Billionaire's Revenge(43)
He gave a small nod. “Sounds reasonable...do you have the list...my detective can work through them” She smiled wider. “Like I said...why stop there? I ran some online searches of the different Anne Seymour’s – took me hours – but I got lucky. I found a picture of one woman with Nick...Anne Seymour, 28, attractive and just his type. If you look on the other side of that piece of paper you will find her address and phone number”
Darius stared at her, his eyes full of respect, flipping over the sheet. “OK Miss Marples...You are amazing”, he finally murmured, his tone full of admiration as he pulled out his mobile phone, placing a call to his detective, giving him the information she managed to glean. “Well Sara. I think that perhaps we both managed to find some good news. If I know Kane this is all he will need to find your brother-in-law” Sara’s expression became more serious as she bit her lip, “I hope that you are right. The sooner we find him the sooner that money can be returned...and...”
“And you can get away from me?” Darius finished, Sara giving a return frown. “No...No that is not what I meant”, her shoulders shrugging, as a more guarded look fell on her. “It is complicated” “Did it ever cross your mind Sara that I might be able to help?” Sara gave a small nervous half-laugh, her eyes avoiding his as the laughter left her features, her look more guarded. “I...if I find anything else I will let you know” Darius sighed as she ignored his comment.
Chapter Seven
Living with Darius was starting to feel normal to Sara she realised, as the two woke up the following morning. At that time he would shower and get dressed for work; she found herself enjoying this private time they shared, as the two would laugh and joke, telling each other their plans for that day. As he moved forward to give her a farewell kiss, she smiled up at him suddenly reminded of her appointment later that day. “Darius...I might be late tonight” His brow rose with interest. “Oh? Anything I should know about?”
Her lovely face gave a soft smile, “No...Just that I have an appointment with a realtor...with you leaving in three days I need to find somewhere to stay” She tried to keep her voice light, her nails digging deeply into the softness of her palms. “Best start my search before I am forced to move in with ... The mother”, the words uttered in dramatic horror, Darius giving an appreciative chuckle.
“Oh...yes I forgot to tell you” His tone was casual, nonplussed, as he moved to stand at the window, “There is no rush for you to do that...my business here is going to take longer than I thought so I have extended my stay” Sara felt her legs start to shake, her eyes moving to stare at him with shock and disbelief. “W...what do you mean? How long?” the fun leaving her tone, her voice almost a whisper as he looked over at her in surprise. “Not sure...about a month...maybe more. So there is no hurry for you to find somewhere else to live” “NO!” Her loud cry saw him scowl as he turned around his eyebrows knitted together in annoyance. “What do you mean ‘no’?”
She stood, eyes wide open in horror, her hands nervously pulling at each other, Darius seeing as she tried so hard to pull herself together, to calm herself. “In three days that will be our two weeks... I need to find a job and a home... I need to sort out my life... so thank you but I can’t stay”
Sara saw as he stood taller, his eyes narrowing, “Our agreement Sara was that you stayed with me until I returned to Italy” Shaking her head, she groaned. “No...I asked you for a timeline...you told me two weeks” Waving his hand dismissively he gave a small snort of irritation, “What I said was that I thought I was returning to Italy in two weeks, that you would stay with me until I returned... well things have changed so deal with it”
Anger filled Sara as she moved closer to him, glaring at the man she both loved and hated in equal measures. “No”, her body rigid, “Two weeks. Our agreement was for two weeks - no more. I stuck to our agreement Darius and you have to stick to it too” He stared back at her in surprise, a small superior smile touching the corners of his mouth. “Well I guess that as I am the one holding all of the cards Sara, you will just have to adjust YOUR timeline because if you want to walk feel free...just know that your sister will be in prison the next day...and I am sure neither of us wants to put little David through that”
Sara stumbled backwards, her horrified expression clear in her lovely eyes as she stared back at him. “Y...y...you wouldn’t do that”, she mumbled, her voice full of shock. Darius gave another smile, one devoid of any humour, “Push me and find out Sara”, his low answer as she turned from him, her whole body trembling, her hands moving to her mouth in stunned disbelief.