Stephanie.
“No harm, no foul. But if you would please alert your staff as well as Roslinda, our wedding planner, that if anyone tries to make any changes, she is to call me first.”
“Yes, sir. I will personally call her right this moment. I’m glad we were able to get this taken care of.”
I nodded and blew out a breath. “So am I, or I would have had one very upset bride-to-be.”
After ending the call, I pulled up Robert’s number. I didn’t want to bother Mr. Elliot with this kind of bullshit, so I had been keeping his son Robert in the loop. After I got the picture of Lola and me, then another picture of me with my arm around Stephanie at a benefit dinner that my sister Ashley had taken, I knew something wasn’t right. I immediately told Adaline what was happening and she agreed that it all seemed a little fishy. Now with this happening, all signs were pointing to Stephanie. She had access to everything of mine at one time.
Fucking bitch.
“Emmit? Is everything okay?” Adaline asked as she made her way over to me. I quickly decided she didn’t need to know what Stephanie had done. I caught it in time and fixed it. No need to add any stress on my beautiful bride.
Forcing a smile, I nodded and pulled her into my arms. With a quick kiss to the top of her head, I said, “Everything is perfect, baby. I needed to have Robert take care of something for me.”
Adaline pulled back and looked into my eyes. “Are you sure?”
I slipped my hand behind her neck and pulled her lips to mine. Kissing her with as much love and passion as I could, Adaline moaned into my mouth. If my mother and sister hadn’t been in the house I would have taken Adaline right here by the pool.
When my lips broke contact with hers, Adaline giggled. “Wow. It doesn’t feel so chilly outside now.”
“That’s just a little taste of what I’m going to do to you after my mother and sister leave.”
Adaline’s eyes lit up and then her lower lip jetted out into a pout. “I think they’re going to be here for a while. We have a lot to take care of for the reception.”
My body filled with warmth as I gazed into the eyes of the woman I loved more than life itself. Lifting my hand, I ran my thumb across her lower lip. “I love you, Addie.”
With her hands placed on my chest, Adaline tilted her head and looked at me like she knew I was bothered by something. My phone rang with my new assistant Todd’s ring tone. I had already had him change numbers from Stephanie’s old number. It was a pain for people to contact me, but I didn’t care.
Adaline pointed to me and said, “I’m not finished with you Mr. Lewis. We are talking later.”
With a quick chuckle, I nodded and said, “Yes, ma’am.”
Adaline took two steps away from me and then turned and headed back into the house as I swiped my phone to answer it.
“Todd, what’s up?”
Todd cleared his throat and said, “We have a slight problem, Emmit.”
I dragged in a deep breath and braced myself for something else. “Hit me with it.”
“I got a call from Robert just now. I decided to go ahead and pull up your credit card online, I had a gut feeling if Stephanie had your card number for a cancelation, she might try something else.”
My hand pushed through my hair as I dropped down onto a chair and stared out over the lake.
“Fucking hell. What has she done now?”
There was a slight pause before Todd started talking again. “It appears your new credit cards we had issued after Stephanie was fired, have all been closed.”
“Why in the hell would she close my accounts?”
“Why would she call and cancel your villa, sir?”
I let out a sharp breath of air as I said, “Point taken. How did she get the new numbers?”
“I’m not sure sir. It was only two cards, not all of them which is kind of strange.”
I nodded my head as I thought for a moment.
“Todd, we need to go ahead and have all the cards changed out again and no one gets access to them. Let’s also go ahead and do the restraining orders like the lawyer suggested. I didn’t want to do it, but I think we need to.”
“Got it. I’ll have the new cards to you within twenty-four hours.” Sounds of rustling paper followed a brief silence. “I’ll get it done ASAP.”
Closing my eyes, I nodded and said, “I owe you.”
“Just doing my job.”
After talking about a few more details, I hit End and stared out over the lake. I was not about to let our wedding get ruined by some nutcase.
Knowing what I had to do, I got up and headed to my office.
Stephanie was going to wish she’d never heard of me.
Two Weeks Later
THE LIMO PULLED UP AND stopped outside of Laluna as a sinking feeling hit my chest.
Oh, my gosh. In four days I would be Emmit’s wife.