‘Therefore I am willing to take a chance and transfer a small advance to your business account now, with the rest of the sum you desire to follow in a month.’
‘You are?’ Faye was so shocked that she almost knocked over her glass. But he had refused point-blank earlier. This made no sense. He hadn’t even looked at her proposal.
‘On one condition,’ he continued, his eyes glittering in challenge. ‘For the next month, you will take up where you left off six years ago, and you will learn everything you need to make Matteson’s a success. Then, and only then, will I loan you the full sum you request. When you return home you will have one further month to double your profits.’
Faye looked at him, wanting to see something in his expression that would suggest he was joking. It wasn’t there.
‘And if I fail?’
‘The restaurant is mine.’
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