the counter. This move made her chest more noticeable. Matt didn't look at her breasts once.
Matt looked at Bella like she grew a second head. "Why would I do that? I don't know you," Matt said as if that was a very much reasonable reason, which it was to an average human.
Alfie watched with a feeling of dread and slowly reached for his cellphone and texted his father, asking him where he was. Alfie had to fight the sigh of relief when his father said that he was nearby and would be at the store in a few minutes.
Bella looked at Matt, disbelieving. No one had ever turned her down. The hunk of a man didn't look at her boobs even once. He did, in fact, look like he wanted to bolt at any second. The blond man at the mouth of the counter was looking at her with unreadable eyes. However, his posture said that he didn't want her in the shop.
Looking at her dad for help, the man stepped forward and held his hand out for Matt to shake. But, Matt just stared at the man, waiting for him to just say what he wanted to say.
"Hello Matt, I'm Bella's father. You can call me Mr. Rogers. I am here because your father informed me you refused to meet Bella. So, I decided that we would just come to you."
Again, Matt looked at the elder Rogers like he grew a second head.
"I refused for a reason," Matt spit out with clinched teeth.
Alfie moved behind the counter to stand beside Matt. He arched an incredulous brow. "I know for a fact that Americans can see when someone doesn't want anything to do with someone or something,” Alfie spoke, looking between the two Rogers.
Bella hissed lowly at him. "And who are you?"
Alfie remained unmoved. "The owner," was all he said for now. It seemed that Mr. Ward had not informed Mr. Rogers of his identity as the man showed a frown of annoyance aimed at Alfie.
Matt didn't like that at all and wrapped his arm around Alfie's waist and tugged him close. "And he is my boyfriend." Both Rogers seemed to realize that insulting Alfie and his shop would not get them what they wanted.
Mr. Rogers had always seen the advantage of his daughter marrying someone as attractive as Matt. He would attract attention and seeing as his wife could not have more children, he needed a strong husband to hand his business over before the grandchildren came.
When Rogers found out that Matt was gay, it put a wrench in their plan, but it was possible to work around it. He has told Bella this. She said that she could probably convert him to being bisexual.
He trusted his daughter as he firmly believed that his daughter was above others in the beauty department. Now, he saw that Matt didn't even glance at his daughter, his eyes kept jumping around.
When Alfie man stepped closer and revealed that he was a British man and the owner, Mr. Rogers was ready to step in and be more forceful. That all came to a screeching halt when Matt wrapped his arm around the blond firmly and with ease.
So this was Matt's lover. They had to tread carefully. The two men, however, didn't look all that trusting. Rogers opened his mouth to try and appease the situation when the door opened.
All four heads turned. Alfie smiled when he saw his father.. Oscar looked at Rogers and blinked once and then frowned. "What on earth are you doing here, Elec?"
Elec Rogers blinked as well when he saw Oscar Xavier Bailey walk into a small bookstore. Did the man want to check out the competition?
It was when the man walked up to the counter, then behind it. Standing next to the owner that the family resemblance came forward. That put a damper on everything. Elec had met Oscar when he was in Britain on a business trip. The group of businessmen had gone for drinks after the slew of meetings. They all got talking about themselves. They told the basics if they were married, how many kids that had if they did, and so on.
When the group found out that they had a millionaire among them, they all wanted to know more. The mere mentioning of the Xavier name had all the British businessmen scrambling to make a good impression on the man.
The few American businessmen were quickly informed as to who and what the Xavier family