POV: Nathan“Well, then…Since we are both airing our differences, why don’t you start by telling me when you started being buddies with Vinnie, and why you both set me up with those girls.” I asked her, smiling to myself as the color drained from her face.“W… W… what are you talking about?” She asked, letting out a nervous laugh, trying to cover it up. I scoffed at her sorry attempt to defend herself, she is not agreeing not denying anything yet, but she wants to try and make me look stupid for asking her about Vinnie. “Are you saying you don’t know Vinnie, or you are you denying being friends with her?” I asked again, this time I erased the smile on my face, letting her see that I’m serious about this.“Why are you suddenly interested in my friends, Nate, what has come over you?” she asked me sternly, her eyes blazing in anger. All the while she has been standing next to my seat, refusing to sit on the visitors seat in front of my table. She even refused to drop her purse and phon
POV: Hayley“I have no idea where you are talking about, Nate. Vinnie and I hang out all the time at different places so I don’t know what you are talking about. I only made her my friend because I wanted to know why you chose Laura over me. I want to find out what is so special about your wife and I want to be like her. I thought you would love me if I acted like Laura and behaved exactly like her. That’s why I made friends with Laura’s best friend, and that is why I have been hanging out with her all the time. I want you back, Nate, I don’t know how long I can keep living this way. I know I said I was prepared to be your friend, and I’m willing to give it a try because I want to keep my word to you and respect your wishes. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop loving you anytime soon. I’ll keep trying to win back your heart, no matter what it takes me, and I’ll do everything I can to regain the love and trust we once shared. I know nothing about the setup you are accusing me of,
POV: Laura“Get him on the damn phone, or book me an appointment to see him as soon as possible!This is very important, Lisa, I don’t want to hear stories, and don’t you fucking screw with me!” I yelled at her, sounding so stressed and furious. I’m sitting at my desk, surrounded by stacks of paperwork. I’m not just stressed out by this stubborn client, there is a hint of frustration in my eyes. I’ve been screaming at her all day and it is not fair that I’m pouring all my frustration on her, but I simply don’t have a choice. It's been such a challenging day. The clients just seem to be resistant to working with me. They preferred Nathan handling things.I just don’t get what the problem is, I mean, I understand that he is a man and he has been the one handling things for some years now. But this is my company goddammit!I want to be able to handle this company just the way he did. But how do I get it right when they won’t even give me a damn chance!“Sorry, I yelled at you, Lisa. I’m
POV: Seeing her all over him made me so fucking pissed, like, what the hell is wrong with this bitch?It’s obvious that she is doing this on purpose just to piss me off. I caught her looking this way a couple of times, so I knew she was seeing me from her position. Nathan is backing me, so he has no idea what she is doing behind him. I tried to ignore her actions, I kept telling myself that Nathan would not betray me so soon, not after he just made me promise not to have any other man except him. If he still wanted to fool around with her, then why the hell would he promise to screw only me, why would he make me promise to be faithful to him, is he just messing with me?Gosh, I tried to focus on my meeting, I really tried. But how do you concentrate when you see a guy you love, a guy that claims he loves you flirting with his ex in his office, not minding if I’m seeing them or not. I saw her wrap her hands around his waist, caressing his back, and that fucking hurt my feeling even mo
POV: NathanGosh, I’m a damn fool!How could I let her trick me this way, how the hell did I fall to notice that Hayley was messing with me just to hurt Laura. It’s either she is trying to hurt me for breaking up with her, or maybe it’s because I kept her waiting for too long. Whatever her reasons were, the fact remained that she succeeded in cooling me and causing a rift between Laura and I. If I wasn’t convinced before that she was the one behind my initial setup, right now I am fully convinced that indeed she is capable of setting me up just to get back at me for hurting her.She tried to hide it, but I noticed the smug smile on her face when Laura walked in on us while she was still trying to convince me to screw her. To think that I wanted to give he a chance to defend herself because deep down in my heart, I wanted her to be innocent of these allegations, I didn’t want it to be true. But she not only proved to me that it is true, she also proved to me that she is capable of doin
POV: LauraI storm into my office, my face red with anger. I slammed the door shut when I got in, causing a picture frame to shake on the wall. I turned to look at the picture that was hanging low on the wall, and it happened to be a picture of Nathan that he hung on the wall when he used this office. With pain and anger in my heart, I walked towards the damn frame and pulled it down, and threw it to the door opposite me, shattering it into a thousand pieces. The noise must have reached outside this office because I hit it on the noisy door. Lisa came rushing into my office, looking concerned.“Oh my God!What happened, ma’am Laura? You look quite upset, is it Mr Stevens again, are you still bothered about the contract?” she asked me, stepping carefully around the broken frame so she doesn’t injure herself. I kept pacing back and forth, ignoring her.“Have you spoken to Mr Nathan about the issues we are facing, has he agreed to help us speak with him?” she inquired, trying to show he
POV: Laura When I arrived at his office, I was asked to wait for him in the visitor waiting room because he was in a private meeting with some clients. It seems quite weird because we called the office severally to book this appointment, and we arrived right on time. So why the hell are we being asked to wait for over an hour for him when we already have an appointment. It is an insult for someone of my status and position to be kept waiting out here for hours. If this was any other meeting, I would have turned away and walked out of there. But I can’t leave like that, not when I’ve put in so much work on this presentation.I’ve made up my mind to do this on my own, and that is exactly what I’m going to do. I know he would never dare to keep Nathan waiting like this. He is either doing this to annoy me or he simply wants to test my patience and see how far I’m willing to go to get this contract. Lisa sat beside me, grumbling angrily about this ill-treatment, but I simply asked her to
POV: Laura“Mr. Stevens, this meeting is strictly professional. My work speaks for itself, and I expect our discussions to remain focused on the contract. I don’t know how you conduct business with other ladies, and I don’t care what the bloggers say about Nathan and I either. I’m not that kind of woman, Mr. Stevens, I don’t offer my body in exchange for a business deal. So I suggest you get rid of every forty thoughts you are having about me, and focus on the contract that brought me here. I have other important clients to meet, please don’t waste my time any further.” I told him sternly. I had to bite my tongue so I don’t say more than I’m supposed to. If I were to speak what is truly in my heart, I’m pretty sure he will never forget the mean words I would say to him today. It would have been even better if he was an attractive man. Maybe I would have concluded that he is simply being lousy because of his good looks. But he is far from being handsome, he is a fat, big-bellied dirty