Chapter 9

Christian's POV

Confusion clouded my mind as I stared into the face of Bernard; Belle's childhood friend and bestfriend, wondering what the hell he was doing in my house.

He stood up from his seat immediately I entered and had a weird expression on his face. He always annoyed me with that look, as if he was better than everyone else.

I was mad that I had wasted my beloved time to find out that the supposed man in my house was only Bernard.

"Hello Christian." He said to acknowledge me.

He was used to saying just few words to me. Even at the court, when Belle and I had signed the marriage forms, 'Hello Christian' had been the only thing he had said to me throughout the entire time.

"Hello Bernard." I said in return and turned to talk to Belle.

"You didn't tell me we were expecting a visitor." I said trying my best not to sound angry at her. She didn't need to know I was pissed off.

"I didn't know he was coming either." She replied. "He only called when he was at the airport and I gave h