Page 32 of Guarding the Billionaire

“Right,” I agreed. “I mean we exchange texts on holidays but that’s about it. They live over in Spokane and rarely come to Seattle, at least as far as I know. I’ve never seen any of them show any interest in my money. I’m not even sure that they know how wealthy I really am.”

“We should send someone out to talk to them just in case though.” Teresa looked around. “They’re shifters so we might want to send one of the wolves.”

“On it,” Lois said, loudly tapping away on her laptop.

“There must be someone that we’re missing,” Teresa mused. “Besides your friend Julia, who do you spend time with?”

I shook my head. “Just my godfather Henry.” I looked around the table. “He’s my attorney and the one who hired you. He’s been really worried about me ever since my parents died. He doesn’t believe it was an accident either.”

I could see the wheels turning in people’s minds.

“I already checked him out,” Teresa announced. “He’s clean.”

I looked at her in surprise. “You ran background checks on my attorney?”

She shrugged. “I’ve learned that you can’t be too careful in this business. The person closest to you is often the one with the biggest axe to grind.”

“Henry has no axe to grind,” I said indignantly. “He’s like a father to me.”

“Well, there’s nothing in his background to say that isn’t true,” she told the team. “Good credit. No gambling or addictions issues. No criminal history, not even a traffic ticket. He has a shit ton of money, all wisely invested. All indications are that he was a true friend to Flora’s father and has no reason to resent her.”

“Well someone does,” Lois said. “We need to wrap this up before someone gets hurt.”

“Agreed.”

Lois stared at Teresa for a long moment, and I had the strangest sense like they were having a silent conversation. Teresa looked down and tilted her head, almost like she was submitting to Lois, then turned back to me.

“We should head back to your place,” she said.

“I want a second agent on duty when you’re at the mansion,” Lois said. “I want them patrolling whenever you’re there. I don’t think your security crew can find their assholes with their elbows.”

I looked at Teresa in confusion.

“She thinks they’re incompetent,” Teresa translated.

“We’ll set up a rotation. I’m down an agent while Martha is on her honeymoon so I’ll see if the bears can do some freelance work.”

Lois sent me a stern look. “Since you won’t go to a safe house I’m going to strongly encourage you to avoid going anywhere but home or work while we’re wrapping this up.”

When I didn’t respond immediately she glared at Teresa. “Stay focused and keep your mate safe.”

By the time we got back to my house one of the guys I’d met last weekend was waiting for us.

“Hey Boris, thanks for coming,” Teresa greeted the bear shifter with a hug.

“Is no problem,” he said, giving me a little bow of greeting.

I loved these guys, they were so courtly.

Teresa rolled her eyes. “Let’s get in the house. I don’t like having Flora out in the open like this.”

The rest of the day passed quickly. I had some work to do, so I holed up in my library while Teresa and Boris prowled around the house like they were expecting an ambush from a mob of angry marauders at any moment.

After a while I didn’t hear them anymore, so I went looking to see what they were doing. I found them in the kitchen. Teresa was leaning against the island while Boris dug through my cabinets.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“Boris is going to cook dinner for us,” Teresa said. “You’re in for a treat, he’s a great cook.”

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