"Sure, I will," Bella faintly said. She already knows how protective Tristan is. And now, because she was pregnant, she was sure Tristan would be even more protective.
"I hope you go straight ho after you send off Harper. No need to stop by the office."
"That’s my plan. How do you know that?" Bella grinned. When she saw he was about to say sothing, she continued her words playfully to tease her overprotective husband, "Anything else, Mr. Sinclair...?"
Tristan said nothing but leaned closer and kissed her lips gently before letting her go.
"I love you, Bella!"
"I know that... BYE!" she said and rushed to step out of the car.
***
Bella headed up to the 20th floor to et Harper, who had repeatedly texted her since she left the hospital, but she had ignored all of her texts.
She felt at ease since she wasn’t late. They still had thirty minutes to leave for the airport at exactly eleven o’clock.
As the elevator doors opened, Bella saw Harper standing there with an impatient gaze fixed on her.
"Geez, girl... I thought you wouldn’t make it!" Harper said excitedly, a delighted smile quickly gracing her face. She had been worried that Bella wouldn’t make it to send her off to the airport; she had heard that Bella’s brother was in the hospital, and she had to rush there early in the morning.
Bella smiled at Harper, "Why are you in such a rush? Did Jack suddenly ask you to return to New York much earlier than scheduled?" she asked as she walked toward the living room.
"Of course not, but I have to return for sothing else. Sothing important. It’s about my mother. Her birthday is in two days. My dad called and nagged to prepare for the birthday party, or he would erase my na from his will. Geez..." Harper chuckled, rembering her father’s phone call scolding her.
Bella laughed. She could imagine Harper’s father being angry, and suddenly, she missed Harper’s parents. While living in the USA, Bella considered Harper’s loving and humorous parents her second parents.
"Let’s sit first..." Bella needed to sit down before they left for the airport. Rushing to this place had left her breathless and thirsty. Sothing that never happened when she felt fit like now.
’Huh!? Why am I slowly becoming weak? Does knowing that I’m pregnant inadvertently make this weak? Could it be!?’ Bella wondered, smiling faintly. She felt amused hearing her own thoughts.
After settling on the single sofa, she glanced at Sam, who had just co out of his bedroom. He looked neat in his usual office clothes: a black slim-fit shirt and trousers of the sa color. But today, he looked casual, wearing white sneakers instead of typical black boots.
"Sam, can you help with a glass of water? Or sothing sweet? I feel so thirsty and hungry after rushing from the hospital to this place," Bella asked, casting her polite smile at Sam.
"Sure, Boss," Sam imdiately headed to the kitchen and brought out cake, chocolate, and a water bottle for her.
Harper, upon hearing Bella’s words, couldn’t help but gasp. "Girl, you’re not running to get here, are you? You’re sitting in the car while your driver drives, right? How could you be this thirsty and hungry now?"
Sam, who overheard Harper’s words, was also curious. Why was she suddenly looking tired and hungry? She usually refused to eat when lunch arrived, but now, not even eleven, and she was already hungry. He felt suspicious.
"Boss, here’s a chocolate bundt cake. I hope you like it. This is the only decent food we have here," Sam said as he placed the cake and water bottle on the table before he sat, waiting for her to respond.
’My goodness! Did I act so obviously?’ Bella panicked. Quickly, she tried to think of sothing to distract them, worrying they would guess she was pregnant, as they usually teased her about it.
"Thanks, Sam. You know how much I like chocolate bundt cake." Bella said, overly excited, but opened the water bottle instead of eating the cake. Then she looked around, her eyes fixed on Stefan’s computer room.
"Wait a minute. I don’t see Stefan. Where is he?" she asked, ignoring Harper and Sam’s suspicious gazes.
Leo, who had just finished his call in the corner, joined Bella and the others on the couch and answered her, "Stefan’s locked himself in the computer room since this morning. He didn’t even co out for breakfast. I don’t know what he’s doing there. It seems like sothing upset him," he explained.
Bella frowned. She rarely heard Stefan skip breakfast or ignore her when she visited.
’Did sothing happen to him?’ Bella wondered worriedly. She took out her phone and sent a ssage to Stefan, letting him know she had stopped by.
[Bella] Bro, I’m outside. We are about to head to the airport. Do you want to join us?
After sending the text, she looked at Stefan’s computer room again and waited a few more seconds, but Stefan did not reply. Her worry grew even more apparent. ’Is he alright?’
Bella put aside her worries and set her eyes on the delicious-looking cake. Several seconds later, she started eating her chocolate bundt cake. But, simultaneously, her eyes fixed in one direction. She’s gazing at Stefan’s computer room.
Until her snacks and water bottle were empty, Stefan had not yet responded to her short ssage.
"Let’s go, Bella. We might be late if we spend too much ti here," Harper said as she stood from her seat, ready to leave. She bid Leo goodbye, as he could not accompany her to the airport.
"Okay, let’s go," Bella replied as she stood up. "Sam, I need you to accompany to the airport. Please ask Bryan to prepare the car."
"Yes, Boss," Sam nodded and left.
Bella followed Harper but stopped right before Stefan’s computer room. She turned to Leo, "Can you ask Stefan to call when he’s finished?"
She suspected sothing had happened to Stefan because he rarely ignored her text ssages. He only did this when he wasn’t near his cell phone or busy creating new programs, so he didn’t check his other gadgets.
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