Official meeting

Acker’s POV

After the meeting, we walked the lawyer and private investigator out to the foyer.

Alicia lagged behind Mikael and I while we shook the hands of the two and they left the mansion to be escorted off the estate by Mikael’s men.

“That was faster than I hoped,” I heard Don Serrano murmur and I knew he was talking about the case again. “Hopefully we can get this case dismissed in record time.”

I agreed with a hum and turned to gauge how Alicia felt only to find that she had turned away from the two of us, her hands folded across her chest and her expression closed off and withdrawn.

“Whatever happens all I care is about moving on from this,” she said with a sigh, and I saw the tension in her movement. She didn’t want to speak to either of us, that much I could tell.

The previous conversation we had came to mind.

Had I been too harsh on her then?

“Don,” a maid appeared from the dining hall. “Dinner is ready.”

Alicia nodded and so did I, with Mikael sighing and muttering somethin