It wasn’t long before Simone’s ring caught the attention of one of the employees, who had come bearing important documents from the finance department.
His cold assessment of Simone didn’t go unnoticed, and the way his smile all but turned predatory before he spoke unsettled her in more ways than one.
“That’s a beautiful ring you have there,” the forty year old man let out. “I would advise you against wearing it publicly, unless you want to be attacked, that is… Many people would kill for a fraction of that money.”
“I bet,” Simone’s smile remained chilly as she regarded him levelly, as if daring him to try something.
“Good thing she has bodyguards shadowing her everywhere she goes then,” Katie let out in a tone that dripped with both sarcasm and menace, as she glared daggers at the man
