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‘But you’ll have to tell him anyway. I get it.’
‘More than my job’s worth not to, Alana. You know that. I’m sure he’ll be fine with you working with your ex-boyfriend,’ he said with a flash of his eyebrows.
‘Yeah, right. Besides, I don’t know if I am going to work with him yet. I’m trying to work out what his angle is.’
‘Well, how about I make us that fresh coffee while you think on it,’ he said as we reached my office.
‘That would be great. Thanks, Hugo.’
Fifteen minutes later, I was setting up some new spreadsheets and Hugo was looking out of the window when there was a knock on my office door. I looked up to see Bobby standing there.
‘Hey, Alana, can we talk?’ he asked.
Hugo turned around and glared at him.
‘Hugo, can you give us a few minutes please?’ I asked with a sigh.
‘I don’t think that’s a good idea, Alana,’ he said, his eyes narrowed.
‘It’s just a few minutes. You can wait right outside.’
‘Fine,’ he snapped as he stalked toward the door.
‘Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her,’ Bobby said with a grin.
‘You lay one finger on her and I will break every bone in your body, cabrón,’ he snarled as he walked out of the room and closed the door.
‘What the hell are you doing here, Bobby?’
He sat down in the chair opposite me. ‘I wanted to see you. And when I found out you worked here, I wanted to help.’
‘How did you even find out where I work?’ I snapped.
‘You’d be surprised at the type of information I can get my hands on, Alana,’ he chuckled.
‘But why? Why did you want to see me?’
‘I was worried about you. That husband of yours seemed like a bit of a jealous asshole. Then I looked into him. Do you have any idea who he is?’
I frowned at him. ‘Of course I know who he is, Bobby. I married him, didn’t I?’
‘He’s bad news. The guy is a stone cold killer.’
‘You know nothing about him.’
‘I know enough. And you can’t even come to work without one of his goons following you around.’
‘Hugo is my bodyguard. He’s only here for my protection.’
‘Exactly, Alana. You married a guy so fucking dangerous that you need a bodyguard. If you need an out, then I can help you. I can get us both out of here and take you somewhere he’ll never find you. You don’t have to put up with his shit if you don’t want to.’
I placed my hands on the desk. ‘Enough!’ I snapped. ‘How dare you come in here and criticize my life choices. Alejandro is my husband. He makes me happy. I love him. That is all you need to know. So, if that is all, please get out of my office. We won’t be working on any app together, Bobby, because I don’t trust you. If you still want to donate money to the shelter, then that would be great, but do not think for one second that puts me in your debt in any way.’
He stood up and planting his hands on my desk, he leaned forward. ‘Seems I had you pegged all wrong, Alana. All this time I had you down as the sweet little girl next door, but you like the bad guys really, don’t you? Is that what gets you off? The danger? Maybe if I’d killed someone you’d have let me fuck you too?’ he snarled.
‘Get out!’ I snarled back. ‘Before I have Hugo come in here, rip your arms off and shove them up your ass!’
He smiled at me as he straightened up. ‘Feisty now, too. I’ll be seeing you, Alana.’
