103. Grow Old Waiting

Haley stilled.

Panic gripping her heart, she dreaded to turn around and come face to face with the person.

She hoped it was a part of her imagination.

That voice wasn't real.

'Crystal.’

No one knew her by that name in this company.

That voice… it almost resembled Liam's.

The footsteps didn't stop until they stopped in front of her.

Cole!

Haley shouldn't be relieved, yet she was.

In Cole's hand were her tablet and notebook.

“You found them.”

“If I was hiding this huge secret, I would be careful.” Cole handed the devices to her, smiling.

Yeah.

Haley had been reckless.

But she went to Liam's office yesterday intending to come back to her cubicle.

She couldn't predict how things would turn out.

Still, she should have been careful. Now someone knew her secret.

“Now I know why this company cherishes you,” Cole went on. “At first, I thought you got in through your looks. So you're the mysterious Crystal.”

Haley sighed and found a place to sit. “Can you keep it a secret?”

If words got