Billionaire's Revenge(42)
That afternoon Darius told her he would be out for most of the day, Sara smiling at him, the warmth in her eyes and sincerity in her thanks once more making him question why it meant anything to him. Sara laid out the files, carefully splitting them into two piles. One for those she knew to be genuine customers or suppliers and another for those she was unsure or unfamiliar with. For hours she phoned the unknowns, meticulously making notes on each and every one.
When Darius moved back into his home later that night, he found her sprawled on her belly in his study. Smiling as he entered, he made a low whistling sound a sparkle in his eyes. “So...how did you do?” Her grimace was answer enough; as Sara stood pulling the paperwork together, before joining him on the couch he threw himself onto with a loud tired sigh. “Well...I think that I may have ruined both of our days”
He gave a loud groan before smiling. “In that case I should go first” Sara nodding, “Oh if you have good news, then you should definitely go first” Darius laughed softly. “One of the contracts I have ongoing is one your ex’s in-laws have been trying to bid for. I spoke with Nigel’s father today and explained that they were ahead of the pack at the moment ...but if his son was to open his mouth then they could find themselves right at the back”
Sara stared up at him in stunned surprise “Y...you did?” Darius pulled her in closer as he dropped a small kiss on her head. “His father informed me that Nigel was being sent away for a month...and that he personally guaranteed that he would not be opening his mouth either now or in the near future” The look on Sara’s face made Darius smile, her eyes wide and full of wonder. “I...I don’t know what to say...how to thank you”, she spluttered, sincerity in every syllable.
Giving a large heart-flipping smile, he looked at the pad she held in her hand. “Well ...you could tell me that the news is not as bad as we first feared” Sara’s sigh saw him laugh adding, “Or not”, as she curled her legs up and opened the pad.
“I am afraid that my news is not as good as yours”, she replied with a more sombre expression on her features. “I found five customers who do not seem to exist”, her mouth curled in anger, “Also ten fake suppliers...all used to buy stock for the customers”#p#分页标题#e#
Darius listened intently, his fingers gently stroking her arm as she talked. “I looked at the money transferred to the suppliers for stock that we ‘bought’”, Sara giving a small groan, “It is worse than even I thought”, her eyes looking apologetically at him. “He siphoned money into that account for items that were never used on so many jobs, as well as ones made up with the fake customers”
He dropped a small kiss on her head. “How much?” Groaning softly, she lifted the pad to show the amount. Darius gave a small whistle. “He really did a number on your family’s company” Sara gave a small nod, “Yeah”, her only response, a rueful smile on her lips, “Not such a bargain now” She looked up at him, “I imagine that you are regretting getting involved with us again”, her voice sad.
Darius sighed, a long slow exhale of air, his expression solemn, his voice soft. “I have no regrets...and I am sure that the detective I hired will find him” Sara frowned. “You hired a detective? We already have one working for us” A slow smile spread over his face. “This one has never failed. The best bounty hunter in the business...give him a lead and he can find anybody. He is looking for leads even as we speak”
Sara gave a large grin, her eyes dancing. “A lead like......this?”, pulling a slip of paper from the pad she waved it before him, his fingers taking it and reading the contents, a frown of confusion on his face. “What is this?” Sara chuckled “Well...I went through the delivery sheets and found that in all cases the person signing had been a Miss Seymour – not really helpful -except for one which was sighed Anne Seymour”
Darius gave a small grunt, “Sounds like a fairly common name...but somewhere to start I suppose” Giving a smug laugh she chuckled again, “Oh...like I would stop there. I found a hundred and thirty two Anne Seymour’s in our area, and by age elimination brought that down to thirty six” Darius regarded her with a quizzical look, “Why age?” Sara sighed, “I never wanted to tell Angela this...but I never thought that Nick was working alone. The man is a snake...and a womaniser. Seemed to me to make sense that he probably found some stupid woman to work with him”