Chapter 174

"Dante?" Grace said, not understanding what he was doing here or how he could speak English. "What are you doing here?"

"It's nice to meet you also," said Dante, with broken grammar and a heavy Italian accent.

"You learned English?" Grace asked.

"Yes. I realised I might meet another American beauty who didn't speak Italian," he said, still smirking at her.

Giuseppe interrupted and said, "Oh, you two know each other already?" Grace turned around to look at him in confusion. "This is my son, Dante Lombardi. He came here from his college in Pisa to help me during the summer break."

Grace didn't know how to feel about it. The last time they met, he was shamelessly hitting on her and Grace had rejected him because she was with Theo. She was scared that this might affect her chances to grow in the business. She knew she would have to get on good terms with him in order to make sure everything remains well at her job.

Grace turned to Dante and smiled, extending her arm to shake his ha