My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Did She Hear?
“Oh, right. When are you returning to New York?” Sam asked.

“I am leaving in two days, so I hope you can arrange for me to meet Sean before I fly back to my country,” Harper said excitedly. She could feel her face turning warm at the thought of meeting Sean again.

“Alright, I will call Sean before that. No worries,” Sam said with a smile. However, his smile froze when Bella’s voice echoed from behind.

“Harper, why do you want to meet Sean Spencer?”

Everyone in the room, including Stefan, immediately turned to look in Bella’s direction. They were all shocked to see her standing there.

‘Oh, crap! She heard our conversation?’ Harper vented her frustration in her heart while trying to smile at Bella.

“Hi, Bella… are we going now?” Harper asked, standing from her seat, trying to distract Bella from asking further. It would be super awkward if Bella knew about her feelings for Sean.

Bella didn’t answer Harper but narrowed her eyes on her. When she saw her walking closer, she asked, “Are you guys planning a lunch gathering with Sean behind my back? Wait—” her words paused.

Suddenly, Bella recalled their earlier conversation; she remembered that Sam said he knew Sean Spencer. She swiftly glanced at Sam, wanting to ask, but Harper’s awkward laugh echoed in the room.

Harper raised both hands, waving as if not agreeing with Bella’s words.

“No… No… of course not. We’re not close enough with Sean Spencer to ask him for lunch, right Sam!?” Harper said, turning to Sam for backup.

Sam could feel Bella’s sharp gaze fixed on him. He silently swallowed as he saw her curious eyes.

“Tell me, how do you know Sean Spencer?” Bella calmly asked Sam, ignoring Harper.

Sam smiled at Bella as he stood from his seat.

“Sean Spencer was on the same team as me when I was still active in the military,” Sam answers casually, but Harper scolds him inwardly.

‘Gosh! How could he betray me!?’ Harper silently took a deep sigh.

Bella was surprised to hear that. She never expected them to be in the same circle. “So, do you guys want to have lunch with him?”

“Yeah. I asked him, and Harper also wanted to join, so why not?” Sam explained.

“I see,” Bella smiled, but she felt sad inwardly. She couldn’t meet Sean again because he had already drawn boundaries between them.

“Boss, do you want to join us?” Suddenly, Stefan chimed in, surprising Bella and the others, especially Harper.

‘What the heck!?’ Harper couldn’t help but curse, venting her anger inwardly. She looked at Stefan, clearly expressing her annoyance with him. How could he ask Bella to join them? Did he really understand what they were trying to do?

Of course, Stefan didn’t understand Harper’s annoyance. Instead, he closed his laptop and stood up, walking towards Bella and the others.

“Come on, Boss, join us. It would be fun if you were there, right?” Stefan added.

Harper shook her head silently and looked at Bella.

All eyes were on her, waiting for her answer.

Bella smiled at Stefan.

“Well, I can’t confirm it, but I will consider joining you guys if I have time. Oh, by the way, when will you meet him?” Bella was just making some excuses. She didn’t want to raise their suspicions by refusing right away.

“Tomorrow. Maybe. Maybe tomorrow,” Sam answered awkwardly. “Once we set the appointment time, I’ll let you know…”

“Sounds terrific…” Bella said, then glanced at Leo beside her. “Alright, we better move now and settle everything here faster. We need to return to the capital at noon.”

Bella already felt terrible because she brought her entire team to this place to settle her family matters. Even though Harper and James said it was okay, she still thought she had asked too much from her team.

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In the afternoon, they finally left East City and landed in the capital after the sky had darkened.

Bella was very tired. She had no more energy to meet her mother, so she postponed their chat until the following day.

After dinner and spending time with Dax, she began to feel warm and dizzy. She placed her hand on her forehead but couldn’t tell the difference.

“Do I have a fever!? Oh no. I hope not.” Bella wondered while glancing at the tightly closed bathroom door, wanting to ask Tristan to get her some medicine.

After waiting a while, she felt even more dizzy, like the world around her was spinning. Curled under the blanket, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

…

Tristan stepped out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped around his waist. As he moved towards the walk-in closet, he noticed Bella asleep on the bed with the lights still on.

“Are you sleeping?” he asked, but she didn’t respond.

He smiled, assuming that his wife must be exhausted. Just as he was about to continue to the closet, he noticed that Bella’s face looked red, as if she had a fever.

Worried, he checked her temperature and realized she was indeed having a fever.

Tristan quickly reached for his phone to call Geoffrey, asked him to prepare some medicine, and arrange a doctor’s visit.

This was the second time Tristan had seen Bella fall sick, and he still felt panicked as he paced near the door, waiting for Geoffrey.

Not long after, a knock on the door was heard. Tristan rushed to open the door.

“Master—” Geoffrey’s words faded, surprised to see Tristan half-naked.

“Where’s the medicine box?” Tristan asked impatiently.

Geoffrey immediately handed over the small tray with fever-reducing medicine and water.

“Sir, you need to wear something, or you will also catch a cold.” Geoffrey reminded him after he saw Tristan. “I will prepare your clothes…” He left him and walked to his closet to find proper clothes for his master before the doctor’s arrival.

“Geoffrey, you can leave now. Wait for the doctor outside,” he ordered Geoffrey while sitting on the edge of the bed.

“Dear, please wake up…” Tristan whispered while placing the small tray on the nightstand. “Can you hear me, my dear?” he touched Bella softly and gently, trying to wake her up by slowly shaking her body.