Chapter 6 - The Senator Who Thought a Plus-Size Bakery Worker Would Never Be DangerousRobert Hensley invited Bella to Washington.
He claimed he wanted to negotiate.
Nico wanted her nowhere near him.
Bella refused to hide.
“I've spent my entire life being underestimated.”
She said.
“If he thinks I'm harmless, that's useful.”
Nico didn't like it.
But he trusted her.
The meeting took place in a private office.
Hensley smiled.
“Miss Honeycutt.”
“Senator.”
“You have caused quite a disruption.”
Bella sat calmly.
“You killed my father.”
Hensley laughed.
“That's a serious accusation.”
“I have evidence.”
“You have old paper.”
She leaned forward.
“I have names.”
His smile vanished.
“You don't understand how this city works.”
Bella smiled.
“I understand exactly how men like you work.”
Hensley threatened her.
Money.
Power.
Her job.
Her child.
She refused everything.
Then she did something unexpected.
She offered him a deal.
He laughed.
“What could you possibly offer me?”
“An exit.”
He stopped.
She explained that if he confessed publicly, cooperation would reduce his sentence.
He stared at her.
“You think you control me?”
“No.”
Bella smiled.
“I think you control yourself.”
Behind the wall, Nico was listening through an earpiece.
The plan worked.
Hensley confessed more than expected.
But before the authorities could arrest him, his people attacked.
Nico's team intervened.
Hensley escaped.
The chase spread through downtown Washington.
Bella and Nico were separated.
For fifteen terrifying minutes, Nico couldn't find her.
He realized something then.
Money could not solve this.
Power couldn't.
Fear couldn't.
He was terrified.
When he finally found Bella, she was standing in an alley with a police officer and Hensley's assistant.
She had obtained the missing documents.
Nico pulled her into his arms.
She laughed.
“You look worried.”
“I was.”
“You almost cried.”
“I did not.”
“You absolutely did.”
He sighed.
“You're impossible.”
She kissed his cheek.
“And you love me.”
He looked at her.
“I do.”
She froze.
He had said it.
No hesitation.
No joke.
No escape.
“I love you too,” she whispered.
But happiness lasted only minutes.
Because the final documents revealed Hensley was not the top of the network.
Someone else had financed everything.
Someone inside the Barzini family.
Someone Nico knew.
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Someone Bella knew.
Elena.
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