Being just an extra investor or being the angel investor in the most dire time of need, there's a vast difference in significance between the two in the eyes of the invested.
The sound of the hairdryer continued.
Hardy placed the cigar in the ashtray, slipped on his slippers, and walked to the adjacent room. Irina had just finished her bath and was wearing a silk nightgown, barely covering her firm curves, with her long, slender legs exposed.
Her long hair hung loose as she blow dried it.
Hardy approached her from behind. Irina saw him in the mirror and smiled, "Did I wake you?"
"No, not really."
Hardy bent slightly, his hand tracing along her neck, slowly sliding down from the neckline.
...
The next morning.
Hardy took a private plane to San Francisco, where the San Francisco HD Security picked him up at the airport. He arrived at Giannini's estate to meet the California Consortium's leader.