Ella woke up to Xavier moving around the room. He was fully dressed and was preparing the weapons, which were leaning against the bedside table.
"Xavier, what happened?"
"I have a meeting. I promise I won't be long."
"A meeting at this hour?" Ella knew he had promised never to betray her, but it was already past 2:00 in the morning. Who held meetings at that hour? She couldn't deny feeling jealous.
He noticed her suspicion and decided to give her some information.
"Ella, our accountant, thought he could be smarter than I. Besides stealing from me, the fool hid some information. I'll take care of it. Don't think for a minute that I would betray you. I promised fidelity; I'm not a liar. I thought you already knew that."
"Sorry."
Suddenly, Ella remembered who the accountant was. She kn
