By the time Bruce finished the tasks at hand, more than an hour had already passed. He glanced at his wristwatch and rubbed his brow in irritation.
He hadn't expected that from yesterday—from the very moment he encountered Adrian and Stella—his composure would unravel so completely.
That it felt as though he had lost his senses.
Nothing he had done since then felt right.
He drew in a deep breath and made a decision…to seek Stella out and talk to her.
With one swift motion, he pushed back his chair and rose to his full height.
His mind felt calmer now, the earlier fury dissipating into something more controlled. He was ready to meet James Norton and discuss the shares.
Yet the moment that clause resurfaced in his thoughts, Phina's involvement all around, the joint ownership…frustration surged again.
But still, he called Phina, and the call was picked after the second ring, and Phina, she had done that on purpose.
