“I guess it’s true, then! How capable of you to be greedy for someone else whilst in bed with another, Kris! It’s not all bad, though—Young Master Fuller can finally put his back-up plan to good use now,” Hayden sneered as he laughed wickedly. Along with that, the look in his eyes became audacious and belittling as he stared at Hayden. “Are you sure you want to be with a woman as filthy as her?! Isn’t it disgusting to you?”
“You’ve crossed the line, Young Master Walton,” said Hayden emotionlessly. The next moment, he took Kris’ hand and turned to leave the restaurant.
His strides were long and swift and Kris struggled to keep up to him. When she finally did, though, she almost slipped and fell down.
“Let me go, Hayden! You’re hurting my wrist!” Kris was a little pale as she tried to follow close behind.
However, Hayden didn’t seem to have heard her cries. When they finally arrived at the car, he opened the door and practically shoved her onto the seat carelessly before shutting the door in front of her.
Kris’ expression darkened a little; naturally, she knew that something was off from the look on Hayden’s face. Indeed, Gideon’s words earlier were truly brutal…
When Hayden got into the car on the other side, Kris quickly tried to explain herself, “Don’t listen to Gideon, Hayden. He doesn’t want to see us happy! He humiliated me only because I made him look bad! T-There’s really nothing between us!”
“Oh, really? Considering you were his fiancée, was there really nothing between you and him?” Hayden turned to her abruptly, his eyes cold and unfriendly.
Kris jolted momentarily, but Hayden had already averted his gaze and started the engine.
“You don’t believe me?” Hayden simply stepped on the gas and made his way toward the freeway without giving a reply. Kris nibbled on her lower lip as her eyes reddened; they looked sad and pitiful.
After that, she reached out a hand to open the car door. Unexpectedly, Hayden stepped on the breaks and pulled her back. His expression was extremely complicated and unreadable, and a certain sadness lingered within his eyes. After a long while, he finally regained his composure and a slight resignation passed over his face. He said bluntly, “Of course… I believe you.”
Tears escaped Kris’ eyes in an instant and she crashed into Hayden’s arms. “I knew it… You’re the only one who treats me well, Hayden…”
Hayden stared down at the feeble woman in his arms, and the sense of maliciousness in his eyes finally disappeared.
…
The next morning, Tony headed to the office after dropping Myra off at the florist shop.
Meanwhile, Myra spent the morning cleaning the shop with the florist before she picked up a parenting book and went upstairs to read.
The shop was quiet and serene; their clients were all rather low-profile and reserved, so Myra didn’t really need to serve them personally. An hour later, she put down the book to move around a little; she opened the windows and rearranged a few house plants on the windowsill which changed the entire look of the space, making it look cute and lovely. With that, the ambiance of the room was like a different world compared to the outside—Myra couldn’t help but smile at the sight.
Back then, she never thought that she’d be able to live a peaceful and wholesome life like this.
After glancing at the time, she decided to give Leo a call. Myra put off her plan of calling Tony when she heard that he was currently in a meeting, for she didn’t want to be a bother when he was busy with work.
However, Leo sounded quite eager instead when he said, “Miss Myra, I’ll give Director Hart the phone right away if you want to talk to him.” Director Hart will be very happy to hear that she’s calling! If he answers the call, the atmosphere and overall mood of our working environment will certainly lighten up!
“Ah, it’s fine. I was just asking.” After a brief pause, Myra asked again in a gentle tone, “I’ll be sending him lunch later, so you don’t have to make arrangements for his meal today.”
“All right.” Leo nodded.
“Okay, there’s nothing else. I’m hanging up.” With that, Myra ended the call.
At the same time, Sharon rushed upstairs to her; she told Myra that there was a man downstairs who was looking for her.
“How old is he? Is he around 50?” asked Myra; Tony had brought her here on his own, so there shouldn’t be anyone who would visit her at the shop without giving her a call beforehand.
