I was so lost in my own thoughts that I hadn’t noticed that
Bella had stopped typing and was now almost catatonic staring at the screen.
Sensing that she was only minutes away from breaking down
and knowing she wouldn’t want to do that in front of people I called her into
my office. Thankfully she responded and followed me. The moment I had my office
door closed, Bella let out an agonised cry.
Instantaneously I was on my knees in front of her trying to find
out what was happening and how I could fix it because seeing her cry was
breaking my heart.
The moment James' name slipped from her lips I was almost
feral with anger. I already wanted to beat the living shit out of him for what
he did to Bella in the past. At that moment though, I was seriously considering
hiring a contract killer to do away with him, because no one was going to fuck
with Bella on my watch.
After retrieving the card that came with the flowers and
seeing that nothing immediately revealed that it was James that sent the
flowers. I decided that I was definitely going to get Jenks to check out this
guy and get whatever dirt on him that he could. I wasn’t an idiot, though, and
knew I needed to discuss it with Bella first.
I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get Bella to
agree to hiring the PI as well as to me paying for it. I had expected her to
put up some resistance because she was a proud woman who was used to being in
charge and though she did put up a bit of a fight it was nowhere near as much
as I thought she would.