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She smiles at him and I watch as she takes the card.
“Nice resort,” he says as he passes me in the doorway. I reply by shutting the door in his face.
I turn to Bella and she is avoiding my eyes. She picks up her bag before finally looking at me. “Yes, Mr. Hunt?” she puts on this stoic face that I’m unable to read.
“Philandering with the guests is highly unprofessional. On top of that, you cannot take contracts outside of the resort because of clashing interests. I would advise that you do not contact that man,” I explode on her and watch her temper spike with each word.
She looks ready to explode, but she takes a deep breath before saying calmly, “I understand your concern and have no intention of contacting Gregory…for work purposes.”
“But you will contact him?”
“I cannot comply with your first point because what I do in my personal time isnone ofyour business.” She glares at me with so much venom, but I am too angry to notice.
“I didn’t realize you move on that fast, Miss Ortiz. Here I thought you were a woman with integrity.” The hurt on her face has me regretting my words immediately.
“Get out of my office,” she snaps and I hesitate, wanting to take back my words. “Get out!” she yells, and I leave defeated.
* * *
I scrubmy face for the umpteenth time. I am in my office and blankly staring at a paper. She just would not get out of my head. I had spent the whole of last night and early this morning going over our conversation last night. And I fucked up big time.
It’s just the thought of another man having her makes me livid. I realized how two-faced my actions were but I know if given another chance, I’d react the same way, maybe just without the hurtful words.
I also realized that I was in love with Bella and could not imagine spending my life without her or her spending the rest of her life with some other man.
There is a knock on my door and I look up. Samantha pops her head in. “I thought I’d remind you of your meeting sir. You have about an hour.”
I curse, and quickly get up. The meeting is scheduled to be held outside and I am grateful for that. Maybe some air would help me clear my head. I am walking out of the resort with Samantha when I see Bella with Tristan. Another thorn in my side.
They are holding cups of coffee and chatting animatedly. I don’t like how she is smiling at him. They are walking towards us and she still hasn’t noticed me, or maybe she doesn’t want to. The events of last night flash through my head and I wince.Maybe it’s for the best if she doesn’t notice me.
“Boss,” Tristannods his head in greetingwhen they near us.
She doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t even glance at me.
Without thinking, Istop and look back at them; her stoic face of a few minutes ago has been replaced by that bright smile again.
“Mr. Hunt,” Samantha draws my attention back and I turn to her. “The meeting?”
Right. I start walking and she follows closely behind. We are almost at the entrance of the resort when I stop, growling lowly I turn back heading straight for Bella’s office.She is in her office with Tristan.
“Excuse us,” I tell him, but it comes out as a growl. He immediately jumps up and scuttles out of the room.
“What!” she snaps at me when I turn to her.
I open my mouth, ready with a reply. But my shoulders slump in defeat. “I’m sorry. Thethings I said were uncalled for,”I say and she responds with a look of surprise. “I was just really angry and jealous.” I turn around andleave before she can reply.
Samantha and Iare in my car, onour way to the meeting when she sighs. “I know it’s not my place to intrude but considering what you have done for me, I can’t just sit back and watch you hurt.”
“Samantha,” I warn her and she sighsagain.
“I’m sorry, forget I said anything.” Her words are bland so I can’t tell her emotions from her tone.
There is silence at first and I begin to feel guilty. “I just don’t want to talk about it,” I tell her.
“When have you ever wanted to talk about anything,” she grumbles and I glance at her in shock. “Let’s be honest, you always keep your emotions locked up and throw yourself into work as adistraction. But I’ve known you long enough now to be able to tell when something is not right with you.”
“You are intruding, Samantha.”
