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Bella has been working for Shelby Co. Limited for a few weeks now.

During that time she's learned a lot about the races and the alcohol distribution industry. Now having almost full responsibility over that part of the business.

She knew that there was other parts of the family she didn't know about, and it appears to her that Tommy doesn't want her to know. So she respected that. And Lizzie seemed to take care of that office work.

Within the last couple weeks, she's also basically moved into Tommy office with him.

First it started out with him constantly calling her in there to fill out papers, to them sharing conversations, to eventually her just staying in there, instead of going back and fourth.

She still hasn't told him about London, but for the time being it didn't seem like she has to.

So they both kept parts of their life's secret, never questioning the other.

Still she feels as if she's grown a friendship with the man. Throughout the days spent together, they would share thoughts and opinions with each other, growing their trust in the process.

Currently she was sitting at the small table in his office, filing through some paper work.

While Tommy sat at his desk doing the same, the only difference was that he was smoking as he did so.

They both liked the quiet of it. Just enjoying each other's company.

After going through the stack, she picked up the ones he needs to go through and sign.

Tommy's been noticing a lot about Bella, the more time spent with her as well.

He's noticed that she's gain a little weight since he met her, not in a bad way. she looked a lot healthier. He liked seeing her face with a little more color in it.

He's also noticed that she likes dressing up. She definitely has a rich sense of fashion. It was easy to tell that she spent quite some time in the city. But still he liked it, it blended well with the businesses appearance.

He noticed other things about her as well. Things like how she likes to tuck her hair behind her ears before reading a document. Or how she lightly bites her bottom lip when she gets stressed.

He also noticed that she hasn't had to stop to concentrate on her breathing in a few weeks.

He liked watching the girl, yearning to learn more about her.

Putting his pen down, he looked at her when he saw her making her way over from the corner of his eye.

Giving him a little smile, she handed the papers over,
"These are for you, when you're done I'll send them out."

He nodded as he started reading though them.

Bella stood, waiting patiently for him to do so. It was almost the end of the day, and this was her last task, so she didn't mind.

She started looking at the little horse statues he had placed on his desk.
Picking one up, and bringing it close to her face in order to see the details better.

"Those were a gift from Polly" Tommy told her

Moving her eyes up to him, she didn't realize he was watching her "they're beautiful"

He continued to watch, giving her a nod in thanks.

Bella continued "Polly came back to the house the other day. She was kind. Met Michael for the first time as well, I like their company."

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