"Twenty percent?!"

Even Andrew, who prided himself on his unshakable poise, couldnt keep the shock from flooding his features.

Nino had just dropped an unexpected revelation: Nino International Auction Housean empire in its own righthad been partly built on his mothers twenty percent stake.

The two of them had stepped into a bistro near the auction house afterward, the low hum of conversation around them sinking beneath the thrum of their own. Over ...