“No, he’s quite young; he’s around 30 or so.” Sharon was smiling dreamily as she described, “He’s tall and handsome. Not only that, his looks are almost comparable to Director Hart.”
Myra frowned slightly at the sound of that—a man around 30 years old who was tall and handsome looking for her…
“Just tell him I’m not around,” Myra replied calmly.
“Okay.” Sharon nodded as her heart filled with admiration for the fact that her boss was constantly surrounded by rich and wealthy men who were interested in her. Nevertheless, her boss’ words were the law; besides, Sharon genuinely loved her job here as well. Thus, she only nodded and said, “I’ll tell him that you left.”
“Okay.”
Myra nodded to that. As Sharon was approaching the stairs, Myra stopped the woman again. “Tell him the same thing if he visits again.”
Sharon nodded in understanding and went downstairs.
Myra gave it a thought before she peered down from the top of the stairwell, and she heard Sharon recite the reason to the man with a smile. Soon after that, the familiar voice of a man replied, “In that case, when will she be back?”
Sharon said, “I don’t know, but Director Hart gifted this shop to Miss Stark for her to manage it as a pastime activity, so she comes and goes whenever she pleases.”
Following that was a moment of silence before the man finally left the shop.
As he turned to go, he raised his head and glanced upstairs; Myra immediately moved away from the stairwell.
In fact, the look on her face was complicated as she watched Sean’s leaving figure.
She wasn’t sure whether Sean had actually fallen in love with her or if he had other hidden intentions, but one thing was for sure—her time together with Sean had long since come to an end. Now, she was living a happy and fulfilled life with Tony. Although she used to be in love with Sean in the past, the man she loved right now was Tony.
…
After the minor intrusion, Myra got back to reading her book. When she looked at the time again, she realized that it was getting late; she went downstairs and walked toward the Hart Group.
When Tony brought Myra to the florist shop yesterday, she took note of several restaurants they had passed by on the way. She found that one of them was quite suited to their tastes, so she packed a meal for Tony from the restaurant before heading toward the Hart Group.
However, just as she approached the office building, she saw that man standing nearby—she thought that he had left earlier.
Naturally, Sean noticed her as well; more accurately, he was intentionally hanging around near the Hart Group, waiting for her to appear.
Myra frowned a little and headed straight toward the entrance of the building. At that moment, Sean quickly walked toward her and stopped her from going in. He was holding a leather bag with some documents in it, and he handed it over to Myra.
“I know about the dispute between you and Cameron, Myra. I don’t know how to help, so this is all I can do for you. Please accept these.”
From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to be in a good state; he looked quite bummed-out, but there was a different charm to his dejected state of appearance. As he stared at her, there was a profound look in his eyes which was filled with deep emotion.
Myra didn’t know how to respond; she tried her best to avoid Sean, all for the sake of completely cutting ties with him. After all, Tony was quite prone to be jealous of such things, and she didn’t want him to be unhappy because of something like this. Moreover, Bradford City wasn’t exactly huge, but it wasn’t a small city either; it wouldn’t be odd to be spotted by someone she knew. Hence, she didn’t want to raise any unnecessary misunderstandings.
Myra rejected the man’s offer without a second thought as he tried to give her the bag of documents. “Considering our relationship, I’m afraid that I’m not in a place to accept anything from you, Director Chase. I thought I’ve already made it clear—I like Tony now. Whatever it was between us, it ended a long time ago.”
Sean was quite pale and his face was emotionless when he said, “I know what you’re thinking, but I’m only doing this out of my own will; it has nothing to do with you. You just have to accept these documents.”
Then, he stepped forward to shove the bag into Myra’s hands, but she quickly retracted her empty hand and hid it behind her back. Just then, her eyes locked onto a security guard nearby. “If you don’t stop, I’ll have to call for security, Director Chase.”
Sean’s expression hardened slightly. “Do you have to do this to me, Myra?! I’m trying to help you as a friend, so can’t you just accept it?! What are you so scared of? Are you afraid that Tony would get mad at you because of this?!”
