Elliott could no longer maintain his smile.

Laurence actually knew all that.

How many times he and Manny had met, how many of those meetings were actually for business, how many times for pleasure, and even the fact that Ms. Tindall beat him in their drinking contests.

Manny had not told Laurence anything about their collaboration, but Laurence really did know all about it, and was even rather impatient with his habit of dragging his feet.

“Our collaboration, uh, I have considered it careful