He felt a sharp pain like she had thrust a knife into him and he cried out wildly falling to the floor.
Aida quickened her pace down the corridor distressed by his outcry but not enough to go back to him. With a heavy heart, she set off for Brussels the next morning.
*
Hadley awoke that next morning on the floor where he had fallen to the sound of the telephone chiming on his desk. He pulled himself up with a groan and held his back as he went to answer it.
'Yes?' He said groggily.
'I’ll be right there.'
Other Books in This Series:
Book Two: Charity With a Touch of Cyanide
Book Three: Magnolia in Bloom
Book Four: A Secret Assignment
Book Five: Deep Waters
Book Six: The Carrington Heritage